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90% communities in MOBC list in West Bengal are Muslims, Rohingyas and Bangladeshis also included: finds NCBC, to remove wrongly added communities

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90% communities in MOBC list in West Bengal are Muslims, Rohingyas and Bangladeshis also included: finds NCBC, to remove wrongly added communities

The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has found that Rohingyas and illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have received Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates in the State of West Bengal. NCBC also found that there are more Muslim OBC castes in the state compared to Hindus when the population of Hindus are more.

On Thursday (June 8), NCBC chief Hansraj Gangaram Ahir informed that 118 out of 179 castes, which have been granted OBC status in West Bengal, belong to the Muslim community. The matter came to light during field surveys conducted between February-May 2023.

“We have received several complaints stating that many from the Muslim community included in the list are immigrants from Bangladesh. We are investigating the matter, as this has been done by depriving actual beneficiaries. We have sought a detailed response from the state government,” Ahir informed.

The NCBC said, “When we visited the State in February this year, we took up the matter and questioned how there were more Muslim OBC castes than Hindu OBC castes in the State, when the absolute population of Hindus in the State is clearly higher. They did not have satisfactory replies.” He said that there was “clearly something wrong” with the State OBC list in West Bengal, and NCBC will remove communities added to the list wrongly.

He stated that the OBC list in the State is divided into two categories – A (Most Backward Class) and B (Backward Class) and that the first category is entitled to more benefits than the other.

According to the NCBC chief, 73 out of the 81 communities listed in Category A are Muslims and only 8 of them are Hindus, which means over 90% of communities in the MOBC list are Muslims. In category B, more than half are Muslim communities. “We are not against Muslims getting the benefit of reservation, but such irregularity can’t be accepted,” Ahir emphasised.

He pointed out that the Commission was verbally told during the survey that several Hindu OBC communities had converted to Islam. After seeking a written explanation, the West Bengal government reportedly claimed that it is unclear how many people converted to Islam, and there is no proof that all these communities had converted from Hinduism.

“It is clear that the state has arbitrarily given non-deserving communities OBC status,” the NCBC chief emphasised. He has directed the State government to fix the discrepancies at the earliest.

Reportedly, the Commission had earlier highlighted the issue during meetings in February and May this year. The West Bengal government relies on reports published by its own wing, namely, the Cultural Research Institute (Kolkata), for the inclusion of communities in the OBC list.

Flawed reservation policy in Rajasthan, Bihar and Punjab

The Commission also found non-implementation of reservation policy in the Congress-ruled State of Rajasthan. According to it, seven districts had no individuals with OBC status although a large number of backward communities were residing in those regions.

“No caste certificates had been issued. The state was following a flawed policy in which they were taking the income of the entire family to give OBC certificates,” Ahir said. “This made several people ineligible for non-creamy layer OBC certificate,” he stated.

NCBC has also directed the AAP government in Punjab to increase OBC reservations from 12% to 25%. The Economic Times reported that a total of 37% reservation (25% for Scheduled Castes and 12% for OBC) was allotted in the State.

Since the upper limit of the reservation is 50%, the Commission has directed the Punjab government to increase the OBC quota by an additional 13%.

Similarly, the JDU-RJD-ruled State of Bihar was faced with similar anomalies when it came to the implementation of reservation norms. NCBC found that the Bihar government was including the agricultural income of Class III and Class IV employees for calculating total income.

As such, they were given non-creamy layer OBC certificates. The practice had been prevalent in the State for a span of 30 years (1993-2003). The Commission has asked the State government to make amends.

India Muslim Foundation chief and Jamia scholar Shoaib Jamai spews hate against Hindus, challenges Bageshwar Baba to make India a Hindu Rashtra, peddles ‘Bhagwa love trap’ conspiracy theory

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India Muslim Foundation chief and Jamia scholar Shoaib Jamai spews hate against Hindus, challenges Bageshwar Baba to make India a Hindu Rashtra, peddles ‘Bhagwa love trap’ conspiracy theory

Dr Shoaib Jamai, Chairman of India Muslim Foundation and a scholar of Jamia Millia Islamia University, who had recently posted a thread of tweets spreading fake things about Hindu religious texts, was once again been caught spewing hate against Hindus.

In a video that has been going viral, the Islamist scholar is not only heard spreading canards and peddling false propaganda to berate Hindus but also heard throwing an open challenge at Bageshwar Dham Sarkar. He dares the Hindu saint to try if he has the nerve, to turn India into a Hindu Rashtra.

In the 9.16-minute-long video, he also brazenly warned India of “Ghazwa-e-Hind”, a fantasy that refers to the complete conquest of India by invading Islamic forces. To further denounce Hindus, the scholar went on to brazenly peddle the illusionary ‘Bhagwa love trap’ conspiracy theory created by Islamists and Maulanas like Sajjad Nomani.

