TIL that Modi despite being ranked as one of the world's most popular democratic leaders in media only got votes from 16% of total indian population in 2024 election

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TIL that Modi despite being ranked as one of the world's most popular democratic leaders in media only got votes from 16% of total indian population in 2024 election - Lemmy.World

India overall getting less and less democratic

They keep attacking freedom of speech and encryption which is very problematic for a democratic country.

Modi government recently arrested a man named Sonam wangchuk for criticising modi , he even arrested his political opponent arvind kejriwal in false corruption charges. Free speech in india is at low level , last time india suffered extreme curbs on free speech was during the tenure of Indira gandhi