In Central Hall, Kapil Sibal is in conversation with P Chidambaram, his colleague in the Rajya Sabha. Both, eminent lawyers discuss the misuse of the law by the Modi government on election eve, especially to kill any opposiiton, drive fear into opponents and break the governance in states by first going after officers and then family members of top politicians. They say this is hurting the backbone of India's democracy, its federalism. P Chidambaram asks what will happen if State police start arresting Union ministers in the same vein.
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