Stay updated with breaking news from V Dem. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
External Affairs Minster S Jaishankar spoke on the nation’s image internationally, vaccine diplomacy and Indo-China relations at the Indian Today Conclave South on Saturday, 13 March.
Updated Mar 15, 2021 · 07:46 pm A file photo of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. | Joshua Roberts/Reuters Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Monday dismissed reports that India is facing democratic backsliding at the hands of the Narendra Modi government, saying that the country does not need approval or tedious moral lectures from a “set of self-appointed custodians of the world”. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s remarks came amid concerns raised by international organisations about the steady subversion of democracy and erosion of civ...
Swedish Organization Declares India 'Electoral Autocracy', Rahul Gandhi Amplifies While referring to the suppression of dissent, free media, and overuse of sedition in the country, the organization ranked India worse than neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal. Pixabay Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-12T08:39:13+05:30 Swedish Organization Declares India 'Electoral Autocracy', Rahul Gandhi Amplifies outlookindia.com 2021-03-12T09:35:01+05:30 V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute, an independent research organization based in Sweden has termed India an 'electoral autocr...
Rahul Gandhi flags India’s slide in democratic norms Updated: Updated: The Congress leader cites thinktank report that downgraded India to an ‘elected autocracy’. Share Article The Congress leader cites thinktank report that downgraded India to an ‘elected autocracy’. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday tweeted a news report on the findings of a Swedish institute that claimed that India had turned into an “elected autocracy” to question the country’s status as a democratic country. “India is no longer a democratic country,” Mr. Gandhi tweeted, tagging a news...