NEW DELHI, 5 March, 2021 (TON): On Thursday, India's decision party called a report which minimized its status as a free nation "one-sided."

The 2021 Freedom House report, which common liberties activists say reflects reality in current India, saw the nation known as the world's biggest majority rules system minimized from "free" to "partially free."

Report, published on Wednesday, the Washington-based foundation supported by the US government defended the difference in India's status by saying that social liberties in the country “have been eroding since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014.”

India's general position tumbled from 83 to 88 out of 211 nations recorded in the report.

The decision Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quickly excused the report and its results. “The report is biased and politically motivated,” BJP spokesperson Sudesh Verma said.The main opposition party, Congress, said that losing its “free” status was a shame for the government.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate told, “After 73 years of freedom, if we are called partially free by an NGO which is funded by the US government, shouldn’t our heads be lowered in shame?”

Jha, a well-known critic of the government, was himself questioned for hours by Delhi police last year for participating in a protest against the country’s new controversial citizenship law that has been seen as aiming to render stateless members of India’s Muslim minority.

“If you are a critic of this government then your persecution is the natural fact,” Jha said.

 “What Freedom House said is a lived fact in India today where a tweet, or a word of humor or a cartoon, or a comment or conversion or marriage outside your community or caste or an article or a book, may land you in jail or ensnare you in the judicial labyrinth,” he told the reporter.