The video was originally posted on the YouTube channel Naya Savera Times (NS Times) on June 3, 2023.

Shoaib Jamai began his monologue by issuing veil threats to Bageshwar Dham Sarkar. He challenged the Hindu saint to try and convert India into Hindu Rashtra if he had the audacity. “I beseech Allah that the day would soon come when India transforms into Akhand Bharat, the Islamist scholar exclaimed, adding, “The day when 25 crore Muslims from Bangladesh, 25 crore Muslims from Pakistan, and 25 crore Muslims from India would unite and take over India, then India would have a Muslim Prime Minister and more than 250 Muslims would serve as Assembly members.

Threatening that India would be seized by Islamists following the 2024 Assembly elections, he claimed that Babas like Bageshwar Dham Sarker would be forced to flee the country.

Further peddling rabid Hindu hatred and propagating the idea of India’s annihilation, the Jamia Islamia scholar warned Babas like Bageshwar Dham Sarkar that their wish to make India a Hindu Rashtra would never be fulfilled as his religious brethren would not let even an inch of India’s land be converted into Hindu Rashtra.

At this point, the scholar is questioned about the gruesome cases of ‘Love Jihad’ emerging every other day from every nook and corner of the country where susceptible and vulnerable Hindu women are being targeted and exploited in the name of ‘love’.

The interviewer brought up the horrifying murders of Hindu girls by Muslim men, including Shraddha Walker by her Muslim live-in partner Aftab Poonawala and the minor girl named Sakshi by her ‘friend’ Sahil in Delhi’s Shahbad dairy neighbourhood, and questioned the scholar about his thoughts on such cases where Hindu girls are trapped by Muslims who later either force them to convert to Islam, push them into terrorism, groom them, or murder and rape them.

Here, the scholar though half-heartedly agreeing that these cases are a reality, deftly turned the discussion to the false ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ conspiracy theory that is being spread by Islamists and Maulanas like Sajjad Nomani. He cleverly whitewashed the crimes being perpetrated by his religious brethren by blatantly claiming that Hindus are to be blamed for the rampant rape and molestation cases in India.

The scholar continued by expounding on how Muslims sacrificed their lives and shed blood to free India from the British, handing Hindus an independent India on a silver platter in return. At this point, he again challenged the Hindu saint to realise his vision of India becoming a Hindu nation.

How the ‘Bhagwa love trap’ conspiracy theory peddled by Islamists has translated to real-life attacks

The fictitious ‘Bhagwa love trap’ threat is posing a serious threat to society. This well-planned and organised crime has recently been spreading its tentacles in every nook and cranny of the country. Several hundred videos have emerged on social media showing an Islamist mob harassing, abusing, and attacking Hindu-Muslim couples under the guise of battling the ‘Bhagwa Love trap.’

A couple of months ago, Islamists began peddling a baseless theory dubbed ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ to counter 100s of documented cases of impersonation, identity fraud, and forced conversions to Islam (popularly known as Love Jihad). It is based on a baseless theory about Hindu outfits, supposedly training Hindu youth to lure, and entrap Muslim women and turn them into non-Muslims. 

The conspiracy theory soon took the form of a social media hashtag, which Islamists used to share videos of random hijab-wearing Muslim women and their male Hindu friends/ acquaintances and partners without their consent.

OpIndia has documented innumerable such incidents that happened in recent days, in which Hindu males and Muslim women were harassed by the latter’s rabid co-religionists for something as trivial and insignificant as sharing snacks or giving a lift.

Interestingly, while Hindu men are being attacked by rabid Islamists over a conspiracy theory called Bhagwa Love Trap, there are several cases that come to the fore every day where Hindu women are being brutalised, forced to convert to Islam and murdered/raped. Sajjad Nomani, a prominent Islamic scholar and cleric, has been at the forefront of the misleading campaign spreading ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ tropes. His speeches and provocative remarks have added enough fuel to the fire of Islamism so much so that they have now translated into real-life incidents of attacks.

In one of his videos, he was heard saying, “8 lakh Muslim women have turned infidel and left Islam after meeting their Hindu partners. RSS has created a team of Hindu youths who are trained in Islamic teachings and Urdu…They are then instructed to lure Muslim women into a love trap.”

Sajjad Nomani claimed that such Hindu men are then rewarded with ₹2.5 lakhs, a house and a job, which is supposedly serving as an ‘incentive’ for the Hindu community at a time of high unemployment.

“Several Hindu youths are fixated on this mission but we are sleeping…Billions of funds have been allocated to take away our Faith,” he alleged. The AIMPLB member urged his fanatic followers to ‘wake up from their deep slumber and take action’.

