success but there's barely a doubt the elitist glare of rahul gandhi and his one soul mind indian national congress party really pulled the opposition strong men down and 29000 poll. well gandhi's not seen as a serious challenger to mr not in the mold because dynasty is not it doesn't appeal to the young people in the country anymore if you contrast the dynasty off. gandhi who let's see is that a prime minister not in the who actually has risen from the bottom he comes from the very poor section of society he comes from a cost which is although backward talks will be see so given the fact that there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on. you know the dynasty of congress and the congress has almost believed it for the last almost 70 years it has completely lost it's of the. year on year it's becoming clear politicians all around the world should have realised being a part of the elite is now out of fashion shall i remind you of what's been going on with the people's voting habits everywhere lately. i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we

drawing crowds to the city about an hour see they've come to see priyanka gandhi for the indian national congress party drum up support her party wants to unseat the incumbent m.p. that's prime minister narendra modi for the moment it's more about political celebrity and less about politics. but analysts say a resurgence of the opposition is countering modi's record his personality and hyper nationalism what has happened isn't modi has projected himself as a personal figure who represents india india's national interest where is everyone else seemed to be becoming shot of what might be nationalism in this country as a result the campaign is incredibly vitriolic incredibly personalized. on the other side of our nazi supporters of 2 other major regional parties a similar to what he and behind johnson march parties have joined forces to take on modi exceptions like these are in the final stages of the election how they've been crisscrossing states and constituents in the trying to win the every single vote. general election has been described as the 30th the most divisive and the most polarized if indeed

success but there's barely a doubt the elitist glare of rahul gandhi and his one sole indian national congress party really pulled the opposition strong men down and 29000 poll. year on year it's becoming clear politicians all around the world should have realized being a part of the elite is now out of fashion shall i remind you of what's been going on with the people's voting habits everywhere lately. i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we did claire independent strummed the elites who led us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. 800 people what. do you have heard me talking about the. abuse. i'm. taking a gun they are going to go in. but he main task is to bring into the politics in our country on a completely new people fresh decent people who actually care. what if soon government hopefuls will begin misplacing their elite background stressed like some do with parts of their tax returns. let's discuss this now with . a professor of international relations at king's college london thanks for joining us on the program today. just look at the polls unles

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nationalist b j p swept to victory taking 303 seats out of a possible 542 the opposition indian national congress party led by a rogue on the trail behind it won only 52 seats but that's still up from the party's historic low of 44 seats 5 years ago the remaining 187 seats would divide it among dozens of other parties a record number of women is said to end to india's new parliament $78.00 seats is set to go to female candidates though that is still well below the global average of nearly one in 4 female representatives well al-jazeera sail raman reports on the story now from the capital you debbie. india woke up on friday to news that the bharatiya janata party led by the renderer modi had secured an absolute majority in the 6 week long general election. b j p celebrations began on thursday when early indications suggested another wind was imminent. the election commission has been counting more than 600000000 votes cast since early on thursday and everyone is waiting for the initial announcement modi still has to be formally elected by his own party parliamentarians he's expected to meet them in a sp

the official vote shows his party, bmp am a sweeping to victory. , indian national congress party ledhi trailed behind. remaining 187 seeds were divided among dozens of other parties. a record number of women artists that to enter india's parliament. it is still well below the fourl average of one in representatives. we report more from this story from the capital, new delhi. reporter: india woke up on friday to the news that modi had secured an absolute majority in the six-week long general election. celebrations began on thursday when early indications suggested another win was imminent. the election commission has been counting more than 600 million votes cast. everyone is waiting for the initial announcement. to be formally elected by his own party element arians. he is expected to meet them in a special session on saturday. bjp is celebrating. the mood is different from the opposition groups whose numbers in parliament are now severely reduced. >> we showed them that we mean business. we did not let them have their own way. we will stand up as far as people's issues are concerned

contenders well leads the ruling b j p his challenger rahul gandhi is the leader of the indian national congress party there are also powerful regional parties who may hold the cards if national parties don't win an outright majority so who will lead more than a 1000000000 indians for the next 5 years while for that will have to wait until counting day on may 23rd so how raman is live for us environ r.c. where prime minister modi has his constituency so he'll talk us through the significance of an aussie on the stage over to pradesh especially given that it's modi is incumbent seize it. indeed yes the prime minister has been here environ arcee these past few weeks and certainly across the whole election campaign drumming up support and making sure that the public here realize and understand the investment that he says that he has made into the city in terms of its roads and infrastructure and also what he has been able to do on a national level and in the past few days of course we've also seen an influx of senior. cabinet members also coming in to show their support and to make sure that the base and

