India Is No Longer a Democracy but an 'Electoral Autocracy': Swedish Institute
India Is No Longer a Democracy but an 'Electoral Autocracy': Swedish Institute The V Dem Institute's report notes that much of the decline in democratic freedoms occurred after the BJP and Narendra Modi's victory in 2014. Delhi police at Delhi-Meerut Expressway amidst farmer protests, in New Delhi on December 7. Photo: PTI World11/Mar/2021 New Delhi: A Sweden-based institute has said that India is no longer an ‘electoral democracy’, classifying the country as an ‘electoral autocracy’ instead, noting that much of the decline in democratic freedoms occurred after the BJP and Narendra M...