NEW DELHI: India's democratic institutions and minority groups are under a 'full-scale assault', opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday (Sep 8), attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the eve of a high-profile
Gandhi has made similar comments abroad in the past, drawing strong responses from BJP.
India, the world's most populous country, holds the rotating presidency of the G20 and aims to showcase its economic potential and pitch itself as a reliable manufacturing and services hub to the visiting leaders of the bloc. Gandhi said he would meet European lawmakers in Brussels during his visit and talk to them about their views on India.
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