Imagine this scenario:
Intel agencies frequently uncover terror plots, but due to the decision of some babus and the poor PR machinery of Govt, these are not widely publicized or taken to the public in a timely manner.
Now imagine an Islamic terror attack like the Delhi blast. It will consume our news cycle immediately. But on the side, news will emerge about other terror plots that intelligence agencies had uncovered beforehand. Nobody will pay heed.
We will ask questions like, "How did this terrorist act happen suddenly? Why did our agencies miss it? What were they doing? Why does the govt seem to act only after a terrorist act? Why didn't they inform us beforehand?"
I will ask these questions, and you will ask these questions, and we won’t be wrong in asking them.
Consequently, using psyops by the enemy, the public can be easily manipulated into believing that the government is now covering up the truth following a terror incident only now releasing information about previous incidents.
This is why constant communication from the govt and proper PR are important. India has truth on its side and good efforts going on in every field. But we miserably fail to convey it to the public in a regular, timely, proper, and repeated manner.
Even today, while I was researching about other terror plots and security risks India uncovered in the past, I came across so many tit-bits, small passing headlines in news portals, that talk of foiled attempts. But I never knew such big plots were there against India and were uncovered.
Though such information was out, it was not widely publicized and given the right kind of PR it deserves at the right time is what I can understand. Such news was not taken to every person as it should have been and repeatedly used to convey the risks India faces.
This is something GOI must fix. There must be a big overhaul in PIB and a war room for PR must be setup. Every SM platform, every media, every format, every language, and every method must be used to convey to every citizen, info from the govt in a timely manner.
But only once is not enough. Critical info must be repeated like an Ad. Keep telling what risks India faces, what all govt is doing, and what terrorists are plotting everyday. It will never get old. It will help people remember better, keep us together, and prevent us falling prey to psyops.
And this war room must also be used to fight the massive dis-info and psyops against India online both inside the country and outside. IMHO, this operation must be setup first before carrying out any other operation.
Or it won't matter if India can bomb another nuclear nation at will calling their bluff, wherever it wants, our public will still be left counting planes and parts like paupers while parroting the enemy's propaganda.
🧵 In the past 30 days, Indian intelligence & security agencies have systematically dismantled 8 major terror plots across the nation. Yet a deadly blast at Red Fort reminds us that even one slip is catastrophic.
Here's a thread on these counter-terror operations.