Why former J&K Guv Satyapal Malik may be taking Modi's critics for a ride

All this may be no more than Malik trying to get a second wind for his political career. As of now, it looks as if critics of the regime are being naïve in cheering him on

Former governor of Jammu & Kashmir Satyapal Malik has overnight become the toast of the town among critics of the present regime who find his charges a vindication of what they would like to believe. He confirms their worst "suspicions" about the terrorist attack in Pulwama in 2019, and they find it easy to agree with his allegations about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the more they drink from the poisoned chalice so generously offered by Malik, the more they may harm any principled opposition to the Modi government.

Having been a beneficiary of the Modi government's largesse as governor