Indian PM lampooned for ‘manufactured’ interview
Narendra Modi accused of being afraid of media after rare interview that failed to ask tough questions
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been accused of being afraid of the media, after consenting to a rare interview – just one of a handful in four years as PM – on New Year’s Day in which he answered a range of questions that critics compared to “free-hit deliveries” in cricket.
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