Washington, Oct 3: Raymond Vickery, a former senior US government official has reacted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in Colombia that democracy is under siege in India, saying that Indian leaders, irrespective of party affiliations, should speak in favour of Indian values and its interests. In an interview with IANS, Vickery said the bipartisan system of speaking on common values has broken down both in the United States and India. “I would rather [hope] Indian leaders on both sides of the political divide speak out in favour of Indian values and including those in the interests of India. We tried to present the values of the United States internationally as leaders of the free world. And that was bipartisan, that was Republicans and Democrats alike, that has broken down in the United States, and I’m afraid it’s breaking down in India as well,” he added.