Fear and loathing in India: BJP insists Amazon, Flipkart adopt new e-commerce rules by Feb. 1

Opinion: Reeling from defeats in local elections and hoping to curry favour with a large votebank of shopkeepers and tradespeople before national elections in a few months, India's BJP government insists Flipkart and Amazon migrate to new rules almost overnight, causing losses that may amount to as much as 40 percent of revenues.