On August 2, a bizarre video surfaced on social media where a Go First airline’s car went under an IndiGo aircraft at Delhi airport. It narrowly avoided the collision with the nose wheel of IndiGo’s plane. The incident was caught on camera, and the video was shared by news agency ANI. The IndiGo flight was preparing to depart for Patna when a Swift Dzire car that belonged to Go First went under it.
There was no damage to the aircraft or injury to any person. The Aircraft departed as per the scheduled time. Further investigation is being carried out by DAS-NR: DGCA
In the video, a person could be heard saying that the driver of the car almost hit him before going under the plane. He also alleged that the driver looked tired and sleepy.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA said in a statement that they would investigate the incident. Reports suggest that the driver was subjected to a breath analyser test to determine if he was drunk during the incident, but the report came negative.
The plane was not damaged, and there were no reports of any injuries.
The Inter College in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh named Faiz-e-Aam Muslim College is in the news after it expelled two Hindu students for reading Hanuman Chalisa instead of the Quran. The victim students say that they were asked to read a few verses from Quran but they chose to read Hanuman Chalisa instead after which they have been forced to stay out of the institute.
According to the reports, the Hindu students who have been expelled from the college are accused of spreading religious hysteria. While one of the victim students confirmed that his name has been dropped from college for reading Hanuman Chalisa instead of Quran, the other student says that he is not even aware why his name has been removed from the college.
Sourav Yadav, a student of class 11, revealed the exact sequence of events. He said that he was sitting and reading Rahim’s couplets, a Muslim student who was sitting beside him happened to object to his act and asked him to read the Quran instead of the couplet. Saurav Yadav then began reading Ramayana and Hanuman Chalisa instead of the Quran. The Muslim students complained to the college management and they ultimately cut off Sourav’s name from the college and issued him a Transfer Certificate.
The other Hindu student who has been expelled from the college has been identified as Madhavendra Pratap Singh. Madhavendra stated that he is totally unaware of what exactly happened and doesn’t know why his name has been cut off from the college. He said that he was doing science homework in his class and in the meantime, something happened that resulted in his termination.
Addressing the issue, college authority member, Mohammad Akhtar Siddiqui, vehemently denied the allegations put forth by both the Hindu students. He called it a conspiracy and said that the students were deliberately trying to malign the college’s reputation.
However, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) provincial media in-charge Sharad Sharma has demanded the arrest of the college principal and manager in this case. The Hindu organization has also warned that if action is not taken within three days, the issue will be taken to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. DM Nitish Kumar is looking into the matter while investigations are underway.
On July 31, a video made it to social media in which a member of the pro-Khalistani organization Dal Khalsa’s spokesperson Paramjit Singh Mand urged Sikhs not to hoist Tiranga under the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement from August 13 to August 15. A video of a meeting of Sikh Groups at Bargari Morcha, Behbal Kalan, on July 31 was published by Rehmat TV. It is pertinent to note that Mand is the same person who has previous hailed Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
The Sikh Groups called the meeting over the inaction of the AAP-led government against sacrilege incidents that have happened in Punjab over the years. Earlier, Cabinet Minister Harjot Bains had met Sikh Groups and asked for six months over the pending cases but Sikh leaders denied it. Notably, CM Bhagwant Mann has promised quick action in the pending cases if AAP forms the government in the state.
In his address to the attendees of the meeting, Mand said, “On August 15, government officials hoist National Flag Tiranga on every government establishment. It happens in every school as well. This year, the Chief Minister will hoist the flag in Ludhiana. If you want to poke the system, the only way is by ‘gherao’ the officials who will go to hoist the flag. We are not going to disturb the program, but action has to be taken.”
He added, “Before going to corner the officials, make sure to announce your plans. Secondly, if you have read the papers, the government machinery has received the message [from the centre]. They have made crores of Tirangas for ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ movement. Do not take this lightly. Do not think that you do not need to react over the distribution of crores of Tirangas.”
