Magazine Is India becoming an “election-only democracy”? Supporters wait for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrive at the venue of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election campaign rally in Hyderabad, India, March 15, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. India’s much-anticipated general elections are set to run from April 19 to June 1, 2024. … Read more
Picture this scene: With general elections looming, the leader of the main opposition party is unseated from Parliament, and 146 members of Parliament find themselves suspended for daring to question the government. The bank account of the main opposition party is frozen. Federal agencies incarcerate two sitting chief ministers from opposition parties under draconian money … Read more
From April 19 to June 1, nearly 970 million Indians – or over 10 percent of the global population – are eligible to vote in general elections. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4. Why does it take so long? … Read more
In recent years, Indian officials and analysts have tried to make it unambiguously clear that, despite close cooperation with Washington, India will not play second fiddle to the United States in its geopolitical games. India, as it always has, eschews any talk of joining camps in the emerging great power competition. In the past, India’s … Read more
Advertisement Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was received in the United States for a state visit that included a dinner at the White House and an address to a joint session of Congress. Few other world leaders have addressed Congress twice. There is no doubt that the U.S. government was trying to demonstrate … Read more
Advertisement President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are marking the state visit of the Indian leader on Thursday by launching new partnerships in defense, semiconductor manufacturing and more sectors as the leaders look to strengthen their countries’ crucial — albeit complicated — relationship. But as Biden fetes Modi, human rights advocates and some … Read more
Advertisement As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for his highly anticipated visit to Washington, the global stage is set for an important chapter in the India-U.S. relationship. As the United States deepens its Indo-Pacific engagement and India solidifies its regional prowess, the partnership between these democratic powerhouses has the potential to reshape the geopolitical … Read more