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Maulana Azad National Urdu Uni Chancellor appeals to Muslims not to fall prey to politicians who want to break India with anti-CAA propaganda

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Maulana Azad National Urdu Uni Chancellor appeals to Muslims not to fall prey to politicians who want to break India with anti-CAA propaganda

The protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, and National Register of Citizens (NRC) by the students of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad, has been continuing for almost 10 days now.

Amidst protests against CAA and NRC on campus, Firoze Bakht Ahmad the  Chancellor, on Friday released an appeal to Muslims using the university letterhead saying, “CAA and NRC aren’t against Muslims.” He appeals to all the Indians, especially Muslim brethren to not fall for rumours.

Dismissing all the lies being spun around CAA and NRC by the leftist brigade, the Chancellor has in his letter established that the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens are not against Muslims and has appealed to his people to ‘not get into the clutches of those politicians who want to break India’.

Letter of appeal by MANUU Chancellor Shri Firoz Bakht Ahmad, via Sanjay Dixit on Twitter

Ahmad furthers that people with vested interest are trying to vitiate the peaceful and harmonious fabric of India by frightening the Muslim community from the CAA and NRC Acts.

He writes that the antagonists who could not digest the peaceful settlement of Mandir-Masjid and Article 370, are now attempting to instigate, incite and misguide the Muslims to dump India into the fire of anarchy and civil war.

He appeals to fellow Muslims to not lose their head’s over the false and malicious propaganda.

Imploring people of his community, not to toe the lines of the ones misleading them, Ahmad urges fellow Muslims to refrain from taking to the streets and protesting against CAA. He appeals that they should instead strengthen the hands of the Prime Minister, who, he vouches is a well-wisher of their community.

The Chancellor assures that PM Modi, whose slogan has been “ek hath mein Quran/ ek hath mein computer”, can never think ill about them. He assures that whatever the Prime Minister’s decision will be, it will always be for their communities amelioration and urges Muslims in the country to cooperate.

MANUU students boycotted examinations and have been protesting against CAA and NRC at the varsity since December 15.

Interestingly, Barkha Dutt’s ‘sheroes’, Ladeeda who gave a call for Jihad and Aysha Renna who had called India fascist for executing terrorist Yakub Memon, had joined the students of MANUU on Sunday to incite them against the newly-enacted CAA and NRC. These girls had emerged as the faces of the Jamia protest after leftist’s like Barkha hailed them for challenging the Delhi Police and creating ruckus during the course of protests against the newly-enacted law.

Addressing the gathering in Hyderabad, Ladeeda said that the student community all across the country would continue their protests until the CAA is revoked. “Such protests all over the country show the power of the student community. This has created fear in the government,” she said.

Aaditya Thackeray terms the man who was beaten up by Shiv Sena workers as ‘nasty low life troll’, doesn’t condemn behaviour by party men

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Aaditya Thackeray terms the man who was beaten up by Shiv Sena workers as ‘nasty low life troll’, doesn’t condemn behaviour by party men

On Sunday, a man from Wadala in Mumbai was allegedly beaten up by Shiv Sena goons for dissing Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray for his comment on the December 15 police action against the Jamia Islamia rioters. Now, instead of condemning the behaviour of the party workers, MLA Aaditya Thackeray has gone ahead and called the victim a nasty, low-life troll.

CM Uddhav Thackeray had condemned the police action against the violent protestors and likened the crackdown against them to Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919. A man, identified as Hiramani Tiwari(30) took to Facebook to criticise Thackeray for his comment.

Soon after he uploaded his post, Hiramani Tiwari started receiving threats from assorted thugs demanding him to pull down the disparaging post. Sensing threat, Tiwari deleted the post. However, on Sunday, a group led by Sena functionaries Samadhan Jukdeo and one Prakash Hasbe beat him up and shaved his head outside his Shanti Nagar residence.

