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India cracks down on social media jokes criticizing prime minister

NPR | By Omkar Khandekar
Published April 10, 2026 at 5:41 AM EDT

As criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's response to the Iran war grows, government censors are scrambling to knock down memes that use the Indian leader as the punchline.

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