'Assault on democratic institutions'

NT Bureau, Agencies

London: There is a full-scale assault on the democratic institutions of India and there are concerns in the European Union (EU) quarters over this attempt to "stifle" the country's democratic structures, Rahul Gandhi said on Friday as he pledged that the Opposition will stop this "onslaught on our freedom".

The Congress leader, who is on a European tour starting with Belgium, addressed a range of topics at a media briefing in Brussels, including the RussiaUkraine conflict to say that the Opposition agrees with the government's position on the issue.

On India hosting the G20 Summit, Gandhi said it was a “good thing” and pointed to the lack of an invitation for Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge to the event as reflective of a “type of thinking” from the government that “did not value the leader of 60 per cent of India's population”.