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The Politics Of Economics: Signals From The Election Campaign
The smoke signals emitted by pre-poll promises present a glimpse of discontent and distress in what is verily a K-shaped economy.
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A woman casting her ballot for the West Bengal panchayat elections in the Nadia district. (Photo: PTI)
Election campaigns often reflect the visage of the fall season—dashes of colour and bare branches of exposed claims.The impact of state election outcomes on the trajectory of national politics is a seasonally adjusted ongoing debate. Conventional wisdom has it that assembly polls do not necessarily affect the outcome of general elections—after all the Congress won in the assembly polls for Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya...
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