A carefully planned long-term campaign of disinformation creates a fertile ground for justifying extreme acts of violence which otherwise would be indefensible

Since 2019, there has been a well-coordinated and consistent international effort to paint Modi as a tyrant – in 2019 the reason was Kashmir, in 2000 it was CAA and this year the farmers protest

The features of the narrative building have been remarkably similar every instance – untethered from facts, present anti-Modi operatives as neutral experts, out of context visuals and use of democratic freedoms to paralyze the host country

But why invest so much capital and organisation for laws which are completely domestic in nature and deal with boring bureaucratic and administrative measures. Is the objective something different?

Imagine after months and months of propaganda, you successfully convince many that Modi is a tyrant – what does that help create?

It helps create an atmosphere where many feel ‘reactions to tyranny’ is justified.

What form will this ‘reaction’ take? Time will tell

But the grounds for justifying that ‘this was needed and the only option left’ are being slowly and purposefully created.

Building India was never going to be easy. After all someone has to lose for 1.3 billion to become confident and prosperous

And they are not going down without a fight.