66 Shiv Sena corporators in the Thane Municipal Corporation switched sides on 7th July 2022 and joined the Eknath Shinde camp, handing Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray another embarrassing loss. Thane is the hometown of Eknath Shinde and he has a strong hold on the local bodies in the district including Zilla Parishad (ZP), Panchayat Samiti, municipalities, and municipal corporations.
On Wednesday night, the 66 rebel corporators met with new Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde at his home. Uddhav Thackeray effectively lost control of the Thane Municipal Corporation as 66 of the 67 Shiv Sena corporators have defected. Former mayor of Thane Naresh Mhaske led the corporators who have sided with Eknath Shinde in this internal Shiv Sena tussle.
After the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Thane Municipal Corporation is the most important civic body in Maharashtra. Civic body polls in Maharashtra are soon going to be announced. A large number of corporators leaving the party at this time is seen as a big blow to Uddhav Thackeray considering the upcoming elections of municipal corporations, municipalities, and Zila Parishads in the state.
#InPics | 66 Shiv Sena Corporators of Thane Municipal Corporation join Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led faction pic.twitter.com/UJjCtM8zhe
On June 29, Maharashtra’s three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi government crumbled after Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray resigned as chief minister in response to a coup in his party led by senior politician Eknath Shinde. On June 30, Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the new chief minister of the state. He was supported by 40 Shiv Sena MLAs and 10 independents. BJP with its 106 MLAs joined him in a coalition to form the new government. The former chief minister of the state Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the deputy chief minister.
Maharashtra’s political problem, however, appears to be anything but resolved. Both the Shinde camp and Uddhav Thackeray supporters contend that their separate groups represent the original Shiv Sena, and they are in conflict over the party’s “bow and arrow” symbol. Gulabrao Patil, a rebel Shiv Sena MLA, asserted that 12 of the party’s 18 MPs and 20 other ex-MLAs will soon join the Shinde camp as well.
Arrested for his Hinduphobic tweets and facing further charges of insulting Hindu seers and FCRA irregularities, Alt-News co-founder Mohammed Zubair hasapproached the Supreme Court for bail and quashing the FIR registered against him at Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. Zubair’s counsel Colin Gonsalves urged the court to grant an urgent hearing in the case claiming that Zubair faces death threats and there is real concern about his safety.
Zubair was arrested on June 17 by Delhi Police in a case related to an inflammatory Tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu God. On June 1, the Uttar Pradesh police filed another FIR against the Alt-News co-founder for using derogatory language against Hindu seers. On June 13, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair challenging the FIR filed against him on June 1. Zubair’s lawyer Colin Gonsalves on Thursday approached the apex court seeking bail in the case filed against him by the UP police on June 1 and challenging the Allahabad HC’s order refusing to quash the FIR lodged against him by UP police.
The Supreme Court bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and J K Maheshwari agreed to list Zubair’s plea for hearing on Friday, July 8.
SC agrees to hear Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair’s petition tomorrow. He has challenged Allahabad High Court’s order refusing to quash FIR registered for a tweet in which he allegedly called Hindu seers- as ‘Hate mongers’.
Who is Colin Gonsalves who is representing Alt News co-founder in SC
Interestingly, Colin Gonsalves is the founder of the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) which operates under the aegis of the Socio-Legal Information Centre. It has received funds from George Soros’s NGO in the past. Some of the efforts HRLN has been involved in include the campaign against ISKCON’s Akshaya Patra, a campaign against Indian sedition laws, and it has been providing free legal aid to Rohingya Muslims in India. It has also been engaged in activism for the implementation of the RTE Act that works against Hindu-run institutions.
Furthermore, HRLN is also linked to a plethora of organizations across the country that seeks to undermine India’s territorial integrity. Members of the Right to Food Campaign (RFC), an organization HRLN is linked to, were also involved in the protest against then CJI Ranjan Gogoi that sought to undermine the legitimacy of the Indian Judiciary.
