Overview

• Speaking at EIA University in Colombia, the Leader of the Opposition said a wholesale attack on the democratic system is the single biggest risk facing India.
• He contrasted India’s decentralized, plural model with China’s authoritarian approach, arguing India cannot adopt suppression to manage diversity.
• He criticized demonetisation and GST as policies that hurt small and medium businesses and enabled large monopolies.
• He accused the RSS-BJP ideology of “cowardice,” citing V.D. Savarkar and alleging aggression toward the weak while avoiding stronger adversaries.
• BJP leaders, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Shehzad Poonawalla, denounced the remarks as anti-India, with JD(U) figures joining the criticism; reports indicate no legal or policy action beyond public rebukes.