Connecting Indian National Flag to Operation Blue Star, he said, “They will force you to hoist Tiranga at your houses. They will question you why you have not hoisted the flag. This is the same flag under which the attack at Darbar Sahib took place. They killed our people and did sacrilege to Guru Granth Sahib. The same Tiranga will be hoisted on your houses.”
He added, “To challenge their movement, we have decided that on every house in the state, the symbol of Khalsa (Nishan Sahib) will be hoisted. If someone does not accept Khalisai, they are free to hoist a flag of any colour but Tiranga. If you agree to this, a message will be sent to India. Above all, Punjab is known for the fact that you cannot force us to do anything. They cannot force us to hoist Tiranga. We do not accept this.”
He further stated that his organization and Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) boycott August 15 celebrations every year. They call it a black day. “We should do this at a larger platform. Everyone should contribute to this movement. This is not a cause of a small community. Jam the roads. Bring more people to join our movement. You have to press the neck of the enemy. They challenged us by killing our people. Now we will challenge them by not hoisting Tiranga. On August 15, the Kesari flag will be hoisted on every roof in Punjab.”
‘Har Ghar Tiranga’
‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ is a campaign under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to encourage people to hoist the Indian National flag to mark the 75th year of India’s independence. The aim is not only to strengthen the personal connection to the nation but also an embodiment of our commitment to nation-building. It will provoke a feeling of patriotism in the hearts of citizens of India and will promote awareness about the National Flag.
The Karnataka police on Monday achieved a major breakthrough in the Mohammed Fizal murder case. According to the reports, six individuals, namely Mohan Singh (26), Srinivas Katipalla (23), Giridhar (23), Deekshith (21), Abhishek and Suhas Shetty, (29) have been arrested in connection with the case.
The police have ruled out the Shia-Sunni conflict angle that was reported as a plausible cause for the murder of Mohammed Fazil. Reports had earlier hinted that Mohammed Fazil, a practising Sunni, was killed for loving a Sunni girl.
However, the police investigation found that Fazil was a victim of a direct fallout of the murder of BJYM worker Praveen Nettaru, who was murdered by Islamists allegedly linked to PFI and SDPI, a phenomenon that is becoming dangerously common in the last few months where assertive Hindus are targeted and killed by Islamic fanatics intoxicated with supremacist beliefs and hatred towards non-Muslims.
On the Mohammed Fazil murder, police said Suhas is a history-sheeter, involved in a murder case and two attempts to murder cases. A manhunt was launched to nab the culprits, who were reportedly a part of Suhas Shetty gang.
Over the weekend, the police also impounded the car used by killers and arrested its owner Ajith Crasta, a resident of Surathkal. The vehicle was sent to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) experts for further probe in the matter. The government had appointed an ACP-rank officer to probe the matter after the family members of the victim demanded a thorough investigation.
Following the death of Mohammed Fazil, CM Bommai had assured that the Mangaluru police had been given a free hand in probing the murder of the youth.
On Thursday last week, a 23-year-old youth named identified as Mohammed Fazil was killed by a group of assailants on Krishnapura-MRPL road, Mangaluru, Karnataka. The incident happened late in the evening on the outskirts of Mangaluru after which Sec 144 CrPC was imposed in Surathkal, Mulki, Bajpe, and Panambur areas. The deceased was a resident of Mangalpete near Surathkal and owned a clothes shop.
According to the Police, Fazil was attacked with a lethal weapon by 4-5 unidentified miscreants. A report by Deccan Herald mentioned that preliminary investigations led by the Police revealed that the deceased was murdered because he was in love with a Shia woman whereas Mohammed Fazil practised Sunni Islam. The miscreants arrived in a car near the cloth shop owned by the deceased, killed him, and fled from the spot after the murder.
