Sir — This refers to the article, “Welcome China’s President for life” (April 2) by Garima Maheshwari. It was hard to believe that an Indian thinker and commentator who has lived and grown up in democratic ethos for so long, has enthusiastically applauded and justified China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping’s decision for life-long presidency of his ruling communist party as also the country, discarding the earlier provision of two-terms.
Jinping is now a virtual dictator and autocrat following in the footsteps of Mao Zedong. His move has reportedly been criticised even by a section of Chinese liberals, besides wide-spread opinion world-wide.
Yet, the writer, in her clearly questionable and perverse vision, regards Jinping’s self-appointment as “an affirmation that the people world over are revolting against the carefully managed façade of western liberal democracy”!