People hold placards at a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu and a teenager in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state. But how quickly they returned to form the moment Modi broke his silence and the two ministers resigned. A reporter said the Delhi Police could (possibly) accuse him of abetment to the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. #HinduTerrorTheoryFlops (Times Now) — perhaps a headline like “MeccaMasjidCaseFlops” would have been closer to the truth, but does the truth matter? No, not when you can hang a guilty sign around someone’s neck: “UPA goes into hiding” (Republic), “Did the Congress mislead nation?” on “Saffron terror” bogey (India Today).

Source: Indian Express April 18, 2018 20:13 UTC