All pillars of society, including political parties, gripped with fear: P Chidambaram 

Speaking at Sahitya AajTak 2022, P Chidambaram said that the pillars of Indian society are gripped with fear today. 
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that all the pillars of society, including political parties, are gripped with fear today. Speaking at Sahitya AajTak 2022, P Chidambaram noted that the idea of India has been severely damaged in the past few years and said that “there is pervasive fear in the country.” 

The idea of India has suffered a great deal of damage in the past couple of years, the senior Congress leader said. He spoke about how what is happening to India is far more worrisome than what is happening in India. 

“People have become concerned and begun to reflect on what is happening to India but there is pervasive fear in the country. There is pervasive fear because the pillars of society are gripped with fear,” Chidambaram said. 

“So many people are crossing from one party to another because they are gripped with fear that if they won’t fall in line, they and their family will be harassed,” the senior Congress leader alleged. 

Talking about the previous UPA government, P Chidambaram said, “We have not done anything which damaged India as such. We have made mistakes which have harmed the economy in India, harmed the education in India, harmed the sport in India. Those are failures of governance. But we have not done anything to cause damage to India."