Country in grip of pessimism due to policy paralysis: Modi

Emerging more confident after his third successive victory, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi launched a fresh attack on the Centre on Thursday by saying that the country was in the grip of pessimism because of ‘policy paralysis, intellectual bankruptcy and lack of leadership’. In Delhi soon after swearing in as Chief Minister, Modi, said, “Lack of policy direction and leadership were leading the country on the path of negative growth.”