Brics Summit success gives BJP a boost in domestic politics
The article discusses how India's successful hosting of the BRICS summit provides a political boost to the BJP government. It highlights the diplomatic achievement of uniting conflicting nations under a joint declaration as a win for Prime Minister Modi's 'strong leader' brand.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the intersection of foreign policy success and domestic political capital in India's current administration.
NEW DELHI: India's success against the odds in bringing Brics countries with incongruent, even conflicting, outlooks on key global issues of contention, such as the West Asia conflict, to throw their weight behind a joint declaration comes as a timely domestic boost for BJP when its rivals are sensing some vulnerability in its otherwise dominant political position.Foreign policy has been a major component of BJP's arsenal in scoring political points over its rivals, especially Congress, as it has projected a rising global profile of an assertive India under PM Narendra Modi's leadership, in contrast to the country's "meek" response to challenges from external security to trade in the pre-2014 period.Modi hailed the New Delhi Declaration, adopted unanimously at Brics, saying confidence of the bloc is wider in reach and stronger in purpose.With BJP marshalling a counter-offensive against the opposition and set to step up its public connect with a month-long…
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