Constitution under attack: Rahul

The Constitution is under “severe attack” and an atmosphere of fear prevailed in the country, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday, likening the situation to Pakistan and some African countries that are under “dictatorship.”

“In Karnataka, the MLAs are on one side and the governor on the other and you know what attempt is being made,” he said against the backdrop of ongoing political developments in the southern state.

Addressing a Jan Swaraj Sammelan in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, Gandhi said: “One after another, you can see every democratic institution in the country, like the MPs, MLAs, the press and the planning commission...the RSS is trying to induct its people.”

Even the judiciary was being suppressed and threatened, he said. “For the first time it was seen that four judges of the Supreme Court came out to seek public support saying they were not allowed to perform their duties...It was seen for the first time in the country. It definitely happens under dictatorship, it happens in Pakistan, it happens in different African countries, (where) a general comes and suppresses court and press, but in India it has happened for the first time in last 70 years.”

Echoing Congress chief’s assessment of the situation, JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said the Modi government wants to demolish democracy.

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