Amartya Sen expressed concerns about the implementation of new criminal laws without proper discussions and lack of novelty in the New Education Policy. He also commented on Hindutva politics being challenged in recent elections. ”There has not been any evidence that any such wide-ranging talks had preceded before enacting this with all the stakeholders. Also in this vast country, the problems faced by a state like Manipur and another state, say Madhya Pradesh, cannot be the same,” Sen told reporters at Santiniketan.