Back before COP21 in 2015, Denialists were claiming that India would never get on board with renewables, as if this were somehow a reason for the US not to do so either. At the time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted nothing to do with getting rid of coal.
Internet Can't Keep Calm After Discovering This Old Video Of Modi Denying Climate Change
At 1:27 in this video. There are three of this speech at least on YouTube, with more than 200,000 views altogether.
'Climate has not changed. We have changed. Our habits have changed,' Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said while answering to a question on climate change back in 2014.
But then we got on his case.