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Gau Mahasabha leader Ajay Gautam files petition with CJI seeking directions to withdraw remarks of Supreme Court judges against Nupur Sharma

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Gau Mahasabha leader Ajay Gautam files petition with CJI seeking directions to withdraw remarks of Supreme Court judges against Nupur Sharma

After a vacation bench of the Supreme Court severely criticised former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma blaming her for the violence by Islamists including the murder of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, a petition has been filed pleading to withdraw the remarks. In letter petition sent to Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Gau Mahasabha leader Ajay Gautam requested for orders to withdraw the oral remarks made by the judges while rejecting the writ petition of Nupur Sharma to club all FIRs against her and transfer them to Delhi.

In the petition sent to the chief justice, Ajay Gautam has requested the court to issue orders to Justice Surya Kant to withdraw his observations while hearing the petition of Nupur Sharma, so that she gets the chance of a fair trial. He also requested that the comments of Justice Kant should be declared uncalled for.

Ajay Gautam has also petitioned the CJI to issue Su Moto order to transfer all cases against Nupur Sharma to Delhi under Article 20(2) of the constitution, and direction of a fast track trial keeping in mind the threats to her.

Talking to Times Now over the issue, Ajay Gautam said that it was shocking that the judges made the comments when no investigation or any court have decided whether Nupur Sharma is guilty or not. He said that everyone including the judges must follow the rule of the law, and the rule of law does not permit such observations. Saying that it is wrong to blame Nupur Sharma for the violence, he said that this not a healthy sign for Indian judiciary.

The petitioner further said that the observation of the judges by linking Nupur Sharma’s comment with the Udaipur murder justifies the brutal beheading of Kanhaiya Lal, and thereby gives clean chit to the killers justifying their motive of murder.

Earlier in the day, the vacation bench of the Supreme Court of India had shocked people with remarks on Nupur Sharma. While Nupur Sharma is facing death threats from Islamists for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammad, Justice Surya Kant had actually blamed for the violence unleashed by Islamists across the country, including the brutal beheading of Kanhaiya Lal Teli in Udaipur.

The justice had said that she should apologise to the entire nation for the violence by Islamists, because the court deemed that her comments in a TV debate were responsible for the riots and murders. Justice Surya Kant had said, “The way she has ignited emotions across the country… This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country.”

The bench also said that while it is norm to club FIRs when multiple cases are registered for the same offence, Nupur Sharma does not have that right. The court said she had no rights to comment on Prophet Mohammad, and therefore she has lost the judicial right available to common citizens.

However, the oral comments made by the vacation bench was not included in the final order issued by the court. It merely said that the counsellor has been allowed to withdraw the petition. While oral comments have no legal binding, it is also true that even oral comments of Supreme Court judges can influence the lower courts, and therefore the petition has been filed for directions to withdraw them.

Power crisis hits basket-case Pakistan: Telecom operators warn of shutting down mobile, internet services amid power outages

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Power crisis hits basket-case Pakistan: Telecom operators warn of shutting down mobile, internet services amid power outages

On Friday, the Pakistan National Information Technology Board (NITB) warned of shutting down mobile phone services and internet services due to the ongoing power outage in the country.

“Telecom operators in Pakistan have warned about shutting down mobile and internet services due to long hours of power outages nationwide, as the interruption is causing issues and hindrance in their operations,” the NITB said on Twitter.

The statement by the NIBT comes days after Pakistan’s Prime Minister warned of increased electricity load shedding in July as the country failed to clinch a deal for natural gas supply for the month. “Pakistan could not get LNG supply but the coalition govt is trying to make the deal possible”, Shehbaz had said.

The country of Pakistan has been facing an escalation of its power crisis. Also, the country’s monthly fuel oil imports hit a four-year high in June. The country has for the past two years alternating between importing oil and LNG, depending on their prices, to meet its energy requirements.

According to the reports, the LNG tenders were scrapped by the country for July due to high prices. This is not the first time that Pakistan has failed to complete an LNG tender. Earlier also, the state-owned Pakistan LNG Ltd had scrapped a purchase tender for July shipments of LNG after it received the costliest offer ever delivered to the nation.

