A revised and updated edition was released in August 2019 with a new Introduction, and two additional essays examining the developments since the2019 Indian general election.[10]
^"India: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report".Freedom House. 2021.While India is a multiparty democracy, the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has presided over discriminatory policies and increased violence affecting the Muslim population. The constitution guarantees civil liberties including freedom of expression and freedom of religion, but harassment of journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other government critics has increased significantly under Modi.
