From the Shaheen Bagh protests to the farmers’ movement, a disturbing pattern has emerged: selective enforcement of laws, the use of draconian laws, and the heavy-handed response of state machinery have increasingly stifled the space for dissent, raising questions about the health of our democracy.
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