If the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's assault on India’s institutions – from the judiciary to the central bank to the free press – is allowed to continue, the public could lose faith in the system altogether. This would carry incalculable consequences for India’s most valuable asset: its democracy.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today said the country was not safe in the hands of the BJP government and added that the time had come to build a nation that was "productive, prosperous and safe".

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today said the country was not safe in the hands of the BJP government and added that the time had come to build a nation that was “productive, prosperous and safe”. “…unfortunately, the evidence we have seen in the last four years (of the NDA rule) does not suggest that this country is safe in the hands of the present government,” the former Union minister told a press conference here. “…time has come for us to build a nation that is productive, prosperous, safe and inclusive. We cannot have a nation built on divides,” he added.