Terror, Retaliation, and the Erosion of Dissent: Criminalisation of Enquiry after the Pahalgam Attack | Nagender Madavaram

The Indian government’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack [1] and the subsequent Operation Sindoor has provoked significant public scrutiny. These developments, coupled with the global outreach tour by all-party Members of Parliament, have raised fundamental concerns about transparency, strategic coherence, and the instrumentalisation of foreign policy for domestic political gain.

At the core of the discontent is the government’s admission, during an all-party meeting on April 24, that the Baisaran meadow