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‘He is Vijender, not a dog’: Netizens react after Congress shares Rahul Gandhi’s pictures with a dog, boxer Vijender Singh as BJY enters Haryana

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‘He is Vijender, not a dog’: Netizens react after Congress shares Rahul Gandhi’s pictures with a dog, boxer Vijender Singh as BJY enters Haryana

As Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Haryana today, the official Twitter account of the Congress party shared pictures of senior leader Rahul Gandhi, boxer Vijender Singh, and a dog walking ahead of them.

The canine, whose name is Luna, joined Rahul Gandhi and others on Friday for the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress party’s boondoggle project with no definite aims and objectives, and presumably a measure to portray the Gandhi scion as the PM candidate ahead of 2024 general elections. The party shared pictures of the canine with Rahul Gandhi, Vijender Singh, and others on Twitter.

Netizens react after Congress shares pictures of Rahul Gandhi with a dog and Vijender Singh

The pictures of Rahul Gandhi with Luna, a canine, created quite a flutter on Twitter, with many Congress leaders and party functionaries swooning over the dog, even though Vijender Singh had also joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Consequently, many social media users weighed in on their opinions on the images shared by the Congress party obsessing over coopting a canine for its political campaign.

Reacting to the pictures shared on Twitter, a social media user said it is not a dog but boxer Vijender Singh.

Another one said he is feeling sad for Boxer Vijender Singh, who had also joined Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra in Haryana but did not warrant a mention in the party’s tweet on Luna.

Still another Twitter user posed a question on the pictures of Luna walking ahead of Rahul Gandhi. The user asked, “Why is @boxervijender walking in front of Rahul Gandhi?”

Many social media users likened the dog to Pidi, the pet of Rahul Gandhi, who came into the limelight after now Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had said that many of the regional Congress leaders ate biscuits from the same plate that served the canine, highlighting the apathy and indifference of the Gandhi scion toward concerns raised by his party leaders.

Congress leaders were habituated to being insulted and ignored by Rahul Gandhi: Sarma

The pictures reminded social media users of the meeting Himanta Biswa Sarma had with Rahul Gandhi before he left Congress and joined the BJP. Remembering the meeting, Himanta Biswa Sharma had revealed how Congress leaders were habituated to such humiliations meted out to them by the Gandhi-Parivar and were treated like pet dogs.

Narrating another incident from the same meeting, Sarma revealed that the Congress leaders feared Gandhi so much that they ate biscuits from the same plate that had served biscuits to Rahul Gandhi’s dog ‘Pidi’. Sarma noted that several Congress leaders, including former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi, had visited Rahul Gandhi to apprise him of the political developments in the state. 

However, Rahul Gandhi was busy playing with his canine friend ‘Pidi’ and ignored the state leaders. Biscuits from the same plate were given to the dog and were presented to the visiting congress leaders, said Sarma.

‘Dear Suniel, rotten apples have ruined the industry, and it’s not 1%’ – A Stupid Common Man

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‘Dear Suniel, rotten apples have ruined the industry, and it’s not 1%’ – A Stupid Common Man

On January 5, actor Suniel Shetty urged the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, to help remove the stigma around Bollywood. He also asked CM Yogi to do something about the ‘#BoycottBollywood’ trend that is becoming increasingly popular.

During an interactive session with UP CM Yogi Adityanath, who was on a two-day visit to Mumbai to discuss investment prospects in Noida Film City, actor Suniel Shetty took the opportunity to lament the impact of the boycott campaign on Bollywood. Shetty also stressed the need to bring the audience back to theatres as well as change the perception of people that all Bollywood/Hindi cinema folks indulge in wrong activities.

“There is one rotten apple everywhere, but you can’t consider all of us to be like that. People nowadays believe that Bollywood is a bad place, but we have produced some good movies here. When I did Border, I was also a part of one such film. I’ve been a part of a lot of good films. We need to come together and figure out how to get rid of the boycott Bollywood hashtag. We have to figure out how we can remove this trend,” Shetty said.

Moreover, Suniel Shetty also asked CM Yogi to discuss the ‘anti-Bollywood’ campaign with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that “99% of the people” in the industry are good.

Boycott calls are not propaganda but against propaganda

Suniel, I would like to address you directly from now onwards. Not only you, but all the other actors, directors, producers, and technicians who are involved in creating films should be addressed directly and with honesty. First of all, many of your colleagues think it is a sinister plot against the film industry. As if some Asuras in the form of fanatics have risen from Narak to boycott Bollywood as part of some evil plan.

