By T.J.S. George
The noose is tightening around the freedoms that have kept India going. The Right to Information Act, as the very name suggests, was a pillar of democracy. It has now been abridged with an amendment. Another amendment, passed against strong protests from the Opposition, allows the Government to declare any citizen a terrorist. Arbitrary powers are being re-defined, tightened and legalised with an earnestness that is unsettling. Leading the drive, the Home Minister uses a language that is unusual in Parliamentary history. His use of terror tactics to terrorise the terrorists is adding to the gathering worries of citizens.
