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.
Modi wants to make India a developed country by 2047; He is courting companies that are looking for alternatives to China. At the same time, Modi's name and that of his party are associated with an uncompromising religious agenda that continues to have an impact today.