Prithviraj Chavan, former Maharashtra chief minister, and Prafulla Ketkar, editor of Organiser, debate US research institute Freedom House’s decision to downgrade India from a “free democracy” to “partly free”
** Does the arrest of a young climate change activist for forwarding a document carrying rudimentary instructions for farmers on how to organise a protest indicate a serious erosion of freedom in India?
** Or does the fact that the same farmers have been protesting against the recently enacted farm laws for over three months by blocking major roads to the capital point to a vibrant democracy?
** Or does the fact that the same farmers have been protesting against the recently enacted farm laws for over three months by blocking major roads to the capital point to a vibrant democracy?