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The Hindu, July 27, 2022
by Rahul Mukherji
Government is slowly chipping away at the rights of civil society groups using laws such as FCRA, PMLA
Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed India as the mother of democracy on the eve of the G7 summit on June 26, 2022, the government’s attack on civil society has reached its zenith. That the Indian state is deeply suspicious of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society leaders was evident even from the 73rd graduation ceremony of the Indian Police Academy in November 2021. National Security Advisor and the Prime Minister’s close aide Ajit Doval had warned budding police officers that civil society was the new frontier of war. [ . . . ]
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/seeking-to-destroy-indias-civil-society/article65684812.ece
