Why so many Indians rejected PM Modi: 2024 election was a ‘revolt of the farmers’
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Why so many Indians rejected PM Modi: 2024 election was a ‘revolt of the farmers’

Economists Radhika Desai and Prabhat Patnaik analyze India’s 2024 general election and why Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s far-right Hindu-nationalist party BJP lost its majority. They discuss the state of the economy, rising unemployment and inequality, and Modi’s neoliberal model. Transcript here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/06/27/india-modi-2024-election-economy/ You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP […]