New Delhi: India has slammed 'The Australian' for its article 'Modi leads India into viral apocalypse' saying that it is 'malicious and slanderous' in intent and that 'it helps spread falsehood'.
"Arrogance, hyper-nationalism, and bureaucratic incompetence have combined to create a crisis of epic proportions in India, with its crowd-loving PM basking while citizens suffocate. This is the story of how it all went so terribly wrong," The Australian had tweeted.
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The Indian High Commission in Canberra has written to the Australian newspaper to refrain from publishing such articles and to issue a rejoinder to set the record straight on the Covid management in India.
In a letter to the Editor-in-Chief, Mr Christopher Dore, the Deputy High Commissioner PS Karthigeyan said that "it is astonishing to see that your respected publication has chosen to reproduce a completely baseless, malicious, and slanderous article without bothering to check the facts of the case with any authorities in the Government of India."
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He also added that "the report has been written only with the sole objective of undermining the universally acclaimed approach taken by the Government of India to fight against the deadly pandemic, at this decisive moment."
The article by 'The Australian' was initially published in the Times on April 25.
