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Watch | 'Dissent Should Be Seen as an Alternate View of What's Good for the Country'

Maya Mirchandani
Aug 28, 2019
In the latest episode of 'Wide Angle', Maya Mirchandani speaks to Kannan Gopinathan, the IAS officer who resigned over the lockdown imposed in Kashmir, about why he believes that curbing people's right to speak out is undemocratic.

In the latest episode of ‘Wide Angle’, Maya Mirchandani speaks to Kannan Gopinathan, the IAS officer who resigned over the lockdown imposed in Kashmir.

Speaking to The Wire, Gopinathan said that while he believes that the government has every right to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy, curbing the people’s right to speak out against the move is undemocratic.

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