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Placards calling Batla House encounter ‘fake’ spotted at JNU protests against Shashi Tharoor’s ‘Islamophobia’

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor faced intense protests as he embarked on his crusade against the Citizenship Amendment Act on Sunday. The protests were directed against him for his earlier remark condemning the visible Islamic extremism in the anti-CAA protests. He visited the Jamia Milia Islamia University and the JNU and was greeted by protesters chanting ‘La ilaha ilallah’.

Even in the protests against Shashi Tharoor, it became obvious that the anti-CAA charade was merely a mask to hide the ugly motives of the protesters underneath. There were protesters against Tharoor raising placards that said the Batla House encounter was fake. The men killed in the encounter were Indian Mujahideen terrorists, Atif Ameen and Mohammad Sajid. Mohammad Saif was arrested and Shahzad and Junaid managed to escape.

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One wonders what the encounter had anything to do with the CAA or the NRC for that matter. The placard can also be spotted in a report by Saahil Menghani, anchor and senior correspondent at CNN-News18.


The placard calling the Batla House encounter fake needs to be seen in the context of everything that we have witnessed so far in these protests surrounding the CAA and NRC. Slogans of ‘Jinnah waali Azadi‘ were raised at Shaheen Bagh, slogans of ‘Hinduon se Azadi‘ were heard at Jamia and ‘Free Kashmir’ banners have been spotted at numerous places.

Read: La ilaha illallah: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor attacked by radical Muslims for cautioning against Islamist extremism

It is also pertinent to remember that Ladeeda Sakhaloon, the face of the Jamia protests, gave a call for Jihad and her friend Aysha Renna called India ‘fascist’ for executing the terrorist Yakub Memon. Ladeeda also glorified the architects of the Moplah massacre which resulted in the death of hundreds and thousands of Hindus. The placard that calls the Batla House encounter fake appears consistent with everything that we have seen in these protests until now.

Dhoti for men and Sarees for women not compulsory for Sparsh-Darshan of Jyotirlinga at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, only discussion happened, clarify authorities

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It was reported earlier that the Kashi Vishwanath Temple of Varanasi has announced a new dress code for devotees who seek to enter the sanctum of the shrine. The dress code mandates that men will have to wear the traditional Dhoti-Kurta and women must be in sarees in order to have a ‘Sparsh-darshan’ of the Deity.

The Sparsh-darshan, or touching the Shivalinga by the devotees, will be allowed from the morning Mangala Aarti till the noon Aarti.

However, the Commissioner of Varanasi, Deepak Agarwal clarified that this was only a discussion that took place and no formal proposal is with the state for the implementation of dress code.


He said that the implementation of a dress code for the ‘Sparsh-darshan’ of the Deity was only a suggestion by the Parishad which was discussed. However, there was no formal decision or formal proposal for the implementation of the same.

Note: This article has been updated with new information

Jamia students block Republic from reporting, try to delete footage as they gherao VC’s office demanding FIR against Delhi Police

Jamia students and goons present there protesting block Republic TV channel from reporting and even attempted to delete the footage.


Taking a cue from the JNU students who have pinned the entire blame of the unfortunate proceedings of January 5, 2020, on the University Vice-Chancellor, the Jamia Millia Islamia university students too have co-opted the JNU template and staged a protest outside the University Vice-Chancellor’s office to demand action against Delhi Police for entering into the campus on December 15, 2019 and subduing the raging anti-CAA riots.


The students who have gheraoed the vice-chancellor’s office have demanded immediate action against the police who entered the University and allegedly beat up the innocent students. They have also demanded FIR against all the police personnel who entered the university and those responsible for allegedly firing bullets inside the campus. The protesting students have also accused the vice chancellor of not having a transparent dialogue with the students.

In addition, the protestors have also demanded compensation for those who sustained injuries due to the police action. The third demand of the students who have gathered outside the vice-chancellor’s office is the postponement of their exams.


One of the protesting students who have gheraoed the vice-chancellor’s office said, “We have some questions for which the Vice Chancellor needs to answer. Why has there been no FIR filed against Delhi Police for barging into University without permission? Why are the students still not provided with requisite security? Why is the vice-chancellor shying away from interacting with the students over the issue? Why is she deploying goons to tackle the protests?”

