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Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair pulls off another Nupur Sharma saga, unleashes mob against Venkatesh Prasad’s media manager

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Alt News cofounder Mohammed Zubair pulls off another Nupur Sharma saga, unleashes mob against Venkatesh Prasad’s media manager

On Sunday (September 10), Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair unleashed his troll army on digital strategist and consultant Amritanshu Gupta for ‘managing’ the Twitter handle of ex-Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad.

The dubious ‘fact checker’ insinuated that the tweets by Prasad, lambasting him for being a hate monger, were posted by Gupta. Zubair was miffed to learn that he admired the work of PM Modi, interviewed BJP leader Smriti Irani and did not hold Rahul Gandhi in high esteem.

While taking to X, he wrote, “The guy who had himself tweeted about contacting/DM him for ‘Twitter endorsement from Celebrities’, the guy who made fun of opposition leaders, the guy loves PM and his 56 inches.”

Screengrab of the tweet by Mohammed Zubair

He also shared a video of Gaurav Kapoor’s 2017 interview with Ashish Nehra and suggested that Amritanshu Gupta must have approached the former cricketer for paid tweets.

Zubair also shared an article from Outlook magazine and said, “Celebs hire ‘professionals’ who write under their name to manage their social media accounts.”

The Background of the Controversy

On Saturday (September 9), Mohammed Zubair targeted Venkatesh Prasad over a deleted tweet on the mismanagement of World Cup 2023 ticket sales by the BCCI. The former cricket lambasted the fake news peddler for hatemongering on social media.

“Haha…Says a serial hate-monger, who has put so many lives in danger for his agenda. You disguising as a fact-checker is like Terrorists talking about peace. Now post that you need money to survive and ask for donation for your website, no shame in living off by fooling people,” he tweeted.

Prasad was soon targeted by the close-knit and vicious ecosystem of Congress leaders, leftists and Islamists on X (formerly Twitter). The ex-cricketer held his ground and refused to bow down to the bullying by the coterie.

“There are enough instances of this guy peddling his agenda, editing videos conveniently, working selectively and biasedly against a political party to make money. He is anything but a fact-checker. One doesn’t have to be blind to not see the reality in this. Regards,” he responded to one of the supporters of Zubair.

The dubious ‘fact checker’ was also left red-faced when Venkatesh Prasad reposted the deleted tweet, which was used by him to target the Indian cricketer.

With no comeback left, Zubair found the media manager of Venkatesh Prasad i.e. Amritanshu Gupta and unleashed his troll army on the latter. This is in line with his past antics, where he had led his online lynch mob after people for virtue of their different political ideology.

Zubair and his targeting of Nupur Sharma

A classic case of his dog whistling and brazen propaganda was the Nupur Sharma controversy of May 2022.

The ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma found herself at the centre of a raging storm after Islamists, egged on by the likes of AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair, issued multiple threats against her and her family for expressing her views on Prophet Muhammad and Islam. 

Sharma was part of a debate panel on Times Now, discussing the finding of Shivling in the Gyanvapi complex and the subsequent mockery of the Hindu Gods and Goddesses that followed in the wake of the discovery.

Islamists had claimed that the Shivling discovered inside the wuzukhana of the Gyanvapi disputed structure was not a Shivling but a fountain. Across social media platforms, detractors had repeated ad nauseam that the Shivling found inside the Gyanvapi premises was a fountain and not an idol of a Hindu God.

In response to the contempt and scorn poured over Hindu Gods and Goddesses, BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma asked them to refrain from insulting Hindu Gods and cited Islamic scriptures and Holy Quran for substantiating her remarks on Prophet Muhammad and Islam.

Zubair shared an incomplete video of the debate, touching off Sar Tan Se Juda protests all over the country. While Islamists went on a rampage on the streets in many cities across the country, it was essentially Mohammed Zubair who was responsible for kindling a fire that had gone on to assume uncontrollable proportions.

It was Zubair’s dog-whistling that made a mountain out of a molehill and painted a target behind the back of Nupur Sharma and anyone and everyone who came out in her support.

The ominous hounding of Nupur Sharma prompted many to extend their support to her. Kanhaiya Lal from Udaipur, Umesh Kolhe in Amravati, and many others extended their solidarity with the beleaguered leader, voicing their support for her amid the death threats from Islamists. 

And so, Lal was a marked man the moment he came out in support of Nupur Sharma. Islamists, provoked by Mohammed Zubair, dished out death threats to him for what they considered an unpardonable sin committed against Prophet.

And days later, the Hindu man was killed for something as trivial as just sharing a social media post in support of Nupur Sharma.

A similar fate befell Umesh Kolhe, a chemist living in Maharashtra’s Amravati, who was murdered by four Muslim assailants while he was returning from his pharmacy on the night of June 22, 2022. Kolhe, too, was murdered for his social media post supporting Nupur Sharma.

Opindia had reported in details cases of murders and assaults faced by the Hindu community for extending their support to the former BJP spokesperson.

This makes Mohammed Zubair guilty of ‘stochastic terrorism’, a concept defined as the public demonisation of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted.

It was Mohammed Zubair who spearheaded a campaign against Nupur Sharma, accusing her of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and letting loose an army of Islamists against her that ultimately snuffed out the life of Lal, Kolhe, and many others.

Justin Trudeau embarrasses Canada at G20: Canadian media, commentators call out their PM, how he was ‘ignored’ and ‘scolded’. Read details

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Justin Trudeau embarrasses Canada at G20: Canadian media, commentators call out their PM, how he was ‘ignored’ and ‘scolded’. Read details

There are doers and there are talkers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s character qualifies as that of a talker reading his own eulogy. This much is clear from the global media coverage, including Canadian media, of Trudeau’s G20 participation which was a disaster in itself.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with his Canadian counterpart Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a pull-aside talk on the sidelines of the G20 Summit which was taking place in Delhi, India.

During this pull-aside meeting, the Indian PM conveyed strong concerns of India over the continuous anti-India activities by Khalistanis in Canada. PM Modi pointed out the use of Canadian soil for anti-India and Hinduphobic activities by pro-Khalistan elements.

