What Explains the BJP’s Rise?
Why are there such high expectations for the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party in India’s ongoing parliamentary election? Simply put,
the party is far better organized than its rivals, and its leader, Narendra
Modi, is undeniably the most charismatic Indian prime minister in recent
memory.
India’s Economy Is Powered by the South, While Modi’s Strength Draws from the North. Can He Combine the Two?
https://www.wsj.com/world/india/election-india-south-north-divide-modi-d42cd14b
The prime minister needs election wins in the southern region, which has resisted his Hindu nationalist message, to attain a supermajority
https://www.wsj.com/world/india/election-india-south-north-divide-modi-d42cd14b
The prime minister needs election wins in the southern region, which has resisted his Hindu nationalist message, to attain a supermajority
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Ahead of the curve
https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/ahead-of-the-curve-taking-the-south-seriously/cid/1819266
Ramachandra Guha notes:
“In proportionate terms, South India contributes far more to the national economy than North India. And to the tax revenues of the Central government too. Those Indians who live in the South are, on the whole, healthier, better fed, more prosperous, better educated, and with easier access to public services than Indians who live in the North. Many northerners recognize this — which is why they vote with their feet to move South. The city I live in, Bengaluru, has a profusion of successful entrepreneurs with surnames indicating that their state of origin is somewhere in the Indo-Gangetic plain. (I somehow do not think that the city of Lucknow has many entrepreneurs bearing Tamil or Kannadiga or Malayali surnames.) Evidence suggests that middle class and working class migration is also much more biased in a North-South direction than the reverse”.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/ahead-of-the-curve-taking-the-south-seriously/cid/1819266
Ramachandra Guha notes:
“In proportionate terms, South India contributes far more to the national economy than North India. And to the tax revenues of the Central government too. Those Indians who live in the South are, on the whole, healthier, better fed, more prosperous, better educated, and with easier access to public services than Indians who live in the North. Many northerners recognize this — which is why they vote with their feet to move South. The city I live in, Bengaluru, has a profusion of successful entrepreneurs with surnames indicating that their state of origin is somewhere in the Indo-Gangetic plain. (I somehow do not think that the city of Lucknow has many entrepreneurs bearing Tamil or Kannadiga or Malayali surnames.) Evidence suggests that middle class and working class migration is also much more biased in a North-South direction than the reverse”.