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that's not a good defense of ModiIt’s not meant to be.
> in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain
You’re quoting Wikipedia [1]; see the “definition and scales” section. Personal gain in this context is contrasted with political gain. Using state power to openly reward boosters is not corruption, though it might be an abuse of power. Using state power to illegally use violence as a political tactic, similarly, is not corruption. It’s authoritarianism, possibly fascism.
It’s important for the word to have meaning, particularly in India, where overexpanding corruption to mean anything one doesn’t like could be particularly corrosive.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption