Why Congress should ditch desperate populism before 2014 elections

Having been smashed in the recent state elections, how will the Congress try to recover ground before the general election in May 2014? Fixers within the party may argue for new populist giveaways. Why not have another farm loan waiver, of the sort that helped win the 2009 election? Why not steal some ideas used already by chief ministers, such as free pilgrimages for people of all religions? What about free medicines?

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