Allahabad HC refuses to quash UP Police FIR against Mohammed Zubair for his derogatory remarks against Hindu seers
On June 13, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by Mohammed Zubair challenging the FIR filed against him on June 1 for using derogatory language against Mahant Bajrang Muni Udasin, Rashtriya Sanrakshak of Rashtriya Hindu Sher Sena along with Yati Narsinghanand and Swami Anand Swaroop.
While refusing to quash the FIR filed against him, the Allahabad HC Bench of Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ajai Kumar Srivastava opined that the writ petition filed by Mohammed Zubair “lacks merit”. It also said that the prima facie records suggest that there is enough ground for investigation in the case. Hence the court dismissed Zubair’s writ petition.
Khairabad Police of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh had filed a First Investigation Report (FIR) against Zubair for using derogatory language against the Hindu seers. The FIR was registered based on the complaint of Bhagwan Sharan, district head of Rashtriya Hindu Sher Sena, under sections 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Meanwhile, seeking bail for Mohammed Zubair, his counsel Colin Gonsalves, said, “A look at the FIR will show that no crime has been made out. There is a death threat to him, I am worried for him.”
A 23-year-old Hindu girl from a wealthy family from allegedly Chhani in Vadodara was lured into a trap by Christian man Selvin Paul Parmar who went on to marry the girl. Selvin Paul Parmar later threatened to make the videos of private moments viral by emotionally blackmailing the girl. He allegedly also forced her to cut herself with blade. The matter became so serious that in the end, the Prime Minister’s Office had to intervene as per reports.
In Vadodara, Selvin Parmar, a 10-pass Christian youth who lived in a society near Chhani Canal, allegedly entrapped the daughter of a wealthy Hindu family of the same area by saying that he owned property worth Rs 250 crore and owned a factory, sand leases, petrol pumps, etc. In 2019, after a 2-year-long love affair, the Christian youth took the girl away to Anand and had a court marriage with her there.
During this period, he secretly took photos and videos of his private moments with the girl and started to blackmail her. When the girl’s family members checked her mobile, they found her chatting with this man. In this chat, the man had allegedly had asked her to make 40 to 45 cuts on her body with a blade in a minute and asked her to send the photographs to him through social media.
— VTV Gujarati News and Beyond (@VtvGujarati) July 5, 2022
In medical examination, more than 500 blade wounds were found all over the girl’s body and the girl always wore clothes that covered her entire body to hide those cuts. In the end, she was so tired of Selvin Paul Parmar’s threats that she even made up her mind to commit suicide.
After the marriage, the girl was lured by Selvin’s father Paul Parmar, and forced to stay in her in-laws’ house. After some time, her husband Selvin, her sister-in-law Shweta and Selvin’s father Paul Parmar started torturing the girl physically and mentally and the girl was kept locked in the house. The girl was also forced to eat non-veg food against her wishes.
The girl was brought home after the family came to know that she was being beaten up every day. After knowing the fact, the girl’s father lodged a complaint with the Chhani police station in this regard. Police registered a case against Selvin Paul Parmar, Shweta Paul Parmar, and Paul Parmar and detained Christian youth Selvin Parmar.
Registering a complaint in the SHE team was a bad experience for the girl’s family
Unable to see the condition of his daughter, her father contacted the SHE team of the police in August 2021. However, the girl’s father alleged that the SHE team police official one Noel Solanki ignored their pleas and would demand bribe from her family.
In September 2021, the girl’s father lodged a complaint against Noel and Selvin at the Chhani police station alleging that the girl’s family doubted their functioning as they belonged to the same faith. With this, the girl’s father also filed petitions with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for justice in the matter.
After a proper investigation into the matter following an order from the Prime Minister’s Office, policeman Noel Solanki and constable Sanjay Kumar, who had gone to the complainant’s bungalow that night in a SHE team car with the sole intention of sabotaging even if they were not part of the SHE team, were both suspended on June 22, 2022, after the allegations against them turned out to be true.
