Sumeet Mehta
Don’t get excited to chase news. In times of war, psyops and propaganda is at the highest. Pakistan will flood social media with pro and anti India propaganda and mislead us into abyss.
The strategy is simple.
One set of Pakistani handles will behave like pro India handles and propagate false information like India destroying critical infrastructure, military establishments, etc. We will get enthused and spread it and do their job of spreading it all over. They will use it to justify attack on our civilians and critical infrastructure. Eg: Pakistan spread fake news of India attacking Noseri dam and damaging the gates. This never happened. We didn’t touch their infra. It was only reported in Pakistani media and we (including me) amplified their propaganda. Later Pakistan attacked civilians in Poonch and killed them. They may use this dam attack story to attack our dams. So we have to beware of our false victories that are being propagated on social media.
Other set of Pakistani handles will be pro Pakistan and will spread fake information of Pakistan downing dozens of our aircrafts, destroying our military establishments, etc. This is to demoralise us and create fear in our minds. We panic and lose trust in our army, our political leadership, and start abusing them for doing things wrong. This is also done to seed doubts and suspicion in our minds about the capabilities and preparedness of our defense forces and government. Once we lose confidence and panic sets in its chaos and confusion all over. Thats enough to mentally defeat us before we actually get defeated in the war. India successfully used this tactic in 1971 Bangladesh War by sharing a totally irrelevant pic of some paratroopers practicing air drops and showed that we have paradropped our army in Dhaka. This was reported in Indian media and immediately picked up by Pakistan who lost the nerve and surrendered. This is how psyops is done.
This is why Press Information Bureau in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has released this press note.
Don’t chase quick information from sources on internet in the race and greed to know what is happening in the war and how we are faring. It can be hazardous like quick service junk food outlets.
Trust our leader. Trust our defence forces – Army, Navy, and Air Force. They will take care of everything.