The issue has been brought up several times in the past but the Canadian government has turned a blind eye to India’s concerns.

While the Prime Minister met all the heads of state with the G20 backdrop, the meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister did not have a G20 backdrop in the post shared by PM Modi on his official Twitter handle.

Moreover, the caption for all the meetings tweeted by the Prime Minister on X, former Twitter, read “G20 Summit” whereas it read “sidelines of G20 Summit” on the post about meeting with Trudeau.

Trudeau’s requests for a bilateral meeting were denied by the Modi administration. Moreover, his absence from the Global Biofuels Alliance did not go unnoticed either even as major world powers were party to the same.

The treatment Justin Trudeau received was embarrassing for Canada. Meanwhile, Trudeau was delivering a holier-than-thou media address on day 2 of the Summit, while Khalistani terrorists were holding a so-called “referendum” in Canada.

Not only did Trudeau get snubbed by the world leaders who were being hosted and led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but he has also been receiving flak on his home turf. Global coverage of the G20 Summit shows Trudeau in a bad light at a time when the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) leader is desperately attempting to keep his minority government in power.

A scathing coverage of Trudeau failing to get the limelight in New Delhi has got the Twitterati talking. An image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi showing Canadian PM Justin Trudeau the way has been headlined, “This Way Out” by the Canadian daily Toronto Sun.

The subheader for the report reads, “Trudeau finds he has few friends at G20 Summit in India”. Another article on the Toronto Sun website talks about how Trudeau’s rival and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was being celebrated back at home while the LPC leader barely managed a “pull-aside” meeting with the Indian Prime Minister.

The Canadian daily blamed Trudeau for being alienated from the world leaders just like from Canadian voters. It read, “It’s understandable that relations with Beijing would be strained given the last several years but that Canada is alienated from both of the largest countries in the region with growing economies is completely on Trudeau. Like he has done with Canadian voters, Trudeau has alienated himself from many world leaders. They likely are looking forward to a change in Ottawa as much as the convention goers in Quebec City were this weekend.”

Unreasonable frustrations of the Prime Minister of Canada became apparent when he paused trade talks with India before leaving for the Summit. According to a report, he did not offer an explanation for the decision. “We know the negotiations around free trade are long and complex and I won’t say any more,” Trudeau told reporters traveling with him.

Canadian Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre on Monday (11th September) took to X to hit out at Trudeau saying that the Canadian prime minister has been “repeatedly humiliated and trampled upon by the rest of the world”.

What’s worse is a continuous decline in Trudeau’s ratings in Canada. CPC leader Poilievre is reportedly leading the opinion polls in Canada. Should the country head to the ballot today, Poilievre is reportedly likely to trump Trudeau. Meanwhile Trudeau’s Liberal party is hanging by a thread that too only with an alliance with the New Democratic Party (NDP) which has agreed to keep Trudeau in power until 2025.

Trudeau has also come under severe attack by the Canadian opposition and policymakers for his “woke agenda” on issues around gender and freedom of speech.

Speaking at the Conservative Party convention in Quebec City, retired lieutenant general in the Canadian Army Michel Maisonneuve slammed Trudeau for his “woke agenda”. “Our country has been led by a government that has been focused on virtue signaling,” Maisonneuve told the crowd in Quebec City.

A Canadian political commentator on X named Concerned Canadian said that Trudeau’s role at the G20 Summit was marginal at best. “Modi clearly chastised Trudeau for his interference. He ensured that Trudeau’s role at the G20 was marginal at best. Trudeau embarrassed Canada & denigrated our global respect & influence! Liberals how can you continue to support him??”

In another such post, the X user blamed Trudeau for embarrassing Canada on the international stage. “Trudeau again embarrassed Canada on the international stage! He & his cabinet have no comprehension of the negative impact of what they are saying to our economic partners!”

Another columnist for the Toronto Sun, Brian Lilley pointed out the awkward nature of the Canadian Prime Minister’s visit to India. “Justin Trudeau pulled his hand away from Modi in an awkward moment, then he skipped the leaders’ dinner, faced several questions on his strained relationship with India and now….His plane is stuck there. He’ll never go back again,” the political commentator posted on X.

In the videos shared of the G20 Summit, Canadian twitterati pointed out that Trudeau was nowhere to be seen. “A second video from the G20 and not one piece of footage showing Trudeau was even there. This is definitely on purpose,” said X user Ryan Gerritsen.

Moreover, Trudeau’s own X account was like a barren land despite him being part of such a global event. Besides a few shutterbug images with “trying hard” captions, nothing production resulted from the Canadian Prime Minister’s visit.

While Trudeau continues to harbour Khalistani terrorists and host anti-India referendums, these among others also seem to be attempts to divert attention from the skeletons in his closet.

Justin Trudeau carries the weight of his father’s dirty legacy with reports now emerging that former Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau spied on members of the Quebec independence movement. The then Prime Minister’s Office in the 1970s reportedly created the spy group to monitor Quebec sovereigntists and sought intel on them.

The Trudeau administration has launched a public inquiry into the suspected foreign interference in the Canadian elections in 2019 and 2021. Notably, Trudeau won by minority votes in both elections, a development that Trudeau does not seem to have digested.

The inquiry primarily included China and Russia but was expanded to include Iran and India too. This has exposed the Trudeau administration’s deceitful attitude as despite glaring evidence of Khalistani terrorism emanating from the Canadian soil, the only response the Canadian Prime Minister has given is that of “freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful protests.”

‘Expenses made towards permanent asset creation’: Govt debunks Saket Gokhale and others claiming it spent 300 per cent more on G20 than allocated funds

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‘Expenses made towards permanent asset creation’: Govt debunks Saket Gokhale and others claiming it spent 300 per cent more on G20 than allocated funds

On Monday, September 11, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) took to X, formally Twitter to debunk the reports and social media accounts that claimed that the Indian government spent 300 per cent more on the G20 event than the funds that were previously allocated for the event in the budget. “This claim is misleading,” the official handle of the PIB fact check stated.