Tushar Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi’s great grandson, has been left red faced after the trusts that own and manage the Sabarmati Ashram aka Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, sided with the state government and opposed involvement of National Gandhi Smarak Nidhi (GSN). GSN has no legal right over the Gandhi Ashram and its precincts, said Atul Pandya, director of one of the trusts, in its affidavit.
Further, GSN does not play any role in management and regular day to day affairs of Gandhi Ashram and does not provide any financial assistance either. Another trust in its affidavit stated that GSN has lost interest in the maintenance and upkeep of the Sabarmati Ashram and hence there is no question of involving them into the redevelopment project.
The Gujarat state government cleared in High Court on Monday (August 1), that MK Gandhi’s descendant could definitely be made an invitee to the committee overseeing the re-development work of the Sabarmati Ashram but could not dictate terms.
The Gujarat High Court was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi last year, challenging the state government’s proposal to revamp the Sabarmati Ashram.
When questioned whether the state is willing to make Gandhi’s descendant an invitee to the committee overseeing the development, advocate general Kamal Trivedi, appearing for the Gujarat government told the CJ of Gujarat HC, “Certainly this can be done, but he can’t dictate (terms).”
“We’re trying to do everything with consensus and cooperation from all,” Trivedi said, adding that trustees of several trusts operating on Ashram land are members of the new committee.
Tushar Gandhi’s counsel, in turn, informed the court that he did not oppose the redevelopment plan in its entirety, but rather the process used by the government. He further claimed that the government-formed trust has a majority of government members, while those linked with trusts operating on ashram land are in the minority. “All I am saying is let Gandhian members have a plurality in the trust that supervises redevelopment,” Tushar Gandhi’s lawyer submitted.
Govt proposes Rs 1,200 crore redevelopment project for Sabarmati Ashram
In 2021, the Gujarat state government embarked upon an ambitious project to redevelop Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram and expand it from its present five acres to approximately 55 acres at a cost of Rs 1200 crores. The project, which is being overseen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, includes plans of transforming the Sabarmati Ashram into a world-class memorial, complete with facilities and amenities. The revamp project has been conceptualised by leading architect Bimal Patel, who is also involved in the revamping of the Central Vista project in the national capital.
The State government has stated unequivocally that the redevelopment project, also known as the Gandhi Ashram Memorial and Precinct Development Project, will be carried out in a manner that is respectful of the original ashram’s ethos.
Gandhi’s kin approached SC against the state govt’s decision to revamp Sabarmati Ashram
However, Tushar filed the PIL, disputing the renovation under a body dominated by government office bearers and employees, claiming that excluding Gandhian trusts will result in the new premises losing the Gandhian ethos. The Gujarat HC dismissed Gandhi’s plea on November 21, 2021.
Tushar Gandhi then moved the Supreme Court opposing the redevelopment of Sabarmati Ashram. In March 2022, the apex court agreed to hear the plea filed by Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson and asked the HC to examine the plea and said that it is not going into the merits of the case.
Gujarat Govt says petitioner should be happy but instead he has expressed unhappiness for no good reason
On April 25, the state government submitted an affidavit in response to the public interest litigation (PIL). The state government refused that the proposed revamp will lose the essence of simplicity and Gandhian ethos.
The state government further stated in their affidavit that the Gandhi Ashram does not give appropriate information about the whole Ashram as formed by Gandhiji and the ideology propounded by the Father of the Nation. The govt added that it is expected of the petitioner to take pride in the fact that attempts are being made to maintain Gandhiji’s legacy, but instead, the petitioner has just expressed unhappiness for no good reason, it added.
On Tuesday (August 2), Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi ignited the controversy surrounding the ownership of Silly Souls restaurant in Goa by Smriti Irani’s daughter, Zoish Irani.
“Seriously Silly Souls. Which version does one believe?”, she tweeted while attaching 2 screenshots of reports from Money Control and The Indian Express.
