India, Jan. 12 -- In recent years, especially since 2024, the name of George Soros has drifted through India's political corridors like a ghostly presence. For the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Soros has become "Enemy Number One," accused of financing opposition initiatives and destabilising India's democracy. Parliament debates have been punctuated by allegations of foreign meddling, with Soros cast as the archetypal outsider pulling invisible strings. His philanthropy and global activism, once abstract, are now weaponised as symbols of interference.

The BJP has repeatedly alleged that Soros' networks, through the Open Society Foundations, have supported opposition championed initiatives critical of Prime Minister Modi. In fiery ...