By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 15, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46uhFZZd5U *Note:* This interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source.
"In a comprehensive interview to Karan Thapar to analyse and understand the campaign waged by Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the outcome of the elections and the future facing Modi, political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot has said that if Modi can’t handle the coalition – and in his 23 years in power he has no experience of doing so – the RSS could replace him with someone like Nitin Gadkari rather than allow the government to fall. Jaffrelot, Professor of South Asian Politics at Sciences Po in Paris and King’s College in London, says if there is a danger to the government because of Modi’s inability to handle a coalition and his allies, the RSS would be willing to look for a person with the qualities of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Calling the results 'a tremor that could have aftershocks', Jaffrelot said that the 'loss of majority is a setback for Narendra Modi precisely because he will have to make concessions and he’s not used to making compromises'”.
