Expressing concern over the role of money and propaganda in elections, former Union minister Arun Shourie on Sunday said that politics in the country is in a "dangerous phase". Speaking on the concluding day of Times Lit Fest, Shourie, who was a BJP minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, said "contrary voices" were not being given space.
"Politics is not just rotten but in a dangerous phase, much of the politics is as it must be in North Korea. What is the election? What are the means for the election? What is the role of money in the elections? What is the role of propaganda, in which the media is part of it? Is that fair and free elections.
