Suvendu Adhikari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Thursday that TMC leader Sheikh Sufiyan, a Nandigram polling agent of CM Mamata Banerjee in the recent Assembly elections is to be blamed for the violence that erupted in the state after the Assembly elections last year. He warned that the Hindus in the state are in danger as the situation under Mamata Banerjee’s regime is worse than that in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to ANI, Adhikari has told the news agency that TMC has created a “gas chamber for democracy” like atmosphere in West Bengal in order to “manipulate” the civic elections.
“We met the State Election Commission (SEC) in view of the post-poll violence orchestrated by the TMC, which has created a ‘gas chamber for democracy’ like situation in West Bengal. We advised the SEC to deploy Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in the state,” he said on his meeting with the SEC.
Situation in West Bengal is worse than in J and K, Hindus in danger: Suvendu Adhikari
According to Adhikari, over a lakh Hindus have fled the state as a result of post-election violence, and the situation in West Bengal is worse than in Jammu and Kashmir.
“TMC’s Sheikh Sufiyan is responsible for the post-poll violence, including atrocities committed against women. The situation in Bengal is worse than Jammu and Kashmir. Hindus are in danger. Over 1 lakh Hindus have left the state due to the post-poll violence. Intruders have entered, attempting to change the state’s demography,” he added.
TMC’s Sheikh Sufiyan responsible for post-poll violence&atrocities meted out to women.Situation in Bengal is worse than Kashmir. Hindus in danger.Over 1 lakh Hindus left state in post-poll violence.Intruders have entered, attempt to change state’s demography: Suvendu Adhikari,BJP pic.twitter.com/J3kv95xZMi
It may be recalled that Sufiyan is accused in the murder case of BJP worker Debabrata Maity. Maity was attacked by ‘political opponents’ on May 3 i.e. a day after the West Bengal results were announced by a TMC mob at Chillogram in Nandigram and died on May 13.
“Shri Debabrata Maity was a Voter in my constituency #Nandigram. Was. I’m in disbelief even using the word. Is this the consequence of exercising one’s franchise? He was killed for the crime of using his Constitutional right to vote. Numbed beyond words at this senseless violence,” Adhikari had Tweeted while paying tribute to his party worker who had to give up his life for supporting BJP in Mamata Banerjee’s tyrannical regime.
A team from the National Human Rights Commission visited the Nandigram area on the orders of the Calcutta High Court and collected allegations against TMC workers and Sufiyan. On August 31, the CBI filed a murder charge against Maity, and three days later, the family’s statements were recorded. Sufiyan and two other people were later summoned to testify before the CBI.
CM Banerjee had lost the Nandigram seat to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari and then contested the Bhabanipur seat in a bypoll.
Suvendu Adhikari shares videos of the horrific atrocities unleashed by TMC goons after WB polls
Recently, while warning Uttar Pradesh voters not to fall Mamata Banerjee’s false rhetorics, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had shared videos of the horrific atrocities unleashed on BJP members and supporters by TMC goons after WB Assembly polls.
The BJP leader Tweeted on February 8: “I would like to remind the respectable people of UP, that, the lady on propaganda peddling tour preaching democratic values, has blood on her hands. Blood of 55 @BJP4Bengal karyakartas including WB Vidhan Sabha election candidate Manas Saha. History would depict her as a tyrant.”
Requesting voters of Uttar Pradesh not to get swayed by her “hollow words”, Suvendu Adhikari added: She unleashed such terror that lakhs of Bengali Hindus fled their homes. Those couldn’t, got beaten up. Many of them haven’t returned back yet out of fear. Their properties got looted or destroyed. Homes burnt. Women raped & molested. Please don’t get swayed by her hollow words.”
To back up his assertion, the BJP leader shared a few videos in a Tweet thread. He provided many recordings showing TMC goons, emboldened by their supremo Mamata Banerjee’s support, subjecting BJP workers and supporters to grave human rights violations following the 2021 West Bengal elections.
Amidst the ongoing truckers’ protest in Canada, there have been a series of attacks on Hindu temples in the Greater Toronto Area in the last two weeks. The Hindus of Canada live in a state of fear as half-a-dozen temples in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) have been vandalised and robbed in the last two weeks, reports Hindustan Times.
According to the reports, six temples have been vandalised in the last ten days. In addition, the attackers have stolen cash from donation boxes and ornaments that were adorned on the stolen idols.
The attacks against the temples started on January 15, with an unsuccessful break-in at the Shri Hanuman Mandir in the GTA town of Brampton. The miscreants attempted again and have gone on a rampage since then.
Ten days later, on January 25, the attackers broke into Maa Chintpurni Mandir in Brampton and vandalised the temple. The miscreants went on a rampage for the next few days. Gauri Shankar Mandir and Jagannath Temple, both in Brampton, the Hindu Heritage Centre in Mississauga, and the Hamilton Samaj Temple, were all robbed.
