This is Dominic Pino filling in for Jim Geraghty. Jim will be back next week. On the menu today: What Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said to Congress, and what it means for the U.S.–India relationship going forward.
What India Means to the U.S.
Narendra Modi has been prime minister of India since 2014. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or “Indian People’s Party”) is on the right of the Indian political spectrum. It is the largest political party in the world, with more members than the Chinese Communist Party, and supports Hindu nationalist ideology and economic development. Modi’s victory in 2014 was the first time in three decades that an Indian political party had won a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament. The BJP won again in 2019, expanding its majority. The next parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 2024.
As part of his state visit to the United States, Modi addressed Congress yesterday. Historically, U.S.–India relations have been fraught. During the Cold War, India pursued ...
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