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        News publications are in raptures over Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman not announcing vote-fetching freebies in her interim budget of February 1. They are making a virtue of what is expected of any government facing the hustings. In 2009, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee    
    
        
     
								 
                    

 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                    