India, Sept. 24 -- The Congress Working Committee (CWC) convened in Patna on Wednesday, marking a critical moment in the party's positioning ahead of the Bihar elections. The resolution adopted at the meeting was not merely a critique of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies but a sweeping political indictment, connecting issues of governance, economy, social justice, and foreign policy under a single narrative of democratic erosion.

At its core, the resolution frames the Narendra Modi government as an authoritarian regime undermining India's constitutional ethos.

The CWC accused the BJP-RSS of dismantling democratic institutions brick by brick, from weakening the Election Commission to weaponising investigative agencie...