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drawing crowds to the city of byron are saying they've come to see priyanka gandhi from the indian national congress party drum up support her party wants to unseat the incumbent m.p. that's prime minister narendra modi for the moment it's more about political celebrity and less about politics. but analysts say a resurgence of the opposition is countering modi's record his personality and hyper nationalism what has happened is an modi has projected himself as a personal figure who represents india india's national interest where is everyone else to seem to be coming short of what might be nationalism in this country as a result the campaign is incredibly vitriolic incredibly personalized. on the other side of our nazi supporters of 2 other major regional parties a somali unbutton so march parties have joined forces to take on voting locations like these are in the final stages of the election. crisscrossing takes a constituency in the trying to win the every single vote. general election has been described the most divisive and the most polarized india this thread. of the use a members of the public agree

whether he'll stay in position the gov these of course have always had a connection to the indian national congress partybut he's not the only one has to think about his position there are smaller state parties both pradesh and west bengal and in central south india that have to work out what went wrong with their alliances or rather alliances ok so hell alice leave it there but thanks very much for joining us from new delhi. well let's take a look at some of the issues that prime minister morsi is likely to face in his 2nd term 1st of course this unemployment's which is at its highest level in nearly half a century now this is a particular concern among young people then there are the farmers who face low crop prices and mounting debts in kemah systems in the last budget helped to ease some of that anger but many say more needs to be done and of course then there was the rise in attacks against muslims during moody's 1st term and despite his message all of inclusion soon after winning his party has been accused of discrimination against minorities well to incinerate from the b j p parsi says it was poli

swept to victory taking 303 seats out of a possible 542 the opposition indian national congress party led by raul gandhi trailed behind it won only 52 seats but that's still up but that's still up from the party's historic low of 44 seats 5 years ago the remaining 187 seats are divided among dozens of other parties a record number of women is set to enter india's new parliament 78 seats are set to go to female candidates though that's still well below the global average of nearly one in 4 female representatives. raman reports from the capital new delhi. india work on friday to news that the bharatiya janata party led by linda modi secured an absolute majority in the 6 week long general election. b j p celebrations began on thursday when early indications suggested another wind was imminent. the election commission has been counting more than 600000000 votes cast since early on thursday and everyone is waiting for the initial announcement modi still has to be formally elected by his own party parliamentarians he's expected to meet them in a special session on saturday we need to listen

dream the more the i think that is pretty safe to say however he does head the indian national congress the key opposition party which has actually led the country for most of its ears in independence his father his grandmother his create grandfather have all been prime ministers of the countries of supporters of the gandhi family of the gandhi dynasty definitely do have support for him however it's also important to note that this is not a simple battle between rahul gandhi off the congress and prime minister in the regions or more the of the b.g.p. regional parties are bound to play and over ready crucial role in this election and could well be kingmaker because they are increasingly strong before the current noreen's or more the government for 30 years india was told ruled by coalition and many of the usual parties could play a role in selecting who the next prime minister will be by deciding who they will support by minute in a range of more the for a 2nd term on the challenger on gandhi in which as well in delhi thank you very much. thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across albania dem

the party a gentle party that is in part and the opposition's indian national congress led but all gandhi these 2 parties are far from alone in the fray there are many you'll receive regional parties all across the country that are also fighting the selection just to give you an example $59.00 seats are being mortared 4 on 3 is 6 but close to a 1000 candidates are on testing in these 59 seats and this is because recently parties have been important historically in india the prime uncertainty in the more big government that is holding part of the center right now was given a historic mandate it was given a majority but for 30 years before them coalition governments have ruled the country and political. and the believe that it is ready likely let another coalition will have to form the government at the center when in doubt aside this c.r. and the general elections as well which is why many regional parties can potentially play the role of kingmaker on may 23rd is when results will finally be announced another 11 days to go to find out who will be the next prime minister off india india dec

once again, it means who one talks to. 0bviously for supporters of the indian national congress and various regional parties, this will be a source of considerable distress and a source of considerable concern. 0n the other hand, for modi's supporters, they will be jubilant. one of india's most acclaimed modern actors says the country needs better sex education, rather than banning films with explicit content. bbc asian network's haroon rashid met radhika aptay in london. radhika aptay is fast becoming one of the most recognised indian actresses globally after having starred in three netflix originals in 2018. sacred games was the first net licks original series from india. how different was that filmmaking experience compared to other bollywood productions you've been part of? first of all, it's challenging, it's nicer because you do —— doing something, not worried about words and content, you are openly expressing them. i do feel that this freedom is very, very, very important so i think that's one aspect and i just think that the bollywood marketing and doing publicity, that netflix was very well organis