While elements like Nomani spread such tropes with no proof, painting a target on Hindu men, Muslim men have been rampantly targeting Hindu women. While in this particular case, a Muslim mob attacked a Hindu man, only yesterday (May 29), OpIndia reported three such incidents where Hindu women were mercilessly assaulted, in two cases brutally killed, by Muslim youths for literally no fault of theirs.

Shoaib Jamai spreads lies about Hindu religious texts, claims Apsaras are same as Hoors in Islam

A film titled 72 Hoorain (72 Hoors) depicting the dark face of Islamic terrorism is soon to release. The teaser of the film was launched on 4th June 2023. After the teaser of this film was released, Dr Shoaib Jamai, Chairman of India Muslim Foundation, posted a thread of tweets spreading fake things about Hindu religious texts to whitewash the concept of 72 Hoors in his faith that is Islam.

Hoors (meaning beautiful virgin ladies) promised to Muslim men when they go to Jannat (meaning paradise or heaven) after attaining martyrdom while on the path of Jihad is one of the most alluring baits to join Jihad and unleash Islamic terrorism. The terror masters of various terrorist outfits lure Muslim youths with jannat and 72 hoors to kill infidels (non-Muslims) and wage jihad against them. Trapped in this greed, Muslims become terrorists and then get ready to kill others and themselves. When the film’s teaser calling out this Islamic belief was released, Dr Shoaib Jamai took to Twitter to write false things about Apsaras described in various Hindu scriptures and compared them with Hoors.

However, these are false claims, and while Hindu scripts mention Apsaras, nowhere it is written that Hindus will get 1000 Apsaras. Apsaras are described as celestial maidens associated with the court of God Indra, and they are associated with several important incidents described in Hindu texts. According to the Mahabharata, Apsaras, along with Gandharvas, were engaged in divine tasks, and they worshipped God Brahma through hymns and chants. Nowhere it is mentioned that Apsaras are ‘available’ for ordinary men as prizes, like how Hoors are described.

His claims were debunked by author Anshul Pandey who quoted relevant references and authentic translations of Hindu scriptures to show how Dr Shoaib Jamai spread misinformation about the Hindu holy books.

‘Religious conversions started with Bollywood’: IAS officer Niyaz Khan says that Muslims should become Gaurakshaks

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‘Religious conversions started with Bollywood’: IAS officer Niyaz Khan says that Muslims should become Gaurakshaks

On Thursday, June 8, Niyaz Khan, an IAS officer from Madhya Pradesh cadre claimed that Bollywood is responsible for the religious conversions saying that it started from there.

When asked about religious conversion, the IAS officer told ANI, “Conversion is not right at all.” The conversion started with Bollywood. It is still happening in places where famous movie stars converted Hindus to Islam. Conversion is bad because we elevate one religion above all others and invite others to join their religion while dismissing the other as insignificant; it is fundamentally wrong.”

IAS Niyaz Khan further stressed that India is a democratic country where all religions are treated equally. He went on to say that in an interfaith marriage, neither partner should convert to the other’s religion, but should instead continue to follow their own.

“Our nation is a democratic country, here all religions are equal. How can we claim that after marriage, one should convert to my religion? Both persons should practise their own religions. If there is so much love and it is their compulsion, then both should adhere to their respective religions; I do not believe conversion is suitable,” Khan stated.

According to the IAS official, Bollywood is to blame for religious conversions because people regard movie stars as god-like personalities and role models. He further stated that nudity and graphic scenes in Bollywood films are blatantly destroying the younger generations.

“Bollywood is hundred percent responsible for conversions. Bollywood has been the role model of our country, people even consider artists as god-like figures. People imitate Western culture, resulting in movies that depict nudity and explicit scenes, which are deteriorating our civilisation and ruining the younger generation.”

Notably, Niyaz Khan on Thursday tweeted that Muslims should become “gaurakshaks”, and should not convert anyone to Islam. He also advised Muslims to adopt vegetarianism. Khan further urged his co-religionists to maintain cordial relations with the Brahmins.

“Muslim brothers should also become cow protectors, oppose the change of religion, do not get anyone’s religion changed. Forcible conversion is prohibited in Islam. If you can adopt vegetarianism, it will be a great effort. Although becoming a vegetarian cannot be forced. Muslim brothers should have cordial relations with Brahmins,” Niyaz Khan tweeted in Hindi.

Speaking about this tweet, Khan said sequentially explained the argument behind his ’suggestions’ to his co-religionists. In response to Khan’s first advice to Muslims to become cow protectors, he stated that while many Muslims respect and feed cows, some slaughter them. “The cows will be safe if all Muslims become cow protectors.”

Second, vegetarianism is being practised all throughout the world. It is being adopted to save the environment, which is a good thing to do, but no one can be forced to choose what to eat.

