To understand, why the Modi government deserves distinction, one should first take note that the region is at least 30 years behind the Indian growth story. It means the benefits of liberalisation more or less bypassed them.
Give Narendra Modi his due, he managed the house way better than his predecessors. Doklam was not created in a day but he salvaged the situation. It is in his tenure that Maldives came back to Indian fold and Sri Lanka didn’t allow pro-China Mahinda Rajapaksa to hijack power
You don’t have to visit China to know about single-party rule. Come to Bengal. It’s a little China, sans growth and prosperity. Odisha and even Assam, where normalcy returned only a few years ago, are now visibly surging ahead.