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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not have expected in his wildest dream that his suggestion to distinguish between freebies and welfare schemes would create a huge uproar, especially from the opposition-ruled states like Aam Aadmi Party and Dravida Munnetra Kazham. Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, Palani Tyaga Rajan even went to the extent of challenging the Supreme Court after it advocated a similar opinion expressed by our Prime Minister. It was quite natural that the sensitive issue reignited the debate on the economic rationale for granting subsidies. Similar to his anger and terse comments over Chartered Accountants and the Corporate Sector not serving for the nation in the recent past, Modi traded his disgust over the freebies issue in a no-hold barred manner.