India , a nuclear power, represents approximately a sixth of the world's population and is therefore the world's largest democracy. It is also the world's fourth largest economy in terms of Purchasing Power Parity . Its bid is unequivocally backed by permanent members France , the United Kingdom , and Russia .
Though initially opposed by the People's Republic of China due to geo-political reasons (China being an ally of India's arch-rival Pakistan and the country also having fought a brief war with India in 1962), recent history has turned China's official support for India's candidature from negative to neutral to positive. On April 11 , 2005 China announced it would support India's bid for a permanent seat. It is interesting to note that in 1955, India was invited to join the Security Council, but Jawaharlal Nehru, then the Indian Prime Minister, refused and instead offered it to China without asking the opinion of parliament or the Indian people. In this sense, China owes a histori ...more

The Chinese would issue a strong veto. The US says they support us when they are in Delhi but they say they don't when they are in Islamabad....but I see only China endorsing a strong veto.

Though if I were India's leader I would withdraw my membership from UNSC....we need to get that seat on our own terms, when we have 40 or 50 countries loyal to India strongly pushing 4 its presence in UNSC. Most of our UNSC bid was done w/ support from the top tier nations in UNSC and not from the nations that want us to represent them in the UNSC.

Ye hai meri India

United States of America and China