In an attempt to boost energy conservation, Pakistan’s government has cut working hours for public servants and ordered shopping malls and factories to shut early in various cities, including Karachi. It already has two long-term supply deals with Qatar, the first signed in 2016 for five cargoes a month, and the second in 2021. Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said that the ‘government is in midst of talks with Qatar about a new five or 10-year LNG supply deal for three monthly cargoes, as well as an additional cargo under an existing deal’.

Reports mention that the main reason for the power outages in Pakistan is a shortage of power and energy sources. This has led to 12-hour long blackouts in several states. Reportedly, adding to the crisis, Inflation has also reached the double-digit mark in July marking the biggest surge in nearly the past six years.

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders supports Nupur Sharma yet again, says ‘radical intolerant jihadi Muslims’ responsible for Udaipur murder, not her

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Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders supports Nupur Sharma yet again, says ‘radical intolerant jihadi Muslims’ responsible for Udaipur murder, not her

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has again defended former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma, saying she is not responsible for anything and should never apologise for speaking the truth about the Islamic prophet. This followed after some judges of the Supreme Court of India deemed the former BJP spokesman ‘responsible’ for the barbaric murder of Hindu man Kanhaiya Lal by two Islamists in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

In a tweet made on Friday, Wilders wrote, “I thought India had no sharia courts. She should never apologize for speaking the truth about #Muhammad. She is not responsible for Udaipur. Radical intolerant jihadi Muslims are responsible and nobody else. NupurSharma is a hero.”

Wilders’ tweet was in response to remarks made by some Supreme Court judges where in they had slammed Nupur Sharma for her ‘loose tongue’ and had held her responsible for the chaos and violence unleashed by radical Islamists over alleged ‘blasphemy’.

Nupur Sharma had petitioned the Supreme Court to have all FIRs lodged against her in different states transferred to Delhi for future investigations. Sharma stated in her application that she constantly faces threats to her life.

Shockingly, the judges of the Supreme Court cited Nupur Sharma’s “loose tongue” as the cause of her remarks on the Prophet Muhammad being deemed “blasphemous” by Islamists. The judges berated Sharma, saying that she was to blame for the chaos unleashed across the country because of her “loose tongue” and that she owed the country an apology.

Geert Wilders, a Dutch legislator who has frequently taken a strong stance against Islamic fanaticism in his country, has already spoken out in favour of Nupur Sharma who was suspended by the BJP for her remarks on the Prophet’s life. Recently in a sequence of tweets, Wilders asserted that Nupur Sharma’s remarks on the Prophet Muhammad are actual facts, not fabrications.

Islamists prodded the Dutch lawmaker to criticise Hinduism days after Geert Wilders extended his support to former BJP spokesman Nupur Sharma. Wilders had responded to the Islamist trolls by saying that he appreciates Hinduism a million times more than he does Islam.

It must be mentioned that the Dutch legislator had received multiple assassination threats for supporting Nupur Sharma. He had shared screenshots of threats sent by Islamists on social media.

One of the threats read, “InshaAllah, a day will come when I will take off your head with my dagger and hang it on the minaret of Pakistan, then we will raise a slogan. Mumtaz Qadri has passed away but the gun is still there. You have no more days.”

Another one read, “You Son of a bitch you will be killed soon. We will make you a sign of fear for people like you till the end of times..” Wilders has maintained that he receives death threats on a daily basis from Pakistani and Turkish Muslims who wish to kill in the name of Prophet Muhammad.

Enforcement Directorate arrests two more aides of Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain in a money-laundering case

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Enforcement Directorate arrests two more aides of Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain in a money-laundering case

Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendar Kumar Jain was arrested at the end of May by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case. Now two more associates of the AAP leader, Vaibhav Jain and Vikas Jain have been taken into custody by ED after their unsatisfactory responses during questioning.

As per Enforcement Directorate, Ankush and Vaibhav are allegedly among those assisting the Delhi Health Minister in money laundering. Besides them, Naveen Jain and Siddharth Jain (Directors of Ram Prakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd), G S Matharoo (Chairman of Lala Sher Singh Jivan Vigyan Trust which runs Prudence Group of Schools), Yogesh Kumar Jain (Director in Ram Prakash Jewellers Pvt Ltd), father-in-law of Ankush Jain and Lala Sher Singh Jivan Vigyan Trust are also on ED radar for assisting Satyendar Jain.

Both Ankush and Vaibhav Jain will be produced in a special ED court later following their arrest.

