These days, American diplomats in India have a lot on their plates. They find a lot of time to interact with the opposition in addition to their regular task of educating the Indian public about “disinformation” and “correct political discourse,” for which they provide a platform to social media influencers and content creators with a particular political and ideological slant.
Jennifer Larson, the US consul general in Hyderabad, has been in meetings with the chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the TDP leader and NDA partner whose support is still vital to the survival of the Narendra Modi government, and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, with whom she has exchanged “informed and important views on a range of shared issues and concerns”.
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