When the election season of 2019 is written about in history books, one thing will stand out: the competitive welfarism that parties across the board have promised to voters.

The reason perhaps, is that we are going into the polls at a time of deep economic distress, especially for the poor. There have been unprecedented job-losses, the real income of farmers has gone down, and rural wages have collapsed.

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