Lenin is not a figure to look up to at a time when we want more democracy, not less | The Indian Express

Lenin is not a figure to look up to at a time when we want more democracy, not less | The Indian Express

Lenin is not a figure to look up to at a time when we want more democracy, not less

APRIL 23, 2020 6:05:46 PM

We need plenty of democracy in this hour, diverse voices and criticism of the government and the state to thrive. But Lenin found democracy superfluous and turned Russia, later the USSR, into a one-party state.