Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s massive popularity has driven the electoral success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the last decade or so. The complete collapse of the main opposition Congress party played its role too.
Now a slew of corruption scandals, inept handling of the pandemic, a struggling economy and incumbency fatigue – along with a resurgent Congress party – could be causing the BJP to lose its shine, and driving Modi to become even more desperate to silence his opponents.
