Modi’s India cracks down on independent media, relies on Hindutva outlets
Srinagar: In an attempt to strangulate truth and support its depleting global image, the Modi-led Indian regime has gagged independent media by banning Pakistani channels and threatening international media outlets that challenge its narrative on Pahlgam false flag operation in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, false flags follow every failure and Pahalgam is the latest in a pattern. India manufactures crises to distract from domestic chaos and suppress dissent. Indian media is a Hindutva echo chamber—State-sponsored anchors glorify violence, demonize minorities and drown out real journalism with propaganda.
On the other hand, the ban on independent media is meant to shield Indian audiences from having direct access to truth that exposes New Delhi’s draconian policies in the disputed territory. The Modi government is deploying every tool in its propaganda arsenal to control the narrative.
Truth-telling is treated as treason under Modi government. Indian journalists are jailed, harassed and exiled for asking basic questions. International outlets including BBC, Vice and DW face are targeted.
Observers as if India’s story is genuine, why does it crumble under foreign scrutiny. They say this is not democracy, it’s media martial law. The critics are of the view that the Modi’s India is more threatened by truth than so-called terrorism. By gagging Pakistani media and bullying foreign journalists, India wants to keep the illusion of democracy. The crackdown is marked by an alarming rise in extrajudicial killings, home demolitions and mass detentions in the occupied territory, which is largely ignored by the Indian media.
India’s so-called soft power façade is beginning to crack after the international community begins to question New Delhi’s credibility.
