It makes perfect sense if you equate dissent with sedition.
Isaac Rabinovitch
i still find the Indian English term "anti-national" baffling. it's not anyone's job to be *pro*-national, especially if said nation is India under Modi
Sharon
Sadly, there is a particular brand of Indian "everything under the sun is actually Indian/was in the Vedas, including ballistic missiles, and if you disagree with me, you're just anti-national, a leftist/colonizer (choose your insult)"