Elections in Madhya Pradesh are five months away. After losing Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying every trick and trade to secure its hold over Madhya Pradesh. In addition to fighting anti-incumbency after two years of the current government and 13 previous years (2005-2018) under Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the state바카라s longest-serving chief minister, the BJP in MP is also struggling with rampant factionalism as top leaders are aspiring to be named as the next chief minister, along with allegations of corruption. As elections approach, the BJP and Congress are contesting to win the vote bank with big promises. The politics of 바카라freebies바카라 has come to the fore while a debate grows on the side as to how it adversely impacts the economy of the state and the country.
The distribution of 바카라freebies바카라 has become a part and parcel of electioneering in India. It is indistinguishable from election campaigns where politicians make promises of free water, electricity, ration, meals, TVs, laptops, tablets, bicycles, scooters, gas cylinders and public transport as a shortcut to woo voters instead of setting long-term development goals like employment guarantees, state support for education and health facilities, and other welfare schemes.
It has helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi coin the term 바카라revdi culture바카라 that he frequently uses in his public speeches to target past governments who 바카라failed바카라 to deliver on fundamental necessities. The prime minister has time and again warned taxpayers of the dangerous trend of parties 바카라buying people바카라 by distributing free goodies.
바카라Thousands of taxpayers write to me and I am happy that a major section of the country is gearing up to free the country of the revdi culture,바카라 PM Modi said last year while addressing the griha prawesham (housewarming ceremony) of the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G).
In Karnataka, last month, Congress바카라 poll promises of free electricity, rations and financial assistance for women and youth worked well in their favour and helped topple the Bommai government. The BJP, which was banking on its promise of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and NRC, ultimately flunked before the freebies of Congress.
As a result, in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP announced it will distribute Rs 1,000 to every woman under the much-hyped financial scheme 바카라ladli behna yojana바카라, despite the prime minister바카라s big words on 바카라revdi culture바카라. The Congress, on the other hand, hoping to work the magic as it did in Karnataka, announced Rs 1,500 monthly payment to women, in addition to providing gas cylinders at Rs 500.
But it is vital to see the cost of electoral promises and how it transgresses on the economic health of the state. Experts believe that Congress is likely to also face a tough time living up to the guarantees it gave in Karnataka. The Siddaramaiah government may have cleared the implementation of its 바카라five promises바카라 but only time will tell if it is actually able to provide what it promised.
A similar situation is developing in Madhya Pradesh where infighting in BJP is seemingly helping the opposition parties to channel their anti-incumbency strategies. But whether freebies have any real welfare prospects for taxpayers or if they are just futile expenditures, is a question that needs to be constantly debated.
