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Gujarat: Case registered against Hindu mother for baptising her 8-year-old son without consent of father and district collector

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Gujarat: Case registered against Hindu mother for baptising her 8-year-old son without consent of father and district collector

A single Hindu mother who had her son baptised at a local church in Anand eight years ago was booked under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act on Wednesday for converting her child without father’s consent and the permission of district collector, reports Times of India.

According to the reports, the Gujarat police registered a case after a petition was filed with the Anand collectorate in 2013 by Dharmendra Rathod, who runs an organisation called Forum for Peace and Justice.

In his complaint, Rathod had challenged the then eight-year-old child’s baptism on grounds of his mother had neither taken the consent of her estranged husband nor had applied for the district magistrate’s clearance before going ahead with the conversion.

“The inquiry had been pending for about six years. Anand district collector RG Gohil concluded it on January 3, 2020, and ordered the police to register an FIR in the case,” Rathod said.

Speaking to the media, District Collector Gohil said that a Hindu parent getting her child baptised without official sanction was “a gross violation of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act”. The purpose of the Act, which was promulgated in 2003, is to prohibit conversion from one religion to another “by force, allurement or fraudulent means”.

According to rights activist Manjula Pradeep, the 42-year-old woman facing prosecution had visited a church on April 8, 2012, on her own and requested the Catholic priest to arrange a baptism ceremony for her son.

“No child can choose his or her religion — he or she adopts the parents’ religion, like in this case. The child can convert on becoming an adult; so there is no ground for filing an FIR against the mother just because she got her child baptised,” she said.

Petitioner Rathod claimed that since the child’s father and mother were both Hindus, his conversion to Christianity was subject to both parents’ consent and subsequent permission from the district magistrate.

Rathod said that the child’s parents got married in 2001 and divorced in 2008. After learning of his son’s conversion, the father, who is a Hindu OBC from Uttar Pradesh challenged it in a letter to the Union home ministry in 2013. The ministry directed the then chief secretary to look into the case, but no action was taken, added Rathod.

The FIR against the mother has been registered under Sections 3 and 4 of the Act. Section 4 prescribes imprisonment for up to three years and a maximum fine of Rs 50,000 for any violation of the law.

Allahabad court grants two day parole to rape accused BSP leader Atul Rai to take oath as MP

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Allahabad court grants two day parole to rape accused BSP leader Atul Rai to take oath as MP

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday granted parole for two days to BSP Member of Parliament from Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh Atul Rai, who has been accused in a rape case by a woman from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, for taking oath as Member of Parliament in New Delhi.

Rai who has been in jail after he surrendered in Varanasi on June 22 last year, has not yet been able to take oath as an MP because his bail plea was earlier denied by the high court.

While granting the two days parole, Justice Ramesh Sinha ordered that Atul Rai will go to the national capital on January 29 in police custody and the police will take him back into custody on January 31, after he takes oath as Member of Parliament.

The counsel appearing for the BSP MP had argued in court that the applicant could not take oath after being elected in the last years Lok Sabha polls as he was in jail on charges of rape.

Read: Accused in rape case, absconding BSP MP Atul Rai surrenders in Varanasi, sent to 14-days judicial custody

His first bail application was rejected by the High Court that was now hearing his second bail plea.

In September 2019, fresh allegations were levelled against the BSP MP. The victim had then alleged that she and her family members were being constantly coerced and threatened to withdraw the case by the MP and his goons. She had then alleged that Atul Rai’s goons had been threatening her of dire consequences once Atul Rai is out of the jail. She said that they will make sure that her condition is worse than that of Unnao rape victim.

The victim said that she had even written about this to CJI, Rajan Gogoi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath soliciting help.

Interestingly, Atul Rai was on the run during the last year’s Lok Sabha elections and the SP-BSP coalition had continued campaigning for the absconding leader in hopes that the caste arithmetic would ensure his victory.

