The self-aggrandizing Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
In March 2014 liberal and secular India had some of their worst nightmares realized when Narendra Modi emerged as Prime Minister at the head of a government spearheaded by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
They didn’t just win; they routed the traditional Congress Party and gained a rare absolute majority in the Parliament. Modi’s victory transformed the political landscape of India, pushing the dominant Congress Party to a marginal position from which it may never recover.
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