Rahul Gandhi on Indian democracyCongress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (March 4) alleged that the structures of Indian democracy are under brutal attack and talks are on within the opposition to unite an alternative vision for the country. The former Congress president also alleged that the recent tax survey action against BBC is an example of voice suppression across the country, which is why he launched the Bharat Jodo Yatra as an expression of voice against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Did. trying to silence the country
“The visit has become necessary because the very fabric of our democracy is under brutal attack,” Gandhi told reporters at the India Insights event organized by the Indian Journalists’ Association (IJA) in London. “The media, the institutional structures, the judiciary, the Parliament are all under attack and we are finding it very difficult to have a voice through the normal channels,” he said.
“BBC has now come to know about it, but it has been going on non-stop in India for the last nine years. Everyone knows that journalists are intimidated, attacked and threatened. Govt lobbying Journalists who do are rewarded.
So, it’s part of a pattern and I wouldn’t expect anything different. If BBC stops writing against the government then everything will be normal. All cases will disappear,” he said.
Gandhi expressed regret that the democratic parts of the world, including the US and Europe, had failed to notice that “a large part of democracy has come undone”.
“BJP wants India to be quiet. They want it to be quiet… because they want to be able to take what belongs to India and give it to their close friends. The idea is to distract the population and Then to hand over the property of India.” Three, four, five people,” he said.
BJP’s reaction to Rahul Gandhi’s statement
Gandhi’s earlier remarks at Cambridge University that Indian democracy was under attack and that many politicians, including himself, were under surveillance, invited sharp reactions from the BJP, which blamed the country’s image on foreign soil after facing successive electoral setbacks. accused of spoiling.
We can understand their hatred towards the Prime Minister, but the conspiracy to defame the country with the help of foreign friends on foreign soil raises questions on the agenda of the Congress. Anurag ThakurInformation and Broadcasting Minister told reporters in Delhi on Friday (March 3). Thakur said that Gandhi knew about the electoral defeat of the Congress in the assembly polls and had resorted to making allegations from foreign soil.
Thakur said, “The Congress lost the elections once again, but their bankruptcy was evident as they never missed an opportunity to defame India from foreign soil.” When asked about the Congress and the opposition’s plans for the next general election, Gandhi said that the election battle is not just between political parties, but also against institutions as “there is no level playing field” in Indian politics.
“Talks are on between opposition parties, I know of several of them. The basic idea that the RSS and the BJP need to be fought and defeated is deeply ingrained in the opposition’s mind. Any question about Not only.” ” They said.
“There are strategic issues that need to be discussed… But it is important to understand that the opposition in India is no longer fighting any political party. We are now fighting the institutional structure of India; the BJP and the RSS, which have have captured almost all the institutions of the Therefore, the idea of equal opportunity does not exist because the institutions are not neutral,” he said.
Gandhi is in London as part of a week-long tour for a lecture as a visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge and is scheduled to interact with the Indian diaspora over the weekend.
(With PTI inputs)
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