Read: BSP MP Atul Rai has been threatening me from inside the jail with ‘face Unnao victim like consequences’, alleges rape victim

In his last video uploaded on Facebook on May 27 while he was still absconding, he thanked people for voting in favour of him and declared that he has been acquitted in the people’s court.

On May 2, 2019, Atul Rai was booked for the rape of a 30-year-old woman. The victim who was a native of Vallia had alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Rai in an apartment in Varanasi. Rai had then rejected the allegations and registered an FIR against the woman.

The victim had made charges of repeated rape, filming of the crime scene and threats to make the video public. She said that Rai had called her to his flat in Chitaipur locality in Varanasi in the pretext of introducing her to his wife, where he had raped her and made a video recording of the same. The woman alleged that she was forced to sleep with other BSP leaders.

Following the charges, Atul Rai had approached the Allahabad High Court seeking anticipatory bail, but the court had rejected the petition on May 8, 2019. Rai went missing since his name first emerged in the kidnapping and rape case, only to surrender before the Varanasi Magistrate on June 22, 2019, after which the court rejected his bail plea and send him to judicial custody.

Yogi Adityanath is a mosquito, Pakistan was created to due to demand of Hindu Rashtra: NCP’s Rajya Sabha MP Husain Dalwai

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Yogi Adityanath is a mosquito, Pakistan was created to due to demand of Hindu Rashtra: NCP’s Rajya Sabha MP Husain Dalwai

Hitting a new low of descending political narrative, NCP’s Rajya Sabha MP Husain Dalwai recently likened the Uttar Pradesh chief minister to a mosquito. Dalwi was speaking at a function organised by Maulana Azad Vichar Manch in Aurangabad where he made the deplorable comment against the Uttar Pradesh chief minister.

“Lies and hatred are morals imparted at the RSS Shakhas. Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru created this country with great efforts. PM Modi and Amit Shah are nothing in front of them. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is a mosquito. What are you asking us the proof for? This is not your father’s country. The people who have voted you to power will one day dislodge you from the power. So do not have too much fun,” Dalwi thundered.

At the inauguration of the three-day training workshop on Thursday, organised by Maulana Azad Vichar Manch, Dalwi also made a contentious remark that the demand of Pakistan came forward because Hindu extremists at the time were steadfastly resolute in the demand to carve up a Hindu Rashtra (Nation).

“The demand to have a separate nation for Muslims-Pakistan came forward after the demand for a Hindu Rashtra. I do not support Pakistan. The BJP’s ideology, right from the start, is to establish a Hindu Nation. Only three per cent of the country want a Hindu Nation. They want to transform this country into a Hindu Nation for merely 3 per cent of the population,” Dalwi said.

Read- ‘Shame that men sleeping in the house under blanket and sending women and children to sit on roads’: Yogi Adityanath slams anti-CAA protests

Dalwi further added, “Should the Muslims, Christians be drowned in the sea? After sending us to Pakistan, where would you go? Nehru, Indira Gandhi went back on their decisions for the welfare of the people but PM Modi and Amit Shah said that they won’t move back even an inch. The anti-CAA protests took place across the country but we did not pick up a single stone because we believe in the ideals propounded by Mahatma Gandhi, Maulana Azad. People have shown faith in your government, not in the RSS. Don’t have much fun, the people have the potential of deposing you from the office.”

Kerala: ASHA worker administering Polio vaccination thrashed by Muslim family after they thought she was collecting NRC data

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Kerala: ASHA worker administering Polio vaccination thrashed by Muslim family after they thought she was collecting NRC data

A senior Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) worker and an Anganwadi worker has been brutally thrashed by a Muslim family in Irukkuzi in Kollam district of Kerala after being mistaken as CAA-NRC officials.

According to the reports, the accredited social worker identified as Maheshwari was visiting the house of Sainuddin where they were thrashed and had to be admitted at a Taluk hospital in Kadakkal on Thursday.

ASHA worker Maheswari Amma, who is in her 50s, was with a group of other ASHA workers to administer polio vaccine in the statewide drive held on January 19. However, she was thrashed by a Muslim family after they thought that the ASHA workers were collecting information for the National Register of Citizens.

