1. The war on penury.
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POOR people , *POLITICAL campaigns , *CAMPAIGN promises , *POVERTY , *ELECTIONS - Abstract
The article focuses on a scheme developed by the Congress party of India known by its Hindi acronym NYAY under which it will hand out 6,000 rupees to poor households in the country if it wins power in the 2019 national election. Topics covered include action taken by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to address rural resentment, failure of the government to identify the poor and possibility for NYAY to become a reality in line with the electoral prospects of Congress.
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- 2019