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In one of its stringent attacks on the Modi government yet, the Congress on Saturday said India is no longer regarded as a democracy and has earned the label of an “electoral autocracy”.
In its political resolution adopted at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, the party called upon all democratic parties to join hands in resolutely opposing the Modi government.
"The assault on democratic institutions completes the sad and shameless narrative of the Modi government. India is no longer regarded as a democracy, it has earned the label of an electoral autocracy. Parliament has been contemptuously disregarded. The judiciary has been debilitated by not filling vacancies in courts and tribunals,” read the resolution.
The CWC meeting, chaired by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, also passed two other resolutions on 'Inflation' and on 'Acute Agrarian Distress & Diabolical Attack on India’s Farmers'.
The Congress alleged that independent watchdog bodies like the Information Commission, the Election Commission and the Human Rights Commission have been “debased and rendered virtual ciphers”.
The media has been threatened into meek submission through raids and false cases, it claimed.
“Non-government organisations (NGOs) have been intimidated and their welfare activities have been halted. The government’s agencies have been widely misused to suppress the voice of the people,” the resolution alleged. In a reference to the Pegasus spyware controversy, the CWC said the government has “surreptitiously used malicious spyware” to intrude into the lives of the people.
“Every aspect of democracy has been diminished. The Congress party will resist every sinister attempt to convert the country into a surveillance and police state. Under the Modi government, the constitutional promise of liberty and justice for all has receded into a vain hope,” the resolution said.
The CWC believes that it is its duty to sound the alarm bells, it said. “We do so and call upon all democratic parties and forces to join hands to resolutely oppose the Modi government in order to protect the values on which our country was founded and to advance the causes of the people."
The CWC also expressed grave concern over the Centre's move to grant more powers to the Border Security Force.