Today, Aaditya Thackeray, one of the top Shiv Sena leaders and son of CM Uddhav Thackeray uploaded a Facebook post regarding the incident. Instead of condemning the lumpen behaviour of his party men, Thackeray condoned their hooliganism and ridiculed the victim of the assault by Shiv Sena members as “low-life troll”.

In a Facebook post, Thackeray sermonised that one should not take the law into one’s hand while calling out the dissenter who opposed his father’s Jallianwala Bagh remark as a “nasty, low-life troll”. He adds that ‘giving answer to such nasty, threatening, and abusive trolls should not be our job’ and these trolls are frustrated because their “irrational voices” are not heard by the country.

Taking a sly dig at the BJP, Aaditya said, “Their behaviour, has been rejected by democratic India in the recent elections and their retreat has been witnessed by the country. These are the same people who threaten people, call them names, are social media lynch mobs. They want to create disharmony and division.”

Aaditya Thackeray further added, “I understand that the remarks angered them (Sena functionaries). I understand the anger we all have when we read non-civil remarks made, against women, leaders, and communities.”

However, it a bit ironical that the man in question was a dissident who was threatened into silence by Shiv Seniks and Aaditya Thackeray himself tried to rationalise the violence against him by bracketing the dissident into the category of “nasty, low-life troll” and thereby tacitly legitimising the illicit action against him by Sena functionaries.


Furthermore, in an attempt to deflect the issue from Sena members blatantly taking the law into their hands and arbitrarily curtailing free-speech and adopting violent means to curb their critiques, Aaditya tried divert the matter by talking about abusive trolls.

Thackeray mouthed off platitudes in his Facebook post about accomplishing the goals of his party such as creating jobs, delivering promises and keeping people united while taking a swipe at the leaders(BJP) for allegedly failing to do so.

It is again ironical that a party which built its foundation on Marathi protectionism and hatred against north Indians, especially people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, is now pontificating others on “silencing the divisions, hate and working on uniting the people”.

Dammam ‘blasphemy’ case: Wife of accused says fake Facebook account was created to implicate him

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Dammam ‘blasphemy’ case: Wife of accused says fake Facebook account was created to implicate him

Yesterday, an Indian technician named Harish Bangera who is a resident of Udipi, Karnataka working in Saudi Arabian city of Dammam had found himself in trouble over his Facebook post regarding the Muslim pilgrimage site of Mecca. He was reportedly arrested over his remark and also sacked from his job.

Today, his wife Sumana Bangera has claimed that a fake account was created in her husband’s name on December 20 and the alleged ‘blasphemous’ posts were made from that account.

“At 1 am on December 20, someone created a fake account of my husband and posted the message about the temple to be built in Mecca. Screenshots of this were taken and shared in WhatsApp groups. When I received it, I called my husband and asked him about it but he was shocked and unaware of the post. He told me it’s a fake account,” Sumana told The News Minute.

“But the messages kept spreading. The screenshots came with a message that it should keep getting shared until it reached the Saudi police,” Sumana said.

Read: ‘Kaafiron se azaadi’: What kaafir means and how Allah punishes them, as per Islamic scriptures

Harish’s wife claimed that her husband was being targetted for sharing a video of the CAA protest in Mangaluru on Facebook. Harish allegedly began receiving threatening messages on Facebook, after which she advised him to put out an apology to avoid trouble, claimed Sumana.

Harish has expressed his remorse over the posts uploaded by him. In a video, Harish can be seen beseeching forgiveness from Muslims for his Facebook post. In the video, he says, “I have committed a mistake. Please forgive me. I will never upload any such posts again. I have faced a lot of difficulties prior to coming to Dammam. I seek forgiveness from my Muslim brothers. I am facing problems with my company. Please forgive me.” However, it could not be ascertained when was the video made.

After Harish was arrested, his employers too axed him from the job with immediate effect. A Facebook post that has now gone viral, allegedly from the employers of Harish, condemned the posts made by Harish as ‘objectionable’ and said that they have decided to terminate him from the job citing his unethical posts as a justification for their decision.

