India's main opposition Congress Party described the ongoing tax searches at BBC offices as a brazen attack on India's press. Free press. If someone tries to shed light on the prime minister's past or dig out details of his past, the present and future of the media house will be destroyed by his agencies. That is the reality, the party's media department head pavan kehra told reporters on Wednesday. India is the mother of democracy, but why is India's prime minister the father of hypocrisy?