Is Inclusive Growth All About Passing The Buck?

Since the Congress-led UPA began its second term in office Inclusive Growth seems to be the most preferred two words in every minister’s vocabulary. Ask any question and the answer begins and ends with Inclusive Growth. Sounds nice, but is there much substance to it? I doubt.

I doubt it because of the sentence that immediately follows Inclusive Growth. It was first Kapil Sibal, who after talking of unshackling education in the country said, “I will do my best but can’t guarantee results for all participants in the process have to deliver.” It sounded odd to me then but I gave him the benefit of doubt, knowing how things work in India.

Then came the Budget and Pranab Mukherjee’s noises after presenting it. In reply to almost every question related to development and growth, our dear Finance Minister’s reply either began or ended with, “I will do my best but can’t guarantee results for all participants in the process have to deliver.”

That’s when it stuck me. This was the Congress-led UPA government’s latest game plan when they say Inclusive Growth. Promise a lot and deliver nothing, and if questioned at the end of the five years on their failure to deliver on promises, twist the Inclusive Growth theory and say, “We tried out best but all participants in the process did not cooperate and failed to deliver.”

To me the term Inclusive Growth in itself is spurious coming from political constituents who have been ruling the country for the past 60-odd years. So now when they talk of Inclusive Growth, am I to assume that they are admitting until now all their efforts and policies lacked the spirit of inclusiveness?

No point in writing thousands of words but simply put: This government led by the Congress looks all set to take forward its Dole Politics, i.e., buying votes through apparent acts of charity. And why won’t they, for didn’t this government towards the end of its first term spend more than Rs.100,000 crore of taxpayer money to win another term in office?

So friends, be prepared for more Indians turning into beggars, for that’s what this government is trying to do, in the name of Inclusive Growth create a country of beggars whose votes can be bought for a few rupees every five years to return to power and rip this country of its last penny. Jai Ho!