An Indian Deep Throat.

 "It was Vikram Yadav, an officer of India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), who had allegedly orchestrated the failed assassination plot of Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil, according to the Washington Post." "Unnamed former US and Indian security officials, mentioned in the report, disclosed that Yadav had transmitted Pannun's contact information, including his New York address, to the would be assassins." "India has vehemently denied the allegations, labeling the purported conspiracy against Pannun as contrary to official policy." HT. Is it? Last month, "Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...said if needed, India will enter Pakistan and strike, while responding to a media report that said the Indian government was allegedly behind the killings of almost 20 individuals in Pakistan that the intelligence officials deemed a threat to the nation's security." ET. This was supported by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said that there is a strong government at the Center and "terrorists are being hit hard in their homes". HT. "The Washington Post report which alleged involvement of top officials, including former RAW Chief Samant Goel, in the Pannun murder-for-hire plot makes unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations on a serious matter, the government said." TOI. Washington Post could have a 'Deep Throat' in India, as it did when it exposed the Watergate conspiracy and brought down the Nixon administration. wikipedia. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has developed a sense of impunity because Mr Modi has a popularity rating of 75%, the highest of any political leader in the world. Morning Consult. Not just alleged terrorists, the ongoing general election is being murdered. In Surat in Gujarat, all candidates of other parties withdrew their nomination, leaving the BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal elected unopposed. "Those who proposed the Congress candidate disowned their signatures on the nomination papers," which is very odd because "the proposers were his own brother in law, nephew and business partner, and the candidate is now untraceable." DH. The Congress candidate in Indore in Madhya Pradesh (MP) withdrew his nomination for the Lok Sabha election and joined the BJP, leaving the BJP candidate Shankar Lalwani without any serious challenger. TOI. Why so shameless? "Around 8% fewer voters went to the booths on April 9, the first day of Lok Sabha polling in MP, than in 2019." "What makes the BJP workers even more nervous than falling turnouts is how closely the voters are now holding the cards to their chests." "The ballot itself is of course cast in secret, but normally people are publicly outspoken about their choice." Wrote Anastasia Piliavsky and Tommaso Sbriccoli. Why the desperation? We may have a Deep Throat among officials. Or Throats.