Earlier, Satyendar Jain was arrested by Enforcement Directorate on 30th May under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) involving a Kolkata-based firm and hawala transactions. On August 25, 2017, the CBI filed an FIR against Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case. Based on this FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the ED initiated a criminal case against the AAP leader, alleging that Jain could not clarify the source of cash received by four firms in which he was a stakeholder. From 2010 to 2014, the firms allegedly laundered Rs 16.39 crores in funds.

According to government sources, Jain surrendered black money in the form of cash worth Rs 16.39 crore, which was laundered through shell companies in Kolkata for the purchase of 200 bighas of land, under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS) 2016 on the Benami names of Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain, when questioned by the IT Department.

In the same case, ED had seized 2.85 crores of cash, and 133 gold coins weighing 1.80 kg from Satyendar Jain`s aides during its day-long raid on the 6th of June conducted at various places across National Capital Region.

Following these raids, Satyendar Jain claimed that he has lost his memory after suffering from Covid and he can’t recall the details of the hawala transactions.

Comments against Nupur Sharma made by Supreme Court judges not included in the final order of the court

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Comments against Nupur Sharma made by Supreme Court judges not included in the final order of the court

While rejecting the petition of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma to club a large a number cases filed against her across the country and transfer them to Delhi, the Supreme Court had made several scathing comments against her. While Nupur Sharma is facing death threats from Islamists for allegedly insulting Prophet Mohammad, Justice Surya Kant had actually blamed for the violence unleashed by Islamists across the country, including the brutal beheading of Kanhaiya Lal Teli in Udaipur.

But what comes as a minor saving grace for Nupur Sharma, none of the verbal comments against by the Supreme Court has made it to the formal written order. As the vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala refused to admit the plea, the bench had allowed the counsel of Nupur Sharma to withdraw the petition.

Accordingly, an order issued by the court simply says that the counsel of the petitioner had sought to withdraw the plea, and the court permitted the counsel to withdraw the write petition, who may take alternate remedies available under the law. It does not contain any remarks made by the judges during the hearing.

It is notable that as the petition was not admitted in the court, no order was issued by the bench. Instead, the order informing that the petitioner has been allowed withdraw the petition has been issued by the court master.

Earlier in the day, the vacation bench of the Supreme Court of India had shocked people with remarks on Nupur Sharma. The court had said that she should apologise to the entire nation for the violence by Islamists, because the court deemed that her comments in a TV debate were responsible for the riots and murders. Justice Surya Kant had said, “The way she has ignited emotions across the country… This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country.”

The bench also said that while it is norm to club FIRs when multiple cases are registered for the same offence, Nupur Sharma does not have that right. The court said she had no rights to comment on Prophet Mohammad, and therefore she has lost the judicial right available to common citizens.

More people supporting Nupur Sharma were on target of Riyaz and Gaus, were ordered by operators to behead and not shoot: Report reveals chilling facts

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More people supporting Nupur Sharma were on target of Riyaz and Gaus, were ordered by operators to behead and not shoot: Report reveals chilling facts

According to Rajasthan Police authorities quoted in a story by Dainik Bhaskar, it is not clear yet who was instructing Mohammed Riyaz and Mohammed Gaus but the inquiry so far has revealed that many more persons were involved in the gruesome murder and that this murder was organised at the command of someone.

It has also been revealed that the assassins targeted not just Kanhaiya Lal, but also numerous individuals who commented on social media in favour of Nupur Sharma. Their destiny was also decreed to be the same as Kanhaiya Lal’s. The operators who handed on the directions for the crime also trained the killers in this case.

According to the early investigation, the handlers of the murderers had specifically instructed them to not shoot the Hindus who were supporting Nupur Sharma, but to behead them ISIS-style and click a video of it. The aim of this was to create fear and panic amongst the Hindu population with the gruesome imagery of the beheading.

Reportedly, the Bhaskar team also visited the site of SK Engineering, a company where the two had allegedly made the weapons used in the beheading. Mohammad Gaus was a welder and he was the one who reportedly made the weapon. Further, the videos that were shot before and after the murder were taken in this factory itself. Several weapons have been recovered from this factory, according to the Bhaskar report.

