India’s Modi Goes on the Offensive

Raids on BBC offices lead to allegations of tax evasion

By: John Elliott

It didn’t start as a good week for Narendra Modi’s image. India’s proud and autocratic prime minister is seeking controversy-free respect internationally at a time when India is heading the G20 group of leading nations with a Delhi summit in September.

Instead, two events undermined both the government’s denial that it curbs press freedom…