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Check out the winners and losers of India's election campaign manifestos

A closer review of BJP and Congress manifestos shows many others who are poised to win and some who may end up losers. Here's a quick snapshot

Chhattisgarh elections Raipur- voters stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the 2nd phase of assembly elections. Photo: PTI
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Chhattisgarh elections Raipur- voters stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the 2nd phase of assembly elections. Photo: PTI

Vrishti Beniwal & Shruti Srivastava | Bloomberg
India’s farmers and the poor stand to gain irrespective of whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins a second term or his main opponent Rahul Gandhi wrests power in elections starting this week. The biggest losers will be loan defaulters-on-the-run.

Poll promises of both Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and Gandhi’s Indian National Congress include spending billions of dollars to provide income support to the poor and farmers. A closer review of their manifestos shows many others who are poised to win and some who may end up losers. Here’s a quick snapshot:

Winners
 
Infrastructure builders: Both the parties pledged to boost

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