The attempt by the Sena leader to cast aspersions about Zoish Irani comes days after the Delhi High Court junked similar allegations levelled by the Congress party.
Screengrab of the tweet
Priyanka Chaturvedi’s tweet was not just a cheap attempt at scoring political brownies but also a clear reflection of her poor comprehension skills. To bolster her arguments, the Sena leader shared a news report published by Money Control.
Titled, ‘Smriti Irani is a proud mom as praise pours in for her daughter’s culinary skills’, the report published in April this year stated that food writer Kunal Vijaykar praised ‘owner’ Zoish Irani for the tour of ‘Silly Souls Restaurant’.
“My craving for Asian food has got me to Goa Silly Souls and to my surprise apart from the yummy and delicious Asian spread the owner Zoish Irani has a superb menu of Italian food as well,” his Instagram post read.
Smriti Irani then posted a screenshot of the post on her Instagram story and wrote, ” So proud Zoish Irani, Silly Souls Goa.” Her story did not corroborate the claim by food writer Kunal Vijaykar that Zoish Irani was the owner of the restaurant.
Vijakar had erred in his Instagram post and mistook Zoish Irani as Silly Souls’ owner. As a matter of fact, she was an intern who happened to give a tour of the restaurant to the food writer.
Her lawyer Kirat Nagra recently clarified that Zoish Irani “has no control or oversight into the management and affairs of the eatery and her limited interaction at the facility was only while doing an internship program with the chef of Silly Souls Café.”
Screengrab of the Instagram story of Smriti Irani
Priyanka Chaturvedi has the right to disbelieve the lawyer of Zoish Irani out of political compulsions. However, the confusion over the ownership, as claimed by the Sena leader, would have still made sense if the matter was raised in April 2022.
In the absence of judicial intervention and publicly available documents, claims of ingenuity could have been justified back then. But, the Delhi High Court has made it crystal clear that neither Smriti Irani nor Zoish Irani is the owner of ‘Silly Souls.’
In the order copy, Justice Mini Pushkarna emphasised, “Neither the restaurant nor the land on which the restaurant exists is owned by the plaintiff or her daughter”. The Delhi High Court said that prima facie, the court was convinced that the statements against Smriti Irani were libellous and slanderous and done with malicious intent.
On July 29, the real owners of the restaurant Merlyn Anthony D’Gama and her son Dean D’Gama replied to a show cause notice issued by Excise Commissioner Narayan M Gad. In the reply, they stated that the property “is exclusively its business and involves no other person/ persons”.
When the Court has junked all allegations of ‘ownership’, and the real owners have issued a clarification on the matter, it makes no sense to put across a news report from April to allege a ‘large conspiracy’ behind the court ruling.
Priyanka Chaturvedi felt it was ‘okay’ to pass off erroneous, obsolete information as truth while ignoring the new developments in the story. Besides malicious intent at defaming a young girl, it also highlights the Sena leader’s lack of logical reasoning abilities.
Priyanka Chaturvedi and her struggle with Mathematics
Earlier in 2020, Priyanka Chaturvedi had displayed her poor understanding of Mathematics. During the migrant crisis following the Coronavirus lockdown, she falsely claimed that the Modi government amassed huge profits by running special trains for migrant workers.
The Sena leader failed to comprehend the difference between the ‘revenue earned’ and ‘profit’. Contrary to the claims of Priyanka Chaturvedi that the Indian Railways earned huge profits, the Railways has spent Rs 2,142 crore on running Shramik Special trains but earned a ‘revenue’ of just Rs 429 crore and did not incur any ‘profit’.
In fact, the Modi government had incurred a loss of nearly Rs 1,700 crores after it ran Shramik trains to ferry back the stranded migrant labours from various parts of the country.
Screengrab of the tweet by Priyanka Chaturvedi
She had falsely claimed that 15% of all students are somehow dyslexic and that their total count stood at 228 million.
