Francis had hoped to go to India and Bangladesh in 2017. After negotiations with the Indian authorities dragged on, Francis went as a substitute to Bangladesh and Myanmar. Upon his return to Rome from that journey, Francis acknowledged he had wished to go to India however that “procedures turned protracted, and time was urgent.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/indias-modi-invites-pope-to-visit-after-2017-plan-collapsed/2021/10/30/37574e50-396a-11ec-9662-399cfa75efee_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world | India’s Modi invitations pope to go to after 2017 plan collapsed