The political judgements of Freedom House are as inaccurate and distorted as their maps. MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: The government on Friday strongly rebutted a Freedom House report downgrading India s status to a partly free country, calling it misleading, incorrect and misplaced , and asserted that the country has well established democratic practices.
While the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting(MIB) stressed that the country treats all citizens equally without discrimination and that discussion, debate and dissent are part of Indian democracy, the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) said India has robust institutions. The MEA also took a dig at the Democracy watchdog, saying India does not need sermons , especially from those who cannot get their basics right.
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Freedom House report misleading, incorrect, misplaced: India on partly free status
The report had claimed that the decline in India s status was due to a multi-year pattern in which the Hindu nationalist government and its allies have presided over rising violence
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NEW DELHI: The Centre issued a seven-point rebuttal countering the US government-funded NGO Freedom House for its “misleading, incorrect and misplaced” report which lowered India into the ‘partly-free’ category. Based on 25 indicators, the report ranked countries as ‘free’, ‘partly free’ and ‘not free’. While India’s score on political rights was 34/40, its score on civil liberties was 33/60. The report had said India was ‘partly free’ and blamed the BJP government at the Centre for the loss of its ‘free status’.