Rahul Gandhi's call to increase the cap on the number of subsidised LPG cylinders from a yearly 9 to 12 per household, may not be good economics, but possibly expected in an election year. More so when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has seemingly been successful in setting the economic agenda on populism, first with free water in Delhi and then the promise of cheaper electricity. The AAP though doesn't consider this populism but just ''economic moderation'' from a previous position of what it calls extremist economic reform that benefitted just a few.
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The questions we are asking today is does this stand worry corporate India, or is it reality that it is willing to live with. Before that, will this general election see the AAP become more than just a Delhi phenomenon and go national?
Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief CNN-IBN and Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Sons share their views on this issue.
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