Several so-called liberals and leftists targeted the central government amid the G20 summit in Delhi claiming that the government had spent Rs 4,100 crore for the two-day event. TMC MP Saket Gokhale also said that the amount allocated in the budget for the event was Rs 990 crore and that the centre had spent Rs 4,100 for the two-day event.

Screenshot from Twitter

He also targeted the BJP and said, “Why shouldn’t BJP be made to pay this extra Rs 3110 cr since it was clearly non-essential spending purely for Modi’s self-advertisement and personal PR for 2024 elections?”

Also, Congress MP KC Venugopal criticized the government for allegedly spending a massive amount for a day event. This govt that cannot ensure cheap LPG or petrol/diesel refuses to compensate farmers who faced crop destruction does not release adequate funds for the restoration of flood-devastated Himachal Pradesh, has overshot the budget for this image-building exercise by 10x,” he said.

Screenshot from Twitter

“No number of beautification drives can hide the economic mess this government has spread across the country. We don’t need to look any further than the flooded Bharat Mandapam to know how public money has gone down the drain,” he added.

One of the Congress supporters on Twitter claimed that the BJP was just promoting itself ahead of the 2024 elections. “G20 was an advertisement and no use to anyone,” he said. He also claimed that a massive amount of public money was wasted by the government amid the G20 event.

Screenshot from Twitter

Apart from the liberals and opposition leaders, several media houses like Business Today, India Times, Deccan Herald, WION news, etc. also furthered similar information. A report by India Times said that the amount spent by the government for the G20 event in Delhi is four times the amount designated in the budget.

It also said that several countries like Indonesia, Japan, Argentina, China, etc. had spent much less than India on hosting international summits.

Report by India Times
Report by Business Today

Expense toward permanent asset creation: PIB fact checks misleading claims on G20 Summit

However, the PIB fact check called out all the reports and said that misleading information was being spread by some media houses and political leaders. “A tweet claims the government spent 300% more on G20 than funds allocated in the budget. This claim is misleading. The quoted expenditure is majorly towards permanent asset creation by ITPO & other infrastructure development which is not limited to hosting G20 Summit alone,” the PIB Fact Check said quoting TMC MP Saket Gokhale’s tweet.

Group of Twenty or G20 is a group of 20 nations including the EU which was established in 1999, to facilitate discussions and cooperation on global economic and financial issues. India holds the presidency for the year 2023- which is done in rotation. A geopolitical event of this magnitude has a far-reaching direct as well as a notional impact on India which can benefit the country in the coming several years, maybe decades.

UP registers zero cases of Japanese Encephalitis in 2023 so far: From endemic to a healthcare success story, how Yogi Govt achieved the unthinkable

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UP registers zero cases of Japanese Encephalitis in 2023 so far: From endemic to a healthcare success story, how Yogi Govt achieved the unthinkable

Uttar Pradesh, under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has achieved remarkable feet. From 1st January to 7th September this year, no death has been recorded in the state caused by Japanese Encephalitis, Chikungunya and Malaria.

In fact, UP CM Yogi Adityanath himself took to X (formerly Twitter) on September 9 to announce the same. The CM wrote, “In the regions of north Uttar Pradesh, thousands of children used to die due to Encephalitis. In 2017, the UP Government formed an inter-department committee to control Japanese Encephalitis.”

He added, “As a result, in the current year between 1st January and 7th September, no one has died due to Japanese Encephalitis, Chikungunya and Malaria. The disease caused havoc in the state for four decades and the state government controlled it within five years. Our next target is its eradication.”

As per the data available with the National Center for Vector Borne Diseases Control, Directorate General of Health Services that comes under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, a total of 17 cases of JE were reported in Uttar Pradesh between 1st January 2023 and 31st July 2023. No death occurred due to the disease during that period.

While this is cause for celebration for the people of not only Uttar Pradesh but the entire country, we must also take a moment to praise the Yogi government for doing what was unthinkable until a few years ago. But, before we delve further into the stringent measures taken by the Yogi government in recent years to halt the endemic, we should understand what this dreadful disease that has claimed thousands of lives is.

What is Japanese Encephalitis?

Encephalitis is a life-threatening disease causing acute inflammation of the brain. A person afflicted with encephalitis requires serious medical attention. This disease can occur in people of any age group but children and the elderly are more likely to be afflicted with the disease. It is caused due to bacterial infection, or parasites or may be prompted by other infectious diseases. Encephalitis is a non-communicable disease.

Japanese Encephalitis (JE) is a zoonotic viral disease caused by the JE virus. It is transmitted from animals, birds, and pigs, particularly the birds belonging to the family Ardeidae, for example, Cattle egrets, pond herons etc. to humans. The disease may result in febrile illness of variable severity. It affects the central nervous system causing severe complications, seizures and even death. The disease has a high fatality rate and those who survive have chances of various degrees of neurological complications.

For the past four decades, the state of Uttar Pradesh has been devastated by Japanese Encephalitis. With the onset of the monsoon season every year, 1000s of people especially children used to start falling prey to this deadly disease.

Previous regimes’ incompetence in handling the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and Japanese Encephalitis menace in UP

With regard to the previous regimes in Uttar Pradesh putting in the effort to eradicate Encephalitis, it has been woefully inadequate. In 2014, there were 5850 fatalities reported in the state due to the Japanese Encephalitis. This figure went up to 6917 in 2015, and 6121 in 2016.

In the name of working towards tackling the menace, the Akhilesh Yadav government started a few extra ambulances and added a few extra beds in the BRD hospital. He announced a separate hospital in Gorakhpur in 2012 for JEV but it is still far away from completion.

During his tenure, there were very few Encephalitis vaccine efforts, but none of them made any major progress since they were not carefully monitored. Instead of achieving his vow to eradicate Encephalitis, Akhilesh Yadav promised Rs 50,000 rupee compensation for parents who lost their children to this lethal disease. He further announced that a lakh would be provided to survivors who are permanently crippled. However, even these promises were a complete failure, as only 8 people received compensation in 2016 which amounts to less than 1% of patients receiving compensation. Equally grim was the situation in 2014 and 2015.

