Thread by @rvasisht

Here are a few uncomfortable truths. From 1947 to 2021 (except 75-77) India has been as free or unfree a democracy as you chose to label it. NOTHING has changed. So all of you out there put a lid on your lips & if you want to lecture India about democracy, freedom etc please 1st

read the threads by the brilliant scientist @ARanganathan72 & if you find his facts too hard to stomach search for the number of books banned, leaders jailed, riots etc with the help of Dr Google & you will find answers. So what has changed that post 2014 you hear these cries?

1) Till 2014 it didn't matter who was in power in Delhi as PM, the brokers middlemen, dalals, Lutyens club members, fixers, were in power. They decided everything from foreign policy to defence to internal security 2) They decided what was good for the country & it's people &

this included education, culture, history, good behaviour, etc. Nothing was spared 3) They decided what to give to the people, when & how much & the people were supposed to be grateful for that 4) Above all the people had no stakes in the country which "belonged" to someone else

5) From a stage when patriotism, pride for the Indian Flag, standing to attention wherever you were as you heard the National anthem we degenerated to a country where such acts attracted ridicule & diresively called nationalism as if it were a bad word 6) They told us that LPG

subsidy could never ever be taken away without a bloodbath, a Kashmir integrated into India without a nuclear war & many more & guess what - we actually believed these to be gospel truth 7) The confidence this triggered was such that by 2012 the country belonged to a cabal

8) As against a level playing field where corruption decided results we reached a stage where the cabal decided who could even play the game. Even for corruption you needed influence & contacts. There was corruption in corruption. That's how much we degenerated as a nation.

We the people didn't matter & everyone thought we didn't care & the cabal thought nobody can dare stand to to them. Then 2014 & @narendramodi happened against all odds. They said it's a black swan moment but 2019 disproved even that. LPG subsidy was removed by requesting people.

#Kashmir was integrated into India with no nuclear war. #Balakot happened without a nuclear reaction which was the threat that we believed in for 4 decades. The bluff was called & how. Over 1500 bungalows in central Delhi was vacated by throwing the illegal occupants out. Those

who walked the corridors of every govt office & openly offered inside info, fixed even cabinet postings suddenly found themselves without a job. Inside info flow stopped. More than once crucial info was known to the public only when the PM announced it. No more inside scoops.

The so called NRIs/ OCI card holders who had been issued cards even if they were not eligible were cut to size & everytime a illegal card was cancelled they cried foul. How can a nation follow & implement rules? The country had been taken back from those who thought they owned it

The involvement of the people at every stage was encouraged. We the people became stake holders in the country again. We could disagree with the govt, even hurt by some decisions but we never felt that we didn't belong, we never questioned the intent. When you read & hear the

comments made by everybody who oppose @narendramodi & the level of abuse, defiance of every decision the criticism of lack of freedom is a joke. When people can shut down public roads, highways for months on end without attracting any action & inspite of #COVID19 continue with

large gatherings, day no to masks/vaccines #FarmersProtest make demands no govt can accept, & a opposition that actually sabotages efforts including in areas of national security. Every talk of lack of freedom is a cruel joke. Such critics remember - Anything in excess is poison

The reason for this criticism isn't far to seek - for 60yrs, 4 generations have never been asked Qns by the public, openly mocked & replied to their views & comments. Their DNA that citizens can ask Qns/reply is missing. For them today the change is terrifying to say the least