There is a terrible paradox at the heart of the Congress party. On the one hand, it professes the protection of the interests of India’s poor as its main political rationale. On the other, it thinks nothing of destroying the livelihood of the very same people. For Congress, the I of self-interest, comes before them.
Just two weeks ago, the Government rushed through an ordinance which will guarantee the supply of cheap rice and wheat to poor households. Today comes the news that the Government is seriously considering — and not for the first time in its tenure — a ban on onion exports.
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