Modi had previously derided the UPA’s populist railway ministers for distorted policies that punished businesses, declaring during his election campaign that India’s railways should be run more like China’s, with increased government investment, including for bullet trains. Yet, no sooner had he been sworn in than he acquiesced in precisely the kind of political compromise to which he and the BJP – which won a parliamentary majority, and thus does not depend on coalition partners for its government’s survival – was supposed to be immune.
莫迪早先嘲弄UPA的民粹主义铁道部长，称其扭曲的政策是在惩罚企业，并在选战期间宣布印度铁路应该向中国看齐，增加政府投入，建设高铁。但是，宣誓就职声音刚落，莫迪就采取了他和BJP应该敬而远之的政治妥协之道。BJP赢得了议会多数，因此不需要依靠执政联盟维系政府生存。