Misri Lal, 52, a farm labourer, stands outside his house with his family in Bhomada village, Sehore district, in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, India, September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Krishna N. Das
NEW DELHI/BHOMADA, India (Reuters) - Narendra Modi swept India's 2014 general election with the slogan "Achhe din (good days) are coming".
Four years later, as Prime Minister Modi mobilises to win re-election in May, he and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are being buffeted for a lack of jobs, falling farm prices and rural wages, a tax reform that led to unemployment and a demonetisation exercise that sapped liquidity.
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