There are also rumours that it is being done because Khans rule the industry, which is absolutely not true. Well, let me tell you once, and for all, it is not the reason. Also, as you said, 99% of the people in the industry are good, sorry, but that’s not true. I know a few people in the industry; sadly, a large percentage is either rotten or on the path to becoming a rotten apple.

Let me take the example of a Hindi film. Do you remember the film A Wednesday starring Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah, and others? Towards the end of the film, when it was revealed that the actual plan was to kill the terrorists and not save them, Anupam Kher, who played the role of commissioner, asked Naseeruddin Shah, who played the role of the unnamed bomber, why he was doing what he was doing and why it was happening all of a sudden.

Your situation and the film’s plot are quite similar. The ‘anti-Bollywood’ brigade on Twitter is nothing more than a group of ‘stupid common’ Indians who are out on social media with “6 KG RDX” called #BoycottBollywood. Let me be very clear, it is not happening all of a sudden. This is not something that sprung out of nowhere just because the minds behind the Twitter handles woke up one day and thought, “Badi boriyat hai chal taang maarte hain Bollywood ko”. It is because Bollywood has poked Hindus, the quiet and stupid Hindus, for decades.

The rot of poking the community is so deep that the best and favourite actors of the community, including Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, and others, leave no stone unturned to mock the religion whenever they find a chance! I am saying it openly and clearly because you all have come equipped with weapons against us for boycotting films. If you look at your career, there must be at least one film or one scene in which Hindus were mocked. If you find one, are you going to regret working on that project? Will Ajay Devgn or Akshay Kumar apologise for working in a film like Thank God or asking fans not to worship Shivlingam with milk, respectively?

The problem is that no one in Bollywood is ready to accept their mistake and correct the course. Even the actors who have zero credibility in the industry are blaming the public for their films failing at the box office. The problem, Suniel, is not the public but you, the people in the industry. The point is simple. Get your act corrected, and the public will stop boycotting the films. No mocking Hinduism. No subtle anti-India narrative, and yes, please ask your colleagues to maintain it while promoting the films. No sane Indian will like to watch a film with actors who went to meet the “Tukde Tukde” gang at JNU.

I have not named any Khan here. There is a reason. No one expects them to come out and accept their past mistakes, especially Aamir Khan. Lal Singh Chaddha might be a bad film, but it was not the reason it flopped at the box office. Even worse films than LSC by him have worked well in the past. But now, those mistakes should not be repeated.

And yes, watch the entire sequence of A Wednesday’s climax. Each and every dialogue fits perfectly in the scenario. If you are worried about the lakhs of people getting affected just because the public wants to punish the few rotten apples then ask the rotten apples to correct the course, and the lakhs you are worried about will be saved. It is always better to get rid of the rotten apple, Suniel. Again quoting a famous dialogue from Bollywood, “Hindustan mein jab tak cinema hai…”, please fill in the blanks.

ISIS operative arrested by NIA turns out to be Karnataka Congress leader Thajuddin Sheikh’s son: Details

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ISIS operative arrested by NIA turns out to be Karnataka Congress leader Thajuddin Sheikh’s son: Details

On Thursday, January 5, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at six locations across Karnataka in the districts of Dakshina Kannada, Shivamogga, Davanagere and Bengaluru in connection with the Shivamogga ISIS conspiracy case and arrested two ISIS operatives, Reshaan Thajuddin Sheikh of Udupi district and Huzair Farhan Baig of Shivamogga district.

Now the counter-terrorist task force has confirmed that one of the arrested ISIS operatives, Reshaan Sheikh is the son of Karnataka Congress leader Thajuddin Sheikh.

According to the statement issued by the NIA, Reshaan Thajuddin was radicalised by Maaz Muneer, who is his close associate and collegemate. Maaz Muneer was arrested by the agency in September last year. Reshaan Thajuddin Sheikh and Huzair Farhan Baig received funds from their ISIS handler through Crypto-wallets for furthering the terrorist activities of the Islamic State in India.

“As part of their larger violent and disruptionist designs, they also indulged in arson and targeting of vehicles and other establishments, such as Liquor shops, Godowns, transformers etc,” the NIA said.

