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Crushing dissent in a new paranoid India – The Interpreter
As public protests grow, so does the government’s authoritarian urge.
The signs were always there. With a thumping majority in parliament, a nonexistent opposition and diminishing institutions, Prime Minister Narendra Modis government had the potential to proceed down the dangerous and desperate path of intolerance.
Two months of sustained pressure from a grassroots protest movement by farmers has unsurprisingly led to the Modi government turning to its authoritarian playbook.
It began with allegations of foreign influence, followed by arrests of protest leaders,…
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