On January 30, the Hindu Heritage Centre (HHC) in Mississauga was vandalised. Two miscreants broke in and broke the donation boxes, and ransacked the main office.
“Devotees and priests have been left traumatised with this incident,” the Hindu Heritage Centre released a statement.
Attacks on the temple are well-planned, devotees and priests traumatised
According to the security camera, each attack has been planned well. The footage shows that two attackers entered the temple between 2 and 3 AM. The intruders spent a fair amount of time within the temple premises, searching for cash in donation boxes or other valuables like jewellery adorning the deities.
The release from the Hindu Heritage Centre in Mississauga said, “Peel Police have confirmed to Hindu Heritage Centre that it is the same group of individuals who are breaking into temples early morning.”
Following the attacks, the temple has enhanced security. Several volunteers are now safeguarding the premises.
“Police have also promised to increase patrols around the temple. The community is very shocked and appalled with the high number of break-ins at temples,” the statement said.
Pandit Yadu Nath Sharma of the HHC said that he now feels scared when preparing for early morning prayer and keeps looking around to ensure no one is there. “I turn on all the lights and make sure to look out the windows before opening the temple,” priest Sharma said.
Shubham Bharadwaj, a Hindu residing in Canada, voiced the same concerns saying, “I am very disheartened to hear about temples being broken into. I was very surprised to see this type of activity happening in Canada. With the number of temples broken into in a short time, this is becoming a serious law and order issue that I hope the police will be able to solve soon.”
Truckers protest in Canada:
The protests began on January 29 in the nation’s capital, which later engulfed major cities across the country. The protests took a violent form after some of the protestors were caught urinating on the National War Memorial; one even danced on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The truckers have now driven their truck all the way to Parliament Hill to protest against the vaccine mandates.
A controversy recently erupted surrounding the Truckers protest after the online fundraising platform GoFundMe had removed the fundraiser campaign for the platform over alleged violation of ‘terms of service’. The platform had withheld over 9 million dollars donated to the protesting truckers in Canada after Public Safety Committee had voted to bring GoFundMe to testify about the fundraising for the truckers on their platform.
On Friday, the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court convicted Samad Mia, a Bangladeshi operative of the proscribed terrorist organisation Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and sentenced him for seven years. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 16,000 for his involvement in a conspiracy to commit terrorist attacks in India.
According to the reports, the 26 year old operative, who belongs to Sylhet city of Bangladesh, has been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Foreigners Act.
West Bengal | NIA Special Court, Kolkata, convicts & sentences an operative, Samad Mia, of Ansarullah Bangla Team (a proscribed Bangladeshi terrorist organization) in ABT Conspiracy Case, with 7 years of imprisonment & a fine of Rs 16,000 pic.twitter.com/XH9kA9d0Ly
The case heard by the NIA was initially registered by the Special Task Force in Kolkata in November 2017 when four Bangladeshi and one Indian member of ABT, a proscribed terrorist organisation were arrested.
In March 2018, the NIA took over the investigation and confirmed that Bangladeshi members of ABT had entered India in 2016 in pursuance of the conspiracy to commit terrorist acts in India. Report mentions that the accused had travelled and stayed at Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai, disguised as labourers and tried to procure chemicals from a shop in Patna.
The Court added that they also had tried to procure arms and ammunition in Kolkata and established hide-outs in Ranchi. After completion of investigation, all the five arrested accused were charge sheeted by the NIA. Earlier, three accused have already been convicted by the Special NIA Court, Kolkata.
The Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), also called Ansar Bangla is an Islamic Jihadi organization in Bangladesh, implicated in crimes including some brutal attacks and murders of atheist bloggers from 2013 to 2015. The gang was also outlawed days after the bank robbery by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 25 May 2015.
According to the reports, the ABT is an al Qaeda inspired Islamic extremist group in Bangladesh that started its activities during 2007 as the Jama’atul Muslemin funded by different NGOs. The group ceased to operate when funding ended. It resurfaced during 2013 as the ABT. Ansarullah Bangla Team is a front group for al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.
On Thursday (January 10), United States President Joe Biden warned Americans in Ukraine to vacate the country over fears of a possible ‘invasion’ by Russia. He made the remarks during a one-on-one interview with Lester Holt of NBC News.
Biden cautioned, “American citizens should leave now. It’s not like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It’s a very different situation, and things could go crazy quickly…That’s a world war when America and Russia start shooting at one another.”
“We’re in a very different world than we’ve ever been,” the US President continued. During the interview, Joe Biden claimed to have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against harming American citizens.
#UPDATE President Biden urges US citizens to leave Ukraine immediately, warns of potential major conflict with Moscow should US and Russian troops engage each other.