Read: Rajasthan: Woman attacked over rumours that she was collecting NRC data, let off after proving that she was a Muslim

Reportedly, Maheshwari Amma had come to Sainuddin’s house to identify children who were not given the polio vaccine. After inquiry, the Sainuddin family informed the ASHA workers that they had no kid aged below the age of five.

As Maheshwari Amma proceeded to put a mark on the house’s boundary wall for documentation purposes, the Muslim family became angry and assaulted her while destroying her polio vaccine bottles, after presuming that they were out to collect citizenship details.

Sainuddin and his family members have now been booked by the Kerala police officials.

The dangerous communalisation of the anti-CAA protests, added with rampant misinformation campaign against the law has pushed the muslims of the country to fear-mongering against the Hindu communities, which is being manifested in the form of attacks against common citizens across the country.

Read: West Bengal: Mob sets woman’s house on fire over rumours that she was collecting NRC data

Shockingly, a similar incident had occurred in Rajasthan on Thursday, when a Muslim mob had attacked a woman named Nazeeran Bano in Brijdham area in Bharatpur, Kota, Rajasthan, over rumours that she was collecting data for NRC.

However, she was later let go after proving that she was a Muslim. Bano, who was actually collecting data for the National Economics Census 2019- 2020, was attacked and only let off after she convinced the crowd that she too was a Muslim like them.

The mob had allegedly snatched Bano’s mobile phone and deleted all the data she collected on an app. She was later asked to recite a verse from the Quran to prove her identity.

Similarly, one Chumki Khatun’s house was set on fire by a mob in West Bengal’s Birbhum over rumours that she was collecting data for NRC. Chumki Khatun and her family are currently under police protection. The incident happened in Gourbazar village in Mallarpur police station area.

Read: AT Kearney consultant complains to Ola because his cab driver defended BJP, CAA, NRC and the Economy

As per reports, Khatun worked with an NGO on a contract where it was training rural women to smartphones effectively. As part of her training, Khatun collected some general data. This fuelled the rumours that she was collecting data for NRC. However, the police have denied that the incident was linked to NRC.

There were also reports stating that the Hindu residents of a colony at Kuttipuram in Malappuram district of Kerala were denied drinking water and had to face a boycott allegedly by Muslim groups for supporting the government on the historic Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

The attacks on Hindus by Muslim mobs further strengthens the claims that the anti-CAA protests have turned communal especially in societies where Muslims are in the majority.

Here is how a Muslim mob went on a rampage, looting and burning Hindu houses after attacking a pro-CAA rally in Lohardaga, Jharkhand

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Here is how a Muslim mob went on a rampage, looting and burning Hindu houses after attacking a pro-CAA rally in Lohardaga, Jharkhand

Yesterday on 23 January, a pro-CAA rally was attacked with stones, petrol bombs and weapons in Lohardaga, Jharkhand, leading to panic, violence and serious law and order issue in the area. Section 144 was imposed after vicious stone-pelting near a Mosque left several people, including policemen injured.

As per reports, while the pro-CAA rally by VHP was in the procession, stones were hurled as it reached the Amlatoli Chowk area. Several shops were burnt and some two-wheelers were set on fire following the attack, which further sparked tensions in the area.

In a video shared by VHP on social media, a police officer can be heard saying that the stones were pelted from the mosque on the rally. As per the video, the policemen were also injured in the stone-pelting. The VHP alleged that stones and petrol bombs were hurled at the rally targeting homes of Hindus as well as women. “Police was just mute spectator.

Read: Jharkhand: Islamists pelt stones, petrol bombs from inside the mosque on pro-CAA rally, VHP alleges police inaction

Further reports have stated that soon after stone-pelting and mayhem at the rally, the violence spread to almost the entire city, peaceful participants of the rally were seen running to spread their lives from the violent mob.

