A voice that had pierced the iron curtain installed by the Narendra Modi government and told the nation the story of crony capitalism — of how an industrialist had jumped from 609th position to second spot on the global rich list, earning lakhs of crores in a couple of years — was silenced in India’s Parliament on Friday. This voice had defined the Modi government as a “Hum Do, Hamare Do” Sarkar in which two individuals, Modi and home minister Amit Shah, were operating the system to benefit two...