The defining changes in Indian politics in 30 years of reforms SECTIONS The defining changes in Indian politics in 30 years of reformsBy Renuka Bisht & Jiby Kattakayam, TNN Last Updated: Jul 26, 2021, 10:15 AM IST Share Synopsis Narendra Modi ascended to the national stage through Vibrant Gujarat summits which no CM could have facilitated with the pre-1991 curbs on investment and industrial licensing. Today’s powerful opposition CMs owe their rise in part to those changes 30 years back. AP The turnout gap has declined not just between reserved and unreserved constituencies, but across many social groups. Perhaps the most symbolically powerful impact of reforms, which began in 1991, on Indian politics was the absence of the word ‘socialism’ from Congress’s 1996 manifesto.