These days, the country is facing huge questions marks over its diversity and mutual tolerance. Lynching incidentsagainst a particular community are on the rise. Many writers have expressed their dissatisfaction over the government’s inaction and returned their awards. Against this backdrop News Nation a prominent Hindi mainstream channel conducted a one hour debate on prime time. The Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind – Engineer Mohammed Salim participated in a debate on the mainstream channel News Nation on primetime on the 23^rd October. He highlighted the dangers that the country is facing with growing intolerance, rise of fascist tendencies and the silence of the government in condemning incidents of communal violence.