Third, maintain cordial connections with Brahmins. For 3000 years, the Brahmin has guided the country by constantly pursuing the path of truth. Even today, when there is a spiritual programme, lakhs of people assemble. Even now, Brahmins serve as guides. Peace has been maintained in our area due to the blessings of the Brahmins. IAS officer Khan continued, “A Brahmin like Kautilya has been a great example for India.”

He further clarified that he tweets his personal opinions which are not inspired by any sort of politics. 

When asked if he is inclined towards Hinduism or plans to become a Hindu, he said that he will remain a Muslim always. He further added that he idolises two people—Prophet Mohammad and Acharya Chanakya. 

“Never, I have two idols, Mohammad Sahab is my idol and the other is Great Chanakya. I am in Islam and will remain so. Mohammad Sahab is my idol. It is a different matter that people think something else about me regarding my tweets,” Khan said.

It is notable that IAS Niyaz Khan has authored a book titled “Brahmin: The Great”. Niyaz Khan described Brahmins as highly intelligent in his book. In his book, Khan advised that if Brahmins are given leadership in various domains or appointed as advisors, the country will transform in various capacities. 

He claimed that Hinduism is the oldest religion and that the onus to preserve it falls solely on Brahmins. Niyaz Khan had also asserted that only Brahmins have so far saved the Hindu religion.

In August last year, a show-cause notice was issued to IAS Niyaz Khan for his now-deleted tweet on the movie – ‘The Kashmir Files’ suggesting that a film should be made on the suffering of Muslims as well.

On March 18, 2022, IAS officer Niyaz Khan, posted as Deputy Secretary in the Public Works Department (PWD) in Madhya Pradesh, had put out a tweet asking the makers of ‘The Kashmir Files’ to make a movie on killings of Muslims.

He had tweeted, “Kashmir File shows the pain of Brahmins. They should be allowed to live safely in Kashmir with all honour. The producer must also make a movie to show the killings of a large number of Muslims across several states. Muslims are not insects but human beings and citizens of the country.”

Jharkhand: Golu Ansari pretends to be a Hindu, cheats, impregnates a minor Dalit girl and pressures her to convert to Islam, girl commits suicide

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Jharkhand: Golu Ansari pretends to be a Hindu, cheats, impregnates a minor Dalit girl and pressures her to convert to Islam, girl commits suicide

In a dreadful case reported from the Khalari region of Jharkhand, a minor girl committed suicide after she was cheated on and impregnated by a person identified as Golu Ansari. The incident is said to be a Love Jihad case as the accused had posed a Hindu person to get in touch with the victim girl.

According to the reports, the victim girl came in contact with the accused who told her that he was a Hindu. He established sexual relations with her and impregnated her. The accused then secretively married the girl and forced her to convert her religion to Islam.

The incident came to the fore after the Leader of the Opposition of Jharkhand, BJP’s Babulal Marandi released a video of the victim and stated that the state had become a breeding ground for Love Jihad type of cases. He requested the state CM to look into the cases and take strict action against the culprits.

“CM Hemant Soren ji, I am telling you again and again, the roots of love jihad have become very strong in Jharkhand and such conspirators are active from Santal to all parts of the state. These people make tribal and Dalit minors victims. Such elements are also being funded internationally. These conspirators are bent on destroying the identity and social fabric of Jharkhand. You have the responsibility of the state, to do your duty, by marking such elements. Take strict action against those who nurture them,” Marandi said.

As per the tweet shared by him, the victim girl has been identified as Pooja and she belongs to the Dalit community. The accused continued to exploit the girl and pressured her to change her region. He also married her by concealing his identity and avoided introducing her to his family.

Marandi said that the girl was under massive pressure for the past several days which she could not handle. She was being pressured to convert her religion and ultimately she decided to end her life.

The accused in the case has been arrested by the police and is being interrogated. He has been charged under relevant sections of the law. Further investigations into the case are underway.

OBC community denied reservation benefits in TMC-ruled Bengal, JDU-ruled Bihar, AAP-ruled Punjab and Congress-ruled Rajasthan: What NCBC found

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OBC community denied reservation benefits in TMC-ruled Bengal, JDU-ruled Bihar, AAP-ruled Punjab and Congress-ruled Rajasthan: What NCBC found

The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has found that four Opposition-ruled States of West Bengal, Bihar, Punjab and Rajasthan are flouting reservation norms meant for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

As per a report by The Economic Times, a large population of OBCs are being deprived of reservation benefits in government jobs and educational institutions. NCBC has found discrepancies in the implementation of reservation policy during field surveys conducted between February-May 2023.

According to it, OBC certificates have been granted to Bangladeshi immigrants and Rohingya Muslims in the State of West Bengal. The Commission also found that 118 out of 179 castes, which have been given OBC status, belong to the Muslim community.

While speaking about the development, NCBC chief Hansraj Gangaram Ahir noted, “I would like to state the commission has no bias against any community but we asked the state how there is a distinct bias in favour of Muslims.”

