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Manipur: Abdul Rashid, Nazbul Hussain and Md. Arif Khan arrested for slaughtering a cow in protest against BJP ticket distribution

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Manipur: Abdul Rashid, Nazbul Hussain and Md. Arif Khan arrested for slaughtering a cow in protest against BJP ticket distribution

The Lilong Police in Manipur arrested three Muslim youth, namely Abdul Rashid, Nazbul Hussain and Mohammad Arif Khan for slaughtering a cow. They were arrested and booked under various sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 after social media websites were awash with videos of a cow being slaughtered on the BJP flag by a group of youth.

As per reports, the youth slaughtered a cow on a BJP flag after a candidate whom they were allegedly supporting was denied a BJP ticket.

The video of the gruesome slaughtering of a cow had gone viral on the Internet. In the 29-second video, a group of youth, presumably Muslims and around 10 in number, were seen slitting the throat of the bovine on a BJP flag. The mob also abused the Chief Minister of Manipur, N Biren Singh and the President of BJP Manipur Unit, Adhikarimayum Sarda Devi.

It is also alleged that the video of the incident that had gone viral on social media sought to promote discord and feelings of enmity between members of different cast and communities. The officials of Lilong Police under Imphal West district confirmed the incident which they believed had the potential of disturbing the law and order in the region and disrupting the communal harmony between different religious groups.

Responding to the incident, the Lilong Police registered a Suo-moto case under FIR no 10(01)2022 Lilong PS, under sections 153A, 429, 504 IPC and Section 11(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, against three individuals Md. Abdul Rashid (28), s/o (L) Md Abdul Rahim of Lilong Chabok Ipham; Nazbul Hussain (38), s/o (L) Akbar of Lilong Tolenkhun and Md. Arif Khan (31), s/o Md. Yakub Ali of Lilong Heinou Makhong.

Kerala HC orders CBI investigation in RSS worker Sanjith’s murder case on wife’s plea

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Kerala HC orders CBI investigation in RSS worker Sanjith’s murder case on wife’s plea

On Monday, The Kerala High Court ordered a CBI enquiry into certain aspects of the probe regarding the murder of RSS worker Sanjith, who was hacked to death, reportedly by PFI and SDPI members in November 2021. FC Justice K. Haripal pointed out that the case had hideouts outside the jurisdiction of Kerala State Police and thus, notified for an investigation by the CBI.

While making a case for the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the matter, the Court said that the State Police Chief had also raised concerns about the case earlier. The High Court order was in response to a plea filed by Sanjith’s wife Arshika, who had asked the court for a CBI investigation in the matter. Opposing this plea, the state government had notified that the case is almost ready and the final report is likely to be submitted by February 10, 2021. As of now, one of the eighteen accused in the case is left to be arrested. The state has claimed that the last accused will too be arrested soon.

On November 15, 2021, A 26-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker Sanjith was hacked to death in front of his wife in Ellapully, Palakkad. In broad daylight, the assailants who came in a car waylaid Sanjith’s bike and attacked him in front of many people including his wife. As per reports, many of the accused in the case were linked to the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of the extremist Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI).

On November 25th last year, Mohammad Haroon, the key conspirator behind the case was arrested by Kerala Police. Haroon was actively involved in planning the murder along with other associates from the SDPI. A few days after the involvement of the political outfit was clear, Sanjith’s family had demanded an NIA probe in the matter. Sarath, Sanjith’s brother had alleged that the ongoing investigation was not being done in a proper way. According to him, Sanjith had faced similar attacks in his lifetime, in one of which he had a hand injury.

Islamic regime in Iran executes two men on charges of homosexuality: Report

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Islamic regime in Iran executes two men on charges of homosexuality: Report

The Islamic Republic of Iran has executed two men on Sunday on charges of indulging in homosexuality, a report published in Jerusalem Post said.

The victims, identified as Mehrdad Karimpou and Farid Mohammadi, were executed in the Maragheh prison in northwestern Iran, the report said while quoting information from Human Rights Network in Iran. The duo were languishing in jail for the last six years.

The Human Rights Network in Iran said that the execution of two men was kept under wraps, with the Iranian state-controlled media not reporting it in order to evade international criticism.

“The two Iranian men were executed today after being found guilty of charges related to homosexuality,” Iran Human Rights Monitor tweeted.

