India's Prime Minister Modi: Popular, polarizing and on the way to a third term. Nearly eight in 10 Indians have a favorable opinion of Modi, including 55 percent who have a very favorable opinion, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center in Washington showed.
Some fear that India could become a Hindu autocracy under Modi. In 2023, India overtook China as the world's most populous country and recorded the fastest growth of any major economy at eight percent. Modi wants to make India a developed country by 2047; He is courting companies that are looking for alternatives to China.