Which is more effective? The Congress party’s pro-poor, aam admi campaign? Or the Modi-led BJP’s anti-poverty, growthoriented strategy? The Congress’s pro-poor campaign raises the inevitable question: after almost 60 years of Congress rule – punctuated by relatively brief periods of other governments – why is it necessary to have all these special pro-poor schemes like the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the food security … Continue reading Modi’s anti-poverty campaign better crowd-puller than Congress’s pro-poor approach – Jug Suraiya