Will India’s Covid catastrophe hurt Modi?

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NEW DELHI: India is suffering a coronavirus catastrophe with millions of infections and nearly 300,000 dead but it is likely to have a limited impact on the political fortunes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here’s why.

How bad is the situation?
A massive surge in cases has overwhelmed the health system in many areas.

Officially, the death toll is nearing 300,000. But many experts say the true figure could be three or four times higher – and maybe more.


Hundreds of bodies have been dumped in rivers or buried in shallow graves.

Barely 3% of people are fully vaccinated.

India’s top virologist recently quit a scientific advisory panel after criticising the government’s “stubborn resistance to evidence-based policymaking”.

Was the government complacent?



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