Studies in Indian Politics is a Peer reviewed journal. It provides a forum to explain different aspects of Indian politics. It covers a wide variety of sub-fields in politics, such as political ideas and thought in India, political institutions and processes, Indian democracy and politics in a comparative perspective particularly with reference to the global South and South Asia, India in world affairs, and public policies. It is published twice a year by SAGE Publications in association with Lokniti, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies [1]. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). ()