Evidence shows budget handouts may not get Modi or BJP any more votes than they would have got otherwise. Samajwadi Party lost 2017 UP polls despite the sops.
The final nail in the coffin for George Fernandes was perhaps the humiliation of being rejected for his Muzaffarpur constituency by his party colleagues.
George Fernandes died Tuesday at 88-years of age. A retired Major General remembers his time with him.
As a young Major deployed along the Line of Control...
WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
An apt analysis of the little impact of doles on the electoral politics. A correct assessment. But it lost its way when you wrote, ” Will this budget help the BJP in subduing farmer and middle-class dissatisfaction and controlling the narrative? Maybe. Will it be a game-changer and swing the election in its favour? Highly unlikely.” Here is the issue of subjectivity.
The farm insurance scheme seems to be fizzling out. Universal Medicare for 50 crore Indians has been launched with a modest budget of 2,000 crores and is already running short of money, with tiny coverage. These initiatives cannot swing a national election.
Bashing comments / reactions to Sandip Roy are mostly from males. Surely, his effort did not go in vein!!
An apt analysis of the little impact of doles on the electoral politics. A correct assessment. But it lost its way when you wrote, ” Will this budget help the BJP in subduing farmer and middle-class dissatisfaction and controlling the narrative? Maybe. Will it be a game-changer and swing the election in its favour? Highly unlikely.” Here is the issue of subjectivity.
The farm insurance scheme seems to be fizzling out. Universal Medicare for 50 crore Indians has been launched with a modest budget of 2,000 crores and is already running short of money, with tiny coverage. These initiatives cannot swing a national election.