Shadowy Indian election ‘consultants’ add US midterms to global footprint

New Delhi, India — In an unfurnished flat in a nondescript Ahmedabad neighbourhood in western India, a 22-year-old digital content creator worked through the nights, designing posters and editing videos for a presidential campaign thousands of kilometres away — William Ruto’s 2022 bid for the presidency in Kenya.

Rajan Kumar’s content was not shared by Ruto’s official campaign. ...