October 2024

By Dr. Smruti Smita Mahapatra, Dr. Shivani Das, Dr. Ravia Gupta
Election manifestos represent the political standing of parties and are often discussed, debated, and compared during elections. The manifestos of political parties, released before every election, are the only documents that authentically explain the position of each political party…

By Amit Kumar Arya
In India, the complexity of political representation is shaped by the country’s diversity in terms of caste, religion, language, and regional identities (Jaffrelot, 2011). With over 1.4 billion people spread across various social strata, the country’s democratic mechanisms face challenges in ensuring fair and inclusive representation (Yadav & Palshikar, 2009)…