Not PM Modi, India Being Invited To G7 Outreach Summit Is About India’s Rising Global Stature

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the G7 leaders' 50th annual conference on June 14–15, in Italy. When PM Modi attended the meeting following his third term in government, opposition parties fired back, accusing him of trying to "salvage his diminished international image." In this episode of South Asia Diary, strategic affairs expert Sushant Sareen discusses how India's continued attendance at the G7 meeting in recent years is a sign of the country's growing worldwide status despite political unrest on the global stage. Watch SOUTH ASIA DIARY