India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on course to strengthen his governing alliance’s majority in the lower house of the national parliament. His own party, the Hindu nationalist BJP, may have even won an outright majority itself when results are declared. Modi has been referred to as India’s Trump, which may be misleading because it was Modi who came first, winning the 2014 Indian general election on a populist strongman platform that sought to redefine his nation as a society that prioritizes the majority Hindus above all others. The two men come from vastly different worlds. But they do share similarities in style and substance. Here are five ways Modi is like President Donald Trump. Making Politics Personal Trump portrayed himself as a smart and hard dealmaker, a self-made businessman Americans can trust to get things done, an outsider from the Washington establishment whose shares the common man’s instincts, a leader who puts America first and will make the country great again . Throughout his 2016 campaign and now presidency, Trump, who relishes his celebrity, has put his name and face front and center, creating a cult of personality among his devoted, merch-clad supporters. Modi is not so different. He…