Modi’s style of dealing with insecurity
The Modi government is imposing more and more restrictions on the country. The Opposition is being silenced more than ever. Social media posts are being increasingly regulated. Publishers are not allowed to release certain books. One such book whose publication bas been withheld is Four Stars of Destiny by General Manoj Mukund Naravane, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army. When Rahul Gandhi, leader of Opposition, tried to read out some pertinent parts from the book in the Parliament, objections were raised in the name of certain technicality. The February issue of The Caravan has a long essay by Sushant Singh on how Modi government is controlling public narrative by suppressing many truths and spinning its own convenient yarns. When China encroached into India’s land in 2020, the Modi government refused to take a firm decision on what’s to be done. Instead, it announced that the army was given a free hand. That was not the truth, however. Naravane writes in his unpub...
