On 10 March 2022, the results of the elections held across five Indian states were announced. Much of the attention was focused on Uttar Pradesh (UP), the largest and most populous state in the country, where the Bharatiya Janata Party made a resounding victory. In the first episode of the two-part series on the Indian elections, Dr Ronojoy Sen, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Politics, Society and Governance), ISAS, discussed the UP assembly election results with Dr Neelanjan Sircar, Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and Non-Resident Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. They covered themes including electoral behaviour, the question of caste politics, religious polarisation, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications of the results for the upcoming general elections in 2024.
Episode 154: ‘The New BJP’ - A Book Discussion
Episode 153: Revisiting India-Japan Ties
Episode 152: Socio-Economic Developments in Balochistan
Episode 151: Environmental Security in South Asia
Episode 150: India’s Agnipath Scheme
Episode 149: Bangladesh’s Economic Outlook
Episode 148: India’s New VPN Rules
Episode 147: Pakistan’s Foreign Policy
Episode 146: The IPEF - What, Why and How
Episode 145: India-South Korea Ties
Episode 144: China’s Engagements in South Asia
Episode 143: Australia and the Indian Ocean - Priorities, Responses and Challenges
Episode 142: India’s Space Sector Boom
Episode 141: The Sri Lankan Economic Crisis
Episode 140: India-Aus FTA - Boost to Bilateral Ties
Episode 139: Political Upheaval in Pakistan
Episode 138: Ratification of the MCC Nepal Compact
Episode 137: India’s Digital Currencies
Episode 136: Indian State Elections - Punjab
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