On the 19th of April, people in 102 constituencies across 21 states and union territories are casting their votes. This was less than a week since the Bharatiya Janata Party released its manifesto, called ‘Modi ki Guarantee 2024’.
On this episode of The Wire Wrap, The Wire‘s Jahnavi Sen is joined by development economist Dipa Sinha and The Wire Hindi‘s editor Ashutosh Bhardwaj to talk about what the party is promising and in whose name, and how this compares to the Congress’s manifesto released a week before. In addition, they discuss the use of religion and invocations of Ram in the BJP’s election campaign and the Election Commission’s silence on the matter, and the Supreme Court case involving Patanjali Ayurveda and its misleading advertising.
