Modi’s Soaring Popularity Lets Him Forget Pre-Virus India Woes
- Prime Minister may use the pandemic to bolster his position
- Opposition to Modi is muted amid ongoing virus anxieties
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to the country’s surging coronavirus epidemic may help him walk away unscathed from a host of political and economic problems that hounded his government just months ago.
His approval rating on April 21 was 83%, up from 76% on January 7, according to Morning Consult, a U.S.-based survey and research firm. A separate survey, the IANS-CVoter Covid-19 tracker also showed that trust in his leadership jumped to 93.5% as of April 21 from 76.8% on March 25.