
Aug 18, 2026
✦Al Jazeera Online
US cites India on voter IDs, but are elections under Modi clean?
US President Donald Trump cited India’s election system to push for stricter voter-ID rules in the United States. On Monday, he said, "India's last election had 646,000,000 voters!" While India’s scale is admired, critics raise concerns about institutional independence under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the impact of such new laws.