This isn't the case - there's a general stated or unstated hope of that from every incoming POTUS dating back to the Clinton era when the forum itself began. This is largely a reflection of lack of confidence in the country - which is misplaced with at least the current administration. Time to get past that obsession. Modi hugs everyone - Obama, Xi, Putin, Macron, Net&Yahoo...Cyrano wrote:There is another fallacy doing the rounds, which is a Trump <> Modi equivalence. Both right and left are guilty of it.
The right thinkers seem compelled that their support for Modi means they should be pro-Trump because of the bonhomie observed between Modi & Trump, and that Trump is acting with India's interests in mind.
Both the Indian left and 'right' misunderstand the BJP. They are not a party in the mould of the Republicans or Conservatives in UK at all. Both those are the respective parties of their countries' economic elite. Both of those are quite openly supportive of individualism, anti-union, anti-'socialist' (though they'll never dismantle Social Security or the NHS).
In India, the BJP is not the party of the socio-economic elite - the Congress is that party. The BJP/BJS foundational idea of integral humanism is explicltly against individualism and favours collective/societal cohesion. They espouse large programs like the Indian universal healthcare mission, and heavy investment in basic utilities, infrastructure and are not fundamentally pro-privatization at all.
The Anglosphere has nothing like the BJP, but their political stance is widely known in mainland Europe, where it is called Christian democracy. Read about them and you'd realize they're almost a mirror of the BJP - not particularly about secularism but believe that there is a dominant culture that acts as a cohesive force. Generally center-right socially, but center-left economically. These are all what the BJP has been.
The most well known present Christian democratic leader is none else but Angela Merkel. The CDU are a powerhouse of German politics. having dominated their post WW2 scene. They're popular throughout the Germanic world, Scandinavia and Southern Europe, all of which have strong CD parties.
Indian politics are unnecessarily seen in terms of US/UK's definition of left vs right. Those concepts do not translate to India at all. Map the European Christian Democrats vs European Socialists, and you have what looks a lot like BJP vs Congress.