Why India’s election is such a big deal | Start Here
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 Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #India #NarendraModi #Modi #IndiaOpposition #IndiaPolitics #BharatiyaJanataParty #BJP #IndiaNationalCongress #IndiaElections2024 #RahulGandhi, #LokSabhaElection, #Modi, #CongressParty, #IndiaAlliance, #Hindutva, #IndiaElection #IndiaDemocracy #StartHere
