Before we get there, arunoday, lets talk numbers. There are 980 million eligible voters going to vote in 1. 2 million polling booths. Imagine everyone in both london and new york becoming election workers. Thats 15 million humans needed to pull it off. Speaking of numbers, listen to this one a Poll Tracking Global Leaders popularity put Prime Minister Narendra Modis Approval Rating at 78 . By comparison, a domestic poll in the uk recently put Prime Minister rishi sunak s Approval Rating at negative 48 . Ten years since coming into office, how, is mr modi still so popular . A Triumphant Tourfor Prime Minister Narendra Modi, finally making good on a decades old promise. Speaks hindi. To bring the hindu god ram back to his birthplace here in ayodhya. Translation ram is the faith of india. Ram is the foundation of india. Ram is the thought of india. Ram is the constitution of india. Those are the words by the Prime Minister of a Secular Country Made Building A Hindu Temple key to his re el
You need to be hungrier. You need to be bolder. You need to be more imaginative. We talk disinformation. Theres a lot of propaganda and disinformation coming i from non ij handles also. And we ask, what matters . The most raw, yet nuanced political conversations in india often happen at these kind of tea stalls. Welcome to this is india. Today were talking elections. India is the Worlds Largest democracy, an economic Powerhouse Set to become the worlds Third Largest economy. Internationally, india is having its moment courted by the United States as a counterweight to china. A voice for the global south. Any day now, india will call elections. Voting will take place over several weeks, and the results dontjust matter to the People Living in it. It matters to the world. Now, in india, there are dozens of Political Parties in this country, but two really dominate the bjp and the congress. Before we get there, though, lets take a look at the election in numbers. 968 million eligible voter