Elections are weeks away in India and opposition events try to tackle the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s in search of a 3rd consecutive time period.
The opposition claims that Modi’s success charge has little or no to do along with his governance – however extra as a result of scores of his political rivals have been arrested or charged on questionable grounds. They are saying it has kneecapped the opposition and gamed the political area in favour of the governing occasion.
On this episode of The India Report, Sreenivasan Jain examines whether or not these actions are – because the Prime Minister claims – a part of his campaign in opposition to high-level corruption, or an unprecedented marketing campaign in opposition to of the opposition which is deeply harmful to India’s democracy.
That includes:
Derek O’Brien – Member of Indian Parliament
Adish Aggarwala – President, Supreme Courtroom Bar Affiliation
Anjali Bhardwaj – Founder, Satark Nagrik Sangathan
Priyanka Kakkar – Chief Spokesperson, AAP
Maya Tudor – Professor, Blavatnik College of Authorities