This is not an exageration anyone jumping in the train from their biggest cities will know.

https://www.ritimo.org/Slum-Settlements-on-Railway-Land-A-St...

not saying that progress has not been made. But calling India the best democracy is not factual worse it's a blatant lie. It is a country where you can (should) bribe public officials i.e: "A study conducted by Transparency International in 2005 recorded that more than 62% of Indians had at some point or another paid a bribe to a public official to get a job done"