Our party will lay out people's vision, says Congress MP Rajeev Gowda

The Congress governments in the three states will have to focus on welfare measures for those who have suffered the brunt of Modi's disastrous policies, says Gowda

Rajeev Gowda,Congress MP in the Rajya Sabha has a PhD in public policy from Wharton Business School and heads the Congress's research cell. He has been on the RBI board and has taught at the Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru. In this interview to Aditi Phadnis, he underlines what the Congress's public policy priorities will be in the state where it has been elected to power. 

Edited excerpts:

Much has been said about agrarian distress and how it led to the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in three states. But in Mandsaur, the place where it all began, the Congress