He pointed out that the Commission was told during the survey that several Hindu OBC communities had converted to Islam. After seeking a written explanation, the West Bengal government reportedly claimed that it is unclear as to how many people converted to Islam.

“It is clear that the state has arbitrarily given non-deserving communities OBC status,” the NCBC chief emphasised.

Flawed reservation policy in Rajasthan and Punjab

The Commission also found non-implementation of reservation policy in the Congress-ruled State of Rajasthan. According to it, seven districts had no individuals with OBC status although a large number of backward communities were residing in those regions.

“No caste certificates had been issued. The state was following a flawed policy in which they were taking the income of the entire family to give OBC certificates,” Ahir said. “This made several people ineligible for non-creamy layer OBC certificate,” he stated.

NCBC has also directed the AAP government in Punjab to increase OBC reservations from 12% to 25%. The Economic Times reported that a total of 37% reservation (25% for Scheduled Castes and 12% for OBC) was allotted in the State.

Since the upper limit of reservation is 50%, the Commission has directed the Punjab government to increase the OBC quota by an additional 13%

Bihar flouts reservation norms for OBCs

Similarly, the JDU-RJD-ruled State of Bihar was faced with similar anomalies when it came to the implementation of reservation norms. NCBC found that the Bihar government was including the agricultural income of Class III and Class IV employees for calculating total income.

As such, they were given non-creamy layer OBC certificates. The practice had been prevalent in the State for a span of 30 years (1993-2003). The Commission has asked the State government to make amends.

Bihar had also been issuing flawed certificates to individuals belonging to the Kurmi caste.

BHU to investigate after student protests: One professor threatening students with SC/ST cases, past complaints against her by 65 profs and more. Exclusive details

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BHU to investigate after student protests: One professor threatening students with SC/ST cases, past complaints against her by 65 profs and more. Exclusive details

Students at Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are protesting against a Professor named Shobhana Narlikar who repeatedly threatens to implicate them under SC/ST Act. Several videos of Professor Shobhana Narlikar have gone viral as well. The protesting students stated that neither local journalists nor mainstream media are raising their issue. However, the university administration has assured to take action.

Professor Shobhana Narlikar has been appointed as the Head of the Department of Journalism at BHU. Some students were selected for an internship at the ‘Press Council of India’. When the selected students requested Professor Shobhana Narlikar for her signature, she refused without explanation. When the students complained, they claim they were not only abused but a bogus case was also filed against them.

Following this, several BHU journalism students blocked the road leading to the Vishwanath temple and sat on a dharna in front of the department. After a 15-day dharna, the university administration promised an investigation, and the dharna was called off. However, the students’ demonstration may resume soon. The students demanded that not only a committee be formed to investigate the accusations against Shobha Narlikar, but that she be relieved of her position until that time.

Speaking to OpIndia, the protesting BHU students stated that they will no longer tolerate wrongdoing such as conspiring against them through inhumane conduct. Meanwhile, the top authorities of the university, including the chief proctor, attempted to address the problem by holding many rounds of negotiations with the students sitting on the dharna, but the students’ rage did not abate. 

OpIndia asked these students what triggered their demonstration. The students pointed out that the Head of the Department’s attitude towards students, professors, and personnel is not good. Students stated that Professor Shobhana Narlikar had filed lawsuits against other professors under the SC/ST Act, but that the majority of them had been proven innocent. She misbehaves with students who come to get her signature on documents pertaining to hostels, scholarships, internships and sports.

65 BHU professors had submitted a complaint against Professor Shobhana Narlikar to the Vice Chancellor

The protesting students also said that whenever they approached the professor to sign their documents, she often refused and returned them, putting their careers in jeopardy. When a student went to complain about the chaos in the department, Professor Shobhana Narlikar threatened to end his career, according to a student. It has also been alleged that the marks of several students were tampered with arbitrarily by taking copies of the examination under her possession. A student claimed that Professor Shobhana Narlikar verbally abused her as she chased her out of her office.

Not just students, but several teachers are also opposed to Professor Shobhana Narlikar. It is said that this episode has hampered the regular classes. Professor Narlikar is also accused of boasting about her position to intimidate others. The students have stated that if their demands are not met, they will fast until death. The unique aspect is that in the past, several professors have resorted to the streets to protest against Professor Narlikar.

Pankaj Kumar, a professor in the same department, was sued by Shobhana Narlikar under the SC/ST Act. Following this, a group of 65 teachers filed a complaint with the Vice Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor had assured a judicial inquiry into the allegations levelled by both sides. A committee was also set up, led by retired Justice Kalimullah. OpIndia also has a copy of the FIR in which Shobhana Narlikar filed a case against Professor Pankaj Kumar.

