NSA Ajit Doval Says 'Social Media Needs To Be Countered Using Social Media'

New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said that social media need to be countered using the platform itself adding the first few posts which are posted in the initial few hours of an event dominate the narrative. Speaking at the book launch event of Major General (Retired) GD Bakshi in Delhi, Ajit Doval also said that why fight wars not for some vicarious pleasure in killing the adversary's human resources but to defeat the enemy on the battleground and make them agree on our terms for peace.

Ajit Doval speaking on the impact and influence of social media, at GD Bakshi's book launch event, said" Social media needs to be countered using social media...The credibility of social media is slowly eroding now. You should focus on searching and exposing stories on social media which show total and blatant lies. This can be done by presenting some photos etc."

"Some posts on social media about the Indian Army could lower the morale of our Defence Forces. Sometimes they write things which shake the confidence of our jawans in their leadership. This needs to be strongly countered. If people from Defence Forces can do it, then it is good. You should become the first respondents on social media when any incident happens. It has been seen that when any incident occurs, the trash that starts comes within 4 hours of the incident dominates the narrative...If a correct perspective comes on social media within a few hours then it is useful...There is no lack of patriots and nationalists in the country."

Victory on battleground ensures peace at your terms, Ajit Doval

In another statement, NSA Ajit Doval mentioned about why do we fight wars and said, “...Why do we fight the wars? Is it for some vicarious pleasure in killing the adversary's human resources? What are our military objectives and how do we achieve them?”

"We achieve it by breaking the will of the nation and defeating their army breaks the nation's will. When you defeat them on the battleground, the nation is prepared to have peace with you on your terms. Whether it is Ukraine, Russia or any war. One of the major tasks that was neglected was creating and strengthening the national will. About 100 years ago, one person who rose to do that was Swami Vivekanand...," Ajit Doval said.