Currently, the family has sent the daughter to the USA for higher studies. They are so shocked by the incident that they no longer want to bring their daughter back to India. They want their daughter to live her life ahead peacefully in America.
Sub-divisional officer of a state-run power distribution company posted in UP’s Farrukhabad, who was suspended for posing the picture of Al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden in his office, apologized on Monday and said that Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is his idol. He also said that he has great respect for PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath.
According to the reports, Ravindra Prakash Gautam, former SDO (Nawabganj) posted in UP’s Farrukhabad had put up the poster of Al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden in his office and had claimed that Laden was the best engineer in the world. He had framed his opinion after he read a book on Laden which mentioned that ‘Laden had a degree in civil engineering and was associated with many crucial projects in Saudi Arabia in the initial phase of his life’.
Poster that was put up by SDO in his office (Image Source- Dainik Jagran)
Reportedly, the SDO officer was suspended on June 1 this year after the video of the poster of Laden hanging in his office went viral over social media platforms. Gautam, apologizing for the incident said on July 4 that his intentions were misunderstood and that they were represented in a wrong manner. He added that follows Dr. AJP Abdul Kalam and that he was his idol.
He also said that he was highly impressed and influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath. “The Central Government has taken initiative for our Surbhi Power Project. The Energy Department of the Central Government has started working on Surabhi Power Project”, he said on July 4 while he was in Obra.
Gautam is 47-year-old and had been working with the power department for the past 21 years. He was suspended by the senior officials after he posed for Laden’s poster and wrote “Respected Osama bin Laden, world’s best junior engineer” below the poster. The poster was also removed from his office with immediate effect.
The nation is going through a tumultuous period with Islamists getting emboldened and issuing threats to anyone who does not conform to their worldview. After the barrage of death and rape threats to Nupur Sharma for over a month now, the Islamists have started beheading and threatening those who support Nupur Sharma. The beheading of Kanhaiya Lal shocked the nation as the two Islamists released videos of not only their post-murder gloating but also a video of the beheading itself.
Soon after Kanhaiya Lal was beheaded, it was discovered that another Hindu man, Umesh Kolhe was also beheaded for supporting Nupur Sharma. Several people since then have received beheading threats for social media posts in support of Nupur Sharma and Kanhaiya Lal. In fact, it was also discovered that much before the murder of Lal, a family had fled Nagpur after getting constant death threats for their support to Nupur Sharma.
While all of this was unfolding, two Supreme Court judges extended their jurisdiction and passed problematic statements against Nupur Sharma. They blamed her “loose tongue” for the murder of Kanhaiya Lal and said she should apologise to the nation. Essentially, the Supreme Court blamed the murderous actions of the Islamists on the innocuous words of Nupur Sharma in a TV debate.
VHP and Bajrang Dal, which have been the frontline defence for Hindus, took cognisance of the violence by Islamists and said that if any Hindus received such death threats, they should not be scared and contact the police immediately. They further said that Hindus should also contact their local Bajrang Dal units for assistance.
“We urge the Hindus that they need not feel threatened by the anti-national and evil forces that are issuing life threats to them. If they still face any difficulty, they should contact the local Bajrang Dal volunteers,” VHP added that it will soon release helpline numbers for all states.
This statement was made while VHP decried the statements by the Supreme Court judges and said that in their observations (which did not make it to the written order), the Judges had ignored the threat of radical Islam. VHP’s working president sarcastically remarked that the Supreme Court had essentially made us all aware that 1400 years of Islamic onslaught was the fault of Nupur Sharma, according to the Times of India report.
Essentially, there is absolutely nothing wrong with what VHP said. Like any responsible social organisation, VHP asked those getting death threats to contact their local police and ensure that their file complaints. This is the right of any citizen – to approach the police when barbarians threaten them with beheading.