Though news about the execution was not released in the media, Iranian-American journalist Karmel Melamed tweeted about their killing and raised questions over the lack of outrage from the United States and other LGBT groups that champion the rights of gays and lesbians.

“The Ayatollah regime in Iran just executed two gay men for the crime of sodomy in Iran,” The Iranian-American journalist Karmel Melamed tweeted. He added their pictures and asked, “Where’s the outrage from US Secretary of State Antony Bliken, GLAAD [an NGO that promotes LGBTQ acceptance]  & other LGBT groups in the US to this horrific crime?!”

Peter Tatchell, an LGBTQ+ and human-rights campaigner, told the Jerusalem Post that the execution of two men on anti-gay charges was in accordance with the punishment meted to homosexuals in a dozen of Muslim-majority countries and regions that swear their allegiance to Sharia law and impose death penalty for homosexuality. “The execution of these men follows a long-standing regime policy of the state-sanctioned murder of gay men, often on disputed charges after unfair trials that have been condemned by many Human Rights organisations,” Tatchell was quoted as saying.

Iran, an Islamic country that abides by Sharia Law, routinely uses the charge of sodomy to impose the death penalty on gays and lesbians. Homosexuality is strictly forbidden in Islam and attracts capital punishment. As per a survey conducted by British Wikipedia dispatch in 2008, Iran’s Islamic regime executed as many as 6,000 gays and lesbians since the Islamic revolution swept Iran in 1979.

I&B Ministry blocks news channel MediaOne for backing banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami, Kerala HC stays decision

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I&B Ministry blocks news channel MediaOne for backing banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami, Kerala HC stays decision

Kerala based Malayalam News channel namely Mediaone went off the air at 12 noon on Monday, January 31, after the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry suspended its telecast over security concerns. The regional television channel was found to be supporting the radical Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami, according to sources. As a result, the MIB suspended it, citing “security reasons.”

The Kerala High Court, however, on Monday temporarily deferred the order till the next date of hearing. The case will be heard next on Wednesday.

According to reports, the channel’s “security clearance” was revoked by an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on January 31. The injunction was sent to MediaOne’s parent corporation, Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited, a group owned by the radical Islamist organisation Jamaat-e-Islami.

It becomes imperative to mention here that in the month of July last year, a Kerala-based journalist had revealed how Islamist organisation Jamaat-e-Islami has been receiving funds from Saudi Arabia universities to ‘Islamise’ India. The outfit was banned on February 28, 2019, by the Government of India following the terror attack in Pulwama as it was suspected of funding the terror organisation Hizbul Mujahideen.

Pramod Raman, the Editor of MediaOne confirmed the news of the suspension in a statement that read: “The ministry has said the ban was due to security reasons, but the channel is yet to get the details on it. The Union Government has not made the details about the ban available to MediaOne TV. We have started legal action against the ban. After completing the process, the channel would be back to the audience. We are suspending the broadcasting temporarily with the hope that justice will prevail at last.”

Kerala HC temporarily defers I&B Ministry’s suspension order

According to reports, soon after the I&B ministry suspended the telecasting of MediaOne TV, the Kerala High Court on Monday temporarily deferred the order till the next date of hearing. The case will be heard next on Wednesday.

I&B Ministry suspends Asianet News and MediaOne for biased coverage of anti-Hindu Delhi riots

MediaOne TV has been blocked from broadcasting for the second time in recent years. The channel was previously banned for 48 hours by the Centre in 2020 for breaking the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1998 for its shoddy ‘coverage of the Delhi riot’.

The Ministry had alleged that MediaOne accused the Delhi Police of remaining inactive during the violence, and the channel also blamed police for vandalising shops and fruit carts.

Then, along with MediaOne TV, another Kerala based Malayalam News channel, namely Asianet News was also rewarded with a 48-hour token ban by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry for indulging in biased coverage of the Delhi riots, being critical of the RSS and Delhi police and siding with a particular community, showing those who supported Citizenship Amendment Act in poor light.

It alleged that the kind of provocative coverage the two news channels indulged in could further incite communal violence. This kind of loose reporting could have ‘incited violence and posed danger to the maintenance of law and order situation, particularly when the situation is already highly volatile and charged up and riots are taking place in the area’, the order had read.

