Narendra Modi’s BJP won the most seats in India’s election, but failed to win an outright majority, as many had predicted. The BJP will now have to govern in a coalition with some smaller parties.
In this episode of Start Here, which was first published ahead of the election, Sandra Gathmann explains how voting works in the world’s biggest election, who the main players are and how India has changed under Narendra Modi.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
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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