Opinion | How Indian Democracy Is In Danger From Those Who Most Vociferously Swear By It

A month ago, those who screamed the loudest about the "rise of fascism in India" and democracy being under threat oddly fell silent. It was not out of any sudden realisation or grave defeat. Rather, their silence came riding on the white horse of victory. After Congress swept the Karnataka state elections defeating the ruling BJP, the noise around elections and institutions being rigged fell into a temporary lull. It had beaten the BJP even in the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections just five months ago. The democracy of one-and-a-half billion keeps jumping out of the ballot boxes to declare it…