Powertrip: Environment ministry’s bid to manufacture critics of Kerala govt
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As Kerala reels from the horrific Wayanad landslides, which have claimed over 300 lives, the environment ministry tried finding scientists to criticise the Kerala government.
The Press Information Bureau approached individuals to write articles criticising the Pinarayi government and provided them with a dossier of corresponding information. So what did the ministry want? We have got the details.
This is Powertrip, exclusively curated for Newslaundry and The News Minute subscribers by Dhanya Rajendran, Shabbir Ahmed, Nidheesh MK, and Pooja Prasanna.
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