Similarly, Shobhana filed a case under the SC/ST Act against Professor Shishir Basu. However, after roughly ten years, in 2022, a court in Varanasi found him innocent. The court stated in its judgement that the complainant had spoken about harassment since 2003, but it took a decade to file a complaint. The court dismissed the case as an academic dispute, stating that the prosecution had failed to prove when the incident transpired.

Court order in Professor Shishir Basu case

Shobhana Narlikar, on the other hand, claimed in her complaint against Pankaj Kumar that Kumar hurled casteist slurs against her. OpIndia also has a copy of the court order, which states that the victim has been dissatisfied with the functioning of BHU and had alleged sexual harassment. Shobhana Narlikar claimed that Professor Basu made his students do obscene acts against her, but the court stated that no witness or evidence was produced to substantiate the claim.

The court further noted discrepancies between the FIR and other statements. A video has also emerged in which professor Shobhana Narlikar used abusive language against another professor. An image of his ripped garments has also surfaced. Students said that after doing all of this, she reached the police station to register a complaint. In a video professor Shobhana Narlikar is seen threatening to thrash the student recording the video with her shoes. Another student said that the professor also hurled abuses against his mother and sister.

Uttar Pradesh: Maulana Nijamuddin impregnates a married Hindu woman, converts her and gets her raped by his relatives, arrested, 5 others booked

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Uttar Pradesh: Maulana Nijamuddin impregnates a married Hindu woman, converts her and gets her raped by his relatives, arrested, 5 others booked

Several cases of Love Jihad cases have been unearthed in the state of Uttar Pradesh where Hindu women are seen targeted by Muslims who further destroy their lives. In one such recent case from Moradabad district, a Maulana identified as Nijamuddin trapped an already-married Hindu woman in a relationship and raped her. He also then converted her religion to Islam and forced her to satisfy the physical needs of his other male relatives.

According to reports, the incident came to the fore after the victim woman filed a police complaint saying that she was brutally raped by the accused and his relatives. She also said that she was forced to marry and convert her religion to Islam.

The victim woman is said to have met the accused in the year 2016 after which the accused expressed his love for her. He then established sexual relations with her and impregnated her. Later he forced the woman into marriage and also converted her religion to Islam.

The woman also confessed that she was raped by the other relatives of her husband and was asked to satisfy their physical needs. On refusal, the woman was harassed and threatened with death.

As per reports, the accused is also said to have harassed multiple women in the past. He also had recorded derogatory videos of the victim and was threatening to make them viral if she would fail to listen to him.

The Police in the case have filed an FIR against Nijamuddin and his relatives. While the police have arrested Nijamuddin, the search for his relatives, including three brothers of the primary accused and two other relatives, is on. The police have also assured that all the accused will soon be arrested.

Ukrainian oil company Burisma, of which Hunter Biden was a Board member, paid $5 million to Joe Biden when he was US VP: Reports

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Ukrainian oil company Burisma, of which Hunter Biden was a Board member, paid $5 million to Joe Biden when he was US VP: Reports

A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant has alleged that one of the largest natural gas producers in Ukraine, Burisma Holdings, paid $5 million (~₹41 crores) to Joe Biden between 2015 and 2016.

The whistleblower made the revelations during an interview with the FBI in June 2020, which the agency recorded in an FD-1023 form (used to record unverified information from confidential sources). It must be mentioned that Joe Biden was serving as the Vice-President of the United States at that time.

Interestingly, Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was a member of the Board of Burisma Holdings during the same period. The highly credible informant told the FBI that the alleged payment of $5 million was made to facilitate the company’s entry into the US oil and natural gas market.

He alleged that the high-level ‘criminal bribery scheme’ involved an executive of Burisma Holdings who had influence over the US policy decisions, despite being a foreign national.

Reportedly, the Burisma executive believed Hunter Biden is ‘dumb’ and thus sought counsel from the whistleblower on getting involved with a US oil firm and gaining US oil rights.

He also conceded ‘paying the Bidens’ as Burisma Holdings was under investigation in Ukraine at that time, thus making it difficult for the company to gain access to the US market. “$5 million for one Biden, $5 million for the other Biden,” the Burisma executive had told the whistleblower.

He also revealed that the payments were routed through different bank accounts such that it would take at least 10 years for investigators to unravel the source. The executive, however, made it clear that the alleged payment of $5 million was not made directly to the ‘Big Guy’ (a supposed reference to Joe Biden).

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who had seen the FBI document, told American conservative host, Benny Johnson, “And so what I can say is this is: This has been going on for many years and there was a 5 million dollar payment made to Joe Biden. Not Hunter Biden, Joe Biden – The Big Guy.”

According to Fox News Digital, the whistleblower is a regular, reliable source of information used by the FBI since 2010. He has been paid $2,00,000 (~1.64 crores) for his work.

