SOME PIOS AND EUROPEAN OFFICIALS PLAN GOVERNMENT CHANGE IN 2024

change in New Delhi, which amounts to foreign interference in India’s internal affairs. They were under the impression that they were being invited to discuss the political situation in India.

At least three such meetings have taken place in Delhi as well in the last three months. One of the meetings was organized at a private residence in Moti Bagh in south Delhi. Another meeting was held at the embassy of a non-eu, nonnato European country currently in the news. The embassy is located in southwest Delhi. The third meeting was held at the office of a lawyer and is situated among the many offices located on the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.

The meetings at Moti Bagh and the embassy saw attendance by at least 20 participants, while the meeting at Ito/bahadur Shah Zafar Marg had 12 participants. As for Moti Bagh, a few PIOS had flown down from Texas and other parts of the United States just to attend this particular meeting.

According to people aware of the matter, foreign diplomats from some European countries also attended these discussions, both in Delhi and in London.

The professional profile of the people who attended these gatherings, apart from diplomats includes lawyers, doctors and IT professionals.

The meetings deliberated on what could be done to give a push to remove from power India’s present political dispensation. Also discussed was how to recruit marketing professionals, PR agencies and social media experts to launch a campaign against the government and its “friends” ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The exercise to create a negative perception about the government by exploiting “its weaknesses”, as per the deliberations, will begin in full force from September 2023, around 180 days ahead of the expected 2024 elections.

Sources aware of these developments said that strategies on how to launch a concerted and carefully drawn out campaign to reach out to the masses both through offline and online modes, including through social media and Whatsapp, and “enlighten” them about the ills of the Narendra Modi government were a crucial part of these deliberations.

The substantial expenses incurred for organising these meets and the subsequent campaigns are being borne by People of Indian Origin and other nationals.