On the same evening, Sumana filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime police in Udupi about the issue. “They said that they would find out who created the account and report it to the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia. I hope my husband comes back safely,” Sumana said.

Many people on social media had also pointed out that the Facebook account which posted allegedly blasphemous messages was in use only from December 20. Harish has another profile which he has been using for years.

On Saturday, December 21, Harish had allegedly uploaded a picture of Kaaba in Mecca with the caption that “Next Ram Temple in Mecca. Be ready for the fight”. Soon, the post elicited hundreds of comments, shares and came to the notice of the Saudi authorities after a complaint was registered against Harish accusing him of blasphemy. He was arrested by the Saudi police within an hour of receiving the complaint.

The News Minute’s report also mentioned that the Indian Embassy in Riyadh and the Ministry of External Affairs in India are aware of the development. The Embassy officials are also reportedly taking up the issue with a legal counsellor.

In a similar incident, a doctor from Kerala, who was working at a private hospital in Doha, has said that he had to quit his job and flew back home following an uproar over his comments on the social media in favour of the new citizenship law.

Dr Ajith Sreedharan, an orthopaedic specialist, who had been in Doha for the last 11 years, had supported the new law in his Facebook post and denounced the protests against it.

The doctor said that though he had not insulted anyone in his post, his opinion created a major uproar on social media and he had to pay back by losing his job.

“There were calls in social media to boycott the hospital. I was told that people from Kerala were behind the campaign. When I realised that a mob would target an institution, I conveyed my decision to quit and return,’’ he said.

Union Cabinet approves updating the National Population Register, usual suspects start spreading hysteria regarding the UPA initiative

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Union Cabinet approves updating the National Population Register, usual suspects start spreading hysteria regarding the UPA initiative

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the updating of the National Population Register. The process will commence from April next year. It is a list of usual residents of the country. As part of the exercise, demographic details of the residents will be collected with the purpose of creating a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident of the country.


The announcement was first made on the 31st of July through a notification that the central government has decided to prepare and update the NPR. It was then declared that the process will be completed between the 1st April to 30th September 2020. Today, the proposal has been approved by the Cabinet. The process will not be conducted in Assam as the state had recently undergone the NRC.

Home Ministry Gazette notification. Source: @Vijaita/Twitter

During the process, details such as the individual’s name, relationship to head of household, Father’s name, Mother’s name, Spouse’s name (if married), Sex, Date of Birth, Marital status, Place of birth, Nationality (as declared), Present address of usual residence, Duration of stay at present address, Permanent residential address, Occupation/Activity and Educational qualification will be collected.

Details to be included in NPR. Source: @Vijaita/Twitter

The process first began during the UPA regime in 2010 during the collection of data for the 2011 census. Then President Pratibha Patil was the first citizen to be enrolled in the population register. She had even urged every citizen to register with the NPR, a flagship initiative of the UPA government. The NPR was again updated in 2015. However, now, the usual suspects are spreading hysteria regarding the whole process.


It is pertinent to remember here that soon after Narendra Modi’s speech at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, the usual suspects had started claiming that the government had started backtracking on the NRC and that the Prime Minister had contradicted Home Minister Amit Shah. However, that was also far from truth.

Read: Narendra Modi did not contradict Amit Shah on NRC, liberals are lying because they are desperate to exit the violent protests

Now, as soon as the Cabinet approves the updating of the NPR, they are back to spreading their usual hysteria despite the fact that the process has been conducted twice before and it is a flagship scheme of the UPA government. It remains to be seen whether they will forego Christmas and New Year celebrations to spend the festive occasions protesting on the streets.

Narendra Modi did not contradict Amit Shah on NRC, liberals are lying because they are desperate to exit the violent protests

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Narendra Modi did not contradict Amit Shah on NRC, liberals are lying because they are desperate to exit the violent protests

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech at the rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday, spoke out against the opposition propaganda on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He reiterated that Indian Muslims had nothing to fear from the two as they did not even apply to them in the first place. He also slammed the ‘Urban Naxals’ and the opposition parties for creating hysteria around the matter and misleading the Muslim community in the country.

