In a brazen display of journalistic malpractice, The Washington Post has once again descended into rabid anti-India propaganda with its October 24, 2025, hit piece co-authored by the notorious Ravi Nair. Titled “India’s $3.9 billion plan to help Modi’s mogul ally after U.S. charges", this so-called “investigation" peddles a grotesque fiction, that the Indian government strong-armed the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)—the trusted guardian of over 30 crore Indians’ savings, into funneling $3.9 billion into the Adani Group companies, as a bailout for Gautam Adani. Nair, already facing a defamation lawsuit from Adani for his earlier baseless rants in Frontline magazine and social media tirades, has now weaponised anonymous unverified “internal documents" and cherry-picked quotes to defame LIC, Adani, and the Modi government. This isn’t reporting; it is a desperate, dollar-fuelled vendetta by a foreign outlet allergic to India’s stellar rise under Modi. Let us dismantle this tissue of lies, brick by venomous brick.

Nair paints a picture of frantic Modi government officials twisting LIC’s arms to rescue a “cash-strapped" tycoon (Adani) from “mounting debt". What a load of sensationalist drivel. LIC has categorically rejected these allegations as “false, baseless and far from the truth", stating unequivocally, “No such proposal or document had ever been prepared by the insurer or the government." LIC’s investments are made independently, governed by board-approved policies and rigorous due diligence, with zero meddling from DFS or any other body. This isn’t some clandestine cabal—it is standard institutional investing by India’s largest insurer, managing over $659 billion in assets across over 351 listed stocks. Adani Group echoes this demolition—"We categorically deny involvement in any alleged government plans to direct LIC funds. LIC invests across multiple corporate groups; suggesting preferential treatment for Adani is, therefore, misleading." What are Nair’s “documents"? Non-existent phantoms, conveniently shielded from scrutiny. If they exist, the Washington Post must publish them, or admit they are peddling Opposition-fuelled fairy tales. This is the same playbook Nair used in his “Frontline" smears, earning him a courtroom date for defamation. He’s not a journalist; he’s a repeat offender with an axe to grind.

Nair loves to portray Adani as Modi’s personal piggy bank, propped up by taxpayer blood money while facing “U.S. charges" and Hindenburg’s ghost. Spare us the melodrama, will you? Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), the linchpin of Nair’s outrage, boasts India’s highest “AAA" credit rating—a gold standard of financial health that screams stability, not........

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