At the Asian College of Journalism, Yogendra Yadav discusses the causes, effects, and future implications of the 2024 Elections, focusing on the critical state of democracy in the Indian Republic.

Dig deep when you see a survey this election season. The recent India Today survey was based on computer assisted telephone interviews. 71% are despondent about the economy and think the situation may not improve. The margin of error can overturn the ‘results’ being projected.

This is how psychological games are played and won. Inflate a small balloon of truth so big that every contradictory truth is hidden behind it.

The Indian farmer is not just a poor, helpless victim who deserves a waiver because he cannot pay. The root cause of the debt trap is that his income has not increased with rising expenditure due to state policies.

Despite its legendary non-performance, the BJP has zoomed ahead in the MCD polls by turning it into a popularity contest between Kejriwal and Modi.

Faced with BJP's aggression and a dwindling support base, and bereft of its plank of moral politics and good governance, AAP's political fortunes look bleak.

If the BJP is hegemonic today, it is so because its brute power enjoys popular endorsement. Counter-hegemony is the principal political challenge of our times.