“For a disorder that is believed to occur in one among ten people, the figure given by Priyanka Chaturvedi looks highly disproportionate. If we were to look at the total population of India, then again the figure of more than 22.8 crores only among the school going population out of a total population of 125 crores turns out to be highly exaggerated”, read an article in The Frustrated Indian.
The incidence of dyslexia in India is believed to be 15%. As per a 2013 report, there are 228,994,454 dyslexic students enrolled in recognized schools This message for an insensitive PM Modi who doesn’t mind mocking them for political point scoring. Brilliantly done @arvindtmpic.twitter.com/rEQrSxxLpd
— Priyanka Chaturvedi?? (@priyankac19) March 4, 2019
As early as 2014, she was seen misreading numbers and portraying growth as an impediment of Modi government’s Aache Din
While Priyanka Chaturvedi had earlier struggled with Mathematics, it is high time for her to take tuition classes for logical reasoning and comprehsion too.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided 12 locations linked to National Herald, a newspaper owned by Young Indian Pvt Ltd, a company by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, in connection with a money laundering case.
Enforcement Directorate today carried out searches at multiple locations in Delhi and other places in the alleged National Herald money laundering case pic.twitter.com/WOOEwzkml7
Rahul Gandhi was questioned by ED on June 13 for over 6 hours and his statement was recorded under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED had recorded the statements of all those involved in the case, with the exception of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. The agency, however, had issued summoned to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on July 11 for recording her statement on July 21.
Then in July, the Enforcement Directorate questioned Sonia Gandhi in connection with the money laundering case linked to National Herald, triggering massive protests by Congress leaders and supporters, who took to streets demonstrating against the central agency for interrogating the Gandhi family.
The National Herald scam is one of the most notable legal cases in Indian history, as the Gandhis are directly accused. The Mother-Son duo of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul, along with their aides – Oscar Fernandez, Motilal Vohra and Sam Pithroda are alleged to have been involved in massive ‘cheating and breach of trust’ in the acquisition of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) by Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YIL). Assets worth crores of rupees had been allegedly transferred for purposes other than originally intended for a paltry sum. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had got unconditional bail in December 2015.
On Monday, an audio clip of Pakistani drug peddlers recovered by the Gujarat police, mainly the Anti-terrorist Squad, revealed that the international mafia was scared to smuggle drugs into the country through the state’s coast. The clip consists of a conversation between two smugglers where one of them says “It’s impossible to ship narcotic substances to India and escape safely”.
“See Hashimbhai, I had meetings with some individuals, however, no one is ready to sail with the drugs. Not simply 190 miles, the Indian forces have been patrolling as much as 400 miles until the worldwide border. It’s impossible to sail with the maal (drugs),” one of the smugglers is heard telling Hashim, the drug lord, within the audio clip attained by the Gujarat police.
WATCH : One Pakistani Drug Mafia says “koi nakhuda is point (Gujarat) par jane to taiyar nahi hai, usne bola 190 mile to chhodo 400 mile par bhi India ghum raha hai.” in an audio clip. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/ur5N0eyBrX
He’s additionally heard saying that it is impossible to land within the coastal districts of Jamnagar and Porbandar. “Who doesn’t want money? However, even the bravest individuals, the sailors, and the drug runners are not ready to carry the drugs. There’s not even 1% chance of escaping India (police and defence forces)”, the clip says.
According to the reports, in the previous three years, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has effectively foiled international mafia attempts to smuggle narcotics into the country via the state’s shore, arresting around 65 drug peddlers, including 30 Pakistan nationals. It has confiscated 1,045 kg of contraband, including heroin, worth Rs 5,200 crore, and apprehended 30 Pakistanis, seven Iranians, three Afghans, and one Nigerian, an ATS release notes. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) also seized 3,000 kilos of heroin from two cargo containers at Mundra Port in September last year, it stated. The drug is said to have originated in Afghanistan.