Ground reports have stated that the Muslim mob who had gone on a rampage with weapons, petrol bombs and stones at the rally, later identified the shops and houses of Hindus in the area and burned them. Even the houses with families inside them were attacked and burned. The police had to fire over 100 rounds and tear gas shells to dispel the violent Muslim mob. Even police officers were reportedly attacked.

Hindus in the area have reportedly stated that they are stunned by the level of hatred and violence shown by the people who were living among them.

Over a hundred two-wheelers have been gutted in the town. Many cars and other vehicles were vandalised and attacked too. Despite many interventions and requests by the police, the Muslim mob allegedly did not deter from violence.

The VHP has stated that the state administration will be responsible for the safety of the Hindu homes who are in Muslim-dominant areas.


Over 100 people have received injuries in the violence. Over 2 dozen people are admitted at the Lohardaga government hospital.

The Muslim mob that attacked the rally at Amlatoli allegedly also contained kids between 12-18 years of age. Locals have stated that the few rage-filled Muslims at Amlatoli held the entire town hostage for almost the entire day. As per reports, despite Hindu elders and leaders assuring Muslim leaders that the rally will be peaceful, Muslim mobs had chosen to attack the rally anyway.

The rally had several women participants too, who have been injured in the mob attack. 24 policemen have been injured too.

Jagran report in the local edition

Local reports stated that the vandalised or burnt houses have been selected and marked. The houses of those Hindus, who had either participated in the rally or against whom people from the Muslim mob held a grudge, were targeted specifically.

Many houses have been looted too. Reports say that the attack was well-planned and was executed so swiftly that the police remained clueless.


Several Hindu families in the Muslim-dominant areas have reportedly taken refuge in inns and hotels out of fear. The entire district has been put on high-alert and schools and colleges have been declared shut for two days.

Bihar: Bajrang Dal leader abducted and murdered, body with bullet injuries and slit throat recovered from a well

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Bihar: Bajrang Dal leader abducted and murdered, body with bullet injuries and slit throat recovered from a well

A Bajrang Dal leader was found murdered in Hajipur in Bihar on Thursday, creating tension in the area. According to reports, the body of Neeraj Kumar was found from a well in Adalbari area under Hajipur police station in Vaishali district.

Bajrang Dal leader Neeraj Kumar was missing since Wednesday noon from Anjan Peer locality in Hajipur. He had gone to Adalpur with two companions to resolve a land dispute. According to sources the dispute developed into a fistfight and Neeraj was abducted by the other group. A police complaint was filed about his abduction be he could not be located, until his body was recovered around 24 hours later.

Neerja’s body was found in a well inside a guava orchard at Adalbari. Bullet injuries were found on the body of Neeraj, and his throat was slit with a sharp weapon, which indicates that his body was dumped in the well after he was killed. Nine empty cartridges were located from the place.

When the search party had reached the spot, few persons were trying to cover the well. Three persons were arrested from the spot.

Read- Bihar: Burnt body of girl recovered with bullet wound on head, police suspect rape

36-year-old Neeraj was a resident of Kadam Ghat area, and he ran a camera shop. He was a district-level leader of the Bajrang Dal. It is being assumed that political reasons are behind the murder, although police have said the land dispute was the reason.

Hajipur SDPO Raghav Singh said that one Pappu Singh from Kadamghat area is the main accused in the case. He said that raids are being conducted to arrest Pappu.

No proof for reopening Judge Loya case: NCP leader and Maharashtra Home Minister admits, Congress left red-faced

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No proof for reopening Judge Loya case: NCP leader and Maharashtra Home Minister admits, Congress left red-faced

Putting an end to all the conspiracy behind the reopening of Judge Loya case, the Maharashtra government on Thursday confirmed that it is not currently considering reinvestigating the death of Judge BH Loya as it has not found anything substantial evidence to reopen the case, reports Economic Times.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh clarified that the Maha Vikas Aghadi government has no intent to reopen the Judge Loya case as there are only claims and no new evidence to reinvestigate the case.