Pakistani TikToker Hareem Shah releases video with botched up lip job: How, because of FIA, she had to leave procedure midway

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Pakistani TikToker Hareem Shah releases video with botched up lip job: How, because of FIA, she had to leave procedure midway

Pakistani TikToker Hareem Shah has landed herself in a bit of a pickle. In a video that she reportedly shot while she was in the UK, Hareem showed her botched up, incomplete lip job. With fillers only in half of her upper lip, Hareem revealed why her lips were lopsided and she could not get her lip job done as expected, leaving the procedure midway.

Hareem said that she had always wanted to get lip fillers. She had taken an appointment for the same. And just as the doctor had completed injecting half of her upper lip with quite a lot of filler, she got a call from Pakistan. The caller from Pakistan said that the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) had frozen her bank account.

FIA had frozen her account after it had launched a money laundering case against Hareem.

In the video, Hareem says that after she realised her account had been frozen, she decided to leave the appointment midway, only with 1/4th of her lip injected with filler because she realised she would not have money to pay for the procedure.

The video by Hareem Shah was shared by her on Instagram and was shared by several Pakistani users on Twitter as well.

Why has the Pakistan FIA launched an investigation against Hareem Shah, leading to her accounts getting frozen

Earlier in January, Hareem Shah had posted a video saying that she had travelled from Pakistan to UK with large sums of money. The video showed her sitting on piles of British pounds saying that it was the first time she was travelling from Pakistan to UK with such a hefty sum of money. According to FIA rules, one can travel with 10,000 pounds without any questions being asked, however, the sum that Shah had travelled with exceeded that. Launching an investigation, FIA had said that her travel documents, passport etc would all be examined.

In 2019 too, Hareem had fallen into trouble for roaming around aimlessly at the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was seen wandering the conference rooms with Hindi and Urdu songs playing in the background.

Economic Survey 2022: Stellar growth of 9.2% recorded in the current financial year, GDP 1.3% above pre-pandemic levels

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Economic Survey 2022: Stellar growth of 9.2% recorded in the current financial year, GDP 1.3% above pre-pandemic levels

Ahead of the annual Budget presentation on February 01, The Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs tabled the Economic Survey for the current financial year 2021-2022 on Monday. Principal Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal while suggesting a revival in economic activities to pre-pandemic levels stated that the economy grew by 9.2% this year after suffering a contraction of 7.3% last year.

The key takeaway from the survey indicates ideal economic recovery after the pandemic to pre-pandemic levels of growth in almost every sector. The Agriculture and allied services, which were least affected during the pandemic (considering the extent of the rise in positive cases mostly in urban areas) have overturned the recovery above a hundred per cent than FY 2019-20.

The industrial sector which includes construction, mining, manufacturing and supply of essential services like electricity, gas, etc has done a remarkable growth registering stats at par with pre-Covid-19 years. PEA Sanjeev Sanyal who headed the committee on the survey has said that this year the Economic Survey has been presented in two volumes – while the first looks at overall macroeconomic and sectoral developments, the second volume contains a dedicated revamped statistical appendix.

The statistics included in the second volume of the survey indicate a dynamic nature of development happening across sectors with the rise in infrastructure projects, an increase in forex reserves, an overall increase in the number of business establishments and Start-Ups, improvement in fiscal position and vaccination statistics. The survey forecasts a GDP growth of 8.0-8.5% in the financial year 2022-23. Earlier, the International Monetary Fund had projected India’s growth at 9% making the country the fastest-growing economy.

Economic Survey predicts 9.2 per cent growth for FY 2022-23
Source: https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/

The factors indicating micro-economic stability look healthy amidst the rising inflation and instability in many countries. The country’s forex reserves have strategically increased over the years and have recorded the highest at the US $635bn in the second quarter of the financial year.

There has been a sharp increase in start-up establishments across India in 2021-22. There are at least 555 districts in the country with at least one registered startup. This year, India became the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world after US & China.

Despite increased expenditure in health & infrastructure sectors, strong growth in Tax and Non-tax revenue have improved the fiscal position of the country. The increase in Capital Expenditure was a calculated policy decision taken last year so as to increase spending with a view to putting money in the economy.

The Principal Economic Advisor, while putting the Vaccination statistics upfront has said that over the course of a year, starting from January 15 last year, India has delivered a total of 157 crore doses that covered 91 crore people with at least 1 dose and 66 crore people fully vaccinated.