To note, the ATS’ intelligence on drug transport and the battle against the issue comes just a day after Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi vehemently attacked the ruling BJP on Monday, accusing the party of alleged support of the drug cartel. “Drugs recovered at Gujarat’s Mundra port –September 2021, 3000 Kg worth Rs 21000 Crore; May 2022, 56 Kg worth Rs 500 crore and July 2022, 75 Kg worth Rs 375 crore. Who are the people sitting in the double-engine government who are constantly giving patronage to the drug-liquor mafia? Why are the youth of Gujarat being forced into drugs?” Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.
मेरे सवाल:
1. एक ही पोर्ट पर 3 बार ड्रग्स बरामद होने के बावजूद, उसी पोर्ट पर लगातार ड्रग्स कैसे उतर रही है?
2. क्या गुजरात में कानून व्यवस्था ख़त्म है? माफिया को कानून का कोई डर नहीं? या ये माफिया की सरकार है?#BJPDrugGate
In the series of tweets, he asked further how drugs were landing at the same port continuously, despite the seizure of drugs there three times. “Is there law and order in Gujarat? Does the mafia have no fear of the law? Or is this the government of mafias?” Gandhi said on August 1.
Deepan Bhadran, ATS Deputy Inspector General meanwhile noted that smugglers have recently begun employing two distinct methods to get narcotics into the nation. “They either use a fishing boat to enter Gujarat through the sea route illegally or send the contraband in shipping containers which land at our ports. But, Gujarat ATS, in coordination with central agencies like DRI and Coast Guard, has foiled all these attempts during the last few years,” Bhadran was quoted.
Stating further that Gujarat has zero tolerance for such crimes, he said, “the ATS and other agencies are always alert to nab the culprits and foil their attempts. Drug smuggling is a crime without borders and that is why central agencies and ATS work together to foil the attempts of drug mafias”.
Reports mention that the arrest of 667 mafia members and 422 cases under the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has caused concern among Gujarat police personnel and the ATS. Gujarat police have charged 30 Pakistanis, 17 Iranians, two Afghan nationals, and one Nigerian citizen under the NDPS Act in the past two years. In recent years, the Gujarat ATS has carried out at least ten significant operations, including mid-sea operations and raids in various parts of the nation.
The Jodhpur Court on Tuesday granted relief to cricketers Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul and film director Karan Johar, in a case that was registered against the trio, for some offensive remarks made by the cricketer duo on the talk show “Koffee with Karan,” hosted by Karan Johar in 2018.
According to reports, the High Court dismissed the case filed by one DR Meghwal against the three after they were declared ‘innocent.’
It may be recalled that back in the year 2018, an episode featuring KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya aired on the sixth season of the talk show ‘Koffee with Karan’ hosted by Karan Johar where the two cricketers freely talked about hooking up with girls, being open with their families about sex, and hitting on girls in nightclubs, among other things.
Immediately after the episode aired, online outrage began against the duo’s comments with Pandya, in particular, getting severe criticism. Netizens criticised the duo as they considered the remarks made against women during the show as highly sexiest, and misogynist. Karan Johar was also castigated for encouraging such misogyny on his show.
The controversy became so huge that, at first Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were issued show cause notices by the BCCI for their comments on women on the TV show. The BCCI even dropped the duo from the first one-day international (ODI) against Australia after the controversy.
Following the outrage, Pandya took to Twitter to apologise for the comments he had made on the show. He said, “After reflecting on my comments on Koffee with Karan, I would like to apologise to everyone who I may have hurt in any way. Honestly, I got a bit carried away with the nature of the show. In no way did I mean to disrespect or hurt anyone’s sentiments. Respect.”
Filmmaker Karan Johar also apologised for the controversy relating to the comments made by cricketer Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul on his TV show “Koffee with Karan”.