“As of now there is no question of reopening the case unless someone gives evidence or documents,” Deshmukh said while speaking to Economic Times.

Read: The ‘Judicial Whistleblowers’ used by Congress in the Judge Loya case have an extremely questionable past

Judge Loya was the judge who was presiding over the Sohrabuddin murder trial in which BJP President Amit Shah was the main accused. He passed away in December 2014.

Three years after the death, on November 2017, a magazine named Caravan came out with a conspiracy theory, in which it insinuated possible foul play behind the death, which was deemed as a natural death. The hit job by ultra-left wing magazine was basically to target the then BJP president Amit Shah, which was backed by members of Congress ecosystem and “liberal-secular” media.

However, the previous government in Maharashtra submitted to the Supreme Court in early 2018 that it had conducted a discreet enquiry which cleared his death as sudden natural death. The court later dismissed petitions seeking a fresh probe.

Read: Judge Loya’s death: Sister whose statements were used to claim foul play, alleges a media hit-job

But ever since the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress came to power in Maharashtra late last year, there were signals that the government would reopen the case to target the BJP, especially Home Minister Amit Shah. NCP chief Sharad Pawar had also said the Judge Loya case will be reinvestigated only if there is a fresh complaint and it has substantial evidence.

Earlier this month, Home Minister Deshmukh had claimed that a few people had approached him and were ready to “give documents” about foul play in the judge’s death in 2014. “All these people were talking verbally, there is no solid document or positive proof that they have given so far,” he had said.

Considering in Maharashtra, NCP and Shiv Sena are in an alliance with Congress and the Judge Loya farce was created by Congress, the party is bound to be left red-faced after this revelation by NCP Home Minister.

Read: ‘We have no suspicion, NGOs, lawyers, politicians please stop harassing us’ – Judge Loya’s family

Maharashtra Home Minister, however, stated the state is taking a relook at the investigation into the Bhima Koregaon and the ‘Urban Naxal’ cases. On the Bhima Koregaon and Urban Naxal cases, the minister said things would be clearer after holding a review meeting of the officers who had investigated both issues.

We had earlier reported on how Pune police are upset with the newly elected Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government after they raised aspersions about their probe against the ‘Urban Naxals’ in connection with the Elgar Parishad violence case and in a case related to a plot to assassinate PM Modi.

‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai shares fake news on Amit Shah’s Delhi rally, deletes his tweets twice as reality is pointed out

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‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai shares fake news on Amit Shah’s Delhi rally, deletes his tweets twice as reality is pointed out

Rajdeep ‘Michelangelo’ Sardesai was caught again yesterday trying to peddle fake news against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Ahead of the Delhi Assembly Election 2020, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday addressed a public meeting in Matiala, Delhi and spoke in length about the failure of Arvind Kejriwal government in providing basic amenities in the national capital.

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Shah also alleged that the AAP leader had forgotten the promises he had made to the people of Delhi. “If there is a competition in the country of making false promises, Kejriwal would definitely get the first prize. I have come to remind you that you forgot the promises you made, but neither the people of Delhi nor BJP workers have forgotten,” he said.

Listing out the false promises made by Kejriwal, Amit Shah spoke on issues ranging from unclean drinking water to free WiFi claim and stalling the Ayushman Bharat scheme. In fact, Shah stressed on issues pertaining to basic needs of the people in a large part of his speech.

However, ‘journalist’ like Rajdeep Sardesai claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah delivered a fiery speech in Delhi, where he only spoke on the historic Citizenship Amendment Act, Article 370, Ram Mandir. Rajdeep then added that Amit Shah did not utter a word on the basic issues of electricity, schools or hospital. “For a moment, I thought we were still in 2019 Lok Sabha elections,” Sardesai added.

Rajdeep Sardesai’s tweet making false claims

As social media users exposed the lies of Rajdeep Sardesai on the BJP’s Matiala rally in Delhi, the controversial journalist deleted the tweet.


