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Snapshot of the day

June 13, 2024

Siddharth Varadarajan

Ajit Doval has been reappointed India’s National Security Adviser, with Narendra Modi determined to demonstrate to the world that nothing’s changed despite the BJP’s lack of a parliamentary majority.

What else has not changed? Top political leaders being accused of sexual offences. In Karnataka, the police is likely to act against BS Yeddyurappa following the registration of a case against him under POCSO – India’s law that is meant to protect children from sexual offences.

The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir continues to cause alarm but the myth of ‘complete integration’ having been accomplished (allegedly with ‘popular support’)