By Shiwani Neupane
The Indian elections are fast approaching. The national elections are determined by elections for the 543-seat Lok Sabha in April and May. This will be the 16th Lok Sabha elections in India. As Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi battle for the post of Prime Minister, here at Story South Asia, we created a list of the 8 best to follow on Twitter during the election season.
1. Mihir Sharma
Sharma is the editor of the opinion pages at the Business Standard
In case you imagine the BJP wants to make India an “economic superpower”, read the last two paras of this interview. http://t.co/PNgZnufN33
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) February 16, 2014
2. Sadanand Dhume
Dhume is a resident fellow at AEI & South Asia columnist for WSJ
.@pbmehta: Kejriwal is running against plutocracy. Modi is running against paralysis. #Indiahttp://t.co/USypyyJjBY
— Sadanand Dhume (@dhume) February 16, 2014
3. Barkha Dutt
Dutt is an Indian television journalist and columnist
ADR found that 98 candidates with charges of corruption given tickets in last 5 years. Of these 36 candidates won. #WTP
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) February 16, 2014
4. Milan Vaishnav
Milan Vaishnav is an associate in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment
.@vdehejia & @rupasubramanya on the misreading that “good economics” led to downfall of Naidu and NDA in 2004: http://t.co/ogWUZrcaEG.
— Milan Vaishnav (@MilanV) February 16, 2014
5. Hartosh Singh Bal
Bal is a freelance and a former Political Editor of Open Magazine
modi’s wife http://t.co/DpkMgS81pe abandoned for 42 years, no divorce, no maintenance, can’t do right by wife wants to do right by country — Hartosh Singh Bal (@HartoshSinghBal) February 1, 2014
6. Sagarika Ghose
Ghose is a news anchor and an author
Democracy pepper-sprayed! Call us on @face_the_people and share your views on the death of parliamentary debate. Coming up at 10.30pm — Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 13, 2014
7. Swapan Dasgupta
Dasgupta is a Indian journalist. He frequently appears on Indian television
I feel @thekiranbedi should be fielded as the candidate against Kejriwal in the New Delhi seat. That is if the former CM rises to challenge
— Swapan Dasgupta (@swapan55) February 16, 2014
8. Krishan Pratap Singh
Krishan Partap Singh is the author of the Raisina Series, a trilogy of political novels
Vivek Dehejia & Rupa Subramanya: Why no centre-right political party in India today? | Business Standard: http://t.co/ztvWBNUHsf
— Krishan Partap Singh (@RaisinaSeries) February 16, 2014
Correction: An earlier version of this article said Hartosh Singh Bal is the Political Editor of Open Magazine.
