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Mumbai: Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana arrested over their plans to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree

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Mumbai: Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana arrested over their plans to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree

Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLS husband have been arrested by Mumbai police after Shiv Sena workers foiled their attempts to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of CM Uddhav Thackeray’s house Matoshree. Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana were taken to the Khar Police station after their arrest. The action was taken after some Shiv Sena leaders had filed an FIR against them.

Reportedly, a case has been filed against the Amaravati MP under section 153A of the IPC (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony). The couple is accused of giving derogatory, offensive and inciting statements against the Maharashtra govt and CM Uddhav Thackeray over the Hanuman Chalisa vs Azaan issue.

After the arrest, Navneet Rana said that Mumbai police forcefully took her away from her home. She has also sought the help of former CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis in the matter.

After Naveen Rana was arrested by the police, Shiv Sena workers were seen celebrating in front of her house. It may noted that after the MP had announced her plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of Matoshri, Shiv Sena workers had staged a counter-protest in front of her house. They had been protesting there since today morning, preventing the Ranas to leave the house, and they celebrated by bursting firecrackers after police had taken away the MP and her husband.

Police arrested Navneet Rana despite the fact that she had called of her planned recitation. Amid the protests of Shiv Sena workers, she had said that she will not go to the CM’s residence to chant the Hindu prayer. Rana had said that Shiv Sena has become a party of goons and also said that Uddhav Thackeray only knows how to file cases against people and put them behind bars. “He’s creating a Bengal-like situation in Maharashtra,” she had added.

While announcing the decision to cancel the plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of CM’s house, they had said that the decision was taken as PM Modi is visiting Mumbai tomorrow and they don’t want any law and order situation because of them.

Yesterday, Mumbai police had issued them a notice, asking them not to disturb the law and order situation. Police had also increased security near the CM’s residence.

Lovely Professional University (LPU) sacks professor after a video of her insulting Lord Ram goes viral

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Lovely Professional University (LPU) sacks professor after a video of her insulting Lord Ram goes viral

Gursang Preet Kaur, a professor at the Lovely Professional University (LPU), has been sacked by the university after a video of her insulting Lord Ram had gone viral on the internet.

The University released a statement on its official Instagram account, saying that it regretted the incident and informed that the concerned professor had been immediately relieved from the services.

“We understand that some people have been hurt by the video shared on social media where one of our faculty members can be heard sharing her personal opinion,” the statement said.

The University further added, “We wish to clarify that the views shared by her are absolutely personal, and the university doesn’t endorse any of them. We have always been a secular university, where people from all religions and faith are treated equally with love and respect.”

Professor sacked after calls Lord Ram a plotter, a bad person and extols Ravana

The development came in the wake of a video that has gone viral on social media. In the video, now-terminated Professor Gursang Preet Kaur makes insulting remarks against Lord Ram, saying that Lord Ram machinated against Ravana, who, according to Kaur, was a “good person”.

According to Kaur, who appears to be speaking to her students, it was Lord Ram’s “plan” to set a trap for Sita’s abduction and not Ravana’s fault who kidnapped her and took her to Lanka.

“Do you know Ravana was a good person by heart? Ram is not a good person. I find Ram to be a cunning person. He made all the plans to trap Sita and pass the blame for it on Ravana. How can we decide who is good and who is evil? And the whole world is worshipping Ram saying that Ravana is a bad person,” the Professor says while urging her listeners to make such perverse arguments to make people “think” about it.

All 3 demolished temples in Rajgarh in Alwar to be rebuilt: Alwar District Administration

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All 3 demolished temples in Rajgarh in Alwar to be rebuilt: Alwar District Administration

While the political mud-slinging over the demolition of the temples in the Alwar district of Rajasthan is still going on, the Alwar district administration has said that all 3 temples will be rebuilt. Three temples and around 85 homes were demolished in Rajgarh in the Alwar district as part of the road-widening drive as per the city master plan.

“There were three temples. Two were private, and one was built on a drain. The administration removed idols after a unanimous consensus with the people. Temples will be built on non-controversial land with the proper agreement of the people by the municipality,” Sunita Pankaj, Additional District Magistrate of Alwar, told news agency ANI.

