The writer, a former union law minister, is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court. Views expressed are his own.
This election, we must reject the onslaughts on freedom
While navigating our politics in these troubled times, we cannot forget the lesson of history that the majority vote does not guarantee freedom unless the majority stands up for freedom.
The electoral process for the constitution of the 17th Lok Sabha has been set in motion by the Election Commission’s announcement of the poll schedule. By all accounts, this will be a watershed election given the context, challenges and the choices that are to be made. The electorate will choose between the government’s claims of performance, promises for a better future and the Opposition’s interrogation of governance in the last five years, besides their projection of a dim future for the country under the BJP dispensation. Pressing issues such as agrarian distress, rising unemployment, economic and social inequities, flawed policies and faltering economic growth will be at the centre of the Opposition’s campaign as indicated in the Ahmedabad resolution of the Congress working committee.
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