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Lok Sabha Polls 2024: A US congressman expressed confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re-election in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, calling him a popular leader. "Prime Minister Modi is incredibly popular. I was just over there. I actually had lunch with Prime Minister Modi and several other congressmen, and to see his popularity across party lines really. Somebody who I think is around 70 per cent popular. He is going to be prime minister again," Congressman Rich McCormick, a Republican from Georgia, told PTI.

His progressive views on the economy, on development and his encouragement to the Indian diaspora globally, will have an impact on the global economy and their strategic alliances. "To see his progressive outlook on the economy, on development, on goodwill towards all people, to see his application and positivity to the Indian people in the diaspora worldwide is going to affect the global economy, their strategic relationships. I look forward to his influence in a very positive way," he said.

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He went on to say that under PM Modi's direction, India's economy is growing by four to eight per cent annually. "If you look at their willingness to work with other nations now, I would say, I'll put a caveat in there, sometimes there's a bit of protectionism, which a lot of characters do. They've kind of copied some things that China have done. They'll have incredible leverage going forward as businesses want to get into India in an expanding market," McCormick said.

While denouncing China and its policies, McCormick said the US sees India a very incredibly important strategic and tactical ally. "We see a very incredibly important strategic and tactical ally with India to resist countries like China who are autocracies, who believe in a Marxist theology. We need to make sure that we develop that relationship where there's true trust, and that we continue to realise that India is honest. They're not trying to steal our technologies; they're trying to share them," McCormick said.