Listen: India jobs claim proves a political hot pakora

Name: Listen: India jobs claim proves a political hot pakora
Uploaded: 2018-03-01T06:06:03.928Z
Duration: 8 min 53 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: When India's prime minister Narendra Modi suggested that sellers of street food should considered to be employed, he alienated young voters hoping for more secure middle class jobs, the FT's Amy Kazmin tells Jyotsna Singh

When India's prime minister Narendra Modi suggested that sellers of street food should considered to be employed, he alienated young voters hoping for more secure middle class jobs, the FT's Amy Kazmin tells Jyotsna Singh

March 1, 2018

Produced by Fiona Symon and presented by Amy Kazmin and Jyotsna Singh.

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