Vaccination Status as of January 16, 2022. Source: @sanjeevsanyal on Twitter

Through the Jal Jeevan Mission of PM Narendra Modi, which aims at giving direct tap water connections to households, The Economic Survey has recorded a stellar increase in ten years from 2011 to 2021. From 2019, impressive progress in providing tap connections to households has been recorded.

Source: https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/

The graphic shows the expansion of national highways from an overall 71,772 km in 2011 to 1,40,152 km in 2021. The increase in highway density indicates that the nation has built twice the highways since 2021, as compared to highways built since Independence. Ramping up infrastructure to enhance connectivity has been one of the many successful policy implementations of the two successive Modi Governments since 2014.

Source: https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/

The Economic Survey shows the number of operationalized airports increased from 62 in 2016 to 130 in 2021. The Central Government started UDAN as a regional airport development programme with a view to enhancing regional connectivity by upgrading underserviced air routes. 

Source: https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/

The above statistics not only indicate that the economy is on its way to recovery from the pandemic decline but it also showcases the successful implementation of long-term government policies in ensuring overall welfare and infrastructure.

‘The past and present of Amethi’: Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani exchange a look outside the Parliament, Netizens speculate what it could mean

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‘The past and present of Amethi’: Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani exchange a look outside the Parliament, Netizens speculate what it could mean

The Budget Session of the Parliament came into effect from Monday (January 31, 2022). Heavyweight politicians, cutting across parties, reached the Parliament to attend the joint sitting addressed by President Ram Nath Kovind.

In a tweet, ANI wrote, “Members of Parliament, including Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Smriti Irani, at the Parliament on the first day of the #BudgetSession2022.” Meanwhile, a picture posted by the news agency became the highlight of the day.

Congress scion Rahul Gandhi and BJP Minister Smriti Irani were seen exchanging glances at the footsteps of the entry gates to the House. Although the two were surrounded by other Parliamentarians, the picture became a moment of ‘political reckoning.’

Netizens claimed that the BJP leader Smriti Irani looked like was taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi for the latter’s humiliating defeat against her in his family bastion of Amethi. “Amethi yaad hai na Rahul ji !! Yes I was the one to set a perfect example of Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon for you. Hail to #smritiirani Ji #womenempowerment,” wrote Twitter user Vandana Gupta.

Popular Twitter user Shefali Vaidya tweeted, “What an image! The past and present of Amethi. Smriti Irani, did the fake ‘sacred thread’ holder try to vanish you?”

“I see fear in RaGa’s eyes … the humiliating drubbing of Amethi still rankles. Smriti Irani ji appears to look through him nonchalantly,” wrote one Sameer.

Twitter user Vishal drew parallels between the two political figures. While he hailed Smriti Irani as the ‘people’s choice from Amethi’, he dubbed the Congress scion as the ‘trash from Amethi.’ He added, “Smriti Irani ma’am facilitated his one-way ticket from Amethi to Wayanad.”

Another Twitter user commented that Rahul Gandhi mistook Smriti Irani as a ‘weak’ character from the TV Show ‘Kyuki Saas bhi Kabhi Bahu thi‘. “She has proved to be the lioness who ousted him (Rahul Gandhi) from Amethi,” the user wrote.

In the history of Indian elections, Amethi has been the ‘safe’ seat for the Gandhi family and the Congress party. Since the 1960s, it has always been won by a Congress candidate, except on two brief occasions. It has been the constituency that sent Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and even Rahul Gandhi to the Parliament.

But on May 23, 2019, BJP leader Smriti Irani breached the Gandhi bastion of Amethi by a margin of 55,000 votes. She had received a total of 4,68,514 votes while Rahul Gandhi managed to get 4,13,394 votes.

Screengrab of the 2019 Lok Sabha election results for Amethi constituency in UP

Rahul Gandhi had contested from Amethi since 2004 and has always won comfortably. He never faced any stiff competition in Amethi except in 2014 from BJP’s Smriti Irani. The Congress scion got close to 4 lakh votes in every election but in 2014, his vote percentage fell sharply to 46%.

It was clear to him that he might lose the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi. As such, he contested from a Muslim majority ‘safe seat’ of Wayanad in Kerala to make it into the Lower House of the Parliament. While netizens have been poking fun over a picture, only the Congress scion knows the impact that the humiliating loss at Amethi had on the party’s fate.

