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'Rajiv Gandhi said only 16% of the money meant for the poor actually reached the poor. This govt is doing this very efficiently. Targeting of the food subsidies is something close to 90%,' @SurjitBhalla tells Shekhar Gupta at .

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‘Caste, sex, nationalism play a role in elections but nowhere close to dominant role that economic welfare does,' author & economist Surjit Bhalla Surjit Bhalla tells Shekhar Gupta in

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‘People vote on the basis of what has helped them the most and who has helped them the most'—author & economist Surjit Bhalla Surjit Bhalla tells Shekhar Gupta in

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'From 1952 to 2019 in each national election there is a very, very strong time trend that Congress loses 2 percentage points every 5 years,' @SurjitBhalla tells Shekhar Gupta at .

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'Between 2019 & 2024, the average gain of votes for the BJP was about 5%. If their vote share increases by about 5% in Lok Sabha, they will get 330 seats'—@SurjitBhalla tells Shekhar Gupta at

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'The constant variable over 75 yrs of Indian history is not caste, not inflation, but growth. While people vote differently, what unifies them all is a large concern with what has happened to their welfare,' @SurjitBhalla tells Shekhar Gupta

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'NREGA, I think was the most wasteful programme like the PDS. I think we should now look at it like a composite package for the bottom third of the population,' @SurjitBhalla tells Shekhar Gupta at

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'One thing that Modi govt should be given credit for is sanitation. For more than 60 yrs, elites like us were not concerned about it or ignored it,' @SurjitBhalla lists reasons for Modi's success in elections in with Shekhar Gupta

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'All surveys say that people are worried about price rise no matter what the inflation rate but inflation plays a zilch role in explaining voting behaviour'—@SurjitBhalla tells Shekhar Gupta at .

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Although this is bit late but our flagship program Off The Cuff resumed, after pendamic, with a banger.
I have to admit Bengaluru crowd the best.
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Although this is bit late but our flagship program @ThePrintOTC resumed, after pendamic, with a banger. 
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'There's a real determination and we're pretty close [to finalising FTA]. That's a decision our Prime Ministers will have to take ultimately,' said UK High Commissioner Alex Ellis tells Shekhar Gupta at
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'Lesson from the Emergency was that we Indians deep down are not strongly wedded to the idea of a liberal democracy'
Shekhar Gupta tells vir sanghvi in Off The Cuff

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Watch @SurjitBhalla, former Executive Director at the IMF and former member of the PMEAC, in conversation with Shekhar Gupta on his new book 'How We Vote', in tonight at 7 PM.

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Watch @SurjitBhalla, former Executive Director at the IMF and former member of the PMEAC, in conversation with @ShekharGupta on his new book 'How We Vote', in #ThePrintOTC tonight at 7 PM.

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Tune in to tonight at 7 PM, to watch @SurjitBhalla, former Executive Director at the IMF and former member of the PMEAC, in conversation with Shekhar Gupta on his new book 'How We Vote'.

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Tune in to #ThePrintOTC tonight at 7 PM, to watch @SurjitBhalla, former Executive Director at the IMF and former member of the PMEAC, in conversation with @ShekharGupta on his new book 'How We Vote'.

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.@SurjitBhalla, former Executive Director at the IMF and former member of the PMEAC, will be our next guest in on 26 April, 7 PM. He will talk about his new book 'How We Vote', in conversation with Shekhar Gupta.

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.@SurjitBhalla, former Executive Director at the IMF and former member of the PMEAC, will be our next guest in #ThePrintOTC on 26 April, 7 PM. He will talk about his new book 'How We Vote', in conversation with @ShekharGupta.

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