New Delhi. PM Narendra Modi has been securing the position of the world’s most popular leader in every survey. Modi’s popularity is around 76 percent. Now Britain’s famous magazine The Economist has expressed its opinion about the popularity of PM Modi. An article titled ‘Why India’s elite support Narendra Modi’ has been published in The Economist. In this article, The Economist has said that Modi has a lot of support among educated voters. In this article, The Economist has said about the support for Modi that its reasons are class politics, economy and strongman rule.
According to the article of The Economist, PM Modi is often linked with right-wing ideologues like former US President Donald Trump, but Modi is not ordinary. The Economist has expressed hope that Modi will win the Lok Sabha elections for the third time and form the government at the Centre. The Economist has cited the Gallup survey in its article. The article also cites a Pew Research survey. It said that 66 percent of people who did not study beyond primary level gave a favorable opinion in favor of PM Modi in 2017. 80 percent of the people who read more than this said that Modi was their first choice. The article says that in 2019, 42 percent people supported Modi and BJP. At the same time, only 35 percent of the people who studied at primary level remained together.
In its article, The Economist has quoted Nilanjan Sarkar, a scientist at the Center for Policy Research, as saying that Modi’s biggest penetration is among the lower class voters. Economy, strong GDP and increase in wealth of upper-middle class have also been cited as reasons for Modi’s popularity. Apart from this, The Economist has said in the article that India’s economic and political position in the world has increased during Modi’s tenure. People think that a strong person should run the government in India. Apart from this, the elite people feel that they will have to support Modi until a credible alternative emerges. That means most of the elite people have lost trust in Congress and Rahul Gandhi.