Yamini Aiyar, Chief, Centre for Policy Research, signs-off after criticising PM Modi’s governance
Yamini Aiyar, Chief, Centre for Policy Research, signs-off after criticising PM Modi’s governance
Yamini Aiyar, Scholar and President, Centre for Policy Research, signed-off after her article criticising PM Modi’s governance featured in an english daily
In the opinion piece published on March 23, Aiyar said,
“A dark shadow of creeping authoritarianism looms over India as it prepares for its 18th general election.”
The article was titled:
“Yamini Aiyar laments the damage done to Indian democracy under Narendra Modi”.
She acknowledged that PM Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to clinch power after winning a third term. She, however, wrote, “…his governance, built on aggressive centralisation, legitimised by a cult of personality and undergirded by an exclusionary Hindu-nationalist ideology, is eroding India’s democracy.”
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Yamini further went on to add that the space for the political opposition, media, academia and civil society to freely express their views is fast shrinking.
After stepping down, she asserted that she will “devote more time to her research interests.”
Aiyar has published widely in academic publications and the popular press. She “writes regularly on current affairs and policy matters in mainstream Indian newspapers,” her profile on the website says.
The board appointed
Dr Srinivas Chokkakula, Senior Fellow CPR and Ministry of Jal Shakti Research Chair, as the new president and chief executive. As per press release, he will step into the role effective 1st April 2024.
News Edit K.V.Raman
