With results due in
next week, campaigning for India’s 16th Lok Sabha (lower house) election is in
its final stages. Commentators are calling this the meanest election India has
ever seen, with mudslinging taken to a new level.
International relations
scholar Amitabh Mattoo says this is due to the changing political landscape in
India where elections are presidential-style personality contests and
candidates will do anything to tarnish the reputation of their adversaries.
Listen to Professor
Mattoo’s podcast below.
(Source: The
Conversation)
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