However, he soon came up with another tweet where he managed to do a small change to his previous tweet. Rajdeep tweaked his earlier tweet a bit to mean that Amit Shah spoke very little on the issues of electricity, housing and education contrary to his earlier tweet where he had categorically stated that Amit Shah did not utter a word.

Rajdeep Sardesai’s altered tweet, which contradicted his first tweet. He deleted his second tweet

However, he had to delete his second tweet too as social media users again exposed him for bias as Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised a lot of basic issues in his speech and highlighted the failures of Delhi government to fulfil the promises that it had promised during 2015 Delhi elections.

Read: Deliberately spread fake news, grovel and apologise when caught: Here are 3 instances when Rajdeep Sardesai tendered ‘unconditional apologies’

Hitting out at Kejriwal, the Home Minister slammed him for failing to deliver on the promises he made to the people of Delhi. Addressing Kejriwal, Shah said, “You said that you will build a thousand schools. Tell us how many schools you have built. You had said you will install 15 lakh CCTV cameras, and you are fooling the public by installing some twenty or thirty thousand.”

Shah continued, “Kejriwal Ji had said he will bring 5,000 DTC buses, only 300 buses were brought. He had said he will give jobs to 8 lakh people. Let alone that, he did not provide permanent jobs to those employed on a temporary basis.” He added, “You had spoken of cleaning the Yamuna. Leave that, even the water being provided to houses is dirty now.” Amit Shah also said that not only had Kejriwal not built the flyover he claimed he would construct, but he is also putting obstacles in the construction of those Narendra Modi is trying to build.

As claimed by Rajdeep, CAA was indeed mentioned by Amit Shah but in much later part of his speech. Heaping praises on the Prime Minister, Amit Shah said, “Narendra Modi has worked to take the country forward on the path of progress. Narendra Modi has worked to increase the respect of the country in the world. Modi Ji has worked to kill the enemies of the country in their own soil.”

Home Minister Amit Shah also asked if the persecuted minorities of the Islamic states of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh could not come here, where should they go?

The Delhi assembly elections will be held on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The results will be declared on 11th February 2020. The ruling AAP is hoping to retain power in Delhi, but it is facing huge anti-incumbency in the national capital added with gaining popularity of the BJP post-anti-CAA riots in Delhi.

Management consultant at Kearney complains to Ola because his cab driver defended BJP, CAA, NRC and the Economy

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Management consultant at Kearney complains to Ola because his cab driver defended BJP, CAA, NRC and the Economy

A new trend has emerged where Congress lackeys and Islamists have been hounding the people who have come out in support of the Modi government and the Citizenship Amendment Act. A Twitter user is now complaining to Ola about his cab driver defending PM Modi, the CAA and NRC and also the economy under the Modi government.

A Twitter named Kanav Sharma, who works as a “Management Consultant at A.T. Kearney” according to his Twitter bio, took to the social media platform to display his anger against his Ola cab driver who dared to hold a different opinion than his. He said that the driver overheard his phone conversation where he was talking about (read: complaining about) India’s economic situation. The driver said that it has been only 6 years of the Modi government and one cannot blame PM Modi for the 70 years of the mess left behind by Congress.


To that, Congress has him what ‘all wrongs’ did Congress do.


After the Ola driver expressed his views on JNU and the Tukde Tukde Gang, Kanav Sharma said that he was only concerned about the economy and the state was “not good”.

Read: Lohardaga, Jharkhand: Section 144 imposed in area where Islamists had pelted stones from Mosque at pro-CAA rally

The conversation then veered into CAA and NRC and while the Ola driver supported the move by the Modi government, Kanav opposed it.


The Ola driver seems to have assumed Kanav was a Kashmiri Hindu and thus told about him about the brutalities that his family escaped in Kashmir. At this point, after the entire conversation, Kanav told him he was not interested in debating the driver.


Thereafter, Kanav tagged Ola along with his ride number, urging Ola to take action against the driver.

