The voters in Tripura have sent a clear message to policymakers: they care more about improving their own well-being and standard of living than worrying about income inequality. By soundly rejecting the communist credo of equality and the equal misery that comes from socialism, big government and centralised planning, the voters have sent a message to Delhi: Focus on creating wealth, not just distributing it. But is it inequality that bothers us or the fact that some people don’t have enough to sustain themselves? The real issue, therefore, is not income inequality but poverty and the oppression and the injustice that accompanies this poverty. The voters of Tripura have given us the answer: Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas needs to focus more on “vikas”; than on “sath”.

Source: dna March 12, 2018 02:37 UTC