NEW DELHI, Feb. 2 -- What a difference five years make. In July 2014, when the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unveiled its first full budget, finance minister Arun Jaitley made clear that the NDA was against "mindless populism". "India," he said in a media interaction, "has to make a choice between mindless populism and fiscal prudence.... the general elections of 2014 have proved that you don't need populism to win elections."...