Stepping into a blind alley

After running the gamut of destructive vote-harvesting ideas like non-repayable loan melas and farm-loan waivers that brought little relief or advancement to the intended beneficiaries, the Congress has discovered education as the new mantra to entice the masses and defer accountability for non-performance. The promise of universal free education up to the age of 14 years was first made in the Constituent Assembly, and swiftly shunted into the non-binding Directive Principles of State Policy.

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