Two-thirds of Indians support autocratic or military rule, highest in the world, finds Pew study

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New Delhi:Believe it or not, a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center has found that over two-thirds of Indians support autocratic or military rule and that support for these forms of government was found to be the highest in India among the 24 countries surveyed...

As many as 72 percent of Indians polled by Pew supported rule by the military.Among them, 43 percent said they believed it is a very good form of governance, while 29 percent said they believed it is somewhat good...

While support for autocratic forms of government was extremely positive in India, that for representative democracy wasfound to have declined since 2017...

Overall, after including those Indian respondents who believed representative democracy was a somewhat good form of government, a total of 79 percent of Indian respondents were found to have a positive view towards this form of government...

While support for representative democracy was found to have declined in India, Pew found that 8 in 10 Indians want a direct democratic form of government..

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