Meanwhile, the House Oversight Committee (the primary investigative committee of the US House of Representatives) subpoenaed the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the FD-1023 document. As per reports, the agency has offered to allow all members of the committee to view the contentious document.

US President Joe Biden has dismissed the allegations made by the whistleblower to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On being quizzed about the matter, he said, “Where’s the money? It’s a bunch of malarkey”

The controversy surrounding Hunter Biden and his laptop

It is notable here that in the last weeks of the 2020 US presidential elections, the New York Post published an explosive story about Hunter Biden’s problematic emails with a Ukrainian gas company executive from Burisma.

In its report, the news outlet alleged that they had accessed material from a damaged Macbook that was brought to a service centre for repair. The customer who brought the laptop never collected or paid for the services.

The shop owner said he repeatedly tried to contact the client. Though he could not identify the owner as Hunter Biden, he said the laptop had Beau Biden Foundation’s sticker.

The report has several documents and mentions a video that proves that Joe Biden met a high-profile businessman from Ukraine when he was Vice President of the United States. 

Reports suggested that Biden may have helped his son Hunter, using his influence as the VP of the United States, in his business in Ukraine. The Biden Camp categorically denied all the allegations.

The story was heavily censored by both Twitter and Facebook and was branded as a piece of fake news. Initially, the report was dismissed as a hoax by Biden-supporting media, but it was eventually confirmed that the laptop’s contents did really belong to Hunter Biden.

Following the restriction of the NYP report, Twitter justified the action by claiming that its policies forbid the sharing of compromised information. After the elections were over and Joe Biden was declared president, it became clear that the NY Post story was indeed true.

Twitter’s former head Jack Dorsey then expressed regret over censoring the story and blocking New York Post from their Twitter account.

NHRC issues notice to Chief Secretary of the Bihar govt after 150 children fall sick after consuming mid-day meal

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NHRC issues notice to Chief Secretary of the Bihar govt after 150 children fall sick after consuming mid-day meal

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, the Bihar government over the reported illness of about 150 children after consuming Mid-Day Meal at a government school in West Champaran. 

NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report that about 150 children fell ill after consuming Mid-Day Meal at a government middle school in the Narval-Barval area of district West Champaran, Bihar on June 1, 2023. The Commission has observed that the contents of the media report, if true, amount to the violation of the human rights of the children. Apparently, there was a supervisory lapse on the part of the school authorities due to which food was prepared unhygienically and served to the students. Accordingly, it has issued a notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar calling for a detailed report on the matter within 4 weeks. 

It should also include the steps taken or to be taken to ensure that this type of incident shall not recur in the future. The Commission would like to know whether the Government guidelines were being followed by the particular school, if not, then what action has been taken against the officers/officials responsible for the negligence, the NHRC statement said. 

According to the media report, carried out on June 2, 2023, the students complained of vomiting and pain in their stomach after consuming the food after which they were taken to the hospital where the doctors opined that food poisoning was the reason for the illness of these students. The parents of the children reportedly protested against the school authorities, the statement added. 

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Systematic erasure of Tibetan identity: China forcibly seizes lands of Tibetan farmers. An attempt to force assimilation into Han-Chinese-dominated territories?

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Systematic erasure of Tibetan identity: China forcibly seizes lands of Tibetan farmers. An attempt to force assimilation into Han-Chinese-dominated territories?

The situation in Tibet continues to raise concerns, with ongoing uncertainty about China’s intentions as authorities are forcibly seizing property from Tibetan farmers in Rebgong County, Qinghai Province, with an excuse to construct a hydropower dam, according to Tibet Press. 

According to Tibet Press, Locals have been warned to cooperate and abandon their land, with the threat that their compensation will be withheld for those who refuse to give their land. The order was issued on May 23, 2023, by Langya village authorities, which are roughly an hour’s drive from Rebgong. It required seven villages in the area to relocate so that the Chinese government could start the first phase of construction ten days after the notice was issued. This dam is one of the major initiatives of China’s 13th Five-Year Plan and has a total area of 4.58 million square metres and will cost Yuan 245 million to build. 

Rebgong, also called Tongren in Chinese, is a Tibetan-populated area of the Qinghai province of China. It is situated in Malho, sometimes called Huangnan. The reservoir region of the project is home to the Tibetan settlements Shu-Ong-Kye, Shu-Ong-Nyi-tha, Langya, Malpa-Jam, Malpa-Kharnang-Kharshi, and Malpa-Chauwo. It is predicted that the development of the reservoir would start soon. According to Tibet Press, peasants would be compelled to move to towns and cities in search of temporary employment if local officials seized their property. 

The policy of rural urbanisation, the forcible relocating of Tibetan nomads and farmers to urban areas, and the ongoing settling of considerable numbers of Han Chinese in Tibet are all examples of China’s efforts to compel the incorporation of Tibetan minorities into the Han-Chinese-dominated majority. 