On the NRC, the Prime Minister said, “I want to tell the 130 crore people of India that ever since my government came to power in 2014… from then until now… there has been no discussion on NRC anywhere… we only had to implement it in Assam to follow Supreme Court directives.” Narendra Modi’s words are being used to peddle the narrative that he has contradicted Home Minister Amit Shah.

An India Today report said, “This statement categorically negates what Amit Shah has been saying in the last two years-the latest on December 17 at Agenda Aaj Tak-that a nationwide NRC will be prepared soon.” However, nothing could be further from the truth. As appears obvious, the Prime Minister has only asserted that the government has held no discussions on the NRC, he did not deny the government’s intention to implement the NRC.

Read- Modi government dispels myths about NRC: Here are 13 FAQs and their answers published by the govt

Amit Shah has made it clear on several occasions in the past that the government is intent upon completing the process of NRC. On the 10th of December, in the Parliament, the Home Minister declared that the government will conduct a nationwide NRC. However, even he never said that there were any formal discussions on the NRC at the government level or that any draft proposal had been finalized. During his interview with Times Now recently, Amit Shah again said that the NRC is something that hasn’t even begun.


On the 17th of December, Amit Shah, speaking at Times Network India Economic Conclave, said, “An exercise like NRC cannot be done in secrecy. We have not decided yet and these decisions cannot be taken by me alone. They need Cabinet approvals.” Thus, quite clearly, even Amit Shah said that no decisions had been reached on the NRC at all.

Some other people have claimed that Narendra Modi was backtracking on the NRC given that even President Kovind had spoken of the NRC in the past. The President had said on the 20th of June, while addressing the newly elected MPs, “Illegal infiltrators pose a major threat to our internal security. This is leading to a social imbalance in many parts of the country, as well as putting huge pressure on limited livelihood opportunities. My government has decided to implement the process of National Register of Citizens on priority basis in areas affected by infiltration. Security along the border will be further strengthened to prevent infiltration.”

A deliberate narrative is being peddled that the NDA government is backtracking from its promise of a countrywide NRC. In reality, there has been no such thing at all. Narendra Modi never said that NRC was off the shelf, he only said that no discussions had occurred at the government level. Amit Shah has regularly stated that the NRC will be implemented across the country but he never said that any formal discussions had begun on the matter. President Kovind, again, had again stated that the government was keen to implement the matter.

Thus, in short, Amit Shah said that the NRC will be implemented, Narendra Modi said that no formal discussions had occurred yet and the President said that the Indian government is keen on implementing it. There is no contradiction at all between the stands of the three gentlemen. However, the mainstream media and the opposition parties are desperate to find one. There’s a good reason for this.

Liberals have realized that no citizen is buying the narrative that these are spontaneous protests against the NRC and CAA or that these anti-CAA protests are even peaceful. Liberals were desperate for a safe exit from these protests as they were aware that they have been thoroughly exposed in the entire matter. They also realized that the protests were Khilafat 2.0 and they did not want to associate themselves with them in any manner.

At the same time, the liberals are too arrogant to admit a mistake and were searching for a face-saver by which they could claim victory and move on. Also, Christmas and New Year is around the corner. So, they didn’t want to be accused of being hypocrites while engaging in festivities during the week. Thus, it was extremely necessary for them to claim victory so that they could make a safe exit from the protests given the fact that they were so much invested in them.

In the event that no such face-saver came from the government, the liberals decided to invent one out of thin air to make their escape. And thus, we have arrived at a situation where it is being claimed that Narendra Modi contradicted Home Minister Amit Shah and the government was backtracking on the NRC even though nothing remotely close to it had actually happened.

