New Delhi, Apr 23: As the world battles with novel coronavirus pandemic, pollster Morning Consult released its approval ratings for every world leader from major democracies giving India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi the highest rating of 68% ahead of any world leader.

As of April 14, his net approval rating is 68, up from 62 t the beginning of this year. Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has the second-highest net approval over that period (36), though it fell slightly from 39 in January. During that same stretch of time, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has seen the largest surge in domestic popularity, with his net approval now up to 26 (from negative 26 on January 1).

 

Morning Consult’s data shows that among all ten countries surveyed, Japan’s Shinzo Abe has the lowest rating (at negative 33) and the worst decline in net approval, having fallen from negative 18 at the start of 2020.

Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has successfully managed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in a country of 130 crores and poorly placed on healthcare facilities as compared with the developed nations like the USA and the European countries where the virus has played havoc.

These countries have less population, far better healthcare facilities, and a high level of literacy as compared with 1.3 billion people of India. Yet the country has managed to put an effective check on the spread of the virus by imposing early lockdown and containment measures under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The threat of Tabligh Jamaat that spread the virus to over 30 percent of the population in India, the government has considerably managed to control its outbreak by aggressively targeting the Tabligh members and keeping them confined. Thus, the government saved the country from utter chaos and disaster that would have been the logical outcome had it allowed the Tabligh Jamaat to have their way.

On April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the extension of the nationwide lockdown to May 3, owing to the rising cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak. The decision to extend the lockdown came at the backdrop of the sudden surges in Coronavirus cases from the Tablighi Jamaat linked individuals.

The world has also acknowledged the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi but for some left-wing liberals and scribes and of course, the Congress and the Left leaders. Writers like