India is absolutely not neutral towards China. Indian analysts consider China the primary enemy. One thing has to be clear, India has hegemonic ambitions. There is a reason they keep screaming wanting to be a superpower. They consider themselves deserving a position equal or even better than China. Yes, they lack the ability, but the amount of hate and suspicion India has towards China is only second to their hate towards Pakistan. They think China is the reason India cannot become a superpower cause China is holding India down. They will never stop trying to fight China and would only get bolder the bigger their economy gets.Even India is mostly neutral towards China and more neutral than Vietnam. I am impressed. Indians might have a hard mouth but they have good instincts. They recognize it is not in their interest to get on China's bad side.
I predict India will be more pro China in 2026 than 2024.