Union minister Nitin Gadkari said the biggest test of democracy is that the ruler tolerates even the strongest opinion against him, and it leads to introspection. Writers and intellectuals should express themselves fearlessly, the senior BJP leader said at a book release function held at MIT World Peace University here on Friday. "The biggest test of democracy is that the king tolerates the strongest opinion against him and introspects over it," he said.
There is no problem of difference of opinion in India," said the Road Transport and Highways Minister. "But there is a problem of lack of opinion." "We are neither rightist, nor leftist. We are opportunists. It is expected from writers and intellectuals that they express their opinions without any fear," he added. Gadkari said that as long as untouchability and notions of social inferiority and superiority persist, the work of nation-building cannot be said to be complete.
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