カテゴリー: India elections 2024
Being beholden to partners could be a necessary restraint on Indian PM – or he could double down on oppressive policiesAs Narendra Modi traversed the country during recent months, campaigning for a third term in power, he repeated the same refrain. The…
Campaigners say election shows rejection of ‘hate politics’ after marginalised groups vote to deny BJP a majorityIt was widely described as the week that India’s beleaguered democracy was pulled back from the brink. As the election results rolled in on…
Fears for the future of democracy and tolerance recede after authoritarian PM left reliant on coalition partnersIn the leafy surrounds of Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), a pocket of students sat beneath a banyan tree engaged in impassio…
Those living in UK express surprise but hope loss of outright majority will be a turning point in Modi’s premiershipBritish Indians living across the UK have expressed surprise at the election results in India, with some hoping it will signal a change …
Defeats for ruling Bharatiya Janata party in Uttar Pradesh highlight underbelly of malcontent over inequality and lack of jobsA few weeks before the election that weakened Narendra Modi’s grip on India, the rich, powerful and beautiful descended on his…
Smaller allies emerge as powerful kingmakers in effort to form government before swearing in of PMNarendra Modi is facing the first test of coalition politics after losing his outright majority in the Indian election, with smaller coalition allies emer…
INDIA alliance prevents Modi’s BJP from forming majority but analysts say keeping it united will be difficultIn the months building up to India’s election, many pundits had already written obituaries for the country’s beleaguered political opposition.O…
Anger at rampant unemployment, stagnant wages and inflation led to surprise losses in Uttar PradeshIt was less than six months ago that Narendra Modi walked solemnly through the ornate surroundings of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, in Uttar Pradesh, India’…
Exit polls had projected overwhelming victory for the BJP and an even stronger mandate for India’s strongman India’s elections may return Narendra Modi to power for a third term but Tuesday’s results did not have the flavour of victory for the strongma…
Modi’s ruling BJP may gain a two-thirds majority, amid allegations of intimidation of opposition candidates and Muslim voter suppressionVoting has come to a close in India’s mammoth elections, as exit polls widely predicted prime minister Narendra Modi…
There have been highs and lows during the country’s long voting period. Now pessimism is setting inTomorrow I will vote. I’ll probably walk to the same mid-20th century bungalow that I walked to five years ago – it was once a primary school my daughter…
India is in the final stages of a general election, and almost one billion people are registered to vote. The country’s prime minister ,Narendra Modi, has been in power for more than 10 years, and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is s…
In his bid for re-election, the Indian PM is ramping up sectarian rhetoric and weaponising state agencies against his opponentsMahua Moitra is an opposition politician with the Trinamool Congress partyAbh ke baar 400 paar (“More than 400 seats this tim…
For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical waysLate one night in November 2005, a small group of plain-clo…
Supreme court judges order Arvind Kejriwal’s release until 1 June and question timing of his arrest on corruption chargesOne of India’s best-known opposition leaders, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has been granted bail by the country’s …