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Leader Of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has said the ‘wholesale attack on the democratic system’ currently underway in India is the single biggest risk the country is facing, and asserted that allowing different traditions to thrive is very important as ‘we cannot do what China does, which is to run an authoritarian system’.
According to media reports, Speaking at a seminar titled ‘The Future is Today’ at the EIA University in Medellin, Colombia, Gandhi also alleged that there are ‘huge amounts of corruption at a centralised level’ in India now.
“In India, we have huge amounts of corruption now at a very centralised level. So, three or four businesses taking over the whole economy, having a direct relationship with the prime minister, is rampant in India,” the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said.
“But I believe decentralising power, making things more transparent, bringing people into conversations, and bringing people into processes is the best way forward,” Gandhi said while addressing the seminar .
Speaking at the seminar, Gandhi said India has a much more complex system as compared to China and its strengths are very different from that of the neighbouring country.
India also has a very old spiritual tradition and a thought system with profound ideas that are useful in today’s world, he said, adding that there is a lot that the country can offer in terms of tradition and way of thinking.
“I am very optimistic about India, but at the same time, there are fault lines within the Indian structure. There are risks that India has to overcome. The single-biggest risk is the attack on democracy that is taking place in India,” the Leader of Opposition said.
“India has multiple religions, traditions and languages. India is actually a conversation between all its people. Different ideas, religions and traditions require space. The best method for creating that space is the democratic system,” he said.
