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India 2014 National Elections: TV Discussion series - Battle Ground 2014

8 May 2014

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Programme 1 on Bihar

April 11, 2014

Guests: Prof. Shaibal Gupta (Member Secretary, ADRI, Patna) ; Rai Atul Krishna (Senior Journalist) ; Prof. D M Diwakar (Director, A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna)
Anchor: Bharat Bhushan

Programme 2 on UP

April 16, 2014

Guests: Prof. Vishambhar Nath Mishra (Mahant, Sankatmochan Temple, Varanasi) ; Prof. Badri Narayan (Social Historian, G B Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad) ; Ashok Kumar Kaul (Professor of Sociology, BHU, Varanasi)

Anchor: Bharat Bhushan

Programme 3 on Tamil Nadu

April 21, 2014

Guests: R Bhagwan Singh (Executive Editor, Deccan Chronicle) ; A S Panneerselvan (Editor—Opinion, The Hindu) ; J Jayranjan (Professor, Institute of Development Alternatives)

Anchor: Bharat Bhushan

Programme 4 on West Bengal

April 27, 2014

In this edition of Battleground 2014 from Kolkata (West Bengal) we discuss BJP’s marked presence in Kolkata; how the AITMC might fare in the elections after cases like the Saradha scam, Intra-party rivalry, atrocities against women; dwindling prominence of Left parties; position of Congress & BJP in the state and more.

Guests: Rajat Roy (Senior Journalist) ; Prof. Ranabir Samaddar (Calcutta Research Group) ; Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury (VC, Rabindra Bharati University)

Anchor: Bharat Bhushan

Programme 5 on Mumbai

May 6, 2014

Guests: Kumar Ketkar (Journalist) ; Pratap Thorat (Journalist) ; Prof. Uttara Sahasrabuddhe (University of Mumbai)

Anchor: Bharat Bhushan