Plan to kill a businessman in Udaipur

Early investigations, according to the report, have shown that the murders of Kanhaiya Lal, Mohammed Riyaz, and Mohammed Gaus had intended to kill a businessman in Udaipur who had shared a post on social media supporting Nupur Sharma. On June 7, businessman Nitin Jain admitted to unintentionally sharing a post with Nupur Sharma’s reference. A complaint was also filed against him for disturbing the communal harmony, and he was detained by police.

Since June 9, 7 people were conducting Recce at his establishment on a regular basis. On June 11, these terrorists planned to execute Nitin. However, out of fear, Nitin stopped visiting the shop and moved away from Udaipur to another city.

Bike with number plate 2611

Gaus and Riyaz had arrived on a motorcycle to assassinate Kanhaiya Lal. Interestingly, the bike’s licence plate had the shocking number 2611, the date of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Both had left the bike at a street corner 70 metres away from the shop of Kanhaiya Lal so that they could quickly flee after killing him.

Following the murder, both took the bike and rode it to a garage in Devgarh. Both had intended to stay there, but the garage owner refused. Following that, both of them hopped on the bike and headed towards Ajmer. They intended to escape to Ajmer, but the police apprehended both of them beforehand. The bike is now in police custody.

Disconnected CCTV cameras

Kanhaiya Lal had installed CCTV cameras at his shop 6 days ago. His wife Yashoda told that Kanhaiya Lal was running very upset for the past 15 days. Continuous recce was being done at and near his shop. They were receiving threats every day. It is because of all this, that Kanhaiya Lal got CCTV cameras installed at his shop.

Riyaz and Gaus came to know about this, so they disconnected the connection of CCTV before entering the shop. The CCTV was not operational during the incident.

WhatsApp group to continue killings

During the inquiry, it was discovered that Riyaz and Gauss were on their way to Ajmer to record the third video linked to the assassination. Both intended for the third video to become viral after the murder in order to induce terror. The NIA is investigating where and with whom the two planned to stay in Ajmer.

Riyaz and Gauss had many WhatsApp connections with the youth. They hoped that if the police apprehended them after killing Kanhaiya Lal, other accomplices would continue to kill those who supported Nupur Sharma in the same way, which is why they recorded a video to urge their accomplices before killing Kanhaiya Lal. Riyaz stated in the video that he will be captured, but that the killings should continue.

Once a mistake, twice a pattern, thrice a habit: Rahul Gandhi again avoids sharing images of Hindu Gods as he extends wishes on Rath Yatra

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Once a mistake, twice a pattern, thrice a habit: Rahul Gandhi again avoids sharing images of Hindu Gods as he extends wishes on Rath Yatra

On July 1, Friday, around a million devotees from across the country have congregated at Puri to attend the auspicious Jagannath Rath Yatra after a hiatus of two years owing to the Covid pandemic. People from all walks of life have taken to various social media platforms to wish Hindus whole-heartedly on the occasion of the famous Rath Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath. Congress senior leader Rahul Gandhi, too, extended greetings but was ‘careful’ not to share any images of Hindu deities, as usual.

The Gandhi scion’s greeting adhered to his habit of not posting any images of Hindu gods or goddesses while conveying his wishes. In his Tweet posted today morning, Rahul Gandhi included an infographic with the word “Rath Yatra” and a picture of three ’empty’ chariots. As is customary with the Congress leader, Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Balabhadra’s images were absent from the image he used to send his wishes to Hindus celebrating the occasion.

His Tweet, on the occasion of Rath Yatra in Hindi, read, “Hearty greetings to all the countrymen on the auspicious occasion of Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath Rath Yatra. I wish that this journey filled with reverence and faith brings happiness, prosperity, peace and better health in all your lives. #RathYatra.” It, however, did not have the images of the three Hindu deities to whom the annual festival of Rath Yatra is dedicated.

Rahul Gandhi and his habit of not using images of deities to wish on Hindu festivals

This is, however, not the first time that the Congress leader has avoided sharing any images of Hindu Gods on his social media wishes. On the occasion of Ram Navami in April, Rahul Gandhi had resorted to similar antics. He had posted an infographic that read, “Shree Ram Navami”, pierced by an arrow. Interestingly, the image of Prabhu Ram was missing from the image.

Rahul Gandhi’s Tweet on the occasion of Ram Navami (source: Twitter)

A month prior to this, Gandhi-scion Rahul Gandhi was caught shaming ‘Hindus’ on the occasion of Saraswati Puja as he politicised the festival by dragging the hijab row.