‘I’ll be sad on March 10, when in the evening Munawwar Rana will have to leave UP’: What Dy CM Dinesh Sharma said

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‘I’ll be sad on March 10, when in the evening Munawwar Rana will have to leave UP’: What Dy CM Dinesh Sharma said

Dinesh Sharma, Uttar Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister, has gone on the offensive against Yogi Adityanath’s detractors ahead of the crucial upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Taking a dig at ‘poet’ Munawar Rana’s statement that he would leave the state if Yogi Adityanath becomes the chief minister once again, Dinesh Sharma said that it will be disheartening to see Munawwar Rana leave that state on March 10, when poll results are declared and Yogi Adityanath retains his CM’s chair.

“I have a long association with respected Munawwar Rana. I cannot make any personal comment on him. I have attended his programs to hear him. Munawwar Rana’s departure from Uttar Pradesh will make me very sad. The poll results will be known by the afternoon of March 10 and Rana, as he has vowed, will have to leave Uttar Pradesh by the evening of March 10. I will be really upset in the evening when Munawwar Rana will be forced to leave Lucknow, UP as there is no doubt that Yogi Ji will be re-elected Chief Minister on March 10th. The BJP will triumph. And if he’s vowed to leave UP, he’ll have to depart when Yogi Ji regains power in the state. This will be big news, he will have to leave if he has pledged,” Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh stated, mocking Rana for making such meaningless threats.

On Saturday, January 29, Munawwar Rana had once again gone on his deranged rant, vowing to migrate from Uttar Pradesh if Yogi Adityanath becomes the chief minister once again. “If Yogi Adityanath becomes CM again, I will leave Uttar Pradesh. It will be very painful for me, but since the state in itself is in danger, I am left with no other option but to leave, he had said while hitting out at the regime.

Interestingly, BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain had also retaliated to Rana’s statement by suggesting that Rana gets reservations done for China, Iraq, Yemen or whichever place he wants, and starts packing his bags to leave Uttar Pradesh. 

Will personally see off Munawwar Rana if he leaves UP after Yogi is re-elected as CM: UP Dy CM Dinesh Sharma

This is, however, not the first time ‘poet’ Munawwar Rana has made this bizarre claim. Earlier in July, Rana had threatened to leave the state if Mahant Yogi Adityanath gets reelected as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. However, terms and conditions applied, as Rana clarified that he will leave the state only if Yogi Adityanath is reelected with ‘help’ from AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi.

Then too, Dinesh Sharma had given a befitting reply to ‘poet’ Rana’s comment on leaving UP if BJP is voted back to power. He had said: “Munawwar Rana is our elder. I respect him. He is a fine poet. He writes good poetry. But if he wants to leave Uttar Pradesh, I will personally see him off as I respect him.”

“I don’t want him to move out. But if he says that he will leave the state if Yogi Adityanath’s government returns to power, he might have to as we will return to power in the election,” replied Sharma if he wants Rana to leave the state. 

Uttar Pradesh will vote in 7 phases, between February 10 and March 7. While the first phase will see 58 seats up for election, the second and third phases will see 55 and 59 seats go to the polls, respectively. On March 10th, the votes will be counted and the results will be announced.

Before Kishan Bharwad, there was a conspiracy by Shabbir and Maulana Ayub to kill Sajan from Porbandar, says Gujarat ATS

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Before Kishan Bharwad, there was a conspiracy by Shabbir and Maulana Ayub to kill Sajan from Porbandar, says Gujarat ATS

During the investigation in the Kishan Bharwad murder case, Gujarat ATS unearthed another conspiracy hatched by the accused Shabbir and Maulana Ayub Jawrawala of Jamalpur. As per the ATS officials, they had planned to kill a man identified as Sajan Odedara from Porbandar in May 2021. However, they could not locate Sajan in Porbandar.

IG Sheikh, Superintendent of Police, Gujarat ATS was addressing a press conference on Sunday where he said that in May 2021, Sajan Odedara, a resident of Porbandar, had allegedly made objectionable remarks about Prophet Mohammad. Following the alleged remarks, an FIR was filed against him. He had spent two months in jail as well.

Shabbir and Maulana Ayub had conspired to kill Sajan for his remarks. They also did recce on Sajan. However, when they went to Porbandar to kill Sajan, he was not found, so they could not kill him. The Police are investigating further if they had conspired to kill anyone else before or had any other person on their hit list.

