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As India’s views of China plummet, love for Narendra Modi stays strong: survey
- About eight in 10 Indians have a favourable view of the PM, with many saying India’s global influence is growing stronger, a new Pew survey found
- Negative views of China, meanwhile, have hit historic highs – with a full two-thirds of Indians surveyed expressing an unfavourable opinion
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About eight in 10 Indians have a favourable view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and most of them see the South Asian country’s global influence strengthening in recent years, according to a report by the Pew Research Centre.
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The survey found that 55 per cent have a very favourable view of the Modi, who has been in power since 2014 and is seeking a third term in national elections scheduled for next summer.
Just one-fifth have a negative view of the leader, according to the report released Wednesday ahead of the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in New Delhi next month.
“Those who support the governing parties in the National Democratic Alliance are much more likely to say India’s influence is on the rise,” Pew said in the report in reference to a coalition Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party leads.
“Men, too, are more likely than women to believe India is getting stronger on the world stage.”
Around seven in 10 Indians said the nation’s influence in recent years have been growing stronger while less than one-fifth think it is getting weaker.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has turned India into a prominent swing nation. It has maintained close ties with the United States but abstained from votes at the United Nations to condemn the conflict and avoided joining US-led sanctions against Russia, which remains a major supplier of weapons and cheap energy.
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