Since the demolition of the temples, BJP and Congress have been trading charges with both accusing each other for the demolition of the temples. While Congress has said that BJP governed Rajgarh Nagar Palika is to be blamed for the demolition of the temples, BJP has blamed local Congress MLA and the state Congress government for the demolition of the temples.

Amidst all this political fight, mahant of a local temple and local edition of Brajbhoomi Vikas Parishad have registered complaints against the local Congress MLA Johari Lal Meena, the local sub-divisional magistrate and the executive officer for demolishing the temples.

On the other hand, Congress leader and member of the former royal family of Alwar Bhanwar Jitendra Singh said, “We have lodged an FIR against BJP leader and Nagar palika Board Chairman and other people who were responsible for the demolition of temples.”

While the temples are set to be rebuilt thanks to the political outrage around them, there has been no news so far from the Rajasthan government about the demolition of 85 houses and shops in the same area.

Punjab: Dalit woman accuses Punjab police of torturing her by striping her naked in custody, SC Commission orders probe

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Punjab: Dalit woman accuses Punjab police of torturing her by striping her naked in custody, SC Commission orders probe

In a shocking incident that allegedly took place in Punjab, a Dalit woman accused Punjab police of torturing her by striping her naked in the custody. The incident has been reported from Khannauri police station in Sangrur on 21st April 2022. Punjab state scheduled caste (SC) commission has ordered the Sangrur police to conduct a probe in this case. It is notable that Punjab’s Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann comes from Sangrur and he has earlier represented this constituency in Lok Sabha.

The incident came to light when the Dalit woman appeared before the state scheduled caste commission during a public hearing (Lok Adalat) held at the district administrative complex in Sangrur on Thursday 21st April 2022. The 42-year-old Dalit woman works as a maid to earn her living. Appearing at the public hearing, the Dalit woman alleged that she was taken into illegal detention on March 22 this year, two days after a theft took place at an upper-class household where she works. She also alleged that the Punjab police kept her naked at the police station, did not provide her food or water, and brutalized her.

She told the commission, “Khanauri station house officer (SHO), inspector Malwinder Singh, took me to the police station and thrashed me. A female cop forcefully removed my clothes and hit me with sticks on the direction of the SHO. They had locked me up in the police station without food and water. They released me the next evening after my brother, nephew, and panchayat members intervened.”

Commission member Chandreshwar Singh Mohi said, “The victim said the SHO had tortured her so as to get her to confess to a crime she did not commit. I also called the SHO to the Lok Adalat and asked him to present evidence of his innocence, but he failed to do so.”

Mohi further added, “the village sarpanch and panchayat members have testified to the atrocities faced by the victim as she was released after their intervention. I have also recorded the statement of the SHO. After hearing both sides, I have directed Sangrur police to conduct a probe and submit its report to the commission”.

Bhagwan Valmiki welfare society president Raju Gagat said that they had approached the SSP after the woman was detained by police, but no action was taken. Therefore they approached the SC commission.

However the accused police officer inspector Malwinder Singh has denied the allegations.  “I was also present before the commission when the woman made these allegations. All her claims are baseless,” he claimed.

Punjab police are at the center of controversy right from the beginning of the calendar year 2022. In the first week of the year, a major breach occurred in the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was at that time on his tour to Punjab. At that time there was a Congress government in the state and Charanjit Singh Channi was the chief minister. In the assembly elections of February 2022, Congress lost, and Aam Aadmi Party won. Bhagwant Mann became the chief minister. After that, the Punjab government ordered a reshuffle of top police officers including those who took strict action against the sand mafias in the recent past. Now this case has appeared in which a Dalit woman accused the Punjab police of such harassment.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa announces Rs 50 lakh as ex gratia, jobs for next of kin of Assam soldiers who lost their lives serving the country in 1971 Bangladesh War

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa announces Rs 50 lakh as ex gratia, jobs for next of kin of Assam soldiers who lost their lives serving the country in 1971 Bangladesh War

On Friday, April 23, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the soldiers from Assam who lost their lives serving the country would be given Rs 50 lakhs as compensation instead of Rs 20 lakhs. The CM also promised of providing a government job to at least one person from the family of the deceased soldier.

