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...In India’s most recent elections, held in 2014 and 2019, social media played an important role in the campaign waged and won by the ruling Bharatiya Janata party....
...Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party is seeking a third consecutive victory and an increased majority that would tighten its control over India’s politics, economy and society....
...john.reed@ft.com Letter in response to this column:Cricket, like elections, is a time-consuming spectacle / From Rajiv Radhakrishnan, London NW8, UK...
...Opinion polls show Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata party, which has governed India since 2014, is the strong favourite to win the election....
...“You cannot win in India by upper-caste patriarchy,” says Devesh Kapur, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University....
...Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party government last week dispatched security forces to the border between Punjab and Haryana states, about 200km from New Delhi, to try to stop farmers from northern India marching...
...Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the strong favourite to win the lower house vote and be re-elected to a third five-year term at the head of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party....
...Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party is seeking to increase its parliamentary majority and to secure the 73-year-old leader a third five-year term at the election, which is expected to be held...
...leaders, celebrities and film stars joined the ceremony rich in pomp and symbolism that opened the first phase of the Ram Mandir shrine in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, a northern state ruled by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata...
...A majority of members of the Lok Sabha, which is dominated by Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata party, on Friday voted to oust Moitra following an investigation into what she said were trumped-up allegations...
...Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party was the largest recipient of donations under the scheme, according to the data....
...Modi’s close association with help for the poor could play a key role in deciding whether his Bharatiya Janata party retains power at India’s general election, which begins on April 19....
...Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party is widely expected to overcome a divided opposition to secure a third five-year term in a staggered election to be held during April and May....
...On Sunday, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party released its election manifesto featuring a wide range of promises....
...The summit — in which Modi secured a unanimous statement that brought together Russia, China and the west, a series of economic deals and a flurry of photo-ops — provided the Bharatiya Janata party with...
...India is heading into a national election this year, expected to be held in stages during April and May, in which Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party will be seeking a third five-year term...
...Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party is widely expected to win a third five-year term in office in a lower house vote likely to be in April and May....
...The FT’s South Asia bureau chief, John Reed, takes us inside his (very small) team’s plan for covering it....
...the world’s fastest-growing large economy, Gandhi has dwelled on the grievances of farmers, lower caste Indians, small business owners and unemployed youth who feel left behind by the ruling Bharatiya Janata...
...On January 22, Narendra Modi presided over the consecration of the new Ram Mandir shrine in a crowning moment for his Bharatiya Janata party....
...The tough government measures come ahead of a general election expected to be held in April and May, in which Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party is the strong favourite to win re-election for a third five-year...
...celebrities and film stars joined the ceremony rich in pomp and symbolism that marked the opening of the first phase of the Ram Mandir shrine in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, a northern state ruled by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata...
...the patriotic banner of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, or INDIA, presented itself as a unity front to prevent India’s powerful prime minister and his majoritarian Hindu Bharatiya Janata...
...in voters’ minds in the lower house election expected in April and May, with the Indian National Congress and other opposition parties attacking the record on job creation of Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata...
...Modi, who has ruled India since 2014, is hoping to return for a third term with a big enough majority to sideline his political opposition and continue his Bharatiya Janata party’s project of restoring the...
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