Uttam Sengupta / Outlook
While the Laloo-Nitish duo has matched the NDA so far in competitive populism and the two sides seem to be even in the slanging match, the NDA is way ahead in terms of spending power and resources, and in getting favourable reviews in the media. Indeed, if elections are going to be a function of resources, rhetoric and organisational skill, the NDA may well be home and dry. But will it quite work out the way it wants?
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When the BJP in its manifesto announced that it would give free scooties every year to 5,000 meritorious girls passing the Class X examination, the irrepressible Laloo Prasad Yadav wondered why other BJP-ruled states had not implemented it yet. Others wondered how the girls would afford to pay for the fuel, forcing BJP leaders to declare that the fuel too would be provided by the state government. But then people began asking how 16-year-old girls would get a driving licence! more
While the Laloo-Nitish duo has matched the NDA so far in competitive populism and the two sides seem to be even in the slanging match, the NDA is way ahead in terms of spending power and resources, and in getting favourable reviews in the media. Indeed, if elections are going to be a function of resources, rhetoric and organisational skill, the NDA may well be home and dry. But will it quite work out the way it wants?
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When the BJP in its manifesto announced that it would give free scooties every year to 5,000 meritorious girls passing the Class X examination, the irrepressible Laloo Prasad Yadav wondered why other BJP-ruled states had not implemented it yet. Others wondered how the girls would afford to pay for the fuel, forcing BJP leaders to declare that the fuel too would be provided by the state government. But then people began asking how 16-year-old girls would get a driving licence! more
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