http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210226-154112-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-and-the-crisis-in-indian-democracy/ COVID-19 and the Crisis in Indian Democracy K. Raj, Thulasi eng 2021-02-26 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 COVID 19 India Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In the recent global history of constitutional democracies, it is difficult to name a single crisis that has plagued them simultaneously, until the COVID-19 pandemic. The calamity brought in by the virus was universal. For governments, it presented an opportunity for crisis management without compromising rights guarantees. Some countries have marginally succeeded in this test while in others, concerns of democratic decline were amplified. Three features defined the Indian response to COVID-19: lack of transparency, executive monopoly and suppression of dissent.