Students are also demanding the VC resigns to ‘save Jamia’.


On December 15, 2019, during the anti-CAA protests, residents of Jamia Nagar attacked the police with stones, bottles, tube lights though they were there for the safety and security of the students. The protests in Jamia Nagar took an ugly turn as large number of protestors blatantly violent as buses were torched and vandalised by Muslim mobs in the National Capital. Sensing plummeting situation, the Delhi Police entered the Jamia Millia University on December 15, 2019 and flushed out the violent protestors.

Why the ‘multi-faith prayer’ feels like an act to fool Hindus

The CAA gives fast track Indian citizenship to members of persecuted religious communities from three neighboring countries who have had to flee to India. To qualify for this benefit, you must belong to one of six religious communities: Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis.

Just like the National Commission for Minorities and the Ministry of Minority Affairs will give benefits only to members of six minority communities : Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Buddhists and Jains.

Now, what kind of person would be against this?

For over a month now, the anti-CAA crowd have struggled to put up a ‘secular’ face on their blatantly communal and anti-Hindu demand. But they get exposed every day in some or the other part of India.

Sometimes it is their people who end up reciting a poem that calls for breaking of idols and yearns for a day when “Only the name of Allah shall remain.” Sometimes it is removing the Ashok Chakra from the Indian flag and replacing it with Islamic words. Sometimes it is “Free Kashmir” posters. Then, there are the chants of “Hinduon se Azaadi” and “Jinnah wali Azaadi.”

Read: ‘Jinnah wali Azadi’ slogans raised at Shaheen Bagh: The true face of anti-CAA protests and what these slogans mean

And then there is of course the violence. Targeted and brutal. Burning trains. Attacking school buses. Cornering policemen, pelting stones on them, as if trying to lynch them. Let’s not forget the time anti-CAA rioters vandalized a Hanuman Temple in Patna.

All this has forced liberals to get creative with their excuses. Breaking idols? That’s just a metaphor. Free Kashmir posters? That’s just calling for lifting the internet ban. Chants of Azaadi? They just want “Azaadi” from poverty and unemployment. Okay what about “Jinnah wali Azaadi” then? Never mind…

It is like all our languages have run out metaphors and clever turns of phrase. So liberals need to borrow slogans from terrorists, add one or two qualifying words (optional) and chant the same.

Read: In a bid to demonise Hinduism, Shashi Tharoor compares Hindutva to Islam and Christianity, get attacked by ‘liberal’ bullies

And so it is that liberals have fallen back on the oldest trick in the book, this time in Shaheen Bagh. Ah! The multi-faith prayer. So charming, done in the style of the 1970s Bollywood movies. Even Bollywood has gotten less cheesy since then, but liberals less so.

Multi religion prayer at Shaheen Bagh

Here is why it feels like a trick. And not just because they look desperate to disown those who removed the Ashok Chakra from the Indian flag.

The reason is deeper. Consider this.

X says: I praise my god. All religions lead to god.

Y says: I praise my god and every other god is false.

That’s not a multi-faith anything. That looks more like a trick being played to give X a false sense of security.

We have arrived at contradiction which lies at the core of Indian secularism. What happens when the fundamental tenets of two religions cannot be reconciled in any way?

Read: The Battle from CAA to JNU: Khilafat 2.0, Communist Fantasies, Petty Politics and the conspiracy of Hong Kong style protests

This is not to say that we shouldn’t have a secular state. This just means that everyone should be well informed about the intellectual position of others.

It’s okay if Y wants to believe that every other god/religion is false. It’s also okay if X wants to believe that every religion leads to god. But X should not be under the false impression that Y also believes that all religions lead to god.

Otherwise, X is just setting her/himself up for failure in the long run.

Read: The left is laying the foundation of a Hindu Rashtra through its utter hatred for the right

And so called multi-faith prayers do exactly that. Give a wrong impression about what what people believe.

