PM Modi's pursuit of a third term was fraught with challenges, particularly due to well-organized foreign interference. While we are familiar with the 'ecosystem', significant new dimensions and actors have emerged, overlapping to the political dynamics of the United States.
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There was a massive surge in the anti-Modi , anti-govt narrative during Apr-May'24, just before/during GE. These activities were carried out in two separate (but complementary) formats:
(a) organising events, lectures, semi/webinars by certain West orgs or NGOs and then amplified by associated entities, online & social media space;
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(a) organising events, lectures, semi/webinars by certain West orgs or NGOs and then amplified by associated entities, online & social media space;
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Another stream of Anti-Modi , anti-govt narrative is established by certain orgs and NGOs. e.g. § Hindus for Human Rights, Friends for Democracy, Global Witness, Council on Foreign Relations, Digital Witness Lab, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism.
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This inter-connected USA/EU based entities have built a reputation among intelligentsia by raising the issues like democratic values, media freedom, religious/ethnic discrimination, human-rights, corruption, etc. in very selective manner across world, as per their agenda.
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Recall, the investigation by @DisinfoLab and spot Ricken Patel and his connections here.
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There are several such examples like this with community in Anti-India, Anti-BJP, Anti-Trump and Anti-Rep, conducted and funded by the same actors.
I'm not quoting all those examples, else this thread will be endless.
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I'm not quoting all those examples, else this thread will be endless.
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In the last 3-4 months these same orgs blasted PM Modi and BJP with subjects:
- Backsliding of democracy under the BJP
- Authoritarianism by PM Modi
- Blatant use of agencies to target the oppsn
- Backsliding secularism; Hindu, Hinduism, Hindutva, nationalism
- Discrimination against the religious minorities
- Media freedom
- Caste equations
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- Backsliding of democracy under the BJP
- Authoritarianism by PM Modi
- Blatant use of agencies to target the oppsn
- Backsliding secularism; Hindu, Hinduism, Hindutva, nationalism
- Discrimination against the religious minorities
- Media freedom
- Caste equations
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Get familiar with the popular names (USA based):
- Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR): Sunita Vishwanath
- India Hate Lab: Raqib Hamid Naik
- Friends of Democracy: Ricken Patel
- Global Project Against Hate and Extremism: Wendy Via & Heidi Beirich
- Digital Witness Lab: Surya Mattu.
- Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR): Sunita Vishwanath
- India Hate Lab: Raqib Hamid Naik
- Friends of Democracy: Ricken Patel
- Global Project Against Hate and Extremism: Wendy Via & Heidi Beirich
- Digital Witness Lab: Surya Mattu.
These orgs have a strong ecosys in the US, however, they lack similar setup in Europe/UK. Therefore, work is going on to establish EU branches. The London Story, Netherlands; HfHR, YK; Platform for Indian Democracy, UK, The Citizen, UK.
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These Europe-based orgs were parallely activated to promote anti-govt narrative. The most active entities, included Salil Shetty, Ritumbra Manuvie, Ather Zia, Ashoka Mody, Rohit Tripathi, Meghnad S, etc.
Points is, they're expanding footprints and impact.
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Points is, they're expanding footprints and impact.
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Now, Indian elections are over. USA will go through the ballot in Nov'24. The gamers are already on white-board. Strategies and propaganda is being planned out. The actors will try hard to keep Trump away, just like they did for PM Modi.
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