[sanmon3186]

From the article you shared: > Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government

Pick up any 24x7 Indian news channels, and you can find govt being disrespected by half of the panel. Sure that doesn't justify certain action by the govt but I too think, one needs to be in India to understand India.

Modi or no Modi, things have been same as far I recall. Only new we have now is free internet which has amplified everything.

[lostmsu]

Yeah, and if you read my comment carefully, this law to jail people was only instituted 9 years into the totalitarianism started. The first move (apart from rigging election) was labeling media as "foreign agents" circa 2012.