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Rahul Gandhi says, 'There can be no democracy without strong institutions'
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March 17, 2021
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March 17, 2021
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4:04Now PlayingRahul Gandhi, the Congress chief, said on Tuesday that in a democracy, a politician requires institutional help to get his message heard, something the Opposition in India is currently denied. He also claimed that elections would become meaningless if one political party is able to dominate all institutions.
The BJP and RSS are undermining the foundations of all democratic institutions, including the media and the judiciary. Consider how much airtime the Prime Minister and every opposition leader get from the media. Parliament's primary role is to provide a forum for its members to express themselves. In an online conversation with Ashutosh Varshney, Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, at Brown University in the United States, Gandhi said, "When I get up to talk in Parliament, my mic is turned off."
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