���Sab ka saath, sab ka vikas”, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s slogan for the 2014 elections proudly proclaimed to voters. Six years and a second term later, the clearest message a neutral gets is “Sab ko niraash, ek saath”. But this is not the true import of the message from this or indeed any other government, ruling party or opposition. The real scandal is that a country that calls itself a leader among emerging economies should have such dismal human development numbers 70 years a