Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought a new issue into his campaign – the allegation that Adani and Ambani are sending “tempo loads” of black money in cash to the Congress. While the Congress has quickly turned this around to target the BJP, Modi’s supporters and the big media appear confused by this sudden outburst.
The Wire‘s Jahnavi Sen speaks to Sushant Singh, Lecturer, Yale University and Consulting Editor, Caravan and Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor, The Wire about what this could mean. They also discuss the Election Commission’s role during the ongoing elections and why the claim that India has become a ‘Vishwaguru’ in the last 10 years doesn’t hold water.
