Day Before Billionaire Soros' Remarks, Vice President's Warning On "Sinister Designs"
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"While India is on the rise, sinister designs are there to set afloat a narrative by free fall of information," Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said
A day before billionaire George Soros made comments on the Adani group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar had warned against "doctored narratives" coming in the way of India's growth. India is rightly reckoned in the world as the land of opportunity and the land of investment. But all this can be muddied if our information mechanism is not strong. @iis_now@IIMC_Indiapic.twitter.com/h4vusIOVIl
The Vice President, while addressing Indian Information Service (IIS) probationers at his official home in Delhi on Wednesday, asked the young officers - who handle the media wing of the government - to guard against "sinister designs" that try to hurt India's growth story.
"While India is on the rise, sinister designs are there to set afloat a narrative by free fall of information. We have to be alert. This is another way of invasion. We have to neutralize it boldly. We have to instil in us a spirit of nationalism. We cannot allow free fall of doctored narratives to run down our growth story."
The Vice President, giving an example of how the "narrative" works, referred to the COVID-19 outbreak.
