Political Dissent is impossible in India(for anyone with brains)

Feels like political dissent is dead in India. Even educated people fall into whataboutism. If anyone tries to express their griefs in the current regime the answer comes "In congress times it was a lot worse", "you are a congress supporter" or wtv bs they can gather. By that logic India is never going to get developed. If my neighborhood didn't exist 15 years ago the MP/MLA can simply say "in congress times they didn't even have to have a road passing through here". Would it be a logical response by any means? I'm in no means a congress supporter or any other party for that matter. India's opposition is literally dead it has no impact whatsover. But does that mean we can't question our elected government without being called anti-nationals or supporters of other parties?
Congress was incompetent that's why they lost in 2014. BJP is showing the same incompetence but due to people blindly worshipping its leaders no one is noticing. Our rivers are dead, air is polluted, universities are printing out useless degrees leading to higher not UNEMPLOYABILITY as well as unemployment. High school students in EU/China/US are more employable than our university graduates.
The CJP protest is a politically motivated one but don't these people stand for the right cause? If congress joins the protest does it anyhow affect the fact that exam papers are being leaked? BJP whitewashes the MLAs and MPs that join their party, their workers give dumb statements all the time. Ram Mandir scandal was connected to members of RSS and BJP but do we blame the entire government for it? NO. When the sitting government can't control its members then why is it expected that all the people involved in an unorganized protest can be perfect? Even if we believe for a moment that all the people in the protest including Wangchuk are politically motivated does it change the fact that the paper was leaked and students died? Not even an empathetic statement was made for them. A resignation won't solve the problem but atleast acknowledge that there is a problem that's the first step. It's a way to show accountability.
Most people in India choose a party according to their ideology and then they defend it like their identity. Its crazy to what lengths they go to even to defend the wrongdoings of their politicians. A BJP supporter is never going to question government for the falling of the rupee or why our national capital is so polluted, why our rivers are dead. Even if they acknowledge that there is a problem they just say "Congress was worse" and move on. Same with congress supporters. People don't understand that we have the right to question. And that is why we can never progress as a nation.