Yogi govt’s war against Encephalitis

CM Yogi Adityanath, since he was a young MP in the Lok Sabha, has been constantly raising this issue, asking for better awareness programs and better preparedness by the government to tackle the deadly disease that has been claiming thousands of lives every year, mostly little children.

After he became the CM of the state in 2017, Yogi Adityanath launched a multi-pronged, organized, and well-managed approach to tackle the disease in the state. With widespread immunization initiatives, awareness campaigns that go door-to-door, cleanliness drives, and better-equipped healthcare facilities, the state of Uttar Pradesh has finally achieved what was unthinkable just a few years back.

Under Yogi Adityanath’s guidance and due to his relentless efforts the Japanese Encephalitis cases in the state started to drastically decline after he assumed office in 2017. As per data from the National Center for Vector-Borne Diseases Control, cases of JE reduced by 82% and deaths by 95.6% between 2017 and 2022.

In 2018, 323 cases were reported resulting in 25 deaths. In 2019, the number of cases came down to 235 and the number of deaths recorded was 21. Following that year, in 2020, 100 cases were reported resulting in 9 deaths. During Covid time, in 2021, 153 cases were reported resulting in 5 deaths and in the following year 2022, 124 cases were reported resulting in 4 deaths. In 2023, till 31st July, only 9 cases have been reported resulting in zero deaths in the state.

The steps taken by the Yogi government to tackle Encephalitis

After Yogi Adityanath became the CM, he started the ‘Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome’. A large-scale immunisation programme that included a door-to-door awareness campaign, named ‘Dastak’ was launched. 15 Block-level Encephalitis treatment centres and mini-pediatric care centres were opened in rural areas. Block-level hospitals were given the facility of at least 3 ventilators. Moreover, over 3.5 lakh officers and employees were provided with training to equip them to respond to and deal with AES prevention and treatment.

As per the latest data, Gorakhpur district, the worst AES affected district in all these decades, has registered a massive fall in the number of deaths due to AES and JE. In 2016 and 2017, there were 127 and 114 AES deaths respectively. In 2018, the deaths came down to just 41, in 2019, just 15 AES deaths were recorded and in 2020, up to the month of July, just 5 AES deaths have been recorded in the district.

Similarly, the cases of JE have reduced from 51 in 2017 to just 6 cases in 2020 so far. only 1 death due to JE in Gorakhpur has been recorded in 2010 up to now.

Dastak program was praised by UNICEF

The UP government launched the Dastak programme in February 2018, with the aim to immunise every child under 15 years of age and carry out widespread sanitation and awareness programmes. The campaign was planned as a holistic programme to educate and provide facilities to the families, not only for vaccination but also for the prevention and treatment of the disease.

With regards to the drive, Yogi Adityanath had stated that for the 38 districts of UP affected by the disease, the state health department would be made the nodal agency and other departments like urban development, Panchayati Raj, Women, and Child Welfare, Rural Development, Medical Education, Animal Husbandry and basic education departments would work under them.

The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) praised the Uttar Pradesh government led by CM Yogi Adityanath for successfully immunizing all children of the state against Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome.

The statistics presented above attest to Yogi Adityanath’s government’s tireless efforts to eradicate the endemic, which no previous government was able to do. It is a monumental task to adequately limit a devastating disease like this in only 8 years, especially given that UP is the most populous state and has been endemic for this disease for the last 4 decades. The enthusiasm and determination with which the state’s BJP government worked to wipe out the deadly disease surely deserve special recognition.

Liberals and opposition leaders who are silent now had left no stone unturned to use the 2017 Gorakhpur tragedy to attack Yogi Govt

Despite this remarkable achievement, there hasn’t been a word of appreciation from the assorted bunch of liberals, their friendly media or the opposition leaders in the state like Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP leader Mayawati who had, in their efforts to attack the Yogi government, left no stone unturned in politicizing the 2017 Gorakhpur tragedy.

In 2017, when a mind-numbing tragedy hit the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College hospital where 70 children died in a span of only five days, the SP chief used the opportunity to castigate Yogi Adityanath by accusing his government of hiding facts on the matter.

“Government is not revealing the truth. Therefore, a delegation from Samajwadi Party will visit BRD Medical College to take a stock of the situation and inform the government and party,” he told reporters.

Adding that the government is trying to run away from its responsibilities, Yadav said, “Government is not doing their job. They are busy in hounding Samajwadi Party workers. See what has happened in Bareilly and Ballia,” he said. “Government is trying to run away from responsibilities and hence accusing the opposition of politicising the situation,” he said.

BSP supremo Mayawati also criticised the state government and said her party would send a team to take stock of the situation.

In fact, in 2022, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in unison with several leftist media outlets had gone as far as making a hero of Dr Kafeel Khan, the main accused in the deaths of several kids due to a lack of oxygen cylinders at Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in 2017, where he worked as a paediatrician.

For the uninitiated, Dr Khan was suspended from his job over medical negligence charges levelled against him in 2017 after 72 infants had died in BRD medical college in Gorakhpur due to lack of oxygen supply. In January 2020, he was arrested for his speech at Aligarh Muslim University on December 10, 2019, during anti-CAA protests.

Khan had made some inflammatory remarks in his speech delivered during the anti-CAA protests in Aligarh Muslim University. He had reportedly remarked against Home Minister Amit Shah that he was a murderer whose clothes were foul with blood.

Despite all this, the SP party had in 2022, named the controversial doctor as the party’s candidate from the Deoria-Kushinagar legislative council seat for the upcoming MLC elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Congress trolls share old video claiming US Prez Biden mocked PM Modi about how to toast with a non-alcoholic beverage: Here is the truth

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Congress trolls share old video claiming US Prez Biden mocked PM Modi about how to toast with a non-alcoholic beverage: Here is the truth

As the G20 Summit wrapped up successfully with pomp and ceremony, earning accolades for India’s leadership role some usual Congress supporters and anti-Modi trolls were busy trying to spread misinformation around the G20 hype.