The Assam CM made the aforementioned announcement during the event ceremony organised by the state government at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati to commemorate 50 Years of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

Sharing snippets from the event, Himanta Biswa Sarma Tweeted, “Our government has made efforts to recognise and compensate the sacrifices made by our soldiers by way of offering ₹50 lakh as ex gratia, jobs for next of kin, 2% job reservation in Govt jobs, and reservation of seats for their wards in medical studies.”

The CM also thanked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh who visited Assam on Saturday (April 23) to attend an award ceremony at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

“I feel honored at having accompanied Hon RM Shri @rajnathsingh ji who inaugurated an exhibition by Directorate of Sainik Welfare at Kalakshetra today. The exhibition is to showcase the valour & supreme sacrifice of our armed forces in 1971 war. We’re grateful to Raksha Mantri ji.”

The 1971 Bangladesh liberation war began on March 25 in erstwhile East Pakistan and ended on December 16.

The 1971 war was one of the fastest and shortest campaigns in military history. A new nation was born as a result of the swift campaign undertaken by the Indian Army against the Pakistani Army that was committing atrocities in then-East Pakistan under the leadership of General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi.

Niazi, along with his 93,000 troops, after facing defeat in the 1971 war, had surrendered to the Indian Army.

India celebrates Vijay Diwas every year on this day to mark India’s victory over Pakistan and the birth of Bangladesh.

Notably, last year, India celebrated 50 years of victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war. As a part of the celebrations, a delegation of the Bangladesh Army had taken part in the Republic Day parade at Raj Path in New Delhi on January 26, 2021.

Telangana: Azhar slits 23-year-old MCA graduate’s throat for rejecting his advances

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Telangana: Azhar slits 23-year-old MCA graduate’s throat for rejecting his advances

On Friday, the Telangana Police arrested Mohd Azhar for slashing the throat of a 23-year-old girl in Hanamkonda town of Telangana. The accused had attacked the girl after she had rejected his love proposal.

The incident occurred at the victim’s house which falls within the limits of the Subedari police station in the town. According to the reports, the accused belongs to the Mondrai village in Warangal. He had met the victim a few years ago when she used to visit her relatives in Mondrai. His feelings for the victim drove him to Hanamkonda town where he requested the girl to meet outside once.

He started harassing the victim as she refused to meet him. Azhar then infiltrated her house when she was alone. He expressed his feelings for her but the girl stated that she was not interested. She asked Azhar to leave as she was preparing for her MCA exams. However, Azhar kept on telling her that he loved her and asked her to reciprocate his feelings.

He then grabbed a knife from a nearby shop and slit her throat. The neighbours rushed to the victim’s home hearing her screams and saw her lying in a pool of blood. The accused had fled from the spot by then. The woman was immediately admitted to the MGM hospital. A high-level team comprising senior doctors from different specialities like ENT, surgery, and physicians was formed to attend to the victim at MGM Hospital. The condition of the victim is said to be stable and out of danger.

The police have registered an FIR under Section 307, 354 and 506 of IPC based on the complaint filed by the victim girl and her family. The victim, who is in the MCA final year at Kakatiya University, lives near Pochamma Gudi in Gandhi Nagar, Hanamkonda. She lives with her parents in a rented apartment. Her mother is a daily wage worker and her father works in a welding workshop in Hanamkonda.

Karnataka: Gulab Pasha, leader of Yogendra Yadav’s party, demands Annamma Devi procession does not pass through ‘Muslim dominated’ areas. Read details

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Karnataka: Gulab Pasha, leader of Yogendra Yadav’s party, demands Annamma Devi procession does not pass through ‘Muslim dominated’ areas. Read details

Days after violent mobs attacked Hindu religious processions across the country, injuring several people, a Muslim leader from Karnataka has now taken objection to the Hindu religious procession in Bengaluru and have demanded the authorities change the route of religious processions or deny permission for Hindus to hold the procession.

