Democracy under attack by Modi govt, youth should ask questions without being scared: Rahul

Udhagamandalam, Jan 13 (UNI) Reiterating his charge that the Prime Minister Modi headed BJP government at the centre is stifling dissent and threatening those who don't agree with its ideology, Congress youth icon and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the youth should ask questions without being scared to protect the country.
“Democracy is what gives India its voice, but it is under attack. I have been talking about the attack on our democratic foundations",
he said, at the Pongal festival celebrations at a private school in this hilly Nigiris district of Tamil Nadu.

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