Indian leader Modi appears to be deliberately drawing a political rival he has beaten before into the fray as he confronts a volatile youth uprising, according to a report in The New York Times.

The report, written by Katrin Bennhold, describes the move as deliberate. The published summary of the piece, however, uses the qualifier that the leader appears to be acting in this way, indicating that the strategy is presented as an inference rather than a confirmed statement of intent.

The summary does not name the rival, explain how the rival was drawn into the protests, or say when that occurred. It also offers no figures on the size of the uprising, its locations, or the demands of its participants.

The summary does not report any response from Modi, his government, or the rival, and it does not indicate whether the Times article includes such responses.

The summary describes the unrest only as a youth uprising and characterizes it as volatile. Because it gives no further detail on the scope of the protests, the stakes for the rival cannot be assessed from the summary alone.

This account draws only on the published summary of The New York Times report and does not independently confirm its details. The full article may contain information not reflected in the summary, and no other outlet's account of the protests or of the rival's role was available for comparison.

Sources: The New York Times: Modi’s Plan to Stop India’s Protests.