Rahul Gandhi’s tweet on Saraswati Puja was about promoting Hijab and shaming Hindus on their festival

Last year, the Congress leader had wished his followers on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. He had shared a graphic with the inscription “Ganesh Chaturthi ki hardik shubhkamnaye”. However, one crucial element is missing from the tweet. The image of Lord Ganesh himself.

Image source: Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account

In another instance, Rahul Gandhi had wished Hindus on the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmasthami. However, the image of Bal Gopal or baby Krishna, the deity who is worshipped on the occasion of Janmashtami, was missing.

Rahul Gandhi’s Tweet on last year’s Janmasthami (source: Twitter)

In June last year, Rahul Gandhi’s Ratha Yatra tweet just had the image of Puri Jagannath temple.

Rahul Gandhi’s last year’s Tweet on the occasion of Rath Yatra (Source: Twitter)

Again during Maha Shivarathri, Rahul Gandhi put out an image of the Kailash mountains instead of posting Lord Shiva’s images, or his symbols in his tweet.

Rahul Gandhi’s last year’s Tweet on Mahashivratri (source: Twitter)

The habitual act of Rahul Gandhi to avoid sharing images of Hindu Gods in his tweets has often triggered discussions on social media platforms as to whether it is to ‘appease’ or confirm certain Abrahamic beliefs. Netizens have time and again accused Rahul Gandhi of mistreating Hindus and Hindu festivals and often hinted at a larger plan of Congress leader’s attempt to secularise Hindu festivals.

Many social media users have speculated that Rahul Gandhi is probably inspired by the Abrahamic religions like Islam and Christianity which do not support the existence of numerous gods or the human representation of those gods. In Islam, the representation of idols and gods in human form is prohibited as it is considered ‘haram.’ Most of the tweets by Rahul Gandhi resonate with such beliefs

Himanta Biswa Sarma files criminal defamation case against Manish Sisodia, his lawyer says Sisodia will go to jail if he can’t prove his allegations

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Himanta Biswa Sarma files criminal defamation case against Manish Sisodia, his lawyer says Sisodia will go to jail if he can’t prove his allegations

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has filed a criminal defamation case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over his allegations of corruption in procurement of PPE kit at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The CM’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma has already filed a Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Sisodia over the allegations, and now the CM has filed a separate criminal defamation suit.

On June 4th, Manish Sisodia in a press conference had alleged that the Assam govt had issued purchase orders for PPE kits to JCB Industries, a company run by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, without following due norms. The allegations were based on a report published by leftist propaganda porta The Wire, which had made the same allegations.

The report claimed that when Himanta Biswa Sarma was the health minister in the previous Sarbananda Sonowal govt in Assam, a firm owned by his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma was granted an urgent work order to supply 5,000 PPE kits, despite having no history of supplying or producing medical equipment and safety gears.

Following this, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma had refuted the allegations made in the report by The Wire and said she didn’t take even a penny for the supply of the PPE kits. She said that she had donated the PPE kits to the National Health Mission under CSR, and no payment was taken for the same. She had also produced a letter of acknowledgement from NHM Assam thanking the company for donation of around 1500 PPE kits under Corporate Social Responsibility.

Despite the clarifications issued by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, Manish Sisodia had gone ahead and levelled corruption allegations against Himanta Biswa Sarma, saying that Himanta Biswa Sarma gave contracts of government purchase to the companies owned by his wife and close associates. It is notable that The Wire report itself had said that while an order was issued to the company for 5000 PPE kits, it was later cancelled, which means no payment was made. But Sisodia had decided to ignore that to attack BJP govt in Assam, in an attempt to help AAP Assam in getting some prominence. The Assam unit of AAP had organised demonstrations against the govt over the issue.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma had strongly refuted the allegations of the AAP leader, and had said he will see him soon as he will face criminal defamation. He had said that when the entire country was facing the worst pandemic in over 100 years, Assam hardly had any PPE kits. At that time, his wife had donated 1500 kits free of cost to save lives.

Keeping his promise, Himanta Biswa Sarma filed a criminal defamation case against  Manish Sisodia on June 30 at the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in Kamrup rural. The case has been registered under sections 499 (harming reputation), 500 (defamation) and 501 (publishing defamatory matter) of the Indian Penal Code.

