The influence of the dictatorship in the country was increasing, Sonia Gandhi said. (Proceedings)
New Delhi:
The dividing forces are spreading hatred for India, freedom of expression is at stake and the country is going through a crisis that none of its founding fathers could have imagined, Congress Speaker Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday.
“The powers that be who want the people to fight are spreading the poison of hatred in the country. Freedom of expression is threatened, democracy is being destroyed. They want the people of India, our tribes, women and youth to keep their mouths. closed. Vo desh ka muh bandh rakhna chahte hain (They want to silence the nation), “he said, speaking via video link at the inauguration ceremony of Chhattisgarh’s new legislature.
“None of our ancestors, including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and BR Ambedkar, would have imagined that our country will face such a difficult situation after 75 years of independence when our democracy and constitution are threatened,” Ms Gandhi added.
Although she did not name the administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the head of Congress has raised the stakes against the central government with almost daily attacks that include issues such as the center not paying its quotas to state governments and conducting entrance exams in a time when India has been reporting the highest number of new coronaviruses in the world.
Claiming that the influence of “tanashahi“(dictatorship) in the country”lokshahi“(Democracy) was on the rise, said Ms Gandhi,” now bad thinking is dominating, freedom of expression is in jeopardy and democratic institutions are being ruined. “
Congress has maintained its direct attacks on the government even as it fights the turmoil within the party that has seen nearly two dozen top leaders expressing discontent with the way the party is run.
The BJP has largely ignored the new congressional attacks with no high-ranking leaders responding directly to comments from top opposition party leaders in recent days.
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