During Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to the Netherlands, Dutch journalists directly confronted the Indian delegation about press freedom and minority rights at a media briefing in The Hague. When an Indian diplomat dismissed the concerns as stemming from a journalist's lack of understanding, a second reporter clarified that the same concerns had been raised by Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten himself—exposing the fragility of India's diplomatic messaging when subjected to unscripted questioning by a free press.