Thajuddin Sheikh is the general secretary of the Brahmavar Block Congress in Udupi. Thajuddin Sheikh is also reportedly a close aide to former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah, KPCC president DK Shivakumar, and UT Khader. Thajuddin is, notably, from Dakshin Kannada’s restive region, which has, over the years, seen terrible communal murders and conflicts.

Interestingly, a day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested terror suspect Reshaan Thajuddin Sheikh from Varamballi, in Brahmavar, Udupi, photos of the accused’s father with Congress leaders are going viral.

Thajuddin Sheikh with DK Shivakumar (source: TOI)
Thajuddin Sheikh with former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah (Source: India Today)

For the uninitiated, the case was initially registered at Shivamogga Rural Police Station on September 19, 2022, and then re-registered by the NIA on November 15, 2022.

In September, two persons Maaz Muneer Ahmad (22) of Mangaluru and Syed Yasin (21) were arrested for their alleged links to the banned terrorist organisation Islamic State. In the same case, Mohammad Shariq was a suspect and he was on the run from the police.

Notably, Mohammad Shariq is the same ISIS operative who was involved in the blast that took place in an autorickshaw in Mangaluru on Saturday, 19th November 2022. He was arrested by the Karnataka police on Sunday 20th November 2022.

BJP slams Congress for the terror links

Following the arrest of the Congress leader’s son for his alleged link with the ISIS, BJP MLA Raghupati Bhat launched a scathing attack on the grand old party.

“He is already been arrested and is being questioned further. There is worrisome information in the investigation. There should be a thorough investigation of the coastal region. These kinds of activities are happening for a long time in coastal regions and we have emphasised the same even during hijab protests. After the pressure cooker incident these kinds of incidents are emerging in the coastal region, and it is getting more aggravated here. NIA should give special focus to this region,” the BJP leader said.

“Therefore, when these kinds of Congress leaders get involved in these kinds of activities, Congress have to take the onus of it. Now Congress has to give answers since Tajuddin’s son has been arrested in terror activities,” the BJP MLA added.

First phase of Bihar caste census begins, CM Nitish Kumar says it will allow government to work for the development of all

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First phase of Bihar caste census begins, CM Nitish Kumar says it will allow government to work for the development of all

The caste census of the population has begun in Bihar on Saturday, January 7. Speaking a day before the census began, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar also reiterated his demand to conduct a caste survey at a national level.

During a media interaction in the Sheohar district, CM Kumar said, “The caste-based census will be beneficial for all.  It will allow the government to work for the development of various sections of society. The final report will be sent to the Centre after the enumeration exercise is completed.”

The Bihar CM further added that the caste-based headcount will not only enumerate the current population of Bihar but will also find out the economic status of every caste.

The first phase of the survey, which will span two weeks, will consist of listing houses and calculating families and buildings.

The second phase will run from April 1 to April 30. The second phase will collect data on people of all castes, sub-castes, and religions. Trained  Enumerators, will also collect data on the financial status of the people. Although this exercise was planned to be completed by February 2023 earlier, now it will be completed by May this year. 

Notably, an official from Bihar’s general administration department stated that as per an estimation, nearly five lakh government employees will be required to complete the survey by May this year. 

It is pertinent to mention that the expense of conducting this caste-based census is to be met by the Bihar contingency fund (Bihar Aakasmikta Nidhi). As per a notification issued by the general administration department, the estimated cost for the survey is Rs 500 crore and the state government will spend the amount from its contingency fund.

An all-party delegation led by Nitish, in coalition with the then-NDA government, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August of last year, requesting that the demand for a caste-based census be considered. However, centre dismissed this demand to conduct a caste-based census. Following this, the Nitish Kumar-led government decided to conduct it on its own.

It is notable that the ruling coalition Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal are known for their caste-based politics, and they are aiming to get this caste census done ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year 

Jack Ma to relinquish control of fintech giant Ant Group

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Jack Ma to relinquish control of fintech giant Ant Group

Chinese magnate Jack Ma will no longer be the controlling person of Ant Group, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a statement put out by the Chinese fintech giant.

The changes are made to reduce Ant’s reliance on the flamboyant Chinese billionaire, who co-founded Alibaba Group Holding and helped create Ant, the Journal reported previously. 

Ma continues to hold voting rights in an entity that controls Ant, alongside nine Ant executives and employees who were also given voting rights. Together, they jointly control the company, the statement said.

Ma only owns a 10 per cent stake in Ant, an affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding. He is said to have exercised control over the company through related entities, according to Ant’s initial public offering (IPO) prospectus filed with the exchanges in 2020.

