One way to de-polarise Indian politics—add MOTA to the ballot
In India’s ‘first-past-the-post’ system, there’s a perverse incentive for political parties and candidates to overtly antagonise one section of voters to secure another section’s votes.
In India’s ‘first-past-the-post’ system, there’s a perverse incentive for political parties and candidates to overtly antagonise one section of voters to secure another section’s votes.
On a flight recently, I ran into a BJP state minister and a member of its National Executive. He was in the Congress party before moving to the BJP, so I knew him well.