Maulana Ayub told Shabbir death is the only punishment for ‘insulting’ prophet Muhammad

According to SP Sheikh, Maulana Ayub had brainwashed Shabbir. He had told Shabbir, “If anyone makes any objectionable remarks against Prophet Muhammad, his only punishment is death.” Shabbir killed Kishan based on Ayub’s teachings. SP Sheikh further added that both Maulana Ayub and Shabbir are of extremist mindset.

The murder of Kishan Bharwad

Kishan Bharwad, a resident of district Ahmedabad, was shot dead on January 25 by two bikers in Dhandhuka taluka. Kishan was on his way home when two bikers came and shot at him. He died on the spot. The murder was executed in retaliation for an alleged social media post that Islamists found offensive. According to sources, the video shared by Kishan on social media had an image of Prophet Muhammad.

After the uproar, Kishan did not leave home for days. On Tuesday, he stepped out on his bike. According to an eyewitness, the two men who fired at Kishan were riding behind him, and at a turning at Modhwada, they fired their first shot. However, they missed it and then they fired again. He died on the spot, said the eyewitness.

Gujarat ATS and Gujarat Police initiated an investigation in the case. The two suspects, Shabbir and Imtiaz, were arrested by the Police. Two maulvis were also arrested for instigating the attack and providing weapons for the kill. The pistol and bike used in the crime have been recovered by the Police.

Anti-Hindu hate speech: Karni Sena files complaint against Owaisi, Chandrashekhar Azad, SP candidate responsible for Kairana exodus and others

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Anti-Hindu hate speech: Karni Sena files complaint against Owaisi, Chandrashekhar Azad, SP candidate responsible for Kairana exodus and others

On Monday (January 31), Hindu outfit Karni Sena filed a police complaint against Asaduddin Owaisi and 4 others for hate speeches against the Hindu community. The complaint was filed with the Sihanigate Police Station in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

In its complaint, Karni Sena named AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi, ex-Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa, SP (Kairana) candidate Nahid Hussain, former BJP leader Swami Prasad Maurya, and Azad Samaj Party chief Chandrashekhar Azad. They were accused of making genocidal remarks, hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus, and driving a wedge between communities.

Karni Sena pointed out that Asaduddin Owaisi, and SP (Kairana) candidate Nahid Hussain had openly threatened Hindus with murder when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath would be voted out of power. The Hindu organisation pointed out that the AIMIM leader wanted to stir communal riots by deliberately hurting religious sentiments.

Sena also added that Owaisi’s vitriolic speech violated the Model Code of conduct. The complaint was filed by Karni Sena members including Vivek Rathore, Vandana Sengar, and Shekhar Chauhan. The organisation has appealed to the Election Commission to bar Owaisi and others from campaigning in the State and further disturbing communal harmony.

Karni Sena, in their police complaint, also stated that Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad and Swami Prasad Maurya had been actively dividing the society along caste lines. Similar accusations were raised against ex-Punjab DSP Mohammad Mustafa. A copy of the complaint was sent to UP State Election Commission, Central Election Commission, Director General of Police (UP) and Chief Election Commissioner.

Vitriolic speeches by Owaisi and others against Hindus

Asaduddin Owaisi had kickstarted his campaign for Uttar Pradesh 2022 state elections from Ayodhya claiming that the “Muslims of UP will win” and since then he had given several inflammatory speeches, instigating Muslims to choose an Islamic leader and not rely on the ‘Dallas (pimps)’ of other political parties. 

The Uttar Pradesh police had on September 9 last year registered two FIRs against the AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in connection with his public meeting in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki. The Hyderabad MP was booked on charges of attempting to disturb communal harmony, flouting Covid norms and disrespecting the national flag.

Recently, a video of former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa went viral on social media wherein he could be heard threatening Hindus with dire repercussions if they dared to hold their events near his event. Mustafa is also the principal strategic adviser to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

The Samajwadi Party had also allotted at least 10 seats to Muslim Candidates for phase 2 of UP elections, including Gangster Nahid Hasan who was responsible for the exodus of Hindus out of Kairana in 2016. 

After quitting the BJP, an arrest warrant was issued against Swami Prasad Maurya by a Sultanpur court Magistrate over objectionable statements made against Hindus in 2014.

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