Under the Modi government, India's democracy is declining

 

Under the Modi government, India's democracy is declining

Since the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, India's ranking in the global democracy index has dropped. In the Democracy Index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, India has slipped 26 places from 26th to 53rd place in the last six years, the foreign affairs report said.

In March, Freedom House marked India from ‘free’ to ‘partially free’. Countries like Ecuador, Mozambique, and Serbia are in the same position as India. In the same month, Sweden's V-Dam (Variety of Democracy) Institute went one step further by announcing that India had completely stopped being an electoral democracy. The V-Dam now classifies India as an ‘electoral dictatorship’, which ranks above ‘closed dictatorships’ like China and Saudi Arabia and below ‘liberal democracies’ like Japan and the United States.

India ranks seventh in the list of the ten countries that have lost the most democratic base in the last decade. By this measure, they are ahead of Hungary and Turkey but far behind Bolivia and Thailand. More than 600 million voters in India voted in the 2019 general election. As a result, many see the allegations of democratic collapse as a Western attempt to downplay India. In a media conclave in March, Indian Foreign Minister S Jayashankar said, "You use the duality of democracy and dictatorship. Do you want a true answer? That is hypocrisy. "

The report says that such an aggressive response plays a good role in the awakened ground in the sense of nationalism. Independent India has a terrible history of blaming ‘foreign hands’ for any mistake, a tradition that the Modi government has skillfully revived. But the foreign minister's misleading answer does not answer the real question: why has India suddenly lost its luster as it has long been considered an outsider in the post-colonial world in order to defend democracy in poverty? Earlier in March, the Washington-based pro-democracy think tank and watchdog Freedom House reported that India seemed to be moving closer to authoritarianism under Prime Minister Modi. 

Source: Tribune.

The Union Minister of India was arrested for commenting that 'the Chief Minister should be slapped'

 

This time, the Union Minister of India was arrested for commenting that the Chief Minister should be slapped

This time, Union Minister Narayan Rane has been captured for offering dubious comments about Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Ratnagiri police superintendent has been directed to take former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Rane into custody. His interim bail application was also rejected by the Ratnagiri court. -This time, Anandabazar

The event centered on the 'Jan Ashirbad Shobhayatra' in the Konkan area. Taking part there, the Chief Minister attacked Uddhav with a run. He said, "Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray does not know how many years of independence the country has celebrated. It's a shame. During the speech, he has to know how many years of independence! If I had been there, i might have slapped him. '

The third wave of corona in India is expected in October

 The third wave of corona in India is expected in October

The second wave of coronavirus is going on in India. In the meantime, there is a danger of a third wave. The third wave of corona in India is expected in October. This time there is a risk of spreading the infection among adults as well as children. A committee of experts set up under the auspices of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in compliance with the directives of the country's Union Home Ministry has issued a report. - Anandabazar

According to the report, the third wave of Kovid has already hit India. Since the last week of July, ‘R Value’ has risen above 1 in the country. This ‘R value’ indicates how many people are being infected from one infected person. Learning from the ‘mistakes’ of the second wave of the corona, it has been suggested to be more cautious in dealing with the impending wave. The country does not need as many doctors, health workers, medical equipment and infrastructure to treat a large number of children infected during the third wave. The committee of experts suggested paying special attention to this issue.

Depending on the mathematical model, a recent IIT study also said that the third wave of corona could reach its peak in India in October. The committee of experts formed under the direction of the Union Home Ministry also sealed the study. India ranks second in the world in the list of countries affected by corona. So far 3 crores 24 lakh 49 thousand 306 people have been affected by corona in the country. 4 lakh 34 thousand 74 people died.