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India: Is democracy under threat?

Published: April 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

2024 is the year of elections. According to one estimate just under 50% of all the people on earth live in countries where by December 31st there will have been a national vote. In terms of population size there are none bigger than the six week exercise that got underway last Friday. The world\u2019s biggest democracy - India - has gone to the polls and prime minister Narendra Modi is hoping \u2013 perhaps expecting \u2013 to win a third term. He first came to power in 2014 and since then fears about \u201cdemocratic backsliding\u201d have been growing. So how concerned about that should we be? \n \nStep inside The Briefing Room and together we\u2019ll find out.

Guests:

Yogita Limaye, BBC's South Asia Correspondent\nRohan Venkat, editor of \u201cIndia Inside Out\u201d newsletter\nLouise Tillin, Professor of Politics in the India Institute at King\u2019s College London \nChietigj Bajpaee, senior research fellow for South Asia at Chatham House.

Production team: Rosamund Jones and Ben Carter\nEditor: Richard Vadon\nProduction Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman\nSound engineers: Hal Haines and Sarah Hockley