Should India ignore post-Brexit Britain?

A British think-tank Chatham House has issued a new report on world affairs in which "it has termed India, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia as the 'Difficult Four' for a post-Brexit UK". Although it says that "India's importance to the UK is inescapable", it also says that "the overt Hindu nationalism of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is weakening the rights of Muslims and other minority religious groups", "And the government's broader crackdown on human rights activists and civil society groups is no longer being actively challenged by the judiciary, leading to growing complaints about erosion of the rule of law, not only from domestic groups but also the UN and other democracy watchers." "Behind closed doors across North Atlantic and European Capitals, domestic concerns -- usually unspoken in public -- have been bubbling since 2014 about growing religious and other forms of intolerance and suppression of critique and dissent in in India's domestic space," explained The Indian Express. "UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited PM Narendra Modi to participate in person for the G7 summit to be held in the Cornwall region from June 11-13." An honor to be invited to the group of seven before China, Russia or Brazil, but not at all complimentary to be clubbed by Chatham House with Saudi Arabia led by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, who has compiled a long list of criminal accusations. "The black marks against India echo with a well-worn Western liberal playbook, fraught with disappointment that India, despite being the world's largest democracy, is a weak liberal ally in the international political sphere," wrote Prof Kate Sullivan de Estrada. "Post-colonial, non-Western states, even increasingly powerful states such as India, still do not enjoy full political and economic independence in how they make decisions at home, nor in their efforts to shape the agendas of international institutions." There is no doubt that India is weak, as shown by how blatantly China keeps occupying Indian territory and is to cut off water supply to the northeast of India by building a dam on the Brahmaputra River. The dubious victory of Joe Biden in the recent presidential election has brought a liberal administration. Retired Gen lloyd Austin has been confirmed as Secretary of Defense who would like to operationalise India's "Major Defense Partner" status but will continue to build relationships with Pakistan's military because "Pakistan is an essential partner in any peace process in Afghanistan". To show who is in charge, Biden has signed 30 executive orders in his first three days, giving more powers to trade unions, a $15 minimum wage, stopping Trump's wall, allowing immigration from Muslim nations and allowing trans people to use bathrooms of their choice. "The idea of the Anglosphere has a long lineage in Britain's history," wrote C Raja Mohan. "Many in Delhi ask why India should have anything to do with the resurrection of an idea that is rooted in London's colonial past. But if Delhi looks to the future rather than the past, it could find Anglosphere an interesting framework to engage with." But will it win assembly election in Bengal? Where are the optics?