Countdown Begins to India’s 2019 General Election
Channel: Carnegie Live
Date: 08/05/2018

This May, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will mark two important milestones. First, the Modi government will complete the fourth year of its five-year term in office. And second, the BJP will attempt to wrest control of the critical southern state of Karnataka from its arch-rival Indian National Congress Party.

Taken together, these two political events herald the unofficial start of the campaign leading into India’s 2019 general election. What is the Modi government’s record thus far, and what impact will its performance have on national political dynamics? Three leading experts of India’s economy, foreign policy, and domestic politics—James Crabtree, Sadanand Dhume, and Tanvi Madan—will examine these questions. Carnegie’s Milan Vaishnav will moderate.