A truly secular gathering would have no place for such theatrics. It would consist of an open exchange of views in a mutually respectful atmosphere. People would be well-informed about the views of each other. And there would be no attempt to show agreement when there is none.

JNU violence: Delhi Police to question 9 suspects, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh at the University

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The Crime Branch of Delhi Police is shortly going to interrogate the nine suspects including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh in connection with the violence that took place in the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on Sunday evening of January 5, 2020. The police had yesterday served a notice to the 9 accused asking them to join them in the investigation of the JNU attack.

The police have prepared a list of questions to be asked of the accused. The Delhi Police on Friday had released photographs of the 9 masked assailants who unleashed violence in JNU on January 5. The Special Investigation Team of Crime Branch of Delhi, which is going to preside over the interrogation, had earlier alleged that JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh has not been forthcoming with them while she had been vocal to speak through media and other means. The team seeks to collect information about the entire incident through this inquisition. 7 out of the 9 suspects are from Left organisations.

Read: India Today journalist who was caught whispering in JNUSU VP’s ears had heckled Republic reports along with Aishe Ghosh in November

Addressing a press conference, the Delhi Police had identified masked men who had vandalised property and beaten up students on the JNU campus on January 5. Former JNU student Chunchun Kumar, Pankaj Mishra, Sucheta Talukdar, Priya Ranjan, Bikash Patel, Dolan Sawan, Yogendra Bhardwaj and Aishe Ghosh have been identified as the accused in the JNU violence.

The Delhi police said that on January 3, Students’ Federation of India, All India Students’ Federation (AISF), All India Students’ Association (AISA) and Democratic Students’ Federation (DFI) destroyed the server and due to this registrations were halted.

In addition, Delhi Police has told the High Court that they had sought CCTV footage of January 5 violence but so far they have not received any response from the University. The Police had also written to Whatsapp seeking details of 2 groups but are still awaiting a response.

Read: Shashi Tharoor meets real intolerance and communalism, Jamia students oppose him for his comments on Muslim communalism

The High Court has issued a notice to Apple, Whatsapp and Google to preserve CCTV footage, Whatsapp conversations and other evidence related to January 5 violence at the university campus.


Besides, the SIT has also called for questioning Akshat Awasthi and Rohit Shah. The police have also identified the masked women who were seen in the videos of JNU violence. The SIT has identified that the masked woman who was seen in the videos of the JNU violence is from Delhi University. She will be soon served the notice to join the investigation,” Delhi Police said.

On January 5, 2020, masked assailants bearing allegiance to the left barged into the JNU campus and attacked the students who were filling the registration forms for the winter semester.

India Today journalist who was caught whispering in JNUSU VP’s ears had heckled Republic reports along with Aishe Ghosh in November

Yesterday, OpIndia accessed a video of an India Today journalist interviewing one of the students at JNU where she appears to be ‘coaching’ the person. The student himself is member of a leftist political dispensation in the university. In the video, the journalist, quite clearly, appears to be having extensive discussions regarding what the events that transpired at the University and at one point, has a prolonged hush-hush discussion with the JNUSU VP that’s not audible to the ears. The journalist in question here was Tanushree Pandey.

As it turns out, the same journalist of India Today who was seen colluding with JNUSU and the Left, was also the one who had along with the JNUSU students, heckled Republic TV reporters on November 19t 2019.

Read: Watch: India Today journalist and JNUSU VP talking in a hushed, off the record conversation. Does this point to collusion?

The protests by JNU students against hostel fee hike had escalated on the 18th of November as thousands of protesting students had marched towards the Parliament. The police had stopped the student march and detained several students. The protest had disrupted normalcy in Delhi. During the protests, an ambulance was stuck in the traffic jam in the Jor Bagh area. Further, due to the protests, the entry and exit points of multiple Delhi Metro stations near Parliament were shut down temporarily. The Delhi Metro had closed entry and exit gates at the Udyog Bhawan, Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan and Central Secretariat stations. In fact, Section 144 was also imposed in the JNU campus on 18th.

