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Arithmetic behind 2024 General Elections - Is Modi coming back ?

We are roughly one year away from the 2024 General Elections in India, which promises to be a blockbuster political show not just for India but globally. India boasts of being the world's largest democracy and elections are more so noisy and people-engaging here. From the random tea stall gossip to heated newsroom debates, everyone has a say on who is winning and who should win. If anything, the political discourse has only turned more bipolar in the last decade, with a large section of the political right and the political left each becoming more opinionated and intolerant of opposing views. For the right-wingers, it's about getting Narendra Modi to his third consecutive term with an overwhelming majority, while the left supporters hope for a turnaround in the country's political landscape and they just want to see anyone other than Modi in that PM seat. How so much do we discuss issues, narratives, arguments, morals, ethics, etc., it all boils down to the numbers at the e