{"id":3524,"date":"2024-03-26T08:28:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2024-03-26T08:28:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T07:28:55","slug":"india-modi-wants-to-win-the-election-and-act-as-the-voice-of-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=3524","title":{"rendered":"India &#8211; Modi wants to win the election and act as the voice of the South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One month from now &#8211; on April 19 &#8211; general elections will start in India and include altogether seven stages until June 1. Almost one billion people are invited to vote &#8211; 150 million people more than last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opinion polls point at a new victory for current Prime Minister Narendra Mori and his Hindi right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) together with BJPs coalition partners (see my article from February 22 this year with the title \u201cIndia isn\u2019t easy to analyze and to deal with\u201d, including comments on the economic development and challenges, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=3501\">https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/china-research\/?p=3501<\/a>). Most observers expect the oppositional alliance called INDIA to weaken the position of the BJP &#8211; but not strongly enough to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strengthening India\u2019s voice of the South<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no doubt that Modi during his assumed third mandate period aims at further strengthening India\u2019s role as voice of the South, certainly in competition with China. Both countries appear to be quite different in their political approach vis-\u00e0-vis the southern world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India seems to see the South in a collective view with visions of necessary common achievements in important areas such as less poverty, better health and environment but also non-violence in Gandhi\u2019s historical spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More exactly, the Indian government made the following comment in this context: \u201dIndia hosted a special virtual Summit, called the Voice of Global South Summit under the theme \u2013 \u2018Unity of voice, Unity of purpose\u2019 from January 12-13, 2023. It was a new and unique initiative that envisaged bringing together countries of the Global South and share their perspectives and priorities on a common platform across a whole range of issues\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India obviously strives to integrate the global South more visibly with the Western hemisphere &#8211; in line with its philosophy to see the whole world as one family (Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s strategies on the other hand tend to base quite openly on commercial objectives, for example by producing and financing new infrastructure projects and by receiving in return access to important commodities or Taiwan issues. However, China also uses, for example, BRICS and the trade agreement RCEP as platforms for meeting the South multilaterally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may be interesting to see how India and China will compete in the South in the longer run. It seems to be on the cards that this competition will become fiercer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lnu.se\/api\/media\/12178-fw350fh461cy28cw350ch350\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:94px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Hubert Fromlet<\/em><\/strong> Affiliate Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University<br><a href=\"..\/editorial-board\/\">Editorial board<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One month from now &#8211; on April 19 &#8211; general elections will start in India and include altogether seven stages until June 1. Almost one billion people are invited to vote &#8211; 150 million people more than last time. 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