Congress' NYAY: Unanswered questions

Can the party effectively communicate in a way that makes the scheme not just appealing but something that will determine how Indians vote?

The Congress party’s minimum income guarantee scheme, announced by Rahul Gandhi last Monday, is, as he said, intended as a dhamaka and “a game-changer”. Although he didn’t go so far, it’s clear Congress is hoping this could swing the election. In which case isn’t it surprising that at his press conference Rahul Gandhi should have expressed himself in such a way that he left behind considerable misunderstanding if not confusion about the scheme? When exemplary clarity and focus were required we seem to have been given a garbled presentation.

There are two areas where the impression Rahul Gandhi created turns out