India, Feb. 8 -- Owing to the fact that Union Minister Arun Jaitley was unable to present the interim budget, Piyush Goyal presented it for the Modi Government last week. Unfortunately, while there was a change in the person presenting the interim budget, there was little about this budget that could distinguish it from what India has seen over the past five years. This budget represented those values that the BJP Government has been repeatedly demonstrating ever since in power. In this week's column, I will attempt to highlight how the interim budget was only a microcosm of the BJP's approach to governance. It was irresponsible, ill-conceived and insulting.

Irresponsible : It is important to refer to the context in which the interim bud...