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Govt using power to muffle dissent, says Rahul Gandhi

If press freedom is attacked it will result in the jeopardising citizens' rights: Rahul Gandhi

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah (left) on Monday welcomes Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, who is in Bengaluru to release the National Herald’s commemorative  ‘70 Years of Independence’  	PTI
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah (left) on Monday welcomes Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, who is in Bengaluru to release the National Herald’s commemorative ‘70 Years of Independence’ PTI

Raghu Krishnan Bengaluru
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government was using power to silence dissent. 
 
“The power of truth is being replaced by the truth of power. Anyone who attempts to speak the truth is being pushed aside,” he said. Gandhi was addressing an event organised to launch a commemorative edition of the National Herald. 

The newspaper was founded in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru. It ceased operations in 2008. Efforts are on to revive the paper, which once had offices in Delhi and Lucknow, and was also published in Hindi and Urdu. Its website was launched eight