Further, they said that if they still face any difficulty, they should contact local Bajrang Dal units. What could those difficulties be? One would imagine they are talking about instances where the police refuse to take cognisance of their plight, like in the case of Kanhaiya Lal. One has to remember that when Kanhaiya Lal was getting death threats, the Rajasthan police refused to file a case and instead, made him get into a “settlement” with the Islamists. Only a few days later, he was beheaded.
In such a situation, when the state administration fails to protect a Hindu being threatened, one has to call leaders of the community to ensure that pressure is built. The other scenario could possibly be when there is a mob outside someone’s house and the police administration does paltry little. These are realities that one cannot escape given that there are plenty of instances where such things are known to happen.
Times of India, however, was not happy. In their Print version, they prefaced this news with a sentence that indicates that they want Hindus to simply give up without a fight and get killed by Islamists simply to maintain “peace”.
On the first page of their Delhi print edition for 7th July 2022, Times of India says that the decision by VHP, to ask Bajrang Dal to protect those who were getting death threats for supporting Nupur Sharma, could “escalate tensions”.
Screenshot of Times of India e-paper
Essentially, according to the Times of India, any Hindu organisation supporting those who are getting death threats by Islamists could “escalate tension”. It is not a stretch of logic to assume that the Times of India wants Hindus to be helpless in front of Jihadis so that the fragile peace between communities can be maintained.
If they think that VHP and Bajrang Dal protecting those who are getting death threats could escalate tensions, they are in essence saying that those Hindus should not get any protection and left to the mercy of those threatening them, so that “tensions” don’t escalate.
What are these “tensions” that the Times of India seems to be talking about? The fact that Islamists would become violent if Hindu organisations start protecting those getting threats? Or the fact that Islamists may indulge in more rampant and random violence on the streets if they are denied the opportunity and access to behead whoever they want?
In the actual article about this published on page 16 of Times of India, there is no mention of the “escalation of tension” that Times of India seems to be worried about on page 1.
Report by Times of India
In the digital copy of the report as well, there is no mention of the “escalating tension” that Times of India believes in, however, on the very first page of their print edition, they mention that one innocuous line that reveals what they think should be a Hindus’ conduct while dealing with death threats by those who are known to act on their murderous instincts.
On Wednesday, the Kerala High Court said that it was bound by the precedents from the Supreme Court to observe that a Muslim woman cannot be the guardian of her minor child and the property. Though there is no bar in Quran or Hadith on a Muslim woman’s right to be a child’s guardian, the Court said that it was bound to follow the law as interpreted by the apex court under Article 141 of the Constitution.
According to the reports, the Court was hearing the appeal filed by C Abdul Aziz of Kallai, Kozhikode, and 12 others who were represented by Advocate KM Firoz. The bench of Justice PB Suresh and Justice CS Sudha noted that the Muslim personal law prevents Muslim women from being guardians to their minor children but it stands void when discussed with articles 14 (equality) and 15 (discrimination) of the Indian Constitution. However, the Court is bound by the precedents set by the apex court, it reiterated.
It also added that there were several previous judgments delivered by the Supreme Court in which it had categorically held that a Muslim woman cannot be a guardian of her minor children. “It is no doubt true that in this modern age, women have scaled heights and have slowly but steadily stormed several male bastions. As pointed out, many Islamic countries or Muslim-dominated countries have women as their heads of state. Women have been part of expeditions to space too…Be that as it may, this court is bound by the decisions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court,” the Court said.
The appellant meanwhile argued referring to the Hadith, and said that the woman was recognized as the guardian of her husband’s property as well. They said that there was nothing in the Quran or Hadith that prohibited a woman from being a guardian of her son or his property. They also added that Hadiths were never considered in any of the judgments of the Supreme Court in this regard.
On the other hand, the respondents stated that neither the Quran nor the Hadith says that a mother can be the guardian and in fact, several verses of the Quran have stated otherwise. The Court stated that though Quran did not specifically mention that a mother cannot be the guardian, it was not up to the Court to interpret the same, especially in the light of the view taken by the Supreme Court.
