An old clip from an ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, Sushant Sareen, whose X (Former Twitter) bio says “Senior Fellow, ORF; obsessive Pakistan watcher and hence Afghanistan, Kashmir, Terrorism, Islamism; history buff but studied economics” and Tilak Devasher, whose bio says “Author of ‘Pakistan: Courting the Abyss’, ‘Pakistan: At the Helm’ and ‘Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum. Member National Security Advisory Board” has gone viral.
X user Hamza Azhar Aslam who according to his profile bio is a journalist and Founder & Editor of ThePakDaily posted a clip on March 17 where Smita, Sushant, and Devasher were discussing Imran Khan.
The clip was captioned as “Indian intelligentsia discusses the cult of Imran Khan.”
The clip states that Imran Khan’s followers are a cult and they believe in whatever Imran says.
X users are divided after this discussion. User @CherieDamour_ said, “Even the Indians get what youthias are blind to.”
@awaissaleem77 wrote, “Does this “intelligentsia” ever discuss Modi cult with such enthusiasm as well?”
@mariaa_awd said, “Wowww this one really thinks Smita is Indian intelligentsia , bhai mana we are Vishwagurus but Smita aunty is not our intelligentsia by any stretch, gossip aunty at best ♀️
Her kisi se impress hona band Kare … we need some confidence building workshops for sarhad paar libbus”
@ajmalkhankakar wrote, “The Indian folks in this clip perfectly characterize and provide the most accurate description of IK’s persona and his followers.”
@samiyanoureen6 wrote, “Are there no journalists in Pakistan with the courage to speak bluntly and honestly like this?”
@CHSandhu886 wrote, “I love how intricate these Indian analysts are about the phenomenon of Imran Khan’s popularity, truly admire how they’ve picked up on details. Don’t think any Pakistani analyst can explain this in such detail.”
