There's no evidence in existing declassified CIA documents to suggest if pressure was mounted on Islamabad to terminate hijacking plot or if New Delhi was given any specific warning.
Source of the report appears to be an 8-month-old Facebook post by a PTI leader, which was denied by Harkat-ul-Mujahideen founder Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma's Hindu-Muslim polarisation is clearly done to maximise the odds of winning. But an important legal question is: does it expose him to legal liability?
The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.
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