“Rahul Gandhi’s London diatribe, Khalistani assaults and the politics of India’s subversion by Anglo-Americans”, First Post, March 24, 2023:

“Rahul Gandhi’s denunciation in London of Indian democracy and its governing institutions is much more significant and consequential than the outrage among Indians suggests. In fact, a large cohort of India’s liberal middle class elite has taken Rahul Gandhi’s comments in its stride, concluding it is legitimate to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP and, in any case, as an aspect of freedom of speech. 

To defend Rahul Gandhi’s extraordinary outbursts in London, one Congress spokesperson cited Modi’s alleged criticism of India abroad, when he apparently suggested Indians were ashamed to be born in their country.

The first point is that PM Modi did not criticise India’s fundamental institutions but decried the quality of the country’s governance and management by political parties. By contrast, Rahul Gandhi denounced the fundamental institutions of India and its democracy. These are two very different positions and have significantly distinct implications….”

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