# ‘The idea that Modi must be feared because he holds all levers of power has gone out of the window’

https://mins.news/en/item/100237

- France 24, 2026-10-14 16:51 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/the-idea-that-modi-must-be-feared-because-he-holds-all-levers-of-power-has-gone-out-of-the-window

> As India’s youth protest movement faces an increasingly combative government, SOAS South Asia Institute director Subir Sinha argues that the demonstrations could expose weaknesses in the government’s authority and institutional legitimacy, undermining the political mythology behind Narendra Modi’s hold on power.

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