‘Anyone who attempts to discredit India system…will never succeed’: Kiren Rijiju remarks on Rahul Gandhi Cambridge visit
On Monday, Union minister of law Kiren Rijiju said that anyone who attempts to discredit India and its institution will never succeed. The remarks come in the wake of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and accusing him of attempting to defame and degrade India on foreign soil after the latter’s speech at Cambridge.
Addressing the inaugural session of the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Law Conference which began on Monday in Goa, Rijiju said, “If anybody tries to discredit the Indian system, Indian democracy, Indian institutions, he will never succeed. As a country of 1.4 billion people, India will have to play a critical role not only within the committee of nations in the commonwealth but across the globe”.
Rahul Gandhi, as a visiting fellow at the Cambridge Judge Business School, alleged that Indian democracy is under attack and called for new thinking to promote a democratic environment globally as opposed to a coercive one. Delivering a lecture on “Learning to Listen in the 21st Century”, the former Congress president listed five key aspects of the alleged attack on Indian democracy — capture and control of media and judiciary; surveillance and intimidation; coercion by federal law enforcement agencies; attacks on minorities, Dalits and tribals; and shutting down of dissent.
