On October 7, hours after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a multi-pronged attack on Israeli cities, the official handle of the Bharatiya Janata Party on X tweeted a video drawing a parallel with terrorist attacks in India during Congress’ rule at the Centre between 2004 and 2014. “Never forgive, never forget,” the caption for the video read. Experts, however, were quick to punch holes in the comparison. Journalist Nirupama Subramanian described the tweet as “absurd misinformation” pointing out that several terrorist attacks and escalations at the Pakistan and China borders have occurred during the BJP-led governments of Atal Bihari...