On 18th itself, a press conference was called by JNUSU in the JNU campus right behind the Swami Vivekananda statue that was vandalised. During the press conference, three-woman journalists from Republic TV were abused, heckled, manhandled and asked to leave. They stood their ground and maintained that they had a right to report.

Heckling these journalists were JNUSU students including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh who is now a suspect in the 5th January 2020 violence that broke out in JNU. Aishe Ghosh has been caught on camera trying to heckle the Republic TV reporters. In fact, while Aishe was heckling these reporters, their mics were also turned off so they cannot ask any questions to JNUSU.

According to the Republic TV journalists’ own account, as was telecast on Republic TV, the question that they had asked JNUSU was whether blocking an Ambulance is the right form of protest. To this, the answer was mindless hackling and abuse.

Read: JNU violence: Ex-The Hindu journalist Abhimanyu Singh heckles, assaults Republic TV journalist Piyush Mishra in police presence

What is interesting to note is that along with JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and other JNUSU students, a journalist was also heckling the Republic TV reporters for asking pointed questions to the students during a press conference. The journalist doing the heckling was Tanushree Pandey, the very journalist from India Today who has now been caught coaching the JNUSU VP what to say on camera. She had also regurgitated the very incorrect explanation of mail servers as the JNUSU student had coached her.

Tanushree had herself taken to Twitter on the 20th of November to admit that she was “fighting with media colleagues” of Republic.


In the video quoted by Tanushree Pandey, along with her, one can see the JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh as well.

Aishe Ghosh seen heckling Republic and Sudarshan TV reporters

Along with Aishe Ghosh, one can also see India Today journalist Tanushree Pandey.

Aishe Ghosh along with India Today journalist Tanushree Pandey

Tanushree Pandey was hailed abundantly by JNUSU 2016 Presidency Candidate Sunny Dhiman Wakker for the “stand she took” in “showing Godi Media its place”. “Godi Media” is a pejorative term used by Leftists to denigrate the media houses that don’t heckle other journalists for them, perhaps.


Unsurprisingly, as the media is one giant incestuous club, other journalists too hailed Tanushree for heckling Republic TV reporters along with JNUSU president and other students.

To a tweet by Nidhi Razdan, NDTV journalist, Tanushree Pandey said that she could “take this stand” because Rajdeep Sardesai, Aroon Purie and IndiaToday as a whole were “standing rock solid” behind her.


She also thanked a fellow heckler journalist who outed that Tanushree was one of the first to heckle the Republic TV reporters.


And then there were other so-called journalists who thought heckling other journalists was brave while reporting a side that does not conform to Leftists was ‘bringing disrepute to the profession’.


It was on this day, that a student from JNU had admitted on camera that wants to pick up guns and the first person he would shoot are media persons. This student had first perhaps not realised that he was talking to a Republic TV reporter and had said that he too can buy AK 47 and pick up laathis. When Republic TV reporter Rhythm had questioned him about his call to violence, he had first asked which channel she was from and then said that he will first hunt for media persons and shoot them.

Read: India Today ‘journalist’ fails to comprehend science and tech, spreads false propaganda on JNU servers

The fault of the Republic TV journalists was simply that they asked the “students” of JNUSU how they could intimidate and block an Ambulance during their protest. And they were physically heckled and abused not just by JNUSU, but joined by India Today reporter Tanushree.

India Today has recently conducted a sting where they tried their best to implicate ABVP in the 5th January 2020 JNU violence. However, their assertions were thoroughly debunked. To top it all, OpIndia accessed a video where India Today journalist Tanushree Pandey can clearly be seen colluding with JNUSU.

With these facts and that the same journalist Tanushree Pandey of India Today had heckled reporters of Republic, along with JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh only further dents the credibility of India Today and that of this reporter.

Read: Old images of Awasthi do not discredit the January 2020 visuals where he can be seen siding with Leftists

It is rather evident that India Today journalists share a close ‘relationship’ with JNUSU and perhaps, could have vested interests in publishing botched up sting operations in an attempt to shield the Leftists. Further, the conduct of the India Today journalist who joined JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh in heckling reporters who were merely asking questions that were not toeing the line of the Leftists points to a deeper malaise within India Today. Evidently, India Today’s credibility is bound to take a further hit with such open collusion with the Left coming to the fore.

