According
to leading Chinese media personnel, India’s economic reforms
under Prime Minister Narendra Modi may
have had a limited impact till now, but he has “clearly made the country
more proactive”.
The
Global Times article says, “Modi equipped with newly gained
confidence on India’s growth prospects has clearly made the country more
proactive.” This was visible during the recent BRICS Summit in Goa as India
“outmanoeuvred” and “consigned Pakistan to be a regional pariah”.
India
did this by calling all countries in the neighborhood except Pakistan for the
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectorial Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC) meet which was held in tandem with the BRICS meeting.
The
article is all praise for India’s move to organize both meetings in Goa
simultaneously. It says that by bringing regional countries together with BRICS
members, India “breathed legitimacy and substance” into BIMSTEC.
Many analysts criticize Modi for
failing to get Pakistan’s name as a sponsor of terror included in the BRICS
declaration.
However, the Global Times article
reads it otherwise. It acknowledges that no BRICS member would ever “openly
endorse” either India or Pakistan because of the tensions between both
countries. Still, India used the BRICS stage for its gain. “India in a way
secured its stance vis-à-vis Pakistan by taking advantages of its agenda-setting
powers for the summits.”
India was also lavishly praised in the article, for
becoming the fastest-growing large economy in the world at present, beyond
China and Russia. It says, “India is now confident in talking about economic
matters. After all, the setbacks undergone by its fellow countries make India’s economy shine in
comparison.”
More power & positivity to Mr.Modi.