Mayawati cautions Muslims not to get exploited by political parties over CAA and NRC

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Mayawati cautions Muslims not to get exploited by political parties over CAA and NRC

BSP supremo Mayawati has urged the Central Government to allay the apprehensions among Muslims regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister tweeted, “The BJP government should put to rest all the misgivings surrounding the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens and fully satisfy them.”


In addition, Mayawati also advised the Muslim community to remain cautious and not allow the issue of CAA/NRC to be used to politically exploit them.

After the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, protests denouncing the passage of the legislation erupted at several cities and towns across the country. Many of these protests were marked with violence, acts of arson and vandalism and stone-pelting against the police authorities.

Mayawati has condemned the violent protests across the country, including Uttar Pradesh and said that her party is against violence and the party stands with the innocents who are among those arrested. She has also demanded an impartial probe on all the incidents.

Furthermore, Mayawati has also asked UP BSP head Munkad Ali to reach out and offer their condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their dear ones in the protests against the CAA/NRC in the state.

Read: UP govt seals properties of rioters to recover the cost of damage during anti-CAA riots

Earlier on Sunday, in a mega rally in Ramlila Maidan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reassured the Muslim population of the country that the CAA does not concern the citizens of India but it provides citizenship to the persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Slamming the opposition of peddling lies around the enactment of CAA, PM Modi said, “The opposition parties have resorted to spreading lies after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Congress and its friends, some urban Naxals are spreading rumours that all Muslims will be sent to detention centres. Respect your education, read what is the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC. You are educated. Muslims have nothing to worry about the CAA and NRC.”

AMU Student Union denies link to letter ‘expelling’ VC and Registrar, one group say its fake, other group stands by the letter

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AMU Student Union denies link to letter ‘expelling’ VC and Registrar, one group say its fake, other group stands by the letter

Just a day after the students and faculties of the Aligarh Muslim University allegedly expelled the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar of the University, providing them with the deadline of January 5 to vacate their positions or face a boycott, the student union of the AMU has refused to take responsibility of the note stating it has been issued by someone anonymously.

Denying the link between the AMUSU and the letter, Hamza Sufiyan, Vice-President of the AMUSU said, “The AMUSU does not take responsibility for the letter expelling the VC and Registrar. The letter has been issued by someone anonymously. It has no signatures.”

The letter that has now gone viral stated, “If the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar do not vacate their places on or before the said date, the students, teachers and the non-teaching staff would boycott the university administration until they resign and vacate their places.”

However, as per the reports, there is a rift among the students regarding the expulsion letter addressed to VC and Registrar. While a section who in support of the VC and Registrar have denounced the letter as anonymous and fake, the other section has stood resolute in their demand for VC and Registrar to vacate their office and have termed the letter as “genuine”.

Read- Jamia, AMU and many other anti-CAA agitations are “protests of entitlement”

The group of students who are against the VC and Registrar are miffed with the AMU authorities for their apathy towards the police action the University students. “We know we cannot expel the Vice-Chancellor or the Registrar, but we do not respect them as they did not stand with us against the police action. We stood peacefully in solidarity with the Jamia students but the police action was totally uncalled for. We will continue our protest against the V-Chancellor and Registrar when the University opens on January 6,” said a student.

Earlier, the students and Muslim mob associated with the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)  had unleashed violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The ‘students’ of AMU had clashed with UP Police on December 15. Defending the crackdown against the AMU students, the police stated that the AMU students had gathered at the university campus and attacked the police officials injuring at least 6-17 policemen. The police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Watch: CPI(M) goons attack Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa’s convoy in Kannur

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Watch: CPI(M) goons attack Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa’s convoy in Kannur

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) goons today attacked Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s convoy in Kannur, Kerala.


At around 13 seconds in the video, one can see a mob carrying flags run toward the incoming convoy of Karnataka CM waving black flags. They stop the car carrying Yediyurappa and run behind it.

Read: ‘Keep women as first line of defense, inform journalist friends to take videos’ NSUI’s plan for anti-CAA protest by SFI

As the driver recovers to drive away the CPI(M) goons then attack the car with flag poles while continuing to run behind it. This mob consisted of CPI(M) Youth Wing, Student Federation of India (SFI). Moreover, Muslim outfits also took a march to Raj Bhavan in Kerala.