ED writes to PMLA tribunal, seeks possession of Delhi property owned by Robert Vadra’s company

The Enforcement Directorate has sought possession of a Delhi house owned by a company linked to Robert Vadra. As per a report by Economic Times, the house is located at Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar.

The ED has alleged that the house was bought with the direct proceeds of the crime in the Bikaner land scam case.

The report states that the ED has filed an application urging the PMLA tribunal to vacate the stay clamped on the appellate authority on August 2019 from taking any coercive action against Vadra or his company Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd. The ED had reportedly attached the house in February last year.

The ED application states that the granting of stay in taking possession of the said property is against the PMLA provisions. The application adds that the tribunal granted the stay in favour of Sky Light Hospitality ‘without the authority of law’ and that the “balance of convenience” lies in ED’s favour and against Vadra’s company.

The house is located at 268, Sukhdev Vihar.

The ED application states that possession of the house is sought to prevent the concerned person (Vadra) from enjoying the property. It has also reportedly refused to settle for an offer by Vadra’s company to settle for an amount corresponding to the value of the property, claimed the ET report.

The ED says that the house was bought with approximately Rs 10 crore, out of which 4.43 crores was provided by Vadra’s company. Vadra had denied any involvement in the Bikaner land scam case.

In February 2019, Robert Vadra had appeared at the ED office for questioning, after he had ignored several summonses issued by the agency.

In April 2018, ED had attached the properties of Vadra’ aide Jaiprakash Bagarwa in connection with the Bikaner Land Scam case. In the Bikaner Land Scam case, the land was allegedly allotted in the name of non-existent individuals by the State government officials in collusion with some fraudulent individuals including real estate developers.

Jaiprakash Bagarwa and another person Ashok Kumar have been arrested by ED in December 2017 in the same case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. In February 2018, ED had reportedly conducted raids in the Faridabad premises of Congress leader Mahesh Nagar in connection with the land scam. Mahesh Nagar was reportedly the official representative of Skylight Hospitality, a real estate firm Robert Vadra is associated with.

Congress’ meeting against CAA, NRC dumped by Mamata and Maya, AAP says not invited

BSP supremo Mayawati has made it clear that she will not attend the joint opposition parties’ meeting called by Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi against the CAA and the NRC. Mayawati, in a series of tweets, explained the reasons for her snubbing the grand old party.


Mayawati stated that despite her party providing support to the Congress government in Rajasthan, the Congress had worked on causing an internal rift in the BSP and had inducted BSP MLAs in their party. She called it ‘backstabbing’.

Read: After Congress steals all BSP MLAs in Rajasthan, Mayawati accuses Congress of strengthening ‘communal forces

Mayawati added that due to the Congress’ behaviour with her party in Rajasthan, she will not attend the meeting called by Congress, because it will then become detrimental to the morales of her party in Rajasthan. Mayawati further added that her party does not support the CAA or the NRC, and she appeals the central government to take back the legislations. She also stated that the politicisation of educational institutions like JNU and others is ‘unfortunate’.

It is notable here that Mayawati has been miffed with the Congress after 6 BSP MLAs left the party to join Congress in Rajasthan. Recently, she had also criticised Congress UP general secretary Priyanka Gandhi for not meeting with the mothers in Kota who had lost their infants in the government hospital. She had stated that Priyanka had been shedding ‘fake tears’ in UP.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee too had stated that she will not attend the opposition parties’ meeting called by Congress.

Mamata Banerjee, though she had been staunchly against the CAA and the proposed NRC, had slammed the Congress and the Left for indulging in violence in her state in the name of protests and had declined to attend the meeting. Banerjee had criticised the vandalism, arson and violence during Bharat Bandh called on January 8 and termed it as ‘Goondagardi’ and ‘cheap politics’.

“I have decided to boycott the meeting convened by Sonia Gandhi on January 13 in New Delhi as I do not support the violence that the Left and Congress unleashed in West Bengal yesterday,” Mamata had announced on the floor of the WB assembly on Thursday, January 9.