Tweets by Kanav Sharma

Ola Support even responded saying that they have reported the driver-partner for corrective action and would ensure to avoid these instances in the future.

This mindless hounding an Ola driver did not go down well with Twitter users who called Kanav and Ola out for hounding the driver for exercising his constitutional right of free speech.


After being called out by several people on Twitter, Kanav changed his tunes. He responded to Ola and said that he has no intention of their team penalising the driver but his intention is to give constructive feedback. He also said that the driver should have respected his personal space.


That argument certainly doesn’t hold water since if he did not like the driver indulging in a conversation, he could have told him right at the beginning that he would prefer riding in peace. However, he continued the conversation and only took to Twitter to complain after the conversation did not go his way and the driver did not agree with his anti-Modi, pro-Congress stand.

Read: Kerala: Doctor forced to resign, accused of being genocidal and ‘religious fanatic’ for seeking deportation of illegal immigrants

There has been a spate of incidents where average individuals who support CAA, NRC and the Modi government are being hounded by self-proclaimed liberals. Recently, a doctor from Kerala was forced to resigned arbitrarily after his pro-CAA stand and supporting the deportation of illegal immigrants. Further, Twitter user ThePlacardGuy was also threatened with ‘Kamlesh Tiwari like fate’ for his stand against Islamic fundamentalists.

Update: Twitter users have now started giving Kanav Sharma a taste of his own medicine by tagging his employer, Kearney (formerly known as AT Kearney) for a response.


Twitter users are asking Kearney to comment on whether their company endorses employees engaging in political activism and trying to get poor drivers fired for their views.

Kearney is an American global management consulting firm that focuses on strategic and operational CEO-agenda issues facing businesses, governments and institutions around the globe. Kearney maintains offices in more than 40 countries globally, and according to Glassdoor, it is the highest-paying company for employees in the United States as of April 2017.

Pakistani Sikh politician forced to flee country after threats by Islamist fundamentalists, says minorities there are under constant threat

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Pakistani Sikh politician forced to flee country after threats by Islamist fundamentalists, says minorities there are under constant threat

A Pakistani politician, Radesh Singh Tony, has reportedly fled from Pakistan with his family, after being hounded by radical Islamists. On Wednesday, he shared a video stating that his life was under threat and he did what he could to protect his children and family.

Tony had also appealed to the Sikh community abroad to help him rehabilitate to a ‘safe place’. Tony is the Chairman of the Khalsa Peace and Justice Foundation and a human rights activist from Kyber Pakhtunkhwa. He had also unsuccessfully contested the general elections in Pakistan in 2018 as an independent candidate.


The story only received media attention after SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa came out in support of the Pakistani politician. Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh has also tweeted asking the Pakistani government to ensure Tony’s safety. He urged the government to take “immediate steps” for his protection, given that several members of the Sikh community have been persecuted in recent times.

Tony has stated that religious minorities in Pakistan, Sikhs, Hindus and Christians are living under constant threats as Islamist fundamentalists enjoy government support there.

Tony had reportedly been a vocal critic of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) government. He was earlier threatened by Islamic fundamentalists and assaulted by two unknown men. As such, Tony was compelled to leave Twitter for a while and migrated to Lahore from Peshawar with his wife and three children, leaving business and property behind. The Pakistani politician was a minority councillor from Kyber Pakhtunkhwa before unsuccessfully contesting for the national assembly as an independent candidate.

Read: Days after Nankana Sahib siege in Pakistan, Sikh man Ravinder Singh murdered in broad daylight

This is not the first time that a prominent member of the Sikh community has been intimidated by radical Islamists in Pakistan. Last year, Baldev Singh, a former member of Imran Khan’s cabinet, had sought asylum in India, owing to ill-treatment. Another Sikh leader, Charanjit Singh was gunned down in Peshawar in May 2018. Recently, the Holy Shrine of Nankana Sahib was attacked by Islamic radicals after the case of forced-conversion of a minor Sikh girl, Jagjeet Kaur.

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