Handle @Cryptic_Mind shared a short video clip of an event claiming that PM Modi was laughing without understanding what US President Joe Biden was trying to say. He insinuated that PM Modi is often seen ‘hysterically’ laughing with world leaders because he does not understand what they are saying.

“Biden, while toasting, asked to raise the left hand instead of the right if there’s no alcohol in the glass. ( It’s actually a norm- An unwritten rule ). Narendra Modi, of course, had no idea what Biden was proposing so he did what he does best. Acted as if he got the joke ( It was no joke ) and started laughing before Biden could even finish his sentence. 

Biden felt offended and said, “ You think I’m kidding !!” And moved on. 

The whole branding of Modi’s image might have costed millions but if there’s no substance this is what it looks like.”

Another handle @mrs_roh08 had shared the same video, insinuating that PM Modi had laughed without understanding what the US President was saying.

Congress supporter handle Spirit of Congress also shared the short clip, with the text “Stupidest PM ever, Modi… Look at him cluelessly laughing when Biden was schooling him about how to hold a Glass“

The clip was edited from a June 2023 video

The video clip that the Congress supporters and anti-Modi trolls shared was from the State Dinner hosted in PM Modi’s honor by the US President during the PM’s visit in June this year.

On June 22, PM Modi and US President Biden had shared some lighthearted moments during the customary ‘toast’ at the State Dinner.

It is notable here that both PM Modi and Joe Biden are teetotalers, that is they do not drink alcohol. President Biden had shared a joke about his Irish grandfather, on how he used to joke about people who do not drink. The US President had shared that his Irish grandfather Mr Ambrose Finnigan used to say, “If you give a toast and you don’t have any alcohol in the glass, you must do it with your left hand.”

As PM Modi laughed, and the audience laughed, the US President further added, “You all think I am kidding? I am not.”

A longer video of the event was then shared by ANI from the State Dinner event in June 2023. There, as PM Modi and the guests present laugh over President Biden’s anecdote, the translator says in Hindi, “Mr. PM, as Mr. President said when they do not have alcohol, they are expected to raise the toast with their left hand. Earlier we were under the impression that there were going to be no glasses. But now we have been informed that the glasses contain ginger ale.”

To this PM Modi smiles again. As obvious from the video, it was a lighthearted joke shared by the US President. Both the PM and President Biden are seen later raising their glasses to each other with their right hands and taking a sip of the non-alcoholic drink.

The trolls were also fact-checked by X users with the longer video clip from the event.

Also, PM Modi shares a great chemistry with many world leaders and to suggest that he does not ‘understand’ what was being said is a rather stupid statement. Even if there are any such drinking customs among Irish people, the PM of India does not need to obey them.

Also, PM Modi’s confident stance, easy bonhomie, and visibly comfortable attitude among world leaders have been a sharp contrast to the earlier Prime Minister, that is Dr Manmohan Singh’s rather silent and reluctant persona at international events. This has been a constant trigger for outrage among Congress supporters because they do not like what they see now. They expected the ‘chaiwalla’ to be mocked and ignored by world leaders. But when PM Modi is hailed as a great friend by world leaders Congress and its supporters get rattled.

Lt Governor of Ladakh refutes false claims made by Rahul Gandhi, says not even a square inch of Indian land is occupied by China

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Lt Governor of Ladakh refutes false claims made by Rahul Gandhi, says not even a square inch of Indian land is occupied by China

On Monday, September 11, Lt Governor of Ladakh, Retired Brig. (Dr.) BD Mishra lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his claims about a huge portion of Ladakh being occupied by China. Rahul Gandhi has time and again tried to peddle lies about the Indian-China dispute to claim that China has occupied a massive portion of the Indian territory.

Lt Governor of Ladakh Brig. (Dr.) BD Mishra (Retd.) refuted the claims and said that not even a square inch of Indian land has been occupied by China.

“I wouldn’t comment on anybody’s statement but I will say what is fact because I have seen myself. There is not even one square inch of land which the Chinese have occupied…The statement of fact is that our armed forces are prepared for any eventuality and God forbid if the balloon goes up, people will get a bloody nose from us,” he said while talking to the media today.

Congress’ Rahul Gandhi has always issued misleading statements on the India-China dispute and has claimed that Prime Minister Modi has ‘surrendered the Indian territory to the Chinese aggression.’ In June 2020, he also said that the Galwan Valley territory in Ladakh was grabbed by the Chinese.

PM Modi then stated that no part of Indian territory was taken over by the Chinese. “No one entered Indian territory, nor were Indian posts taken over. 20 jawans did die, but they taught a lesson to those who had cast their evil eyes on Bharat Mata (India),” the PM was quoted as saying.

Also in July 2020, Gandhi launched a baseless attack on the PM repeating his lies and claiming that the PM was lying on the border issue. He refused to believe that Indian soldiers had evicted Chinese soldiers from their unauthorized positions along the LAC and that there was no Chinese incursion inside the LAC. He also posted testimonials from people of Ladakh who claimed that the Chinese had occupied the Indian territory.

OpIndia had exposed how Congress had published a fake video claiming that the people speaking in the said video were not from Ladakh. They belonged to groups and political parties associated with the Congress.

Recently in June this year, Gandhi again peddled lies while he was in the United States. While addressing the press at the National Press Club, Washington DC in the United States, Gandhi spoke about the Indian-China dispute to claim that China had occupied Indian territory.

When asked about India’s relationship with China and about the Indian government’s statement saying ‘not an inch of Indian land has been occupied by China’, Rahul Gandhi claimed that China has occupied 1500 sq km of land and it’s a fact.

“The fact of the matter is that China is occupying our territory. It’s an accepted fact. I think 1500 sq km of land, land of the size of Delhi is occupied by China and I think that is absolutely unacceptable. Prime Minister seems to believe otherwise. I don’t know, maybe he knows something we don’t know,” Gandhi could be heard saying in the video.

Further on August 30, Gandhi claimed to have talked to the locals of Ladakh who ‘confirmed’ to him that the Chinese had taken over the Indian land. He also said that PM Modi had lied about China’s acquisition of the Indian territory.

