The ten crore question: But where is the jobs plan?

Whatever else their shortcomings, politicians have always been skilled at tapping into the concerns of the people — and coming up with catchy slogans that capture them, while offering some hope of relief at the same time. Thus, Lal Bahadur Shastri’s ‘ jai jawan, jai kisan ’ resonated in an India which had just woken up to the fragility of its security as a nation state after two devastating wars with its neighbours.

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