Has Narendra Modi changed India?
How has Narendra Modi changed India economically, politically and as a global power? David Aaronovitch speaks to experts.
It's the world's biggest organised event: 900 million eligible voters across India have been to the polls in the last six weeks after five years of Narendra Modi's BJP government.
Narendra Modi's ambition was to project India as a global economic power, clamping down on corruption and burnishing its national security credentials. How far has he achieved this? And to what extent should India's non-Hindus be concerned about Narendra Modi's brand of Hindu nationalism?
David Aaronovitch speaks to experts to find out.
GUESTS:
Dr S Y Quraishi - Former Chief Election Commissioner
Soutik Biswas - India correspondent for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ news online
Kunal Sen - Director, Professor of Development Economics, University of Manchester
Ambassador Nirupama Rao - India’s foreign secretary 2009-11; former ambassador to the US, China and Sri Lanka
James Crabtree - India expert at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and author of The Billionaire Raj
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- Thu 23 May 2019 20:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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