Ma has mostly disappeared from public view since giving a speech that criticised regulators on the eve of the cancelled Ant listing in 2020.

Regulators had pulled the plug on November 3, 2020, on the initial public offering of Ant Group, the internet finance giant, which had been all but ready to press “Go” on its $34-billion stock debut in Shanghai and Hong Kong, the New York Times had reported.

NYT had reported that the initial public offering would have brought in more cash than did Saudi Aramco, the state-run oil giant, when it went public last year. And Ant would have raised the money on the opposite side of the planet from New York, which has long been the favoured listing destination for Chinese tech groups.

Ant Group’s controller Jack Ma, executive chairman Eric Jing and CEO Simon Hu were summoned and interviewed by regulators in China, according to a statement from the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

‘Nafrat ki Zameen’: RJD leader says Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is being built on the land of hatred

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‘Nafrat ki Zameen’: RJD leader says Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is being built on the land of hatred

On Friday (January 6), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Jagadanand Singh courted controversy for labelling the Ram Janmabhoomi as the ‘land of hatred’ while talking about the under-construction grand Ram Mandir.

While speaking to the media, the Bihar State President of the RJD claimed, “Today, Ram is confined within 4 walls…His temple is being constructed on a land of hate (Nafrat ki Zameen)…Today in India, the ‘Ram’ of hooligans is thriving in place of humanity.”

“The Ram of the common man is no more. Only a form of him exists, which is confined within the walls of a temple…This is what happened. India was considered to be the land of Ram and Krishna. It is over now,” he further said.

“Only a temple of Ram will remain…He will not remain in our hearts but inside the four walls (of the temple). This is beyond my understanding,” Jagadanand Singh continued.

On being told by a ‘journalist’ that BJP will be using Lord Ram for the 2024 elections, the RJD leader said, “Ram cannot be removed from people’s hearts and put under house arrest. Neither is He trapped in Ayodhaya nor in Sri Lanka.”

“We are the ones who chant ‘Hey Ram’ and not ‘Jai Shri Ram,” the RJD leader continued to divide the Hindu community based on religious sloganeering. This is not the first time that an RJD leader has tried to cast aspersions about the sanctity of the Ram Mandir.

Earlier in 2019, party leader Sanjay Yadav tried to drive a wedge between the Brahmins and non-Brahmins. He tweeted that everyone in India will be curious to know about the pujari (priest) of the temple once its construction is completed.

Yadav wondered if in the new, inclusive India, especially the one headed by PM Modi who has called for ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’, will there be a non-Brahmin priest in the Ram Mandir.

Air India peeing case: Accused Shankar Mishra arrested from Bengaluru

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Air India peeing case: Accused Shankar Mishra arrested from Bengaluru

Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on a female co-passenger in an inebriated state while onboard Air India flight AI-102 on November 26 traveling from New York to Delhi has been arrested on Saturday. The accused has reportedly been arrested from Bengaluru and is being brought to New Delhi.

The Delhi Police registered an FIR in the case on Wednesday and were looking for the accused since then. Several teams were constituted to nab the accused who was finally arrested from Bengaluru.

This comes after accused Shankar Mishra, who was absconding since the incident came to light, issued a statement through his lawyers claiming that he had paid ‘compensation’ to the victim and the lady displayed no intention of lodging a complaint.

The incident occurred on November 26, 2022, but it only came to the fore after the media, on January 4, 2023, reported about the letter the woman flyer, a senior citizen in her seventies, submitted to Tata Group’s chairman N Chandrasekaran, narrating her harrowing experience.

On Friday the father of the accused Shyam Mishra claimed that the case against his son Shankar Mishra is ‘false’ and that he was blackmailed. 

“She (victim) had demanded payment and it was made also. Don’t know what happened after that. She must have had demanded something that was not met that must have upset her. Perhaps there was blackmailing,” the father of the accused passenger said on Friday.

Shyam Mishra went on to say that his son was sleep deprived and must have slept after consuming liquor served by the airline staff.

“This is a false case, my son had not slept for 30-35 hours, he must have slept after having the drink served by airline staff. He was questioned by the staff after he woke up.”

He also claimed that his son could not have committed such a crime, “She (victim) is an elderly woman, my son is 34 years old, she is like a mother to him. My son is married and has an 18-year-old daughter. I don’t think he would do it.”

