By publishing a flimsy, Red-baiting scare story, the paper allowed the Modi government to crack down on some of the country’s most important independent voices.
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Following police raids on the offices of Indian media outlet NewsClick, associated with wealthy Marxist-Leninist Roy Singham and the International People’s Assembly, some of the individuals embroiled in this group have been scapegoating people on the left who are concerned about this appalling.
The sweep caught up contributors to a left-leaning news website, according to other news outlets and those raided. A Times investigation had linked the site to a pro-China network.