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Youth Protests Undercut Modi’s “Invincibility” Myth, Analyst Says
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a weakening perception of invincibility amid youth protests.
- Dr. Subir Sinha, director of the SOAS South Asia Institute, says the protests have political significance beyond arrests.
- Sinha argues the government’s increasingly repressive response reveals fragility in its authority and legitimacy.
- Sinha suggests the movement could dismantle the political mythology that sustains Modi’s power.
