The last hurrah of (Indira) Gandhian socialism

The Congress party has been desperate for some dramatic move to regain its credibility in time before the election. The promulgation of an Ordinance for the Food Security Bill exposes all the anxieties and phobias that the Congress has been subject to for decades now. The Bill comes from a psychology of mai-baap paternalism masquerading as socialism—a legacy of Indira Gandhi.

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