“I spent a week in Ladakh. I went to Pangong Lake right in front of where the Chinese were. I had detailed discussions, probably the most detailed discussions that any politician outside Ladakh has had with the people of Ladakh. They categorically told me that the Chinese had taken Indian land. They categorically told me that the PM is lying about the fact that the Chinese have not taken Indian land,” Rahul Gandhi was quoted as saying.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Indian Army have time and again stated that not an inch of Indian land belongs to China.

In January this year, the External Affairs Minister slammed the Congress party for deliberately spreading misinformation regarding India-China relations. This is after Rahul Gandhi claimed last September that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given 100 square kilometers of Indian territory to China without a fight.

Jaishankar then slammed saying that “some people deliberately spread wrong news about the China issue knowing it is not true for politics and by talking about some land, which was taken by China in 1962, they give the impression this happened recently.”

He also pressed that some people in the opposition were deliberately trying to spread wrong news or information about China on purpose. “Sometimes, they talk about some land, which was taken by China in 1962. But they will not tell you the truth. They will give you the impression that this thing happened yesterday,” he had reiterated.

It is notable that China occupied large chunks of Indian territory in 1962, and continues to illegally occupy these areas. But the Congress party and some media houses keep claiming from time to time that those are recent developments, which is completely false. Although regular skirmishes take place between Indian and Chinese forces, and the Chinese military often enters Indian territory, the Line of Actual Control largely remains unchanged.

Left-liberals maintain silence on President Biden attending a Christian ceremony before G20 Summit Delhi: Is criticism only meant for Hinduism?

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Left-liberals maintain silence on President Biden attending a Christian ceremony before G20 Summit Delhi: Is criticism only meant for Hinduism?

The G20 New Delhi Summit was a success, with several top world leaders visiting India for the event, including United States President Joe Biden. Interestingly, before going to the G20 Summit, President Biden participated in a private Christian ceremony in Delhi held by Father Nicholas Dias from the Delhi Archdiocese. What is baffling is that the left-liberals who scream their lungs out when leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath perform Puja as per Hindu rituals were utterly silent.

There have been countless instances when the left-liberals criticized PM Modi, CM Yogi, and other leaders from the Hindu religion who participated in or performed rituals. Let it be the establishment of Sengol in the new Parliament Building, Bhoomi Pujan of Shri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Kashi Vishwanath corridor in UP or Mahakal corridor in Madhya Pradesh, or any other event where PM Modi performed Puja as per Hindu rituals, the left-liberal gang came out outraging over ‘secular’ ethos, questioning the rituals and indirectly sharing hatred on Hinduism.

Christian prayer event for President Biden at Delhi

As per reports, the US Embassy in New Delhi organized Holy Communion Service at the request of President Joe Biden. Father Nicholas Dias was contacted a week before President Biden’s arrival, and everything was arranged accordingly.

Father Dias is a resident of Benolim, Goa. He has been organizing Christian events for over three decades. The event occurred in ITC Maurya, where the ceremony lasted 30 minutes. A small group of US representatives was also present at the event.

Father Dias said to Indian Express, “President Biden was clear that he wanted to begin his two-day G20 engagements at Bharat Mandapam with the Holy Eucharist and a prayer. Together, we prayed for the participants as well as for the success of the Summit and for the global issues that were to be discussed”.

The hypocrisy of left-liberals

The President of one of the world’s most powerful nations stuck to his Christian roots even in a foreign land where he came to attend an international event. Not even a single person from the left-liberal section criticized him. It appears they do not see anything contradicting democracy if President Biden participated in such an event. However, they do not leave a chance to criticize PM Modi and other leaders who follow Hindu dharma when participating in religious events.

The main issue, it appears, is not with performing religious rituals but with Hindu Dharma or Sanatan Dharma. Recent comments by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin, where he called to eradicate Sanatan Dharma while comparing it to dengue, corona and malaria, or D Raja‘s derogatory remarks where he compared Sanatan Dharma to HIV and leprosy, are examples of the hate these people have for Sanatan Dharma. IIT professor Divya Dwivedi called for wiping out Hinduism but claimed a threat to India’s democracy and secular ethos with that.

No one uttered a word when MPs, PMs, Presidents, and CMs organized Iftaar parties at their residents using public money. However, when PM Modi, then-President Ramnath Kovind, CM Yogi, and other leaders stopped it, there was a lot of hue and cry. No one utters a word if a leader wears an Islamic cap while attending meetings in Muslim-majority areas or Iftar parties. Still, if PM Modi wears clothes depicting his devotion to Sanatan Dharma, it becomes a problem. No one from the left-liberal section criticized then-PM Manmohan Singh when he said Muslims have the first right to resources of the country. However, it becomes a problem if CM Yogi Adityanath uses the name that he got after Diksha or wears Saffron clothes.

How can someone forget that liberals whitewashed Taslim Ahmed Rehmani‘s derogatory comments on Bhagwan Shiva, but when former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma retaliated by quoting Islamic texts, she was thrown under the bus by the left-liberals and Islamists? In the recent case of Nuh violence, there have been consistent attempts to paint it as a communal clash. At the same time, it was an apparent attack on unarmed Hindu devotees by Islamists with stones, batons, sticks, and illegal weapons.

‘Semi Emergency situation in WB’: Suvendu Adhikari says he was stopped from meeting journalist arrested for reporting on hooch traders

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‘Semi Emergency situation in WB’: Suvendu Adhikari says he was stopped from meeting journalist arrested for reporting on hooch traders

On September 11, days after informing about his arrest, the leader of the opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal MLA Suvendu Adhikari took to X, formally Twitter to inform that the jail authorities working at the behest of WB CM Mamata Banerjee stopped him from meeting the Anandabazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi. Condemning the TMC government’s autocracy in the state, he declared that a “Semi-Emergency-like situation” has developed in West Bengal under “Mamata Banerjee’s Authoritarian Regime.”

Earlier on September 7, the BJP leader had informed about the arbitrary arrest of the Anandbazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi following reports he wrote in the Kharagpur edition of the Anandabazar Patrika, highlighting the menace of Hooch Traders in the Kharagpur Municipality.