narendra modi's party ahead and he's already acting like the winner but opposition parties especially the indian national congress are crying foul they're concerned over reports. a voting machine fraud some 2000000 electric voting machines were used for this election and now some challenges are demanding the z.t. eighty's that's a voter verified paper audit trail which matches electronic votes to a paper tally here's what one congress party leader had to say. if there is a mishap or discrepancy then v v p 18 is put in the assembly elections should be counted again and if even one polling station has been tampered with then all the seats of assembly elections should be counted again you do far more on this we're joined by. in delhi nisha tell us why some people think that there is vote tampering going on the allegations of war time freeing us centered on some radios that often so actually getting over social media over the last couple of days these videos show potential dampening of electronic voting machines which are what is used in the elections all around the country this is the 4th. where these machines have

promised in the interim or these party of the party won 282 seats with the main opposition party the indian national congress fall behind winning 44 seats the big chunks over there are the powerful regional parties such as the a idea and the all india trinamool congress with 37 and 34 seats so who are the main contenders this time well they're in demote the lead soon ruling b j p his main challenger raul gandhi is the leader of the indian national congress spotty they're also powerful regional parties which have formed what they call a grand alliance against more the and may hold the cards if national parties don't win an outright majority among them a moderate the. party and uphill a shadow of the party for india's most populous state with a provision which has 80 seats and then there is the better g of the all india trinamool congress from west bengal where 42 seats are up for grabs. security in the indonesian capital is still very tight after election results deadly protests over the past few days now in jakarta 6 people were killed in riots and among the 200 were injured on tuesday protesters are angry t

making their mark in the region and indeed both sides both you might say the indian national congress and other smaller state parties have been trying to make inroads into those constituency seats of the b j p one in the last election the b.g.p. is not sitting on its laurels as had all the heavyweights come into this state to make sure they can maintain and sustain the support base that they had in 2014 that they got their eyes on states such as west bengal all of what we've seen in the last week were sporadic clashes between rival supporters so much so that for example in west bengal that offers as many as 42 seats the ruling t.m.c. the trinamool congress who is the majority party in that state were fighting b.g.p. supporters the election commission got very worried earlier this week and they halted all campaigning 24 hours before it was supposed to we're getting reports of sporadic clashes. as well. so we wait to hear a little bit more about that but this is the final stage everybody's very tired politicians and public alike they want this election to be over but they also want to make sure that they're the winner

or these governance now of course on the opposition and we have the indian national congress led by o'donoghue gandhi but these 2 parties in these 2 players are not the only ones which are relevant regional parties are expected to play an important role as many political analysts believe that a coalition government will form the government at the center unlike the majority government that prime minister nouri and more the is leading right now even today there have been reports of opposition party leaders holding meetings perhaps to figure out to people alliance to find a way to take part but finally off to 6 long weeks these weeks and weeks and perhaps months of speculation about who the next prime minister will be is coming to a close in. it's just 4 days to go for the results beeville be finding out if the country things that prime minister nuri and more the should be awarded a 2nd term or if the national mandate will favor the challenger from the opposition rahul gandhi or perhaps some other candidate from one of the regional bodies to take the post of prime minister the way it is coming to an end in genocides on may

weights priyanka gandhi has been here for the national congress indian national congress and also akhilesh yadav who is also one of the regional state leaders of a party b. s p pardon me but this state is very important because it actually sends 80 m.p.'s to the lok sabha the parliament it's the largest deliverer of m.p.'s ever bit like florida really in the us so what happens here is crucial in the last election the b j p managed to get 71 seats just over 70 definitely 71 seats of 80 that reveal a liberal and it really just tipped the balance for them and so really they want to try and maintain that here and also in west bengal we saw issues of violence between rival supporters there on tuesday the election commission were very concerned about what was going on in west bengal they cut campaigning short by 24 hours to the dismay of opposition groups and so there is quite a bit of rivalry over there the b.g.p. only have 2 seats of over 40 that are of a the. they're trying to make headway into that state as well and of course we're saying that it is the final day of voting it's really been a mammoth 2 month election how many seats are we talking about i

opposition to a brought in their heavy guns priyanka gandhi came into the indian national congress as well as akhilesh yadav for the s.p. party so it's a very very hot seat to be interesting to see what sort of majority the winning candidate actually gets and what story that tells us from byron i see when the votes are counted on thursday absolutely said because of course it was 5 years ago that narendra modi was made prime minister perhaps the biggest majority parliamentary majority that an indian prime minister is seen for many decades is the assumption that he will be returned to office but with perhaps a smaller majority does the main opposition congress party actually stand a chance. certainly the opposition parties include the congress party there as well as yes p.b.'s. parties from the south of india. made a concerted effort to either work together or work in coalition with each other to try and talk about what have the b j p actually achieved in 5 years what are the achievements of new under modi and we've been very thin on the ground with information in terms of the debate that's been going on both in the media the p

