Mr Jaishankar rejected accusations that the raids showed PM Modi was veering towards authoritarianism. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY – India’s foreign minister on Saturday hit out at “scaremongering” critics who claim the country’s democracy is being corroded, singling out billionaire George Soros – a popular target for right-wing ire.multiple raids on the BBC’s India officesMr Jaishankar defended the prime minister, painting detractors as “scaremongering”, holding an antiquated “Euro-Atlantic view” of democracy and failing to respect the Indian people’s democratic choice.
Indian tax authorities raided the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai just weeks after the broadcasterMr Jaishankar singled out philanthropist Mr Soros, who recently highlighted Mr Modi’s close ties with fraud-accused businesses run by ally Mr Gautam Adani and suggested that while India was a democracy, Mr Modi “is no democrat”.
“He actually thinks that it doesn’t matter that this is a country of 1.4 billion people – we are almost that – whose voters decide how the country should run.”
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