<p>A day after the Quad leaders' summit, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday took a dig at the government, saying it is not enough that the Indo-Pacific region is open and free, India must be so too.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/leaders-of-quad-discuss-challenge-posed-by-china-says-us-national-security-advisor-961535.html" target="_blank">Leaders of Quad discuss 'challenge' posed by China, says US National Security Advisor</a></strong></p>.<p>In a first such summit, the Quad leaders -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga -- vowed to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, healthy, anchored by democratic values, and unconstrained by coercion.</p>.<p>"It is not enough that, as the Quad leaders said, the Indo-Pacific region is open and free. India must be open and free," Chidambaram tweeted.</p>.<p>"The repressive laws and the suppression of dissent are the not the hallmark of an open and free country," he said.</p>
<p>A day after the Quad leaders' summit, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Saturday took a dig at the government, saying it is not enough that the Indo-Pacific region is open and free, India must be so too.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/leaders-of-quad-discuss-challenge-posed-by-china-says-us-national-security-advisor-961535.html" target="_blank">Leaders of Quad discuss 'challenge' posed by China, says US National Security Advisor</a></strong></p>.<p>In a first such summit, the Quad leaders -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga -- vowed to strive for an Indo-Pacific region that is free, open, inclusive, healthy, anchored by democratic values, and unconstrained by coercion.</p>.<p>"It is not enough that, as the Quad leaders said, the Indo-Pacific region is open and free. India must be open and free," Chidambaram tweeted.</p>.<p>"The repressive laws and the suppression of dissent are the not the hallmark of an open and free country," he said.</p>