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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Tanvi Madan
Director - The India Project
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy
Dhruva Jaishankar
Former Brookings Expert
Director, US Initiative - Observer Research Foundation
Non-Resident Fellow - Lowy Institute
Milan Vaishnav
Director and Senior Fellow, South Asia Program - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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