The Wall Street Journal
Jun 6, 2024 - 13 min
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How India’s prime minister dismantled the world’s largest democratic experiment. For years, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian government have been under the complete influence of a single individual. Ramachandra Guha, a historian and biographer, reflects on the extraordinary personality cult constructed around Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its impact on India’s democracy.