[biosboiii]

>It's not really called authoritarian (rankings don't classify it as such) Because they serve US interest, especially against China. Despite "authoritarian" being a buzzword, you should maybe base your views on a country on your observations (such as the extreme violation of basic human rights in India regarding muslims, the fact that there are laws against muslim and hindu folks marrying, labelled as "love jihad", the fact that the government shot multiple people protesting against the government in 2020) and not on some obscure rankings, funded and made by US NGOs (see National Endowment for Democracy as a reference)

[signatoremo]

Hmm India has never been a close US’s ally, the latest example being their stand in the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They are more often than not at odd with the US’s interest. The only thing that brings the two sides together is China.