Talking about the suit, Assam’s Advocate General Devajit Lon Saikia, who filed the case on behalf of the CM, said that if Sisodia can’t prove his allegations, he will have to go to jail. The petition said that Manish Sisodia made false comments knowing that they are not true. He said that JCB Industries had not applied for any purchase order, and didn’t receive any money from the govt, they had only donated PPE kits, therefore, all the allegations made by Manish Sisodia against Assam CM and his family are incorrect.

He added that despite knowing the facts of the matter, Sisodia made false allegations, and that’s why the case has been filed against him.

The case was registered by the CJM court on June 30, and court has fixed July 22 as the date for first hearing in the case. The court said that Himanta Biswa Sarma will be make his initial depositions on that day. The AG said that accordingly the CM will present his arguments on July 22.

‘If we can prove that Manish Sisodia made willingly made false comments against Himanta Biswa Sarma, he may be punished with jail term for upto 2 years under IPC sections 499, 500 and 501’, Devajit Lon Saikia added.

Delhi: AAP government that made lofty promises to transform Delhi fails to drain rainwater near Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence

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Delhi: AAP government that made lofty promises to transform Delhi fails to drain rainwater near Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence

The Aam Aadmi Party which came to power in the Delhi assembly by promising state-of-the-art services in the capital city has miserably failed in delivering its promises. Let alone serving the common people, the AAP government has failed to drain the rainwater logging near the residence of Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.

The road in front of Manish Sisodia’s residence exposed the so-called development model of the AAP government in just one big rain of the season. The road was jammed due to water logging. Bharatiya Janata Party’s MP from West Delhi Parvesh Sahib Singh took it to Twitter.

He posted a picture of the road near Manish Sisodia’s home and wrote, “Delhi’s deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s residence is drowned in the very first rains of the season. And these people are trying to transform Delhi into London for the last seven years.”

Earlier, there have been several incidents in which the Delhi Health Model of the AAP government was exposed. The Education Model of the AAP government in Delhi is also exposed many times. AAP government in Delhi also failed miserably when it came to the issue of the regular water supply.

The Delhi High Court has also slammed the AAP government saying that the Delhi government cannot be a mute spectator when illegal Islamic structures are mushrooming on the roads of the capital city.

The AAP government was also criticized for spending crores on ads rather than on bio decomposers to cope with the air pollution caused by stubble burning. This time it is the urban planning model of the AAP government that got exposed right in front of the deputy chief minister’s residence.

Dear Milords, did you provoke the Islamists too with your ‘loose tongues’

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Dear Milords, did you provoke the Islamists too with your ‘loose tongues’

The Supreme Court of India today essentially declared Nupur Sharma a blasphemer. The same court, which had once proudly proclaimed that dissent is the safety valve of democracy, has today blamed former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her speech for the brutal beheading of Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur by two remorseless Islamists. They also, much like the Islamists who blame women for their loose conduct to justify their stoning, blamed Nupur Sharma for her “loose tongue” for the sectarian chaos that had transpired in the country recently.

In their comments, the venerated Milords also said that Nupur Sharma should apologise to the nation. They mocked with sarcasm when they were told that Nupur Sharma was cooperating with the investigation – ‘They must be red carpeting you’.

The comments by Milords, in their infinite wisdom

“Sometimes power goes into head”, the Milord said. “People think that I have backup and say anything”, he continued to thunder, shattering the myth that the judiciary would help a woman who was getting death threats and rape threats for merely making some comments on a televised debate show.

As per reports, Nupur Sharma had moved the SC seeking the transfer of all the FIRs registered against her, across several states to Delhi for further investigation. Sharma, in her application, stated that she is facing constant life threats. The SC has not stopped at just blaming one woman for violence and murder committed by religious fanatics in the name of Islam, it has also refused to grant any relief to Sharma and has rejected her application to transfer all FIRs against her to Delhi.

The Supreme Court, essentially said that it was owing to Nupur Sharma’s “loose tongue” that the Islamists went into a fit of rage, rioted, called for her death, her rape, and beheaded a Hindu man who had supported her. It was her loose tongue. The woman should have known her place. The damn woman should have kept her mouth shut. And now that she displayed the temerity of actually holding an opinion, she needs to be hanged, with the medieval crowds cheering and casting stones at the witch.

