Yashwant Sinha pushes for fight against fear for democracy

Delhi CM Kejriwal lauded Sinha for his "fearlessness" in criticising the Modi government

Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said “darr”, or fear, and democracy were incompatible with each other. Sinha appealed to people to stand-up to fight the atmosphere of fear that seems to have gripped the Indian democracy.

At a function to release a book authored by Congress leader Manish Tewari, and flanked by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Sinha expressed this opinion.

On Wednesday, the PM, without mentioning Sinha and other critics by name, had likened them to Shalya, the Mahabharata character who