131: Can the Balakot Air Strikes Help BJP Win 2019?

Demonetisation, farmer distress, Rafale deal controversy, unemployment rate being at a 45-year high, divisive politics, Citizenship Bill – these were a few issues that were going to determine how Indians were going to vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections until India’s response to the Pulwama attack eclipsed them all.  In the previous editions, we’ve talked a lot about the Pulwama attack, Balakot air strikes at PoK, Indo-Pak relations, and these issues are still on everybody’s lips, not only because it was such an action-packed February but also because this may just trump all other issues and determine the general elections. And in this edition of The Big Story Podcast, we analyse how the government is also using these issues to its advantage and whether this will reap any benefits for the BJP. Tune in!