However, the controversy refused to die down. Later, a case was registered against the cricketers and the filmmaker under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint filed by DR Meghwal at Jodhpur’s Luni police station. However, today, three years later, the Jodhpur court granted relief to the trio in the case filed by DR Meghwal.
Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Raksha Bandhan’ is set to release on 11th August 2022, the day of festival that celebrates bond between brother and sister. However, just days before its theatrical release the film has run into controversy after the film writer Kanika Dhillon’s Hinduphobic tweets have gone viral on social media.
Last month, the actor had tweeted, “A film celebrating the most special bond where there genuinely was a lot of bonding. Sharing a few special moments of this very special film, coming to a theatre near you in 1 month. RakshaBandhan releasing on 11th August in cinemas.”
But, social media users are now calling for a boycott of the movie over the past tweets of its writer Kanika Dhillon. They argued that while Dhillon has been making money off Hindus, she has been at the forefront of making derogatory remarks against the same community.
Makes gaumutra, gaumata jibes
As evident from her Twitter, Kanika Dhillon is an unabashed critic of the Modi government. But, under the guise of targeting the BJP and PM Modi, she has repeatedly attacked Hindu beliefs and religious sentiments.
“Dying in the parking lot after waiting for a hospital bed…Yeh aache din hai! India super power hai! Aur gau mata ka mutra peene see Covid chala jayega (These are the good days…India is a super power. And drinking cow’s urine will cure Covid-19).”
The ‘gaumutra’ jibe has often been used by Islamists and their apologists, including the Pulwama terrorist Ahmed Dhar. He killed the CRPF soldiers as he wanted to avenge those who ‘drink cow urine.’
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
In several of her tweets, Kanika Dhillon was seen invoking ‘Gau mata’ to take potshots at the ruling dispensation at the Centre.
“Hmm you think one day the cows of India will also be contesting elections? Since they offer more solutions- benefits and protection than our Ministers! Holy cow! Jai Gaiyaa Mayya ki!” she had tweeted.
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
While labelling Hindustan as ‘Lynchistan’ over isolated cow vigilante attacks, she claimed that the ‘horrifed’ cows are willing to migrate to the United States and tolerate then US President Donald Trump instead of being in India.
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
The writer of Raksha Bandhan also derided Hindu sentiments by mocking cows while demanding a law against mob lynchings.
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
Tricking the Hindu community into perpetual guilt
Kanika Dhillon has targeted the Hindu community randomly through her tweets. “Loving it Anuj Chauhan! Hindu hoon chutiya nahin,” she had tweeted in January 2020.
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
She had also tried to trick Hindus into guilt by indirectly blaming them for religious fanaticism in the country. Although she urges her followers to go beyond the ‘Hindu-Muslim’ narrative, the writer has been firm in cherry-picking communal incidents and making it about Hindus and Hindusim.
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
Hijab and appeasement politics
Kanika Dhillon also comes across as a true Islamist apologist. In several tweets, she was seen painting the Muslims as the perpetual victims of the State while keeping her eyes shut to the atrocities committed by their co-religionists.
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
She was seen labelling students chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ as hooligans while batting for a Burqa-wearing Muskan Khan.
Screengrab of the tweet by Kanika Dhillon
Dhillon had backed Muskan Khan and her ‘right’ to wear Hijab in college campus but later went on to blame the Hindu side for bringing religion into educational institues.
She was also seen promoting the likes of Rana Ayyub, who has a history of defaming India at a global level.
Screengrab of her tweet
Kanika Dhillon is also the scriptwriter of the movie ‘Kedarnath’. She is also the writer of books ‘Shiva and the Rise of the Shadows’ and ‘The Dance of Durga.’ Despite making big bucks off Hindu deities, and festivals, it did not deter Kanika Dhillon from mocking Hindu beliefs.
Given that several movies, based on Hinduphobic themes, have tanked on the box office in recent months, only time will tell whether the past tweets of Kanika Dhillon will have an impact on the earnings of the movie Raksha Bandhan.
