Democracy 2024
U Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
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The largest democracy in the world
was graded an ‘Electoral Autocracy'
by an agency, five years back,
is now downgraded further.
Now it is named, "One of
The Worst Autocratisers".
It has lost its credibility in
freedom of expression
clean elections and freedom
of association/ civil society;
the government is alleged of
suppressing religion rights
intimidating political opponents and
people protesting its policies,
silencing dissent in academia.
It is marked by enduring crackdown on
minority rights and civil society;
the state is now down to the levels of 1975,
when a state of emergency was declared.
I am reminded that in 1933
in Germany, Hitler rose to power too
through a ‘democratic process'
under the prevalent constitution.
And we also remember
the consequences
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