The Swedish report that suggests that India has become more autocratic and democracy has been reduced is an opinion of 25 people in which hardcore Islamists, biased Chinese & a few Western fanatics shine.

However the most surprising element is the mentioning of Pratap Bhanu Mehta, the bete noiré of Narendra Modi in the field of intellectualism.

Even more surprising is the fact that PBM's name was visible on the website until the report was published but omitted after the report was made public.

PBM while writing columns in noted Indian dailies before 2014 had already wore a rob of Congress critique but always had soft corner for Rahul Gandhi.

If Kaushik Basu is Rahul Gandhi's tail in economic world of India, PBM is RaGa's tail in intellectual world of India. But at the end both are leftist by nature have sympathy for Beijing as well.