The former minister took shots at current government saying the \u2018shehnai\u2019 of democracy is being silenced while a cannon of \u2018ek-tantra\u2019 (one-man rule) is being fired.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not my words but that of a great intellectual, writer, economist, who was a senior minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government — Arun Shourie. Shourie said that it is de-centralised, un-proclaimed Emergency.<\/p>\n
\u201cNote-bandi (demonetisation) is in a way like \u2018arthik nas-bandi\u2019 (economic vasectomy),\u201d Ramesh said, referring to mass sterilisation undertaken during the Emergency declared by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975.<\/p>\n
The democracy is in danger today, he said, adding, \u201cthe \u2018shehnai\u2019 of democracy is being silenced while a cannon of \u2018ek-tantra\u2019 (one-man rule) is being fired.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only two people are holding this cannon, he said, in apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne is holding it, the other is firing it. There is no difference between taanashani (dictatorship) and \u2018Amit Shahi\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The NDA government is serving the interest of corporates, he claimed, alleging that it is trying to weaken the Land Acquisition Act and Forest Rights Act passed during the UPA regime.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a new viewpoint that these laws are a roadblock for progress, so remove them. Parliament is being insulted to pass these laws….elections are taking place, political parties exist, people are not being jailed, but there is still an atmosphere of fear,\u201d Ramesh said, adding that social activists are scared of raising voice against the government for fear of being persecuted.<\/p>\n
\u201cVery soul of democracy is being snuffed out,\u201d the Congress leader said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who say they take inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi forget that transparency was the way of his living…transparency was the basic philosophy of his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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