Further, the Court referring to the Shayara Bano case, said that the Shariat Act is the only law that applies to Muslims in the matters stated in section 2 of the act which includes Guardianship.
The petition was filed over a partition deed in which a Muslim mother acted as a legal guardian of her son’s property. The Kerala High Court observed that the parties were bound by the partition contract but denied considering the mother as a rightful guardian.
On Wednesday, July 6, the Nizamabad police in Telangana apprehended three Popular Front of India (PFI) members involved in training the Muslim youths in anti-national activities. The accused have been identified as Shaik Shadullah (40), Mohammad Imran (22) and Mohammad Abdul Mobin (27).
Nizamabad, Telangana | We’ve taken 3 PFI activists into custody named Shaik Shadulla, Mohammed Imran & Mohammed Abdul Mobin. PFI’s main agenda is to create law & order problems across the country & carry out attacks on other religions: KR Nagaraju, CP, Nizamabad pic.twitter.com/5o2tiRrqXU
The trio has been booked under Section 120-A (criminal conspiracy by two or more persons), 120-B (criminal conspiracy for serious offence), 153-A (promoting enmity between two different groups) and 141 (unlawful assembly) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Section 13(1)(b) of the Unlawful Activities (Preventions) Act – 1967 has also been invoked against the accused.
According to reports, the three PFI members were nabbed from the residence of one Shadullah in the Gundaram area in Nizamabad town. The trio was residing in Nizamabad while posing as small-time labourers like wielding mechanics, but their prime objective was to identify gullible Muslim youths, radicalise them with Sharia law, and then recruit them for anti-national activities, according to Nizamabad Commissioner of Police KR Nagaraju.
One of the accused admitted to the police during questioning that the PFI was seeking to indoctrinate the local Muslim youths with Sharia law and Islamic fundamentalism in order to recruit them into anti-national activities. He also admitted that the group had been conducting workshops to teach Muslims how to use deadly weapons and martial arts with the primary goal of recruiting them to wage jihad in the state.
The arrested also confessed that similar workshops regarding legal matters were being conducted along with physical training by PFI members in Nizamabad, Jagitial, Hyderabad, Nellore, Kurnool and Kadapa.
Telangana police arrest another PFI member involved in arms training
The arrest of the three PFI members came after the Telangana police apprehended a 54-year-old karate instructor, Abdul Qader from the Autonagar area of the town. Qader was nabbed two days ago.
“The three accused arrested today admitted that they had engaged Qader for providing training to the gullible Muslim youth from the two Telugu states in various martial arts and use of lethal weapons,” K R Nagaraju said.
According to the police commissioner, the three accused lured Qader into the PFI by offering him money, including 6 lakhs for the building of his home.
In the last three years, Qader had trained more than 200 Muslim youths in karate, Kung Fu and use of lethal weapons on the upper portion of his residence, the police commissioner said.
Acting on a tip-off, the Nizamabad police raided Qader’s house. During the search, the police found banners of the PFI, bamboo batons, nun-chucks, stationery, reading material and books, an audio system, and several bus and train tickets in his house. All the materials were seized and Qader was apprehended.
“Though there have been no PFI activities in the state till now, the latest arrests have revealed that the organisation is trying to expand its footprints in the state gradually,” Nagaraju said.
The Nizamabad police have also filed a case against all the 200 Muslim youths accused of taking part in training camps held by Qader last year. Sources said the police teams are attempting to apprehend numerous people who had attended the PFI camp.
Sufi Islamic Board says the Popular Front of India operates on instructions of Al-Qaeda
It may be recalled that in May 2022, the Sufi Islamic Board, which has been relentless in exposing the Popular Front of India (PFI), once again reiterated its demand to ban the radical Islamic organisation, saying that the PFI is operating on the instructions of the terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda.
