Published in the September/October issue of the US magazine, there was an article that lashed out at Indian Head Modi, with a catchy headline: "How democratic is the world's largest democracy"? The specific point is that because Modi has hollowed out institutions that can constrain his power, India's "democracy" has lost its luster.
India has always called itself "the world's largest democracy", but in fact no one believes that in a so-called "democracy index" list created by the West, India only ranks 53rd, which is obviously not in line with the status of "the world's largest democracy". Previously, India was able to rank 27th on this list, and after 6 years, the ranking plummeted by more than 20 people, what happened in these 6 years?
The answer is simple: the root of the problem is Modi, who has been so busy consolidating his power that there is no longer "democracy" in his eyes, especially at the peak of India's second wave of covid-19. When the number of new confirmed cases in India exceeded 300,000 in a single day, Modi did not think about fighting the epidemic, but called on the public to go out and vote for the BJP candidates. It's clear how hard India's second wave peaked, and Modi's approval rating still exceeds 50%.
This is precisely because of what the US media says - Modi hollowed out the institutions that could restrain his power and became a dictator. For example, there are media outlets that have slammed Modi's inability to fight the epidemic, both Indian and foreign, and Modi has directly asked the minister in charge of media-related work to take steps to establish a so-called authoritative media to exclude all media that say Modi is not.
Including the Media and enterprises in the United States, Modido does not let go, who says that he is not good, often is to directly raid people's homes, the two offices of the American social media giant in India, have been raided by Modi, on the grounds that the media allows "fake news" to spread wantonly. In fact, it is not fake news at all, but the news that Indians have slammed Modi's ineffective fight against the epidemic, and after asking for the deletion of posts without success, they directly take violent measures.
In addition, India's largest opposition Congress party is also deeply suppressed by Modi, after a 10-year-old underage daughter was brutally murdered after being violated by gangsters in turn, and the Congress leader met with great resistance when he brought justice to the little girl. Officials of the Modi authorities have been manipulating public opinion to prevent Indians from hearing the voices seeking justice, because this will affect the image of the Modi authorities, so even the voices of justice must be covered up.
It is under Modi's high-pressure measures that Indians can't say that Modi is not good. In addition, Modi had also introduced the Citizenship Act, once shooting and killing protesters, and the purpose had been achieved, making Hindus a first-class citizen by default, and Christians becoming second-class citizens, so the support rate was always guaranteed. This will naturally make the West unaccustomed, so the Western media, especially the US media, has been very targeted at India in the past two years.
Not to be outdone, the Indian media has made various accusations against the United States, especially on the epidemic, believing that the United States wants to block the gun with India to cover up the fact that the United States has failed to fight the epidemic. In addition, the Indian media also pulled up third world countries, saying that the United States maliciously slandered those poor countries through the epidemic. The mutual scolding of the media on both sides also shows the real relationship between the two countries, in fact, no one is used to the other, but only uses each other.