Sena said a slowdown in economy gives rise to unrest and instability, and this was getting reflected in the prevailing situation in the country.
Politics
News : The Shiv Sena on Friday said there have been attempts
to muzzle dissenting voices and this is one of the reasons for India
slipping in the 2019 Democracy Index's global ranking.
An
editorial in Shiv
Sena mouthpiece "Saamana" said a slowdown in economy
gives rise to unrest and instability, and this was getting reflected
in the prevailing situation in the country.
"Now
(after an economic slowdown) there is a slide in (India's) global
democracy index ranking," the Marathi daily said.
India
slipped 10 places to 51st position in the 2019 Democracy Index's
global ranking, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit, which
cited "erosion of civil liberties" in the country as the
primary cause for the downtrend. The EIU report was released earlier
this week.
Citing
issues like scrapping of Article 370, that provided special status to
Jammu and Kashmir, new citizenship law CAA
and the proposed NRC, measures which have witnessed protests, the
paper said the country had witnessed a churning in the last one year.
"There
have been protests and attempts to muzzle dissenting voices. Those
who showed sympathy with JNU students (attacked by goons) were put in
the dock and were made to look like an accused.
"This
is the reason India slipped to 51st position in the Democracy Index,
the editorial said and wondered if the ruling party at the Centre and
its supporters accept the current situation.
"Even
if the government rejects the (EIU) report, does the ruling party
have an answer as to why the country was witnessing a slide, from
economic field to democracy (ranking)?" the Sena, a former ally
of the BJP, asked.
The
Sena publication said if the government thinks the country was doing
well (on economic front), "why is it asking the RBI for money"?
apparently referring to the Centre's decision last year to seek Rs
1.76 lakh crore from reserves of the apex bank.
It
is good to have a goal of making India a five trillion dollar economy
(by 2024), but the GDP is not likely to grow by even 5 per cent in
the current fiscal year, the party said.
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