The thrum of the rotors brings them to their feet, and they chant his name in a thunderous roar: Mo-di! [India’s 2019 election: What you need to know]Much like President Trump, Modi, 68, is both polarizing and charismatic. In 2014, Modi’s party — the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP — won a once-in-a-generation landslide. Much depends on whether Modi can persuade Indian voters to focus on nationalist pride rather than bread-and-butter issues in a campaign based less on hope than on fear. When Modi became prime minister in 2014, India’s business community was jubilant.

Source: Washington Post April 10, 2019 16:30 UTC