Twitter data leaked, leaves 23.5 crore users vulnerable to hackers: Reports

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Twitter data leaked, leaves 23.5 crore users vulnerable to hackers: Reports

On Wednesday (January 4), a security researcher named Alon Gal informed that hackers have stolen the email IDs of over 23 crores Twitter users and made them available publicly on an online hacking forum. Alon Gal is the co-founder of an Israel-based cybersecurity firm named Hudson Rock.

In a LinkedIn post, he wrote, “The database contains 23,50,00,000 unique records of Twitter users and their email addresses and will, unfortunately, lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing, and doxxing. This is one of the most significant leaks I’ve seen.”

In another LinkedIn post, Alon Gal warned, “Hackers will use the new leaked Twitter database in order to target Crypto Twitter accounts (.eth in name or other methods), hack into high profile accounts (follower count or otherwise), hack into “OG” accounts with good usernames…”

He added that hackers will also attempt to compromise political accounts or anonymous accounts that did not use a dedicated email for their Twitter accounts. “It goes without saying that agencies around the world will use this database as well to further harm our privacy,” he concluded.

Screengrab of the LinkedIn post of Alon Gal

According to the creator of ‘Hae I Been Pwned’, Troy Hunt, informed, “Firstly, the 98% “pwned before” rate clearly indicates the email addresses were taken from other data breaches then used to query the vulnerable API.”

As per a news report by Bloomberg, the leaked Twitter database (dating back to 2021) has exposed the names and email addresses of politicians, bankers, and even journalists.

“The data that was leaked doesn’t contain sensitive details like credit card information, Social Security numbers, or home addresses, and so far, it appears that bad actors haven’t exploited it to cause harm,” the report claimed.

‘I think I’m in trouble’: Accused Shankar Mishra told co-passenger after urinating on a female passenger on the Air India flight

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‘I think I’m in trouble’: Accused Shankar Mishra told co-passenger after urinating on a female passenger on the Air India flight

On November 26, 2022, an inebriated passenger named Shankar Mishra, onboard Air India flight AI-102, traveling from New York to Delhi, urinated on a female co-passenger. In the latest development, it has been reported that the accused passenger had told his co-passenger that he is in trouble after he exposed himself and urinated on a female co-passenger. 

Sugata Bhattacharjee, a US-based doctor of audiology and Mishra’s co-passenger on the flight on November 26 told the Times of India that the accused had downed four glasses of single malt during lunch. 

“He looked visibly drunk, he asked me thrice what do your children do? I told a male purser to cut off his alcohol supply,” Bhattacharjee said. 

Two women passengers were seated behind them. Although Bhattacharjee was asleep when the accused passenger urinated on the female passenger in seat 9A, however, he said that he witnessed the events that followed. 

“Though the woman was visibly distraught the cabin crew members persuaded her to talk to the passenger who peed on her. A drunk guy is a drunk guy is a drunk guy, when a guy has done such a crime you do not bring it to the victim and allow him to apologize to her,” Bhattacharjee added. 

Furthermore, Sugata Bhattacharjee said that after urinating on the woman, there was a point when Mishra dozed off. “After he woke up and sobered up, he told me, ‘Bro I think I’m in trouble’. I said yes, you are.”

In another update, the father of the accused has on January 6, claimed that the case against his son Shankar Mishra is ‘false’ and that he was blackmailed. 

“She (victim) had demanded payment and it was made as well. Don’t know what happened after that. She must have demanded something that was not met that must have upset her. Perhaps there was blackmailing,” Shyam Mishra, father of the accused passenger told ANI. 

Shyam Mishra went on to say that his son was sleep deprived and must have slept after consuming liquor served by the airline staff.

“This is a false case, my son had not slept for 30-35 hours, he must have slept after having the drink served by airline staff. He was questioned by the staff after he woke up”, Mishra added.

He also claimed that his son could not have committed such a crime, “She (victim) is an elderly woman, my son is 34 years old, she is like a mother to him. My son is married and has an 18-month-old daughter. I don’t think he would do it.”

It is pertinent to mention that the accused is still absconding. When asked about the whereabouts of his son, Shyam Mishra said that he has no knowledge about it. 

‘Leave BJP or we will kill you and your family’: Lashkar-e-Khalsa sends messages to BJP leaders, threatens to target BJP, RSS and Indian Army

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‘Leave BJP or we will kill you and your family’: Lashkar-e-Khalsa sends messages to BJP leaders, threatens to target BJP, RSS and Indian Army

Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Khalsa (LeK) is threatening the BJP politicians to resign from the party and threatening to kill them and their families if they do not. Such threats have been issued to several BJP politicians from Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra.

