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>> Not different than many different than many other democracies, lots of suspects held in custody without conviction: https://www.americasquarterly.org/fulltextarticle/prisons-in...

Two wrongs don't make a right.

>> What is your yardstick for a functioning democracy?

In any functioning democracy, government should not be able to arrest members of their opposition parties or journalists just based on allegations.

>> Who says there was such a scam? The Hindenburg group did say, but they are a short seller who allegedly benefited from falling prices of Adani's stocks. And their word is not a valid authority in Indian law to book a case against anyone.

Exactly! Who says Manish Sisodia did a scam? The BJP government did say, but they are a ruling party who will benefit from keeping their opponents in jail/courts.

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>Two wrongs don't make a right.

Absolutely. I am saying you are picking and choosing as per your convenience. People get arrested all the time, just because it was a minister it made headlines. I only wish people rotting in jail (in all countires) with no charges against them had a voice, just like AAP government

> In any functioning democracy, government should not be able to arrest members of their opposition parties or journalists just based on allegations.

I wanted to know from you what country is a good example of a functioning democracy. Not what is your idea of a functioning democracy.

> Exactly! Who says Manish Sisodia did a scam? The BJP government did say, but they are a ruling party who will benefit from keeping their opponents in jail/courts.

CBI did. They are a law enforcing authority in India and they decided that arrest is the correct course of action in this case.

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>> Absolutely. I am saying you are picking and choosing as per your convenience. People get arrested all the time, just because it was a minister it made headlines. I only wish people rotting in jail (in all countires) with no charges against them had a voice, just like AAP government

Thats why I am here trying to be the voice for someone that got arrested.

>> I wanted to know from you what country is a good example of a functioning democracy. Not what is your idea of a functioning democracy.

Honestly, I don't know which country is perfect. But I think United states is bit better as we discussed in other comments.

>> CBI did. They are a law enforcing authority in India and they decided that arrest is the correct course of action in this case.

CBI is directly controlled by BJP Centre Government. Anyone who thinks CBI is independent must be living under a rock. Here is an old statement from Modi about it when he was not a PM: [1]

[1] https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/349075193714577408

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State government agencies are controlled by the state and central agencies are controlled by the centre. Just because they turned a blind eye for so long doesn't mean they shouldn't now.

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Yes, so it's a central government (BJP) agency arresting a state government (AAP) leader.

Not sure what do you mean by "they turned a blind eye", but:

>> 140 Cases Filed Against AAP MLAs and Members, 72 Disposed of, Just 1 Conviction So Far

>> Of the 140 cases against the party analyzed by News18.com, only one has resulted in conviction while 72 have ended in acquittals, discharges or settlements. Of the remaining, 39 are pending and the rest have either been stayed, or are cases where the charge-sheet has not been filed yet.

https://www.news18.com/news/india/140-cases-filed-against-aa...