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Express Elections

By: Express Audio
  • Summary

  • The Indian Express brings you a podcast that peels back the layers of political mudslinging and campaign rhetoric to cover everything you need to know about India voting. Express Elections will equip you with expert analysis and commentary on the significant events and players, an assessment of where the current government stands, and an understanding of the electoral process in India.
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Episodes
  • 'Beneficiaries', a new class of voters: UP Election Special – Part 5
    Mar 5 2022
    In the fifth and final part of our special election series on Uttar Pradesh, we talk about an entirely new class of voters – people who have benefitted from the government’s welfare schemes. For this, Monojit Majumdar, who heads the Indian Express' Explained section, talks to Indian Express’ Harikishan Sharma about who these voters are, and how they could potentially impact these upcoming elections.
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    28 mins
  • The problem of stray cattle: UP Election Special – Part 4
    Feb 26 2022
    Last week in a rally in Unnao, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a new policy will be introduced to tackle the stray cattle problem after March 10, when the Uttar Pradesh election results will be announced. In the fourth part of our special election series on UP, Indian Express’ Monojit Majumdar is joined by Harish Damodaran to talk about this issue, and the extent to which it actually affects farmers in the state.

    Harish Damodaran is Indian Express’ Rural Affairs Editor, and a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR).
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    22 mins
  • A long campaign, poll pitch, and freebies: UP Election Special – Part 3
    Feb 19 2022
    In the third part of our special election series on Uttar Pradesh, Indian Express’ Monojit Majumdar talks to Chief of Political Bureau Ravish Tiwari about the extent to which long campaigns and freebies influence voters, and what the political parties in the state are trying to highlight in their poll pitches.
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    28 mins

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