Ghanshyam Lodhi, BJP MP from Rampur, received a death threat from Sandeep Singh Khalistani of Lashkar-e-Khalsa on Thursday, January 05, 2023, on a WhatsApp number. According to the MP, the message sent to his number says that ‘leave BJP, otherwise you and your family will be killed.’

Not only this, the message talks about targeting BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders as well as the Indian Army. Lodhi filed a complaint with the police after receiving the threats. On receiving the complaint, the police have become alert and are identifying the sender.

Complaint filed by Ghanshyam Lodhi

The threats came from the mobile number +91 7609875306, according to the complaint filed by Lodhi. He also informed that apart from sending five WhatsApp messages, the Khalistani terrorist also called him 5 times.

On January 5, 2023, Tajinder Singh Tiwana, the leader of the BJP Yuva Morcha Mumbai, also received a similar threat on WhatsApp. The sender introduced himself as Sandeep Singh Khalistani from Lashkar-e-Khalsa and claimed to be the group’s spokesperson. He said that he has vowed to murder Tajinder Singh and his family if Tajinder Singh stays with the BJP.

Saying that they will Tiwana and his family like dogs, the terrorist also directed him to say ‘Hindustan Murdabad’ and ‘Khalistan Jindabad’. He added that they are going to target BJP and RSS leaders and Indian Army in the entire country.

Messages sent to Tajinder Singh Tiwana

After Tiwana lodged a complaint, Mumbai Police registered an FIR and started a probe. They are trying to trace Sandeep Singh Khalistani through the WhatsApp number.

In Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, a BJP supporter has also received threats for his life. Veer Singh Saini, a resident of Chhajalait, received a message on WhatsApp on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at about 11:30 pm. He has been asked to leave the BJP in this message. Veer Singh has been threatened with death if he does not do so. Saini holds a leadership position in the BJP’s Kisan Morcha.

The message reads, “Leave the BJP soon, or else you and your family will be badly killed. We will target BJP, RSS, and Indian Army.” At the end of the message, Khalistan Zindabad has been written along with writing indecent slogans against India.

After receiving the message, he lodged a case at the police station. Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case under section 506B (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) among other criminal offences. The number from which the message has been received has been sent to trace.

Going by the screenshots of the messages, it can be seen that the same messages have been sent to different BJP leaders.

In the last few days, this organization named Lashkar-e-Khalistan has asked many BJP leaders from Maharashtra, UP, Punjab, Haryana, etc. to leave the party. They have been threatened with killing them and their families if they do not do so.

Several leaders associated with Punjab BJP have also been threatened by Khalistanis. The message written in the Punjabi language reads, “I heard that a bomb has been found at the chief minister’s house. There is another bomb placed near the military base.” Security arrangements were tightened at the Army base in Punjab after receiving such threats.

Similarly, on December 29, 2022, Jalandhar district’s BJP vice-president Vivek Khanna and councilor Shaili Khanna’s son Abhilakshya Khanna were also threatened with death in Punjab. The caller identified himself as a spokesman of Lashkar-e-Khalsa. He called and messaged BJP leader and councilor’s son Abhilakshya Khanna saying that ‘Quit BJP and join Congress and vote for Congress party’. He and his family were threatened with death if they did not do so.

ISI formed this new terror group

Last year, the Intelligence Bureau revealed that Pakistan’s notorious intelligence agency ISI has formed a new terrorist group and named it Lashkar-e-Khalsa. The IB report said that Lashkar-e-Khalsa is very active on social media and is recruiting youths.

Lashkar-e-Khalsa wants to create unrest in India. For this, youth are constantly recruited. The report also said that the organization is trying to connect people through new Facebook IDs to plan terror activities. Pakistan intelligence officer Amar Khalistani is managing several Facebook pages called ‘Azad Khalistan’.

Afghan terrorists are giving training to Lashkar-e-Khalsa terrorists

Lashkar-e-Khalsa has recruited a large number of Afghan nationals to increase terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. It is also being said that Pakistan and Afghanistan are training people who have recently been recruited by this terrorist organization to operate weapons.

Afghan terrorists who are training have experience in using all modern weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). It is also being said that efforts are being made to involve local gangsters from Punjab and Haryana. For this, they are being lured to earn through drugs.

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