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Does BJP Govt Sustain Itself by Denial and Deception Strategy?

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A close-up of a person with glasses AI-generated content may be incorrect.When country’s Chief of Defence Staff General Anit Chauhan on 31 May 2025 admitted losses in the air on the very first day of the four days of ‘Operation Sindoor’, it was a revelation to the country which was known to the world but our people were kept in dark.        

“What was important is, why did these losses occur, and what we’ll do after that,” General Chauhan told Reuters on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, referring to the Pakistani claim of downing jets.

“So, we rectified tactics and then went back on the 7th, 8th and 10th in large numbers to hit air bases deep inside Pakistan, penetrated all their air defences with impunity, carried out precision strikes.”

From all accounts, our Armed Forces performance during the four days of war between the two nuclear weapon neighbours was superb of which the country is proud of but we surely lost the battle of perception. Our diplomacy proved to be a disaster as no country came out either categorially slamming Pakistan or in defence of India.

US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that ceasefire between the two countries came because of his intervention and silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue creates many doubts and raises many questions.   

Trump’s assertion that leaders in India and Pakistan are “great leaders” and “they understood, and they agreed, and that all stopped” is a slap on India’s diplomatic efforts to de-hyphenate the two countries. Now the US administration is clearly putting Indian and Pakistan on the same pedestal.    

Column at a Glance
On May 31, 2025, General Anit Chauhan, India's Chief of Defence Staff, acknowledged losses during the initial day of 'Operation Sindoor' against Pakistan, revealing a stark contrast between public perception and reality. Despite the Indian Armed Forces' commendable performance, the country faced a diplomatic failure, with no international support against Pakistan.
Wednesday Wisdom
By Satish Misra
U.S. President Donald Trump's claims of mediating a ceasefire undermined India's diplomatic efforts, raising questions about the Modi government's credibility. The government's reliance on denial and deception has eroded trust domestically and internationally, as seen in its handling of various crises, including Chinese incursions and the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent diplomatic efforts, such as delegations to less influential countries, have been criticized as ineffective. The article argues that India's global standing has diminished, and the government's refusal to confront reality may lead to further isolation and loss of credibility.

The country had been made to believe that our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump are great friends and have a wonderful chemistry between the two but the way the US Administration acted and spoke has been a huge disappointment. Who do we hold responsible for the fiasco?

I will come to this later as I am not into blame game while penning down my thought over the use of the instrument of denial and deception in the statecraft. While occasional and timely use of the instruments of denial and deception by individuals can help to navigate difficult situation but their overuse results in loss of credibility and loss of face which in long term proves to be a disaster.

A much bigger disaster awaits an elected government when it chooses to indulge in the overuse of these two otherwise useful instruments of statecraft. A close look at the 11 years of power of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government shows that it has mastered the use of the two instruments and it is never shy of using them without even realising that the Government’s credibility before the general people and even among its loyal supporters has eroded considerably.

From Chinese incursions in May 2020 to number of deaths during Covid or the financial loss due to demonetisation, the Modi government in general and Prime Minister himself have been running away from facing facts on ground. Till date Prime Minister Modi has not accepted any failure of his government.        

Internationally too, our credibility has eroded, despite our Prime Minister Modi’s 88 foreign trips including visit to 73 countries. To counter country’s falling image, the government had to resort to sending delegations of MPs and ex-MPs to different countries.

The MPs delegation, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, is being hailed as a major triumph as it made Colombia retract is earlier statement on Pakistan. But nobody is questioning as whey this delegation was sent to least influential countries like Colombia, Panama and Guyana, to win friends. Why were Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Cuba not on the itinerary of the delegation, nobody knows.

In its belief that it can deceive foreign capitals and earn trust of the people domestically to win elections, the government selected MPs without taking the opposition into confidence forgetting that in today’s age of internet and rapid communication global audience is informed. Over and above, none of the foreign governments can be fooled today as their diplomatic mission send regular detailed reports about their host countries to their own governments.

Fact that the Modi government is not willing to call a special parliamentary session to discuss terrorist attack in Pahalgam and subsequent ‘Operation Sindoor’ and chooses to send delegation to convince foreign government of India’s stand is a desperate exercise devoid of any benefits. In final analysis, it would prove to be an utter wastage of national exchequer and a failed exercise.

The government has been continuously denying lowering of India’s rank on global index of hunger and poverty, freedom of expression, democracy and several other rankings. The Modi government’s typical response to when such rankings are announced every year has been to dismiss them as an exercise by country’s enemies.

Do foreign governments remain oblivious of such reactions? No, they do take note of such reactions but choose to deal with countries depending upon their respective national interests.

While out government had created an impression domestically that India’s prestige has gone up by leaps and bound, four-days of much hailed ‘Operation Sindoor’ has tore apart that curtain which kept our people away from reality. India's pusillanimity is not lost on the world.

Why is it that barring the pariah Zionist state Israel, no country has come in strong defence of India in the recent crisis with Pakistan? 

Running away from reality and denying facts takes no person, no organisation and no country great or acceptable to others and this seems to be the case of India today.     

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