Gulab Pasha, a leader of far-left ‘activist’ Yogendra Yadav’s Swaraj India Abhiyan, has written a letter to Bengaluru Police requesting them to change the route of the annual Annamma Devi procession in the city by claiming that it will disturb peace and harmony between different communities.

In the letter, Gulab Pasha has claimed that a procession for Goddess Annamma Devi has been organised on April 23 from 8 pm to 12 am by a Hindu organisation in Bengaluru’s Yelachanahalli BBMP ward.

Letter written by Gulab Pasha

The letter to the Bengaluru police along with the press release was tweeted by the official party handle. It was retweeted by Gulab Pasha himself.

Pasha said that they believe that the organisers of this procession have sought permission from Kumaraswamy Layout Police Station and have shared the proposed route for the same. According to Pasha, Balakrishna, a local BJP leader and former corporater of Yelachanahalli BBMP Ward, is the main organiser of this procession.

In his letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gulab Pasha also added that the Annamma Devi procession is proposed to pass through Muslim-dominated areas of Fayazabad and Kanaka Nagar areas en route from Manju Layout to Shani Mahatma Temple.

“Procession for Goddess Annamma Devi was never organised in the past. We are deeply worried as this is being organised for the first time that too in the context of many incidents in Karnataka and in other parts of India that led to disturbance of peace and communal harmony in the recent past,” the Swaraj India leader claimed in his letter.

The Muslim leader also requested the authorities to take immediate action to change the route of the procession so that it did not pass through Fayazabad and Kanaka Nagar areas, where there are several mosques, and one of them is on the procession route itself.

As a large number of people attend evening prayers in these mosques during the Ramadan month, Pasha claimed, demanding the police to “maintain peace and harmony and prevent any communal tension”.

The press release tweeted by the party also says that they got a “positive response” from the DCP and they are thankful for it.

This letter comes just a week after Islamists attacked Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra in Jahangirpuri, Delhi. Several people were injured, including police personnel. Even in Karnataka, a Muslim mob had attacked a police station and temple on the pretext that somebody had allegedly posted objectionable content on social media.

In the last month, at least ten incidents of mob violence in six states have been reported after Islamists had attacked Hindu devotees in Muslim-dominated areas for carrying out the religious processions.

“I am not afraid of you. I will ask you questions everyday”: Tajinder Bagga slams Arvind Kejriwal over ‘ridiculous’ FIRs, SIT probe against him

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“I am not afraid of you. I will ask you questions everyday”: Tajinder Bagga slams Arvind Kejriwal over ‘ridiculous’ FIRs, SIT probe against him

On Saturday (April 23), BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga lambasted AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal after it was revealed that the AAP govt in Punjab had formed an SIT to probe his tweets agaisnt the Delhi CM. The Punjab govt had disclosed about the SIT in Punjab and Haryana High Court.

“I learnt from the media that the assistant of Arvind Kejriwal aka Bhagwant Mann has formed an SIT in Punjab to investigate cases against me. Besides the ongoing case, multiple complaints were filed at 2 different police stations,” Bagga was heard as saying.

He further added, “All of these complaints, which will now be probed by the SIT, are downright ridiculous and inspired by movies.” Bagga informed that one of the complaints was filed by a man named Aslam Khan in the Malerkotla district, because someone was carrying a poster designed by Bagga.

Aslam had alleged that a Hindu mob was raising provocative slogans, and carrying posters designed by Bagga while he was en route his home from the office.

“After Aslam told the police, they rushed to the spot but found no one. They somehow discovered a banner with my name on it and seized it…Another complaint was lodged 100 km away where again police miraculously found the same poster (with my name on it),” the BJP spokesperson added.

Tajinder Bagga emphasised, “An SIT will now probe all these cases… These cases look ridiculous and appear like scenes from a movie. I want to challenge Arvind Kejriwal and let him know that he cannot intimidate me into silence through police complaints or SITs.”

While hitting out at the AAP govt in Punjab, he pointed out how Arvind Kejriwal vowed to jail those accused of sacrilege (beadbi) within 24 hours but did not act on his promises. The BJP spokesperson said that all cases against him would be withdrawn if he stopped tweeting about Arvind Kejriwal’s inaction in beadbi cases.