Chinese infrastructure and development projects in Tibet have led to frequent clashes with Tibetans, who accuse Chinese firms and local officials of improperly confiscating land and disrupting the lives of local people, Tibet Press reported. 

This issue is not new and traces back to China’s invasion of Tibet in 1951, resulting in a continuous deterioration of Tibetan lives. Ever since the protests in 2008, more than 150 Tibetan monks have self-immolated. The torture, mistreatment and deaths of thousands from Chinese state repression have resulted in repercussions that are felt even today. Note that 87,000 people died when China invaded Tibet in 1951. Countless more have died in the subsequent years and the toll is telling. 

The cultural and ethnic identity of Tibet is being erased systematically by China. Today, relatives of Tibetan protestors are routinely harassed, thrown into prison for “re-education” denied political and medical rights, and even killed if deemed to be a threat. The treatment of nomadic herders who lived in Tibet has been even worse. More than a million nomads have been forced to leave the grasslands with a ridiculous plea that this move is meant to protect the ecology of the grasslands, Tibet Press reported. 

After two years of living in urban environments, most were forced to abandon their new homes to use them as tourist centres and for government housing. The year 2017 witnessed a state-sponsored forced resettlement wherein Tibetan nomads returned to the grasslands without the animals that were their main means of livelihood. By 2018, Chinese security forces in the region were forcibly promoting “bilingual education” by arresting anyone promoting the Tibetan mother tongue and related issues as an ‘underworld gang crime’. 

Following Xi Jimping’s directive to improve security in the region, various organs of the Chinese state including, the Public Security Bureau, the State Security Bureau, the United Front Work Department, the Religious Affairs Bureau, the TAR Internet Affairs Office, and the Internet Management Department jumped to establish political achievements. There is no authentic information about the extent of secret trials being conducted in the region, Tibet Press reported. 

With the introduction of cash rewards for spilling the beans on ‘dissidents, cadres at every level of government are making the lives of remaining Tibetans in the region even more difficult. A recent Freedom House report lists Tibet as the worst country to live in the world. Another feature of Chinese rule in Tibet is the political re-education camps. 

China has criminalized any form of social activism in the region and is hard at work to try and destroy the influence of any form of traditional leaders at the grassroot levels under the excuse of eradicating ‘mafia-like gangs. There is a massive database of Tibetans in the region wherein anyone affiliated with dissidents is deprived of political rights and access to jobs and healthcare. 

Tibet is one of the issues that China remains sensitive about globally. This translates in practice to the United Front Works Department (UFWD) which operates to subvert opposition to the CCP, both within China and overseas. Apart from confusing ethnic minorities on their rights of self-determinism and setting up a false narrative, the UFWD is also active internationally with the objective of co-opting ethnic Chinese individuals and communities abroad, Tibet Press reported. 

The spy case against the Overseas China Affairs Office was a prime example of the UFWD in action. The launch of the ‘China Association for Preservation and Development for Tibet Culture’ is an “NGO” that has been set up by the UFWD for the sole purpose of defrauding the world on China’s human rights track record in Tibet. Another institution that is being led by former top CCP officials is the ‘China Society for Human Rights Studies’ which deeply studies foreign human rights in the US as a propaganda tool. 

The presence of government-sponsored non-governmental organizations is an obstructionist tact that China is utilizing to establish itself as a paragon of human rights in front of the United Nations. 

According to UN sources, more than 23 Chinese NGOs have falsified data in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) to defend China’s track record of breaking international treaties and covenants it is party to. The ‘rule of law’ is noticeably absent in China, where there was the infamous 709 crackdown against more than 300 lawyers, paralegals and assistants, Tibet Press reported. 

Three years after the whistle-blower Li Wenliang died of Covid, China is still standing firm in maintaining its stance on the pandemic in the international arena. China’s game plan in Tibet become clear from three UN reports released in February 2023. These reports state that nearly one million Tibetan children have been separated from their families and sent to residential schools run by the CCP. 

Tibet Press claims that in these schools, Tibetan children are forced to learn Mandarin with a curriculum that teaches them about Chinese culture and are indoctrinated with CCP ideology. In Marc 2023, the UNCESCR expressed concern at China’s “coercive boarding school system and expressed concern over the CCPs attempt to undertake large-scale erasure of Tibetan identity and culture. 

There is a clear and present danger to the Tibetan people from the CCP. One way or another, the Communist Party aims to Sinicize all of Tibet and its people.

This being the objective, it is not surprising that the record of their actions makes their intentions crystal clear. The lesson learnt is that Tibetans the world over must unite and rally behind their brethren in Tibet. Unless this happens, China will soon subsume the Tibetan identity within Han China and then it will be too late.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

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