Lessons from the 18th Lok Sabha elections of 2024
Lessons from the 18th Lok Sabha elections of 2024 Sugato Hazra The largest exercise of democracy in the history of the world said the US State Department spokesperson in his official reaction after the six week long election process was completed. Prime Minister Modi came back to power for the third consecutive term, though with a reduced majority and supported by coalition partners. While opposition, particularly the major opposition party Congress, improved its tally substantially are not happy. Its leader Rahul Gandhi, who used all tricks available in electioneering, not everything strictly fair, keeps complaining that India’s EVMs are unsafe and must be scrapped. Hidden in such bitter repetitive whining lies the frustration of not managing to dethrone their arch enemy who has been painted with all shades of black including by foreign and “independent liberal” media and continuation of what The Economist calls “the Modi Raj”. The question, and hope for the opp...