Sharing a copy of the letter he had written to the Jail Superintendent of Midnapore Correctional Home seeking permission to meet the journalist, the BJP leader wrote that he had visited the Midnapore Central Correctional Home to meet Debmalya Bagchi but the Superintendent denied him permission to do so.

“Semi Emergency like situation in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee’s Authoritarian Regime. I raised my voice earlier in my X-Handle when Mamata Police arrested Anandabazar Patrika’s Kharagpur Correspondent; Shri Debmalya Bagchi, for highlighting the menace of Hooch Traders in Ward No. 24 of the Kharagpur Municipality. Even yesterday at the Ghatal Rally, I reiterated my stance. Now the Police & Jail Authorities under the specific instructions of Mamata Banerjee have gone a step further and aren’t allowing people to meet him. Today I wanted to visit Shri Debmalya Bagchi at the Midnapore Central Correctional Home but the Superintendent denied me the permission to do so. Why are you afraid Mamata Banerjee? The Leader of Opposition wants to meet a Journalist whom you have jailed for throwing the spotlight on the deteriorating Law & Order situation of the State. You might have been able to temporarily halt the ink flowing from the Pen of this Journalist, but remember Authoritarian Regimes don’t last forever and the Pen is mightier than your Atrocities,” the BJP leader’s long post read.

On 7th September Suvendu Adhikari informed about the arrest of Anandabazar Patrika journalist Debmalya Bagchi by the state authorities in West Bengal. Accusing media and left-liberals of maintaining silence on the arrest, he narrated the chronology of events that led to Bagchi’s arrest.

Journalist Debmalya Bagchi was allegedly picked up by the police from his residence in the aftermath of a series of reports published by Anandabazaar Patrika highlighting the illegal trade of illicit alcohol happening in the residential area of Sanjoal in Ward No 24 of Kharagpur Municipality.

Once banned from the US over Covid vaccination, Novak Djokovic becomes the ‘GOAT’ at a tournament in America sponsored by a Covid vaccine company

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Once banned from the US over Covid vaccination, Novak Djokovic becomes the ‘GOAT’ at a tournament in America sponsored by a Covid vaccine company

On Monday (September 11 local time), Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in the final of the US Open men’s single. In the final that lasted three hours and 16 minutes, Djokovic outclassed the resurgent Russian star Medvedev to bag his 4th US Open title. In a riveting display of sheer grit and tennis mastery. The Serbian great yet again showcased why he ranks among the greatest of the game. 

Notably, this was Djokovic’s third major title of the year. Earlier, in the first half of 2023, he won the Australian Open and the French Open. However, Carlos Alcaraz, in a five-set thriller in the Wimbledon final, denied Djokovic a calendar-year Grand Slam.

With the fourth US Open title in his kitty, Djokovic has advanced his overall tally to 24 Grand Slam titles, tying Margaret Court for most Grand Slam titles.

He has now tied Court for the most Grand Slam titles ever among men or women. Pertinent to note that, Margaret Court won 13 titles in the Amateur Era and rest in the Open Era. However, since the start of the Open Era in 1968, Djokovic remains the only player ever to register 24 Majors under his name. 

In the open era, he stands atop the all-time list (men & women) as he has surpassed the legendary Tennis star Serena Williams who now ranks second only to him with 23 Major titles under her name. 

Taking to X, the official account of the US Open shared a montage of his 24 major victories.

During the presentation ceremony, Djokovic said, “To make the history of this sport is something truly remarkable and special. I never imagined that I would be here talking about 24 Slams. I never thought that would be the reality, but the last couple of years I felt I have a chance, I have a shot at history—and why not grab it if it’s presented.”

Djokovic conquers his US Open demons

Interestingly, this time US Open yielded a completely opposite result than the last time when these two tennis stars met in the US Open final in 2021. Back then, the Russian Medvedev, prevailed over his Serbian counterpart in a straight set victory with the scoreline reading 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

However, at that time, odds were stacked up against Djokovic as he was fighting multiple battles including one to keep playing on the Tennis court. Evidently, during the Covid era, his anti-vaccination stance and steadfast refusal to oblige to vaccine mandates courted several controversies off the field which threatened to derail his date with destiny.

Djokovic was denied Visas on multiple occasions to play in major tournaments. With repeated flip-flops and a humiliating saga for the Tennis legend, he was unceremoniously deported on the eve of the 2022 Australian Open for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. Back then, he also received a three-year travel ban from the country which however was later lifted. 

Reflecting on this daunting experience, he said, “You can’t forget those events, it’s one of those things that stick with you. It stays with you for the rest of your life. It’s something I’ve never experienced before and hopefully never again, but it is valuable for me. Coming back speaks about how I feel about this country.” 

Similarly, he was denied the chance to play in the US Open 2022 and had to miss out on another chance to better his overall grand slam tally. Last year, Djokovic missed the US Open because he wasn’t allowed to enter the country as an unvaccinated foreigner which he admitted was a “sad” incident for him.  

However, the US administration lifted the COVID-19 restriction rules in May 2023 which allowed the Serbian legend to play in this year’s US Open. In an ironic turn of events, this year’s US Open is being sponsored by Moderna – the pharmaceutical firm that made the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19. 

Remarkably, Novak Djokovic who is known as a vocal critic of Moderna and other vaccine lobbyists, not only clinched the title sponsored by Moderna but also delivered the ‘Moderna Shot of the day’.

After his 24th grand slam win, the tennis legend is being hailed as the Greatest Tennis star of All Time, and some say Greatest Athlete of All Time. While in some quarters he is being praised for his open stance against Moderna and ilks. Notably, these vaccine firms themselves have courted controversy for the efficacy of their vaccines and using different coercive methods to force nations and their citizens to be jabbed with their questionable COVID-19 vaccine. 

