"Culture Of Fear": BJP Hits Out In -'Jai Hind' Row

The Bharatiya Janata Party is up in arms over a Kerala councillor reportedly apologising after saying 'Jai Hind' during her oath-taking ceremony. In a scathing response on X, ex-Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the party's state unit chief, criticised the ruling Left front for a "culture of fear... where even expressing love for the nation invites punishment and public humiliation".