Read: West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee says ‘Gundagardi’ and ‘Dadagiri’ is not movement, calls Left’s Bharat Bandh as ‘cheap politics’

Meanwhile, the AAP has stated that it has no information over any such meeting called by Congress. AAP leader Sanjay Singh has stated that they have no information about any such meeting and hence there is no question of attending, indirectly stating that they have not been invited.

After declinations by Mamata and Maya, Congress’ another attempt to lead the opposition parties against the ruling BJP seem to have been smashed. DMK and the RJD will be attending the meeting, but the backing out of Mamata Banerjee, who holds a considerable number of MPs in the parliament, once again exposes the glaring holes in Congress’ pretence to speak for the opposition and gather a combined anti-government stand.

In another jolt to the Congress, their new ally, the freshly ‘secular’ and newly ‘liberal’ Shiv Sena has also announced that they will not attend the Delhi meeting called by Sonia.

The Wire journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani compares Nazi Germany with India in 2020, netizens explain the difference

When people run out of arguments, they resort to rhetorics and the favourite one is comparing PM Modi to German dictator Adolf Hitler. Anyone who disagrees with the ‘secular liberals’ is termed a ‘Nazi enabler’. The rhetorics have increased after PM Modi came back in the second term with a thumping majority and a bigger mandate than in 2014.

The Wire journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani took to Twitter on Sunday to wonder aloud what is the difference between the Nazi Germany of 1930s and India in present time.


The ever helpful netizens took it upon themselves to explain it to her how not only is the comparison flawed but India is exact opposite of how Nazi Germany was.

Twitterati helping Arfa understand the difference

Starting with the very basic who have cried themselves hoarse shouting fascism.


Some even informed her how the fears of Muslims in India are unfounded.


And some harsh realities of how it is insulting to the Jews of Germany to compare their plight and Holocaust to the minorities in India who are not only safe but enjoy equal and sometimes more than equal rights.


Twitterati also pointed out that perhaps the only incident in India that could be comparable to some extent to the Holocaust was the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits by Islamists who raped, murdered and chased Kashmiri Pandits out of their homes in the valley in the 1990s. Or the 1984 anti-Sikh riots where Congress workers and leaders led mobs to avenge Indira Gandhi’s assassination by murdering Sikhs.

Kerala: BJP State Secretary AK Nazeer attacked by SDPI goons while offering Namaz at Mosque

Kerala BJP’s state secretary AK Nazeer has been brutally attacked, allegedly by SDPI members while he was offering Namaz at a Mosque in the Idukki district. As per reports, Nazeer has been admitted to a nearby hospital and is undergoing treatment there.


On Sunday, Nazeer had attended a pro-CAA public meeting in Idukki district’s Nedumkandam. After the meeting, Nazeer had reportedly stopped neat a Mosque to offer Namaz there. While offering Namaz, Nazeer was attacked by a group of Student Democratic Party of India, (SDPI) activists.

As per reports, the SDPI goons kicked, thrashed and hit Nazeer with furniture for over 15 minutes, till the Imam of the Mosque intervened and rescued him. BJP workers have alleged that the SDPI has announced that anyone supporting the CAA will not be ‘allowed to live’. The police have registered a case but are yet to identify the attackers.

It is notable here that PFI was allegedly behind many anti-CAA riots in the country. The UP police chief had proposed the government to ban the radical outfit after a series of violent riots in the state.

Read: Uttar Pradesh DGP seeks ban on radical Islamist outfit PFI for instigating anti-CAA riots, Deputy CM seconds proposal

The BJP is running an awareness and outreach campaign over CAA from 2 to 15 January. All BJP leaders are holding rallies and meetings across the country to educate the people over the new citizenship Act and to fight the opposition’s misinformation campaign.

SDPI is the student branch of PFI, a radical Islamic outfit under investigation for love jihad cases, murders and extremist activities.

Political violence and attack on opposition leader is fast becoming a norm in Communist Kerala. Recently, Karnataka CM Yediyurappa’s convoy was attacked by communist goons in Kannur.