Where is the democracy in this country?

It is shocking to note that a case of sedition (deshdroh) has been booked against 49 intellectuals, including Aparna Sen, Mani Ratnam, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Ramachandra Guha, etc. All these 49 intellectuals have signed a letter, sent to the Prime Minister, Naredra Modi, in July this year, expressing their deep concern about the mob lynchings taking place in various parts of the country. All these 49 intellectuals have now become deshdrohis, for the simple reason that, they wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, drawing his attention to an important issue. We do not no whether we are living in a democratic country or living under dictatorship. If a sedition case can be booked for writing a letter to the Prime Minister, then, where is the democracy in this country?