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Balakot

No Balakot dividend

The post-Balakot militaristic underpinning of its electoral campaign paid rich dividends for the BJP/NDA in the recent polls, but the much-hyped success of that air-strike in “enemy” territory had minimal impact on those controlling the government’s purse-strings.

Unfriendly fire

It was criminal for the Mi-17 crew not to have activated its “friend or foe” identification apparatus during a time when a Pakistani raid was continuing.