Retired IPS officer and Padma Bhushan awardee Julio Frances Ribeiro called out Narendra Modi government for their undemocratic policies which exclude minorities. The former cop wrote a scathing yet thought-provoking blog against the prime minister in The Times of India.

If the trend continues India will soon become a “saffron Pakistan”, Ribeiro noted in his blog titled ‘A prayer for Secularism’. He defended Delhi Archbishop who had recently called for a prayer campaign ahead of 2019 elections.

Ribeiro is hailed for his role during the time of Punjab insurgency in the late 1970s.

Some excerpts from the blog:

Ever since the Modi government was installed, Muslims have been subjected to a steady onslaught that has terrorised the entire community. It will not be long before ‘they’ come for the next target in true fascist tradition.

I, for one, am preparing for the Hindu Rashtra! I am trying to figure out, to start with, what Hindu Rashtra really means.

I should be prepared for second-class citizenship that denies top jobs like that of a judge in the Supreme Court, a governor of a state, the chief of defence staff or the intelligence bureau.

What I will not accept is being accused falsely of being anti-national and pilloried on that count.