“I am not afraid of you. I will ask you questions, everyday…Why are you not acting on your promises? Did you join hands with them (those whop committed beadbi)? Or did they vote you to power…You have filed 3 cases against me. Even if the number becomes as high as 300 tomorrow, I will not be intimidated into silence,” he concluded.

 SIT probe against Tajinder Bagga for ‘harming and causing hurt’ to Kejriwal through his tweets

The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Punjab had earlier disclosed that a Special Investigation Team was formed to look into the ‘provocative’ statements made by BJP leader Tajinder Bagga.

On April 20, the Punjab police filed its response in the Punjab and Haryana High Court to the notice issued by the court in connection with the plea to quash the FIR against Tajinder Pal Bagga. The AAP-led Punjab government has disclosed that a Special Investigation Team was formed to look into the ‘provocative’ statements put out by the BJP leader against the AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.

On April 6, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the investigation against Bagga and had issued notice to Punjab Police. In its response, the Punjab government stated that the FIR against Bagga was not registered solely on his one statement targeting Delhi Chief Minister.

It claimed that several of Bagga’s tweets were, ‘provocative, false, inflammatory, and communally divisive, besides causing harm and criminally intimidate’ Arvind Kejriwal. The Punjab government also claimed that the FIR against Bagga was registered for carrying out well-planned and orchestrated offences by issuing such statements.

Rajasthan: Complaints registered against Congress MLA, SDM, and EO in Alwar temple demolition case

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Rajasthan: Complaints registered against Congress MLA, SDM, and EO in Alwar temple demolition case

The political row over the demolition of temples in Rajasthan’s Alwar district continues to grow with BJP and Congress leveling allegations against each other. Amidst political mudslinging, local police have received two complaints regarding this demolition naming local Congress MLA Johari Lal Meena, SDM Keshav Kumar Meena, and Executive Officer (EO) Banwari Lal Meena. The complaints were filed in Rajgarh police station of Alwar district by the priest of one of the temples Mahant Prakash Das, and Brajbhoomi Vikas Parishad.

In the complaint filed by Mahant Prakash Das, he has named the local SDM Keshav Kumar Meena and EO Banwari Lal Meena. The duo is accused of hurting religious sentiments by breaking idols using a drill and a hammer, and also by entering temple premises wearing shoes.

Complaint filed by Mahant Prakash Das

The other complaint filed by Brajbhoomi Vikas Parishad names local Congress MLA Johari Lal Meena in addition to the SDM and EO. The complaint alleges that the trio demolished the temples and the idols placed within them as part of a well-thought-out conspiracy. It states that the Hindu faith has been trampled under a bulldozer, and has called it a conspiracy to instigate riots. The complaint also asks for the restoration of the temples.

The complaint filed by Brajbhoomi Vikas Parishad

Speaking to OpIndia, President of Brajbhoomi Vikas Parishad Pankaj Gupta said, “The priests of the temples are very scared. Nobody wanted to come forward to file the complaint so we decided to do it. We have not received any copy of the FIR against the complaint filed by us, and nor has any action been taken so far. The Congress MLA Johari Lal Meena is the main accused. He and his son have a history of criminal activities.”

SHO slapped us when we requested to save the idols: the Temple landowner

OpIndia also spoke to the landowner of the temple land Vijay. He said, “We were given just one hour’s notice to save the idols inside the temple. How could we do so in such a short period of time? When we asked the local SHNO not to destroy the Shivalaya, SHO Vinod Samaria slapped my father and threatened to put us in jail. Somehow we managed to save him from the police. Our temple was more than 200 years old. We demand suspension of the officers involved in this demolition.”

BJp MP Kirodi Lal Meena visited the affected areas on Saturday and demanded strong action against the guilty officials. He also alleged that Congress MLA is the main culprit behind the demolition of the temples, and demanded restoration of the same as quickly as possible.

Earlier, the administration had demolished 3 temples and around 85 homes in Rajgarh in Alwar district of Rajasthan as part of a road-widening drive as per the city masterplan.