The Islamists, interestingly, have offered similar justifications for their calls for violence. They have said that any “Gustakh-e-Nabi” attracts the death penalty – if the courts won’t give it, they will. They have reiterated that they are a peaceful people and want to live in harmony, however, if their wishes and sentiments are not respected, then they can legitimately go on a murder spree because that would be protecting the sanctity of their religion, not murder per se. They claim this because for the Islamist, the law of the land means paltry little. They owe their allegiance to their religious law that sanctions the beheading of errant Kafirs.

The Supreme Court, however, is meant to uphold the law of the land and their comments go as far as to legitimise the street veto of the Islamists. With its comments, the Supreme Court has insinuated that it was legitimate for the Islamists to go on a beheading spree if comments, any comments, hurt their sentiments, thereby, ratifying the justification given by the murderers.

Since the Supreme Court seems to be convinced that Nupur Sharma’s “loose tongue” is responsible for the barbarity heaped on Kanhaiya Lal, they should perhaps introspect and wonder if their “loose tongues” are to be blamed for their judges being threatened after certain verdicts.

In March 2020, Judges of the Karnataka High Court, who had delivered the Hijab verdict, were issued threats and two Islamists were arrested for it. While Kovai Rahamathulla was arrested from Tirunelveli, S. Jamal Mohammad Usmani was taken into custody from Thanjaur. Both the arrests took place on Saturday night. The accused are office bearers of the Tamil Nadu Towheed Jamaat (TNTJ).

According to a Business Standard report, “A video of the accused Kovai Rahamathulla went viral where he allegedly instigates violence against the Karnataka judges. In his speech, the accused mentions a district judge in Jharkhand being mowed down last year while the latter was out on a morning walk. He even stated that people know where the Chief Justice of Karnataka goes to walk in the morning”.

Based on this, the accused was arrested.

Given the logic employed by the Supreme Court today in Nupur Sharma’s verdict, the Supreme Court must ask its own High Court Judges whether they agree with the contention that it was their “loose tongue” that “provoked” the Islamists to call for the murder of the judges. Clearly, what is good for the goose has to be good for the gander – or are a different set of standards supposed to be employed for average citizens and Milords, who we look upon when we need protection?

Would the Supreme Court ask the Karnataka High Court judges to apologise to the nation because the judgement inspired the Islamists to ask for their murder? Would the Supreme Court blame the Judge’s “loose tongue” for the chaos by Islamists that followed their verdict? Would the Supreme Court ask the HC judges to apologise to the nation? If it indeed is the Judge’s “loose tongue” that should be blamed, why were they given Y category security? And if they were given security, why did Nupur Sharma deserve the snark and the abhorrent comments stripping her of her dignity and fundamental right to free speech?

More recently, the judge who ordered the survey of the disputed structure called Gyanvapi mosque, received a threatening letter by Islamists. The letter was sent by Islamic Aaghaz Movement and accused the judge of also going ‘saffron’ in the times of ‘hateful politics’ in India. Calling him ‘kafir’ and ‘idol worshiper’, the Islamist group claimed that no Muslim can expect fairness from a ‘saffronised’ judge. The letter further accused him of siding with ‘extremist Hindus’ and under pressure from the Gujarati Prime Minister will declare Mughals as looters. Would the Supreme Court judges who made these remarks against Nupur Sharma blame the judge in this case and say that he got threats due to his “loose tongue”? The judge had expressed his anguish saying that an atmosphere of fear was being created – would the Supreme Court judges ask him to apologise to the nation?

Would the Supreme Court hold itself responsible if Islamists go on a rampage and harm the Ram Mandir being constructed at Ayodhya, given that despite the SC order, the Islamists have been threatening to bring the temple down to restore the illegal Babri Masjid structure? If Nupur Sharma meets the same fate as Kanhaiya Lal, would the Supreme Court hold its “loose tongue” responsible and “apologise to the nation”? Would it concede that “Sometimes the power goes into the head. People think that I have backup and say anything”? Would it?

The Judiciary, in its infinite wisdom, needs to decide if they wish to be Islamic clerics or maintain natural justice while dispensing cases. Today, it can be respectfully, but safely concluded, that the Judiciary has certainly not painted itself in glory with the insidious remarks made as Nupur Sharma was thrown to the Islamist wolves.

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