Modi's Edifice Complex

Thu, 18 April 2024

11:40

"Few voters bother to read a party's election manifesto -- what little is known of the contents comes from the post-release back and forth between the party and its opponents, and the spin the media choses to give each party's promises.

"And for the BJP, that is a good thing -- that people will not read," writes Prem Panicker.

Read the column here.

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