The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 was awarded jointly to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty"
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 was awarded jointly to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty"
From West Bengal to Tamil Nadu, political competition is heating up. But no gain for voters
Political competition should ideally be an index of democracy impacting development positively but evidence suggests otherwise.
Indranil De 5 March, 2021 9:36 am IST Text Size:
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From Tamil Nadu to West Bengal to Assam, political competition is heating up as parties do their electoral math. While in Tamil Nadu, it’s the BJP-AIADMK coalition that will take on the Congress-DMK combine, West Bengal is witnessing a triangular contest between the TMC, the BJP and the Congress-Left Front-Indian Secular Front. Assam, too, is likely to see a three-cornered fight between the BJP-led front that has the support of the AGP, the Congress-led Grand Alliance that includes the Left front, the AIUDF and AGM, and a bunch of regional players. But will this hyper political competition benefit the voters when governments are formed in these states?