Why the Supreme Court’s caution on freebies demands the attention of India’s political class
“What kind of culture are we developing?” asked CJI Surya Kant. “Without drawing any distinction between those who can afford and those who cannot afford, if you start giving, will it not amount to a kind of an appeasing policy?” It is a query that all political parties must answer; and citizens must hold them answerable to. After all, as the CJI put it, “Is it in the public interest that… the state is absorbing all these?”
Post Comment