his party of divisive policies that put hindus 1st and indian opposition leader rahul gandhi has offered to resign as president of the congress party after it was transferred in a 2nd straight national election but party officials say his offer was rejected so how raman has more now from new delhi. as part of the process of the protocols of choosing the next government the prime minister narendra modi and his cabinet had to resign their positions on friday and submit those resignations to the president covalent he accepted the resignations but asked the prime minister to stay on as a caretaker until a new government and a new prime minister was elected by the winning party of course the b.g.p. are the winning party of the general election and so on saturday their winning parliamentarians have gathered in an empty chamber of the parliament and have elected. modi to be the man that they wish them to lead the next government and now that process has happened he will take that request by his own members and his allies back to the president and say that he has a mandate as a majority leader to form the next indian government that said and done there has yet to be a swearing in date in th

congress party, —— as well as modi hosting the party. we are entering the final stages of the week—long indian election campaign. in the nation'sin the largest democratic exercise in the world. from indian politics to british politics. since we've been on air we've had updates on how those cross party talks in the uk between labour and the conservatives are going, to try to find a way forward for brexit. this comes from reuters... then we have this this. i will get some help on translating that for you! let's speak to our uk political correspondent ben wright. what does that mean? these state m e nts what does that mean? these statements are pretty generic, after these talks. the tone is interesting, after yesterday's meeting, which lasted for three hours, the government talked about —— spoke about them being constructible making progress. the briefing coming from labour was that there were significant hurdles and fundamental differences remained between the two sides, around customs arrangements post brexit and labour's demands about a guarantee ofa labour's demands about a guarantee of a custom union with the eu after brexit.

time in indian election history that a normal congress party has not just won an election but been reelected again so history in the making again and of course this is just one of the national newspapers the hindu is saying of course india gives modi a high 5 when he was elected 20141 of the 1st things that i remember him saying was he wanted the public to give him a 10 year mandate we thought well he's big quite presumptuous there he's got the 10 year mandate now and he's got a lot of work ahead of him in terms of what we expect of a friday well there are 2 certain things that are going to happen one is that at some stage the cabinet will meet and they will discuss their move forward or how they will end or conclude business as such because they have to be reese warnin and then in the evening there's a formal dinner for the outgoing cabinet with the president in the middle of all of that it might be today it might be tomorrow the election commission has to finally announce and notarize the result and then all of the b j p parliamentarians that have been elected or on the verge of being elected will gather in new delhi to elect who will lead them in parliament and that's fo

rahul gandhi, head of the national congress, has three generations of indian prime ministers in his family, but this is the second time in a row his party lost. in some states, it didn't win any seats at all. and mr gandhi lost his seat in the state of uttar pradesh, which his family has held for decades. this is a really important state when it comes to who will then lead from the city of delhi. today, he conceeded defeat and wished narendra modi luck. today is the day of the mandate, and i don't want to colour the decision of the people of india by getting into a long conversation with you about what i think went wrong. frankly, today, it doesn't matter what i think went wrong. what matters is that the people of india have decided that narendra modi is going to be the prime minister, and as an indian person, i fully respect that. if you feel like these elections have been going on for a while, you're right. it went for a marathon six weeks of voting, and the counting started on thursday. perhaps this map will help you understand why this is such a massive process. look how many constituencies there are. it's the world's biggest voting

indians is still voting for the congress. but the last six or so election cycles we have seen this 50/50 split. 50% of the vote goes to one of the two national parties or regional parties. we have seen that regional party vote share come down significantly. some of the biggest gains the bjp made this time were at the expense of many regional parties. if you look at the state level vote shares, there were over a dozen states where the bjp got more than 50% of the vote share, right? 50% of the vote share. and you can see that many of these states, whether it's -- almost across the board, with the one exception here of goa, they actually did one better on how the party performed in 2014. we had this debate as political scientists back in 2014 about whether or not this was the era of a new party system. so india has had three party systems since independence. the first which was from about 1952 to 1967, was characterized by congress dominancing, both in terms of the national power in deli, as well as in the states. from '67 to '89 the congress remained dominant but saw the support basic eaten into in the state level. and what's known as the third party

this is the picture in the last 30 minutes — the bjp party and its coalition are leading, on 3117 seats — a clear majority. the indian national congressand the rest of the parties — there are scores of regional and local parties across the vast nation, add up to 108 seats. sanghita myska reports from delhi. dancing in the streets of india's commercial capital, mumbai. no waiting for official results here. sweets are eaten, the stock market rallies, the media have declared a landslide victory for the hindu nationalist bjp. their leader, incumbent prime minister narendra modi, has dominated this election. this anti—establishment son of a tea seller is loved and loathed with equal passion. modi, modi, modi... mr modi's supporters afford him a cult—like status, saying he will enrich the nation, not himself, unlike the politicians of the past. as a regional superpower. but at what cost? violent attacks on people at the bottom of the hindu caste system and indian muslims have gone uncriticised from mr modi's government, but today, he tweeted a message of unity. but in a nation where the majority of the population is under 35, critics say de