Kerala Police has detained Kerala Students Union (KSU) and Youth Congress workers over the attack.

AMU students were aggressive and deliberately created disturbances, Police used non-lethal weapons for self defence: Aligarh SSP on anti-CAA riots

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AMU students were aggressive and deliberately created disturbances, Police used non-lethal weapons for self defence: Aligarh SSP on anti-CAA riots

After the fracas at the Aligarh Muslim University on the night of December 15, social media was flooded with assertions that the Uttar Pradesh police may have entered hostels, thrashed students and indulged in vandalism at the Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday night while dealing with a student protest over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

It started with a Delhi University’s leftist professor Nandini Sundar’s tweet on 18th December 2019 claiming that ‘stun grenades’ were used on protesting AMU ‘students’ because of which two students lost their hands. Later many leftist liberals joined the bandwagon.

Today, dispelling social media rumours, Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Kulhari has asserted that the anti-CAA students in Aligarh Muslim University were aggressive and had deliberately created disturbances on the night of 15 December forcing the police officials to use non-lethal weapons for self-defence.

The SSP confirmed that UP police had made similar submissions in its report to the Supreme Court and High Court and said that the matter is under sub judice.


SSP Kulhari had on Monday also maintained that he was ready to face an inquiry over allegations on social media that stun grenades were used by police during a protest by AMU students last week.

“I am ready to face any inquiry on this issue because I can produce all official records of my department to confirm that not a single stun grenade was used against the protesting students on last Sunday night (December 15)”, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kulhari said.

Hundreds of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students protesting against the amended Citizenship Act clashed with police on December 15 at a campus gate after which the university administration announced the closure of the institution till January 5. They broke a police cordon and fought pitched battles with the security personnel.

Read: After Jamia, AMU students attempt riots, UP Police to evacuate campus

DGP Singh had informed that 16-17 policemen had received injuries in the violent clashes with students. The police had to fire tear gas shells. The UP Police had also shared images on Twitter where they said the AMU Proctoral team was trying to block the gates and prevent AMU students from going out. The police team, they said, was at AMU circle at that time.

The police stated that despite the proctoral team’s attempts, many students had scaled the gates, and had come outside to clash with the police at AMU circle. Another video showed the police warning the students not to resort to violence and breach orders of unlawful assembly. When the rioters continued to pelt stones, the police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Reports say that UP CM Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the issue.

“Hum kagaz nahin dikhayenge, but please bring valid ID proof to attend our concert”: Netizens mock #MeToo accused ‘comedian’ Varun Grover’s anti-NRC poem

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“Hum kagaz nahin dikhayenge, but please bring valid ID proof to attend our concert”: Netizens mock #MeToo accused ‘comedian’ Varun Grover’s anti-NRC poem

On 21st December, ‘comedian’ Varun Grover posted a poem on social media to ‘resist’ the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register for Citizens (NRC) titled ‘Hum Kagaz Nahin Dikhayenge (we will not show documents)’. In his poem he said that he will not show his papers even if he is asked to. Remember, the NRC is not even out in its draft from. Hence, any of the protests and cries are based on assumptions and nothing more than speculations.


Netizens were quick to point mock Grover as the one who is being so ‘revolutionary’ that he won’t show documents, will quietly produce them when they want to go to any of the foreign country.


Varun Grover has previously been accused of sexual harassment in the MeToo movement which hit India last year. However, he had categorically denied the charges.

He was also suggested that he should walk the talk and destroy the documents he has of his identity if he so much believes in what he just said.


Netizens also pointed out how the ‘revolutionaries’ also ask for valid ID proof when they have their own shows.


Perhaps these are the ones who they call ‘kagaz ke sher (paper tigers)’ are. The one who likes to appear powerful, but when it comes to actually following through, will backtrack.

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