Earlier, in December 2020, Sufi Islamic Board had also alleged that the PFI is backed by terrorist organisations and is running ‘schools’ to radicalise Muslim youths to carry out jihad. In addition, the Sufi Islamic Board had said that the PFI was misleading the Muslim youths through its political wing Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
On July 7, Ajmer’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sandeep Saraswat has been removed from the post Awaiting Post Orders (Line Hazir). The action against him was taken by the authorities after his video emerged on social media coaching Salman Chishti, Khadim of Ajmer Dargah to say he was drunk while making the video threatening former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
In the video that went viral on July 6, the Ajmer Police were seen arresting Salman Chishti from his house. While taking Chishti out of his house, someone from the police said “What exactly you were high on, while recording the video?” As the video proceeds, Salman Chishti is heard saying that he does not drink and does not take drugs. At this moment a police officer, now identified as DSP Sandeep Saraswat, said, “Say that you were drunk so that it will be easy to save you.”
The video was shared by a BJP leader who said, “Releasing a Proof of Ashok Gehlot’s Anti Hindu Face. Salman Chisti who issued a bounty on Nupur Sharma’s head said “Mai Nasha nahi Karta” Rajasthan Police ‘Bol Nashe me tha, taaki bachaya jae’.
In another video, the accused Chishti is seen being welcomed by a group of people and police personnel. Someone in the background says, “befikr reh, sab baat ho gayi hai” (stay relaxed, all has been arranged).
After Chishty was arrested, the Rajasthan police released a statement insisting that he was in an inebriated state when he made the threat video.
Chishti announced to give his house as a bounty for killing Nupur Sharma
A few days ago, a video of Salman Chishti went viral on social media where he announced a bounty for killing Nupur Sharma and offered his house to anyone who brought Sharma’s head. Chishti, who is a history-sheeter, has multiple cases filed against him including murder and attempt to murder.
On July 6, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri shared a series of Tweets narrating how a hit-job was run against the ‘Humanity Tour’ that he had organised recently. In his tweet, Agnihotri wrote, “EXPOSÉ ALERT: GENOCIDE-DENIER and HINDUPHOBIC propaganda site The Quint tried to do a sinister HIT-JOB on me but fell flat on their face. Here is an example. We used to ignore these fake FACT-CHECKERS, but true patriotism is to expose and defeat these anti-national #UrbanNaxals FOs.”
EXPOSÉ ALERT:
GENOCIDE-DENIER & HINDUPHOBIC propaganda site @TheQuint tried to do a sinister HIT-JOB on me but fell flat on their face. Here is an example.
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) July 6, 2022
In his tweet, Agnihotri shared an email sent by Quint journalist Abhilash Mallick to Global Human Rights Defence in Hague, Netherland, where one of the events of Humanity Tours was scheduled. The Humanity Tour happened between May 28 to June 26 this year.
Quint’s email to GHRD
In his mail, Mallick identified himself as a fact-checker with Quint and added a link to social media post by Agnihotri where the venues of the events of the Humanity Tour were mentioned. Calling the film The Kashmir Files’ islamophobic’, Mallick said, “Agnihotri has recently made a movie called The Kashmir Files, which was about the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s. However, the film has also faced much criticism, with some saying that it ignored facts and is Islamophobic. He has been on a trip titled “Humanity Tour”, where he has visited multiple venues in UK and Germany with his movie. At least two venues have denied inviting him, while another claimed to have no information about the event.”
Mallick claimed that two venues had denied inviting him and one venue denied information about the event, to which Vivek said it was a lie. He also shared a reply to Mallick sent by a GHRD official, where he provided complete information about the event that took place at the said venue.
Reply by GHRD
The letter reads, “GHRD is aware of the criticisms directed at Agnithori and his film The Kashmir Files – we strongly reject these criticisms. It is evident that there is an ongoing mass genocide of Kashmiri Pandits that Indian institutions and media outlets continue to neglect.”
