The new vote bank for politicians: Aam aurat

Like a true nerd, I dissected Rahul Gandhi’s interview transcript . He used the term ‘empower’ 25 times, mostly in the context of women. He also used the term ‘RTI’ 39 times, while the other favorite, ‘system’ , came 73 times. I will, however, make the column about one of Rahul’s favorite terms: women’s empowerment.  Turns out that when it comes to vote bank politics, women are the new Muslims. The Muslim vote bank is not quite as secure and predictable as it used to be (probably because Muslims have figured out the political games played with them).

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