{"id":169546,"date":"2025-02-21T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=169546"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:00:16","slug":"indias-democracy-is-controlled-by-powerful-establishment-that-silences-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/02\/21\/indias-democracy-is-controlled-by-powerful-establishment-that-silences-dissent.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;India\u2019s democracy is controlled by powerful establishment that silences dissent&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169547\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/democar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Islamabad: India\u2019s democracy is an illusion, controlled by a powerful establishment that silences dissent while maintaining a false image of democratic values.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, human rights violations are rising, with minorities and critics facing state-backed suppression, yet internal mechanisms fail to deliver justice.<\/p>\n<p>India is labelled a country of concern by the UNHRCP in 2024, yet no real reforms take place, proving accountability is non-existent.<\/p>\n<p>A strong establishment crushes real opposition, manipulates elections, and ensures democracy remains a scripted performance for global audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 elections are already compromised, with power structures ensuring outcomes favor the ruling elite, making fair competition impossible.<\/p>\n<p>The US President, Donald Trump, has also hinted that the Biden administration tried to meddle in Indian polls through USAID.<\/p>\n<p>Indian media outlets reported that the US President Donald Trump, claimed that the Biden administration spent $21 million to influence India\u2019s 2024 elections and vowed to share details with the Modi government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: India\u2019s democracy is an illusion, controlled by a powerful establishment that silences dissent while maintaining a false image of democratic values. According to Kashmir Media Service, human rights violations are rising, with minorities and critics facing state-backed suppression, yet internal mechanisms fail to deliver justice. India is labelled a country of concern by the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":169547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-169546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/democar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169548,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169546\/revisions\/169548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}