It further added the details of the screening of the film hosted by the European Kashmiri Pandit Community (EKPC), including a panel discussion and reception in The Hague on June 17, 2022. It read, “The event was hosted in collaboration with GHRD and also included contributions from Mr Marco Respinti (a renowned Italian journalist who is Director-In-Charge of the magazine Bitter Winter). A total of 5 Ambassadors to The Netherlands were in attendance. GHRD stands with Kashmiri victims, and resents critiques of Mr Agnithori’s film – the massacre MUST be addressed.”
Furthermore, Vivek also quoted a tweet from June 21, where he had shared a video of the event in the Netherlands, where both Vivek and Pallavi Joshi, along with the team, were well received by the audience.
Fake Fact-checkers and propaganda machines like @TheQuint deliberately ignore evidences in order to label, discredit and harm with malafide intentions all those who stand for Human rights of Hindus. Dangerous GENOCIDE-DENIRES.
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) July 6, 2022
He challenged The Quint and demanded answers to two questions. He asked them to point out which part of the film was not based on the fact. He further asked them to prove on what basis they called the film Islamophobic. He said, “If they can’t, I deserve an UNCONDITIONAL APOLOGY. Or they stand exposed.”
I challenge GENOCIDE-DENIER and HINDUPHOBIC @TheQuint to:
1. Point out even one shot, dialogue, event in #TheKashmirFiles which is not a FACT.
2. Prove on what basis they call the film ISLAMOPHOBIC.
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) July 6, 2022
The Kashmir Files and the resistance it faced from the liberals
Even before its release, The Kashmir Files has been facing serious resistance and blunt bad-mouthing by the liberals, Islamists and so-called intellectuals. As the film shows true stories of the exodus and genocide of Hindus from the Kashmir Valley, it became an eyesore for them. Before its release, NDTV called the film ‘propaganda’ which was later edited out when OpIndia published a report about it.
Since its release, film critics who belong to the liberal side of the media have tried their level best to paint a bad image of the film, claiming it is an Islamophobic film and has no facts. Not only the media but the leaders of opposition parties, including the Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, National Conference, and others, mocked and attempted to discredit the film. So much so that they even blamed the film for recent attacks on Hindus in the valley. However, none of them have been able to point out which particular scene or act of violence shown in the movie was not based on facts.
On Wednesday, the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against an unidentified person for threatening a 16-year-old minor girl over a Facebook post. The girl who is a resident of Girgaon, Mumbai had shared a post on social media commenting on the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan’s Udaipur.
According to the reports, the Police filed the FIR based on a complaint filed by the girl’s father. He said that his daughter had received a WhatsApp call from an unidentified person who threatened to kill her for her Facebook Post supporting Kanhaiya Lal. He also said that the caller abused her on calls and messages that continued for the next several hours.
An offence has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly threatening to kill a 16-year-old girl over her Facebook post on the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan’s Udaipur: Mumbai Police
The Mumbai Police detailing the incident confirmed that the girl had posted a message on her Facebook wall following which she received death threats from three numbers on the night of July 1. “We are trying to trace the accused and they will be arrested soon”, the officer investigating the case said. Reportedly, the Police are also trying to find out how the caller got hold of the girl’s mobile number.
The VP Road police have registered the case under Section 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) and 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code based on the complaint filed by the girl’s father. While the police are investigating the case and trying to identify the accused, the officers suspect that the accused is a single person who used three different numbers to abuse and threatens the 16-year-old girl.
On June 28, Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor by profession was murdered by two Islamists named Riaz and Ghous Mohammed. The duo disguised as customers and entered the tailoring shop of the deceased. While Kanhaiya Lal was busy taking the cloth measurements, one of the accused attacked him with a long sharp knife. According to the post-mortem report, he was stabbed 26 times on his body from his neck to shoulder. Kanhaiya Lal was beheaded for uploading a social media post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
