Former Congress Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Tuesday said that all parties, including the Congress, have dislodged State Governments by using their power at the Centre.
Participating in a discussion on electoral reforms in the Legislative Assembly, he said: “We (Congress) began this and the BJP has mastered the art of dislodging Governments. The JD(S) is not left out. In 1977, the then Janata Parivar also did a similar thing... One Nation, One Election is contrary to democracy. It will only lead to central ruling.”
Pointing out that election is a precursor to democracy, he said election in itself is not democracy. “What we are having now is managed democracy. We should be aware that our democracy is turning into an autocracy. I want India to remain a democracy. Today, there is an undeclared emergency in India,” he said.
