India, Feb. 10 -- After 27 years, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has regained office in Delhi. Among the factors that may have drawn voters to the party, is the party's promise to continue with the welfare schemes of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and implement new ones, including certain targeted cash transfers. But the new government must be cautious here; in the enthusiasm to deliver on election promises and show that it can do welfare better than the AAP, it could go overboard.

With a clear majority for the BJP, it will have the option to cherry-pick welfare schemes. The AAP government had many, and the new government will find it difficult to change strategy drastically and withdraw these totally. The poll promises of all th...