Introduction
Recently,Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing both domestic and foreign pressures. Domestically, it is required to increase agricultural subsidies and minimum purchases. This has fully exposed the problem of urban-rural disparity and the gap between rich and poor in India. At the same time, India has also been forced to withdraw its troops from the geostrategic Maldives, which has weakened India's influence in the Indian Ocean. These two pieces of bad news have undoubtedly increased the pressure on Modi's administration, and how he responds to these challenges in May this year has attracted widespread attention.
Farming activities have exposed India's social problems
In mid-February,Millions of Indian farmers have taken to the streets of Delhi, and Modi has ignored the interests of farmers in his ad hoc calculations. They demanded an increase in agricultural subsidies, an increase in the minimum support for agricultural products, and even turned into a bloody conflict with the agricultural product.
This fully exposes the serious contradictions in Indian society. In India,There are hundreds of millions of farmers, and India's tech industry and some urban dwellers have enormous wealth. This strong urban-rural divide and the gap between rich and poor have become a ticking time bomb in Indian society.
In the face of the farmers, Modi once again chose the hard line. **The use of tear gas on demonstrators also caused personnel**. Such an antagonistic attitude will undoubtedly further exacerbate the contradictions.
On the occasion of the advent of MayIf Modi fails to propose policies that actually improve rural life, he is likely to lose out in the **.
The withdrawal from the Maldives harms India's strategic interests.
Occurs at the same time as farmingThere is also news that India has been forced to withdraw its troops from the Maldives. India had previously stationed a sizable army in the Maldives. The Maldives is located at the heart of the Indian Ocean and is extremely important to India's geostrategy. Now, however, India has had to withdraw its troops from the Maldives in batches in March and May.
This is undoubtedly a major blow to India's regional strategy. India has long regarded the Maldives as its "backyard" and hopes to control the Indian Ocean arteries by stationing troops in the country. Today, this strategic advantage has been lost.
And that's not all,It would also severely weaken India's influence in the region as a whole. In recent years, with the advancement of the "Indo-Pacific strategy", this has undoubtedly affected the layout of the United States in the region.
It can be seen that India's diplomatic and military defeat has brought great pressure to Modi. There is also a heated discussion in India** about how this will affect Modi's re-election.
Two major issues have overwhelmed Modi
It can be said thatModi is under unprecedented pressure. Both the comments on ** and online focused on how this would affect the outcome of the May **.
Some commentators arguedThe withdrawal of troops from the Maldives has weakened India's influence in regional affairs. But since most voters are more concerned about domestic issues, this will not necessarily seriously affect the election. But the issue of farmers is different, and this ** event is likely to cost Modi his re-election chance.
However, there are also commentators that in populist democracies like India, diplomatic and military failures tend to stir up more patriotic sentiment among the population. Therefore, the nationalist sentiment brought about by the withdrawal of troops from the Maldives has been conducive to Modi's victory in the election.
AbsolutelyThere is also a view that the problems of agriculture and the Maldives will not seriously affect his chances of re-election.
Summary and outlook.
Anyway,These two issues have undoubtedly increased the internal and external pressures on Modi, which have had a major impact on his re-election in May. We will wait and see how we can promote both economic and democratic developments and truly achieve long-term peace and stability in our country.