By: Sreenivasan Jain Published in: *Aljazeera* Date: March 21, 2024 Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-india-report/2024/3/21/the-crackdown-on-indias-political-opposition
"The India Report on Al Jazeera The crackdown on India’s political opposition Elections are weeks away in India and opposition parties are attempting to take on the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is seeking a third consecutive term. The opposition claims that Modi’s success rate has very little to do with his governance – but more because scores of his political rivals have been arrested or charged on questionable grounds. They say it has kneecapped the opposition and gamed the political arena in favour of the governing party. In this episode of The India Report, Sreenivasan Jain examines whether these actions are – as the Prime Minister claims – part of his crusade against high-level corruption, or an unprecedented campaign against the opposition which is deeply dangerous to India’s democracy." "Featuring: Derek O’Brien – Member of Indian Parliament Adish Aggarwala – President, Supreme Court Bar Association Anjali Bhardwaj – Founder, Satark Nagrik Sangathan Priyanka Kakkar – Chief Spokesperson, AAP Maya Tudor – Professor, Blavatnik School of Government"
