By India Tomorrow News,
New Delhi, 30 March 2014: The Citizens For Democracy (CFD) has called upon people to defeat authoritarian forces led by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. CFD, an eminent civil group led by veteran journalist and civil rights activist Kuldip Nayar and lawyer ND Pancholi, has condemned RSS for projecting Modi as PM candidate.
The group held a conference here in New Delhi on 29 March on ‘Challenges Before Democracy’ where the present political situation was assessed. In a media statement, CFD said RSS is contesting the election in the shape of Modi and the saffron group wants to “impose authoritarianism in the country” to save the corporate interests.
The conference “has viewed with grave concern the manner in which RSS has come out openly to contest the present elections by hoisting Narendra Modi as the Prime-Ministerial candidate – a calculated step to impose authoritarianism in the country to serve the corporate interests,” the civil group said.
It called upon people to defeat BJP to save democracy.
“The CFD conference views the present elections as unique and critical and has come to the conclusion that in order to save democracy it is essential to defeat BJP led by Narendra Modi. The conference has further called upon the people to vote for such a candidate in their constituency who cherishes democratic and secular values and who is in a better position to defeat the Modi- led alliance,” reads the statement.
