India has started its multi-phase, weeks long general elections that will determine the composition of the Lok Sabha, India’s lower house of parliament, and also the next prime minister. Results will be announced May 23. To make sense of the world’s largest exercise of democracy, this episode features a discussion led by Brookings Fellow Tanvi Madan, director of the India Project, with three scholars, one each from the American Enterprise Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Brookings India.
The participants in the conversation are:
- Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Milan Vaishnav, director and senior fellow, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Dhruva Jaishankar, fellow, Brookings India
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Authors
Commentary
PodcastA primer on India’s general elections
Tanvi Madan,
Tanvi Madan
Senior Fellow
- Foreign Policy
@tanvi_madan
Sadanand Dhume,
Sadanand Dhume
Resident Fellow
- American Enterprise Institute
@dhume
Dhruva Jaishankar, and
Dhruva Jaishankar
Former Brookings Expert,
Director, US Initiative
- Observer Research Foundation,
Non-Resident Fellow
- Lowy Institute
@d_jaishankar
Milan Vaishnav
Milan Vaishnav
Director and Senior Fellow, South Asia Program
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
@MilanV
April 12, 2019