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India no longer a democratic country, claims Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi's remarks come after US govt-funded NGO, Freedom House, claimed that 'political rights & civil liberties' have eroded in India since Narendra Modi became prime minister.

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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday claimed India was “no longer” a democratic country, quoting media reports on Swedish Institute’s democracy report that downgraded India.

“India is no longer a democratic country,” he said on Twitter, tagging a news report citing Sweden’s V-Dem Institute’s democracy report that has downgraded India from ‘world’s largest democracy’ to ‘electoral democracy’.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 11, 2021

This comes after another global report by a US government-funded NGO, Freedom House downgraded India’s status from “free” to “partly free” and claimed that “political rights and civil liberties have eroded in India since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014”.

The government has strongly rebutted the Freedom House report and called it “misleading, incorrect and misplaced”, while asserting that the country has well established democratic practices.

Gandhi has been attacking the government over the issue of freedom to speech and expression.


Also read: Rahul Gandhi should be sent back to school to know ministries under Centre, says Giriraj Singh


 

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24 COMMENTS

  1. The leftist/woke or so called democrats are supported by corporate thieves/dictators like Google, Facebook/Twitter/Soros have enslaved the native Christian white population in the west and they intend to enslave BJP/Hindus in the same way!!

    BJP/India should start making strong economic & cultural links with sane people in all continents; especially in Asia & America/Europe!

  2. Sweden calls the world’s biggest democracy an electoral autocracy!! If India is an electoral autocracy then Sweden is the same!!

    The native white Christian Swedes should start moving to Pakistan & Syria now that they have been invaded by Jihadis & leftist/woke!!

  3. Congress, created by British Christian white supremacist’s is talking of democracy when Congress could threaten and kill poor farmers for votes!! They are talking of democracy when incompetent Nehru, supported by MK Gandhi, dethroned the great Sardar Patel as a democratically elected leader!!!

    They are talking of democracy when they imposed emergency!! They are talking of democracy when for gaining power, they created Islamic terrorist nation and kept those terrorists who voted for Pakistan in India!!

    • Correct!! Nehru & congress party even carried out the killing of opposition Jansangh leader S P Mookerjee!! This was done by congress’s Jihadi governement in Kashmir where he was arrested without trial & then killed in jail!! Rahul Vinci should thank Indian public, BJP & India’s real democracy that he & his evil murderous family is is still alive!!

  4. Ha!! Ha!! Congress, created by the British white supremacist christian led genocide of Hindu culture!! They created Islamic terrorist nation Pakistan to rule a divided Hindu India!! Yet!! These anti democratic & incompetent bigots led by Nehru/congress kept the terrorists who voted for Pakistan in India!!

    They were the ones who imposed emergency dictatorship and talk of democracy!! Thank you Rahul Vinci Khan!!

  5. Let Rahul Gandhi make Congress a democratic party by holding elections, for which G23 is demanding. Democracy is not just about freedom to keep yapping.

    • His granny & his great grand father were killers of opposition, colleagues & patriotic leaders in congress!! SP Mookerjee, Jana sangh leader & colleague of Nehru was arrested without charge and put in jail where he was killed by Nehru installed Jihadi terrorist government in Kashmir!!

  6. “India is no longer a democratic country,” Rahul said on Twitter, tagging a news report citing Sweden’s V-Dem Institute’s democracy report that has downgraded India from ‘world’s largest democracy’ to ‘electoral democracy’. Rahul should understand what is democracy. There are thousands of Institutes in the world. Sweden’s V-Dem Institute’s democracy is one among them. The report is misleading with a view to downgrade our democracy. I suspect that this report has been obtained for money. Let the foreign Institute come to India and see the reality. ராகுல் should avoid getting such false reports from a foreign country to fool the Indians who are now capable of differentiating cheese from chase.

    • One needs to be aware that there has always been an Anti India, especially anti Hindu campaign in the west!! This has accelerated since BJP came to power and especially since 2019!! These Europeans suck up to the Han Chinese even when they are killing Muslims like filthy pigs and erasing Islam from China! So called liberal & democrat, Biden, the American president even calls this Muslim genocide as a cultural issue for the Chinese!! Yet!! on India & BJP/Hindus, they do propaganda & carry out anti Indian activities!! They are the break India forces along with the tukde tukde gang like congress/commies in India!! India must be as strong as China & develop a counter narrative through media & foreign policy or this is sure to become worse!!

    • Mr Kalirajan Lingasamy: I don’t think you have any clue as to waht democracy enatils. Democracy is not elecetions at regular cycles – that happens in China, North Korea and Pakistan as well without meaning anything on the ground.

      As of now, at least 3 major reports have questioned the state of democracy in India : The Freedom House Report, V-Dem and the Economist Intelligence Unit. I guess, they are all wrong and our Kalirajan Lingasamy – “Madras pistha” – is the only one who is right !

      Way to go Vaadhyaare !

  7. No wonder this government has no worries. All those in the opposition have been reduced to carping from the sidelines. With zero vision, a lack of principles or any core philosophy and no plan of any kind the opposition has been reduced to clueless slogan mongering and mindless obstruction. Truly no hope until someone sees the light and it will definitely not be this gentleman or any of his followers.

    • @Vish: A strong opposition making constructive criticism is required in every democracy!! Yet! anti national & undemocratic parties like congress which have killed opposition leaders & Indians; especially Hindus, for Jihadi votes should have no place in Indian politics!!

  8. Yeah for Rahul there is no democracy until he becomes Prime minister, Makes sense, There is no democracy in congress too for the past many years.

    • Anyone with a trace of grey cells or love for this splendid civilization & land can’t believe or vote for Congress which at it’s core is a British Christian white supremacist creation!! Congress & their pseudo secular ideologue counter parts are all anti Hindu, anti national & anti democratic!!

  9. Ha ha, it is only INC that is fully democratic.
    Till, Congress government come to center, India will never be democratic nation.
    This is what RaGa wants to convey, do not you Mr. Gandhi?

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