India politicians pin hope on handoutsFreebies distributed to woo voters ahead of upcoming elections included laptops, bicycles, goats and cows.
![Additional subsidies on fuel and electricity were announced in the run up to the elections [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/201431772225806734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
