‘Neither Democracy nor Autocracy, Report by Western Think Tanks Reveals Hypocrisy’
NEW DELHI: Unperturbed by adverse reports on India’s democracy, including civil liberties and minority rights by America’s Freedom House and Sweden’s V-Dem Institute, India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar reacted angrily and claimed that these reports had nothing to do with democracy or autocracy, but speaks volumes about the hypocrisy of Western think tanks. “We don’t require a certificate from outsiders who are releasing reports that are based on certain specific agenda and aimed at satisfying their nefarious designs,” he retorted angrily. “These self-appointed custodians of the world are upset with the idea that India is not seeking their nod.