Comment by vinay_ys

This is so hilarious and disconnected from reality. Democracy doesn't happen on Signal. The biggest sign that democracy is well and good in India is that we have well-run elections and orderly change of elected officials, and we have strong laws on books and more sensible laws get passed as well and all this is done in the open in broad daylight (and broadcast on YouTube). Taxes are paid and collected and spent – yes, there is corruption but that's not a strike against democracy. Also, we are in a vibrant multi-party system and quite a large part of the population identifies themselves with one party or another and volunteer to do party-ideology building work. These are signs of a healthy functioning democracy. Whatever happens to those 13 apps or Signal, it won't matter much to the citizenry of India.