Can't criticise India because right-wing assumes it's indictment of current govt: Economist slams BJP for attacking Rahul Gandhi

Taking note of Rahul’s assertions in the UK and Germany, economist and columnist Rupa Subramanya took to Twitter and supported Rahul’s claims and said, “In India, problem always comes down to lack of data.We don’t even have credible jobs data so no way we can test anything. So Rahul Gandhi is right.” While Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s speeches during his four-day visit to the United Kingdom and Germany have sparked a political war of words back in India, the comments of the party president regarding rising unemployment in the country and the ‘divisive politics’ of the Sangh and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have also stoked a debate on social media. So Rahul Gandhi is right.” In a series of tweets, the economist slammed the ruling party for attacking the Congress chief for his remarks on the current political dispensation in the country, the rising “right-wing politics” and said that in an anti-intellectual country like India, one can’t “criticize India because “RW” illogically assumes it’s indictment of current govt. https://t.co/GW3fRMHhTB — Rupa Subramanya August 27, 2018 Rupa backed the Congress chief and said that while there should not be the need to provide evidence “for something so basic”, it’s a “shame” that experts in India not only remain quiet but they also are encouraging “while the uninformed and partisans degrade discourse.” Usual response from the uninformed/motivated:"you can't prove one caused the other blah blah".They don't know the first thing about social science research. Anti-intellectuals.” Slamming the “RW” politics, Rupa said that Indian discourse is “reduced to relitigating first principles whether it’s economics, sociology” or political science.