Scroll spreads fake news that ‘4 Dalit tanners were killed by upper-caste mob for skinning a dead cow in Gujarat’s Una’: Here’s the truth

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Scroll spreads fake news that ‘4 Dalit tanners were killed by upper-caste mob for skinning a dead cow in Gujarat’s Una’: Here’s the truth

Two days after the Assam police arrested Gujarat Congress supporter and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani over his objectionable tweets, Scroll published a report to attack the BJP government in Gujarat. In a bid to portray the BJP government as intolerant and remorseless toward its detractors, the leftist propaganda website ‘Scroll’ resorted to peddling fake news by distorting a 2016 news story.

The leftist media portal wrote that “four Dalit tanners were killed by an upper-caste mob for skinning a dead cow in Una in 2016”, whereas the fact is that the villagers had beaten up four cow smugglers for skinning a live cow. They were not ‘killed’ by any ‘upper-caste’ mob, as claimed by Scroll.

On April 23, Saturday, Scroll published an opinion piece titled, “Jignesh Mevani arrest shows Modi’s critics don’t have the same freedom of speech as his supporters”.

Ipsita Chakravarty, the report’s author, lamented how criticism of the prime minister has been presented as a criminal conspiracy and a threat to peace under the Modi regime and has led to the unjust arrests of critics such as Gujarat Congress supporter and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani.

The report published by Scroll on April 23

She explained how for more than two decades, the BJP wielded absolute power in Gujarat, until 2016 when Mevani rose to prominence as the face of Dalit agitations in Gujarat. Here, she cited a 2016 report wherein four Dalit men were allegedly beaten up by cow protection vigilantes in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, the protest against which had helped Mevani to rise to fame.

The author at this point wrote, “Mevani rose to prominence as the face of Dalit agitations in Gujarat in 2016. Four Dalit tanners were killed by an upper-caste mob for skinning a dead cow in Una. It triggered protests that lasted months. Mevani, who was an organising force of the protests and won the Gujarat assembly elections in 2017, seemed to offer an alternative politics that challenged the BJP in its bastion.”

There are multiple reports on the public platform, in fact, many by other far-left news houses also, that distinctly mention that the cow smugglers were beaten up by the villagers for skinning a cow. None of the reports back then said that the Dalits were ‘killed’, that too by people belonging to the ‘upper-caste’.

The Scroll had also, in fact, then reported that the four Dalit men were assaulted in Gir Somnath district’s Una taluka on July 11, 2016.

Screengrab of the headline of the report published by Scroll on July 21, 2016

Their report also had no mention of the 4 men being killed by an upper-caste mob.

SS of the excerpt from the published by Scroll on July 16, 2021

The fictitious killing and caste angle were clearly fabricated by Ipsita Chakravarty, who claims to be a ‘journalist’ for the far-left news website ‘Scroll’. She resorted to peddling misinformation by twisting the story in order to cast aspersions on the BJP government, a strategy regularly adopted by the far-left news websites like the ‘Scroll’.

In fact, last year when India was fighting the deadly pandemic, Rohan Venkat, who claims to be a ‘journalist’ for the far-left news website ‘Scroll’, resorted to peddling misinformation by sharing old and misleading reports to attack the Modi government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rohan Venkat had taken to Twitter to post a report published by another far-left news house ‘The Hindu’ to insinuate that the Modi government is considering using Gayatri Mantra to treat Covid-19. Then too, OpIndia had presented facts to counter the false propaganda being peddled against the Government by left-wing propagandists in the media of the likes of “Scroll”.

The same year, Scroll also published a misleading headline to denigrate the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. The headline of the article suggested that the FIR was filed against a man simply because he used social media to seek help for oxygen for his grandfather. The portal had, however, conveniently skipped out mentioning that the FIR against the man has been filed, not because he demanded oxygen on Twitter, but because he tried to spread misleading information about the oxygen supply and the coronavirus. 

OpIndia, had in fact then, chronicled 12 such instances that exhibited how the left-leaning online portals had indulged in promoting vaccine hesitancy in the months leading to the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in India.

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