Congress chief Sonia Gandhi ripped into the government today over the recently passed farm laws, the handling of the coronavirus outbreak, the economic slowdown and the alleged atrocities against Scheduled Castes, claiming democracy in the country is passing through its "most difficult phase". Addressing a meeting of the party's new general secretaries and state in-charges - named after a recent reshuffle -- Mrs Gandhi said, "A conspiracy has been hatched to defeat the gains of the 'green revolution''.