Why election of India is such a big deal | Start Here
Apr 8, 2024 #AJStartHere #India #NarendraModi
India is about to hold the world’s biggest election: 970 million voters and seven phases of vot
Apr 8, 2024 #AJStartHere #India #NarendraModi
India is about to hold the world’s biggest election: 970 million voters and seven phases of voting, from mid-April to early June.
#AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains how the election will work, why Narendra Modi and the BJP are expected to win again, and how India is changing under them.
Chapters:
01:26 - How India’s massive election will work
02:28 - The key players: Modi and the BJP
02:48 - The key players: Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Party and the INDIA opposition alliance
03:48 - Modi’s popularity
06:12 - Hindutva explained
08:32 - Fears about the direction that India’s going in under Modi
09:35 - Violence and discrimination against the Muslim community in India
10:06 - India’s controversial citizenship law
This episode features:
Rohan Venkat - Non-Resident Visiting Scholar & Consulting Editor, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
Sanjay Kapoor - Editor, Hardnews
Radhika Ramaseshan - Contributing Editor, Business Standard
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