Lok Sabha Election 2024: What does the foreign media say about BJP's victory? The New York Times report will shock you

Posted on 1st Jun 2024 by rohit kumar

Indian media was already painted in the election color even before the bugle of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 was blown, media institutions and celebrities from all over the world not only showed interest in it but also presented their views and analysis in between. What did the media institutions around the world see in the general election of the world's largest democratic country, what did they put in front of the world and what did they feel?

 

Some of the foreign media institutions had a negative sentiment, some adopted a balanced stance, while some praised the great festival of Indian democracy. America's leading newspaper New York Times wrote that Modi's power is increasing and the people of India are making him stronger. The newspaper has written about the BJP entering this election with its Hindu nationalist agenda and loudly promoting its welfare schemes.

 

Is Modi worried?

 

At the same time, it is also written that the supporters of BJP are very happy with it and Modi remains popular even after being in power twice in a row. Before the last phase of voting, the newspaper has described Modi as setting high standards for the party, and has written about his defensiveness and the long-frustrated opposition gaining momentum and has raised the question, is Modi worried?

 

End of the anti-India nonsense

 

After ground reporting of the Indian elections, Sam Stevenson, assistant editor of England's newspaper Daily Express, said that the time has come to end the anti-India nonsense. We should listen to the true, positive things of the new India. I have seen women wearing burqas going to Modi's rally.

 

Better performance than before

 

Allowing those who disagree to protest is a picture of freedom of expression, which many media houses in the West do not cover. Sam also rejected the Liberal Democratic Index report of the Vdem Institute, which talked about electoral autocracy. Britain's newspaper The Guardian wrote that Narendra Modi's BJP is confident that its performance in these elections is going to be better than before.

 

Democracy has weakened

 

BJP is being accused that democracy has weakened in the 10 years since it came to power. Quoting election analysts, the newspaper has written that after decades, such elections are being held in India, the results of which are known to everyone. The Guardian has written that the strength of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is his Hindu nationalist agenda, in which the minorities of the country are being marginalized.

 

Along with this, including the allegations of the opposition, it has also written that the opposition is worried that if the BJP comes to power for the third time, it will change the constitution of the country, while the BJP has described all these allegations as fabricated.

 

Won with a large majority

Al Jazeera has underlined the enormity of the Indian elections. Also, describing the Ram temple as the central issue, it has written that it is the main basis of the Hindu nationalist agenda of the BJP. Renowned American executive and expert on India-US relations Ran Somers said that in the 2024 general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will win with the biggest majority ever in the history of India.

 

He said that in the words of the Prime Minister, 'Developed India by 2047' is a mission, that requires not just ambition but a multi-pronged strategy involving economic development, strong governance reforms, use of clean energy, and scientific progress.

 

London does not have such enthusiasm for democracy

 

In the entire coverage of global media, these lines of Sam Stevenson, assistant editor of England's newspaper Daily Express, sum up that Indians are enthusiastic about democracy, which I do not see in London.

 

The reason for this may be that people here see democracy as a gift, whereas it is not so in India. Here people come out at 45 degrees Celsius temperature, stand in queue, and cast their votes. This shows the strength of Indian democracy and the involvement of the public.

 

Here independence was achieved after centuries of struggle and the importance of this and democracy is imprinted in the Indian psyche. Its impact has been left on every person who came to India and covered the elections.