In a new series on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, The Hindu brings you a flavour of the major political battles being waged across the country by tracking campaign rallies and speeches.
Using the medium of the typical campaign speech, the series analyses the messaging and speaking styles of top political leaders, the major themes at play in 2019 and the states that will emerge as the most important battlegrounds.
In this Podcast series:
The BJP’s hard counter to the Congress’ manifesto
The longer story behind NYAY and the Congress manifesto
Kanhaiya Kumar and the “Leningrad” of Bihar
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and an appeal to a higher politics
MK Stalin and a pivotal moment for the DMK
Yogi Adityanath and the myriad dimensions of Hindutva messaging
Rahul Gandhi, ploughing a lone furrow in the East
Amit Shah and the art of shoring up alliances
Nitish kumar and an unfamiliar political equation in Bihar
Tejashwi Yadav and an appeal to justice on many fronts
Raj Thackeray and the precise art of opposition research
Trouble in the Bihar Mahagatbandhan
A cerebral battle in Thiruvananthapuram
Mayawati and an enduring political strategy
Akhilesh Yadav, learning from past mistakes
Priyanka Gandhi and a belated move outside UP
Congress, AAP and a tedious ‘will they, won’t they’
TTV Dhinakaran and an independent challenge to all others
AIADMK and a gamble on an uneasy alliance
Chandrababu Naidu and a battle on two fronts
BJP Manifesto: Decoding the Party’s stance on Kashmir
Battle for Bhopal: Digvijaya Singh
Battle for Bhopal: Sadhvi Pragya Thakur
A pitched battle for East Delhi
The metro appeal of Sheila Dikshit
How the BJP is strengthening in Bengal
