Supporters of Gujarat's Chief Minister and Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), crowd to get a glimpse of him during a rally ahead of the 2014 general elections, at Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh February 2, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's political parties are unveiling populist measures in a competition to win over voters before a national election due in two months, even though the domestic economy is struggling to recover from the worst slowdown in a decade.
In the past two months, the Indian electorate has been showered with goodies such as free water, cheaper electricity and subsidised cooking gas. Some political leaders are also promising free health care, minimum guaranteed farm wages and even the abolition of income tax.
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