Episode Details

Is Narendra Modi trying to subvert Indian democracy? Across India, protests are erupting against the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls, which has overwhelmingly struck Muslims and minorities off the voter lists. Seema Chishti, Indian journalist, joins me to explain how the BJP government is working to control elections in time, space and people through “one nation, one election,” delimitation and mass voter deletions. We trace the real Gujarat model of winning power through Hindutva polarisation and governing for Adani, Ambani and big business. We also look at the economic damage it has left behind, from demonetisation and the GST to privatised education and health, sharply rising inequality and youth unemployment. Chishti explains how Gen Z and the Cockroach Janta Party have broken Modi’s aura of invincibility.