{"id":16704,"date":"2024-05-11T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T08:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.businessupturn.com\/?p=16704"},"modified":"2024-05-11T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T08:45:02","slug":"congress-backs-kejriwals-remarks-on-dictatorship-slams-bjps-centralization-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/south-asia\/india\/congress-backs-kejriwals-remarks-on-dictatorship-slams-bjps-centralization-of-power\/16704\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress backs Kejriwal\u2019s remarks on \u2018dictatorship\u2019, slams BJP\u2019s centralization of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A senior Congress leader has backed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s recent statement calling for 140 crore Indians to unite against an alleged \u201cdictatorship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nayak alleged that Indian citizens are unhappy with the centralization of administrative and political powers in the hands of Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. He stated that what Kejriwal said about opposing dictatorship is correct, endorsing the AAP chief\u2019s controversial comments made earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Kejriwal had warned that several prominent opposition leaders could be jailed if the BJP wins the upcoming national elections. He urged people to unite to \u201csave democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | Here\u2019s what Congress leader Mukesh Nayak said on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's \u2018140 crore people should come together against dictatorship\u2019 remark after coming out of jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis country has never been in support of dictatorship. The citizens of India are not liking the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K0IV8cGQ0C\">pic.twitter.com\/K0IV8cGQ0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1789213092527722751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Congress leader accused the Modi government of consolidating power at the Center in an undemocratic manner. He claimed that the centralization of all authority in the hands of the PM and Home Minister goes against the principles of democracy and federalism that India was founded upon.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress party has repeatedly accused the BJP of misusing central investigative agencies to unfairly target opposition leaders over the years. However, the BJP has dismissed these claims as baseless and desperate attempts to tarnish the government\u2019s image ahead of elections.<\/p>\n<p>Political analysts suggest the rising rhetoric and personal attacks from both sides could make this one of the most bitterly contested general elections in recent times. They say it remains to be seen how this war of words impacts voter sentiments across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kejriwal had warned that several prominent opposition leaders could be jailed if the BJP wins the upcoming national elections. He urged people to unite to \u201csave democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":16708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2937,9624,1018,310,10039,4385,5179],"class_list":["post-16704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","tag-amit-shah","tag-arvind-kejriwal","tag-congress","tag-elections","tag-elections-2024","tag-inc","tag-pm-modi"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}