Published 19:52 IST, February 27th 2020
Pradeep Bhandari turns author; debuts 'Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches from Ground Zero'
Noted psephologist and Jan Ki Baat founder Pradeep Bhandari has launched his debut book, titled, "Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches from ground zero" on Thursday
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ted psephologist and Jan Ki Baat founder Pradeep Bhandari has launched his debut book, titled Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches From Ground Zero on Thursday. Based on how BJP won 2019 Lok Sabha elections and emerged as single-largest party by a gulf even wider than stupendous mandate in 2014, book promises to take readers through anti-Modi vs pro-Modi battle via voices from on ground, recounting how people at ground level across nation were thinking right before elections. It also discusses implications of mandate for future of Indian politics.
't a book about political tourism'
Speaking to Republic World, Pradeep Bhandari said, " book is t about political tourism, instead it is based on on-ground facts which I have gared by visiting more than 400 constituencies. It is first book ever in India that covers political analysis by collecting such wide primary data. If you want to kw how does an Indian voter think, this book is your primary destination."
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2019 general elections were set against backdrop of unexpected alliances, with staunchest of adversaries joining hands against Narendra Modi, and in his exit-poll, Pradeep Bhandari's Jan Ki Baat had n predicted a victory of BJP-led NDA alliance by more than 300 seats.
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alliance swept Lok Sabha elections away with 352 seats. While we w kw who won electoral battle, larger question is what caused this swing at a time when many had predicted fall of Modi and BJP, or at least a hint of anti-incumbency, and that is what has been intricately highlighted in book, which is w available on Amazon.
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18:34 IST, February 27th 2020