Gautam Gambhir

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Where they stand

Gautam Gambhir on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.

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The record, axis by axis

Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.

1. Welfare

   −2.0

   Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision

   Placement confidence — low

   Ran free coaching and sports-infrastructure programmes for underprivileged youth in East Delhi as its MP, 2019-24, and started the East Delhi Premier League for young cricketers from poor families — local, targeted development rather than a stated welfare doctrine

2. Markets

   +1.0

   State-led developmentMarket-led development

   Placement confidence — low

   No ownership, tariff or labour-market record from a single, low-profile Lok Sabha term

3. Recognition

   −1.0

   Formal equalityGroup remedies

   Placement confidence — low

   No personal quota record or floor position

4. Nation

   +4.0

   PluralistMajoritarian

   Placement confidence — low

   A combative on-field nationalism carried into BJP membership from March 2019, without a distinct legislative record on CAA, UCC or temple disputes

5. Authority

   +1.0

   Civil libertiesStrong state

   Placement confidence — low

   No security-portfolio or civil-liberties record

6. Culture

   0.0

   Personal autonomyTraditional norms

   Placement confidence — low

   No personal-autonomy or traditional-norms record

7. Federalism

   −2.0

   CentreStates

   Placement confidence — low

   No distinguishing Centre-state position beyond his one term as a Delhi BJP MP inside a party that contests Delhi's own statehood question

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And where do you stand?

Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.

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