After being classified as 'electoral autocracy' last year by Sweden's V-Dem Institute, India continues to hold on to its dubious honour even this year.
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 Modi’s victory in 2014.
The V-Dem Institute, an independent research institute based at the University of Gothenburg, has published data-heavy worldwide democracy reports since 2017. In last year’s report, it had observed that India was on the verge of losing its status as a democracy.