Modi and Rafale: Ram to the rescue?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be thanking N Ram. The Hindu Group chairman and veteran journalist has provided the government, and particularly Mr Modi, a get-out-of-Rafale-jail-free-with-honour card through his disclosures.  That, of course, was the farthest from Mr Ram’s intentions.  But the government lawyers seem unaware of this godsend, or else they would not have threatened to invoke the dreadful Official Secrets Act.

The Hindu revelations over the last several weeks are based on leaked documents.  Reports of the Indian negotiating team (INT), dissenting minutes, and notings in the defence ministry files are among these.  The instalment published on March 6,