Match-fixing monopoly vs fairplay business — time to choose freedom over fear

Rahul Gandhi · 6 Nov 2024

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A new breed of monopolists has taken the place of the East India Company in India.

Their wordsThe original East India Company wound up over 150 years ago, but the raw fear it then generated is back. A new breed of monopolists has taken its place.
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India's largest business groups compete by controlling the state, not by competing as companies.

Their wordsYou know that describing these oligarchic groups as businesses is misleading. When you compete with them, you are not competing with a company, you are fighting the machinery of the Indian state.
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Government agencies must not be used as weapons to attack and intimidate businesses.

Their wordsThe government cannot be allowed to support one business at the expense of all others, much less support benami equations in the business system. Government agencies are not weapons to be used to attack and intimidate businesses.
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Indian banks should lend to fair-playing businesses instead of the top 100 well-connected borrowers.

Their wordsOur banks should overcome their fascination for the top 100 well-connected borrowers with their attendant NPAs and be made to discover the profit pools in lending and supporting the play-fair businesses.

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