USA: 14 yo ‘transitioned’ girl trafficked, serially raped after being snatched away from family, how the school and ‘woke’ system played a role

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USA: 14 yo ‘transitioned’ girl trafficked, serially raped after being snatched away from family, how the school and ‘woke’ system played a role

A woman by the name of Michelle Blair has filed a lawsuit against her daughter’s school district in Appomattox County in Virginia State of the United States.

The school reportedly withheld the fact that her teen daughter Sage Blair was identifying as a ‘boy’ in school. According to Michelle, she was not informed that Sage was being physically assaulted at school and subjected to verbal threats (including rape) by her male classmates.

She further informed that the school also allowed Sage to change her name to ‘Draco’ and ‘socially transition’ into a boy. Despite threats of sexual assault, the school encouraged the victim to continue to use the boy’s washroom.

The authorities also disregarded the fact that the girl had a history of mental health issues. Michelle Blair learnt about the ordeal of her daughter after she found a hall pass with the name ‘Draco’ on it. Sage eventually ran away from her home.

Later, a paedophile found the distressed girl, kidnapped and raped her. He and his two accomplices trafficked the teenager from Virginia to Washington DC and then to Maryland. Sage Blair was eventually traced down by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

However, her exploitation did not stop there. A public defender named Aneesa Khan claimed that Sage’s parents are not supportive of her new ‘gender identity’ and convinced the Baltimore juvenile court system to take custody of the teenager.

To make matters worse, the girl was sent to a juvenile facility meant for boys. Sage Blair was reportedly sexually assaulted, exposed to drugs and denied medical care during her time in the juvenile facility.

Forced by circumstances, the victim fled the facility only to be picked up by another sex trafficker. She was taken to Texas and subjected her to rape, drugs, starvation and torture. It was only when law enforcement agencies in Texas notified Michelle that she could get custody of her child.

Sage Blair has been diagnosed with complex PTSD and is now undergoing therapy. While speaking about the matter, Michelle’s attorney Vernadette Broyles stated, “‘It is frankly just cruel and irresponsible for school officials to be encouraging confusion, gender confusion in particularly traumatized young girls with histories of mental health.”

According to Michelle Blair, her daughter was first exposed to a ‘panoply of sexuality and gender options’ in school at the tender age of 14.

While speaking to the Washington Examiner, she said, “They stole my right to protect my daughter…I’m the parent, I am an expert on my child, there is nobody in the school or court system that knows my daughter better than me. They will never know my daughter better than I do.”

“It was verbal, physical, sexually harassed with constant threats of rape by the male classmates…Despite this, the school encouraged her to use the boys’ bathroom,” Michelle emphasised.

The California State Assembly has recently passed a bill that would penalise parents with losing their children’s custody if they resisted their gender transition.

The Bill, AB 957, which was passed with a decisive vote of 57-16 on Friday, incorporates gender affirmation as a significant factor to be taken into account in child custody proceedings. Prior to this, the California Senate also gave its approval with a vote of 30-9.

In a nutshell, the Bill will require judges to take into account whether a parent “affirms” a child’s “gender identity or gender expression” in determining custody.

Woke insanity takes over the West

The indoctrination of children with ‘gender theory’ and LGBTQ+ propaganda is being openly undertaken in US schools. This is understandable, given that the spokesperson of the US State Department John Kirby informed that the promotion of “LGBTQ+ rights” was an essential element of US foreign policy.

Even former President Barack Obama was seen endorsing pornographic books for children. Large corporations such as Walt Disney had also opposed legislation to prevent sexual indoctrination of kids at school.

The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has made it compulsory for all public schools under it to adopt new signage for their student washrooms and make them ‘gender neutral’. A private school in Manhattan had also issued guidelines, calling for the use of gender-neutral terms instead of ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad.’

The situation is so grim that people are being cancelled for speaking out against such brainwashing of children in schools. Online influencers have added to the menace, creating confusion about sex and gender in young, impressionable minds.

Other developed nations such as the UK and Canada are also not safe from this wave of ‘woke insanity’. In June 2023, it came to light that schools in the United Kingdom were teaching pre-adolescent children about masturbation, orgasm and anal sex under the guise of ‘Relationships and Sex Education (RSE).’

In Scotland, political pressure and the threat of lawsuits from gender activists have made many educational institutions adopt gender-neutral toilet, leading to increased school drop-outs for female students.

In a tragic case, a man in Canada was jailed for referring to his biological female child as ‘daughter’. Robert Hoogland, a father of a teenage girl, was jailed by a Canadian court for calling his biological female child his “daughter,” and referring to her with the pronouns “she” and “her.”

A wake-up call for India

The developments in the West and the takeover of academia by the left-liberal cabal imply that sooner or later, woke insanity will begin to manifest in Indian schools.

Attempts are already underway to indoctrinate young minds with divergent and unscientific views about gender and sexuality. It is a perverse form of grooming under the pretext of education.

In July 2020, Tagore International School in Vasant Vihar in Delhi came under fire for hosting a session on gender identity politics in order to brainwash children.

Screengrab of Nazariya’s facebook post

Images of the visuals that the children were exposed to have shocked people on social media across the board. The sessions at the school were conducted by Nazariya- Queer Feminist Resource Group (Nazariya QFRG).

Another shocking post of Nazariya QFRG showed the organisation advertising a planner/colouring book for students, which had the image of a nude woman wearing a dildo (a female sex toy).

The colouring book also had the image of a nude woman masturbating in the bottom left corner. And the caption read, “Discount for students Rs.100”. Given the dangerous activism Nazariya QFRG was engaging in, we decided to investigate its background. Opindia discovered that these were not fringe elements but were quite mainstream within the domain of LGBT activism.

In March last year, the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) announced that it had introduced gender-neutral washrooms and designated spaces within its campus.

While ‘woke’ experiments such as gender-neutral toilets on campuses have already been tried and tested in foreign schools and universities, it was the first time that a public State University had chosen to mould its policies for the ‘gender non-conforming individuals.’

In October 2021, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) came under fire over a disturbing ‘training material’, which advocated the use of puberty blockers for teens and ‘gender neutral toilets.’

The pushback on social media against ‘trans indoctrination’ eventually led to the removal of the disturbing content from the website of NCERT.

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