India's general election 2024: As India’s general election enters its second month, most conventional expectations have already been upended. Complacent pundits had long ago concluded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would win comfortably. But two phases in to the seven-phase election the situation no longer looks quite that simple.
A scrutiny of about 60 speeches by the Prime Minister from March 16 to April 25 shows that this latest framing of “400 paar,” after the first phase of elections, marks a shift from the earlier refrain. It also comes after Opposition allegations that 400 plus will be weaponised to change the Constitution.
Unorganised and mostly run by hand-to-mouth units, the industry still sees Rs 10,000 crore annual turnover; BJP two-time MP, candidate cites govt's One Nation, One Product plans