Lighten Covid-19 and ignore the advice from the science, Prime Minister Modi seems to be repeating Trump's mistake, but at a larger scale.

Bharatiya Party Janata (BJP) Hindu's ruling Hinduism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suffered a heavy defeat, when losing to the election in the key state of West Bengal.

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On May 1, India's daily new infections exceeded 400,000.

In the storm of Covid-19, Prime Minister Modi, Party leader BJP, seemed to realize that the love of the people, which has taken him to overwhelmed in the election two years ago, is seriously declining

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the meeting of Covid-19 in New Delhi early last month.

According to the commentators Hayes Brown from MSNBC, populist leaders such as President Brazil Jair Bolsonaro and US 45th President Donald Trump ... did not quickly act when the first Covid-19 wave attacked.

The slow response, the inconsistency of the Trump government was thought to be the main reason why he lost his support from voters, then finally failed on the racetrack into the White House against Democratic Party Joe Biden.

In India, although the country was heavily devastated by the first Covid-19 wave earlier than last year, the strategies took the people's hearts and distracted the opinion of Modi government seemingly developing effects,

Experts believe that the way the two US leaders - reacts to the pandemic quite similarly, signaling a political future is not easy for Prime Minister Modi.

"Modi seems to have followed Trump's' Coven-19 '' route, starting to lower the severity of the translation," said Professor Mark Juergensmeyer, founder of the International Research Center and Orfalea

Like Trump last year, Modi ignored the recommendations from the scientific gender, definitely organizing rally, a large campaign event since local elections started at the end of March,

"Wherever I look at ... There are also crowds," said Prime Minister MODI at that time announced before the crowd of thousands of people gathered in West Bengal State, one of the main goals

Similar to Trump, even a few weeks ago, the Modi government was still optimistic that the crisis was about to end, bet on the vaccination campaign but avoided to use other measures that could cause a level

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Trump (right) received Prime Minister Modi at the White House on July 26, 2017.

Perhaps this thought is the main reason why Prime Minister Modi decided not to cancel the Kumbh Mela religious festival to attract millions of people attending the Ganges in the past month last month.

Prime Minister Modi has tried to maintain its support with a centralized strategy showing empathy and connecting with voters, while creating a feeling that even when mistakes, he is still trying its best.

Modi did not give any condolences to those who were killed in the second Covid-19 wave.

Outside India, another populist leader also faces a similar challenge of Prime Minister Modi as President Brazil Bolsonaro.

As a result, President Bolsonaro's support ratio decreased from 41.2% in October last year to 32.9% in February this year and it could still fall further when the Brazilian Senate began the process

The question is whether weak reactions to Covid-19 will bring to the extended effects on this populi path and whether they follow their party with "sinking" or

Up to now, even if Trump fails in the US presidential election last year, the republican senior officials have not rejected his approach to Covid-19 completely.

"Prime Minister Modi is not Trump and Indian politics unlike in the United States," said Professor Juergensmeyer.

According to this expert, Prime Minister Modi only had to re-elected in 2024, when the situation could have calmed, he and the BJP party was likely to be politically survived after the storm of Covid-19.

But now, right now, Covid-19 is making BJP party into the true crisis, Brown commentator reviews.