New Delhi [India], UK-based journalist Sam Stevenson, assistant editor of the Daily Express, is in India to cover the world's biggest general election. While stressing the importance of experiencing elections in the country firsthand to provide accurate and balanced reporting, Stevenson, speaking openly about his observations, criticized the prevailing negative narratives about India in the Western media. "I think it's high time we stopped criticizing India. Down with the anti-India 'nonsense'. We need to come here and tell true, positive stories of the new India.Unfortunately, there are a lot of stories in London and across Europe that are negative about India. We're hearing things like religious divisions, but we haven't seen that on the ground,” Stevenson told ANI. During his coverage, Stevenson and his team have traveled extensively across India, including participating in Is included. Holding rallies and interacting with local communities. H highlighted seeing the country's pluralism, saying, "We have seen Muslim women in full burqas at Narendra Modi's rally. We have seen examples of the pluralism of this great and wonderful nation.We are here to enhance the British media's coverage of this nation." And we are here to get to the truth and find some real facts and bring them to London as India heads into the fifth of its seven-phase general elections. As the phase approaches, which will conclude with the announcement on June 4, Stevenson is set to cover the upcoming phases in various states and districts. Criticized, "Unfortunately, the perception about India throughout Europe and the West is not good. And that's because we're getting negative stories from the press.It's a shame because, really, people have to come here, see it with their own eyes, live it, breathe it, meet people, talk to people on the ground, and you're seeing this. There will be a new India, a global Britain, he said, and we can be a force for good. He elaborated on the complexity of India's socio-political landscape while emphasizing the importance of nuanced reporting. "The British media is trying to simplify something which is very complex. They are saying Modi is anti-Islam. But in reality, when you get down on the ground and talk to Muslims, when you talk to Hindus, Sikhs, If you talk to India, you will see that India accepts all cultures or religions and that is an absolutely wonderful thing about this place.