How did such a brazen deception find space in an arena of such purported prestige—an event where the Prime Minister’s image was the primary currency? In India today, nothing is undertaken for the sake of the republic; everything is staged for the Prime Minister. The anxiety here is less about the erosion of India’s international standing and more about damage to the Prime Minister’s carefully curated persona. Perhaps they assumed that the monopoly on deception, so effectively wielded by the Prime Minister and his party, could be shared by ideological allies. People are asking who vetted the credentials of Galgotias University.

Source: The Hindu February 23, 2026 05:51 UTC