Narendra Modi’s BJP won the most seats in India’s election, but failed to win an outright majority, as many had predicted. The BJP will now have to govern in a coalition with some smaller parties. In this episode of Start Here, which was first published ahead of the election, Sandra Gathmann explains how voting works in the world’s biggest election, who the main players are and how India has changed under Narendra Modi. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 01:26 – How India’s massive election will work 02:28 – The key players: Modi and the BJP 02:48 – The key players: Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Party and the INDIA opposition alliance 03:48 – Modi’s popularity 06:12 – Hindutva explained 08:32 – Fears about the direction that India’s going in under Modi 09:35 – Violence and discrimination against the Muslim community in India 10:06 – India’s controversial citizenship law This episode features: Rohan Venkat – Non-Resident Visiting Scholar & Consulting Editor, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania Sanjay Kapoor – Editor, Hardnews Radhika Ramaseshan – Contributing Editor, Business Standard Check out our other Start Here episodes https://bit.ly/3o0BEIW Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #India #NarendraModi #Modi #IndiaOpposition #IndiaPolitics #BharatiyaJanataParty #BJP #IndiaNationalCongress #IndiaElections2024 #RahulGandhi, #LokSabhaElection, #Modi, #CongressParty, #IndiaAlliance, #Hindutva, #IndiaElection #IndiaDemocracy #StartHere