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Episode: Are regional parties in India facing a succession problem? | The Hindu Parley podcast
Description: Twenty-four years after its formation, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) split on July 2 over the question of succession. In 2022, the Shiv Sena went through a similar churn. This malady is not unique to Maharashtra; many regional parties in India, such as the Samajwadi Party (SP), have gone through this. Others, such as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), seem poised to go undergo this churn. Are regional parties facing a succession problem? Here we discuss the question.  Guests: Sugata Srinivasaraju, senior journalist and author of Furrows in a Field — The Unexplored Life of H.D. Deve Gowda...