“We’re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world… things could go crazy quickly,” Biden says on NBC pic.twitter.com/GeiaZEMh5P
It must be mentioned that the US State Department had recently issued an advisory, stating that it cannot evacuate all stranded US citizens from Ukraine if Russia were to invade the country. It informed that regular consulate service will be severely impacted in such a case.
The current situation at the Russia-Ukraine border
There are as many as 100,000 Russian armed forces troops stationed at the Ukrainian border. The United States and NATO have called the military movement around the border unusual. US President and European leaders have repeatedly warned Russia against the possible invasion of Ukraine.
In December, US intelligence reported Russia might begin a military offensive in Ukraine in early 2022. In late 2021, it was revealed via satellite photos that Russia was moving heavy military hardware, including battle tanks, self-propelled guns and more, across a 300 KM long border between Ukraine and Russia.
Notably, the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the east side of Ukraine have been under Russian-backed separatist groups since 2014. Ukraine claims Russian troops are present in these areas, but Russia has denied it.
Russia has been objecting to the NATO expansion in the area, calling it a threat to its security and sovereignity.
The Supreme Court has rejected a plea seeking an urgent hearing of the plea challenging the Karnataka High Court’s interim order in the Hijab ban case. SC has stated that the court is hearing it already on an urgent basis and there is no need to spread it to larger levels. The Apex Court noted that even the final order by the HC has not come out.
As of now, the SC has refused to interfere in the hijab case, stating that the Karnataka HC is already hearing it.
BREAKING:#SupremeCourt refuses to interfere in the #HijabBan matters as #KarnatakaHighCourt is already hearing. Devadatt Kamat, Senior Advocate mentions it. CJI says “We can’t do anything now, don’t spread it to larger levels. We will interfere at appropriate time.” #HijabRow
“We know what is happening in State, do you think we should take to a high level, these issues. We will take it up at the appropriate time. For all other same matter, same order.” said Chief Justice of India NV Ramana responding to the plea.
Hijab Ban – ‘We Also Know What Is Happening In The State, We Will Hear At Appropriate Time’ : CJI On Plea For Urgent Hearing @Shrutikakkhttps://t.co/57hpO0Rw2W
The interim order passed by the Karnataka High Court on Thursday, which restrains students from wearing hijab or any religious attire and follow the school’s uniform dress code to attend classes, was challenged in the Supreme court. A student filed the special leave petition, claiming that the interim order by the Karnataka HC violates the rights of the Muslim students.
Karnataka High Court’s February 10 interim order to restrain students from wearing hijab or any religious attire till the matter is pending with the court has been challenged in the Supreme Court.#HijabRowpic.twitter.com/5ttKnI4zN9
The petition also requested an ex-parte ad-interim stay of execution of the proceedings in the matter currently before the High Court passed by a Co-ordinate Bench, in addition to an ex-parte ad-interim stay of execution of the challenged order dated 10th of February, 2022 passed by the High Court.
As per the petitioner, the High Court attempted to curb Muslim student-basic women’s freedom to wear the hijab while pursuing their education by the contested ruling.
Karnataka High Court Order
On Thursday, the Karnataka High Court had issued a preliminary ruling in the Hijab ban case, instructing students not to wear anything religious till the case is resolved.
Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justices Krishna S Dixit and JM Khazi stated they will issue an order on Monday. However, the students and stakeholders will not wear any religious garments or headdresses while the case is underway, as per the Court.
Recently, Congress leader Kapil Sibal tried to move the Supreme Court in the recent hijab dispute on Thursday. Sibal’s petition requested that the matter be transferred from the Karnataka High Court to the Supreme Court, where it would be heard by a panel chaired by the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The apex court, however, had rejected the appeal.
Karnataka hijab controversy
Recently, some Muslim students from the PU College in Karnataka filed a petition in the High Court to allow them to attend classes wearing Hijab. They were denied entry into classes because the college management stated that the hijab is not part of the uniform and it cannot be allowed in classes. Since then, the ‘students’ have been protesting while wearing burqas.
In a controversial decision, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has asked the artists not to highlight “Hindu idols” in the Chola-era paintings being painted on the walls of subways in the city, reports Times of India.
According to the reports, the Chola-era paintings was to be painted on the walls of RBI Subway, Rajaji Salai, as part of the “Singara Chennai 2.0” project. However, the GCC has now decided to make changes to its plan. They have asked the artists not to highlight “Hindu idols” to avoid controversy. As per the reports, about 20% of the artwork has been completed.
The artists working on the project have alleged that some groups put pressure on the GCC to not go ahead with the paintings of Hindu symbols. But, the civic body has denied such external pressure.
“No groups have opposed it. Some aspects of the paintings were not approved by Greater Chennai Corporation. So, we asked the contractor to rectify it. It is purely internal, and there is no external pressure,” MS Prashanth, the Deputy Commissioner of GCC, was quoted saying in the report.
Interestingly, on February 7, the Greater Chennai Corporation had tweeted pictures of the artwork, in which paintings of Hindu deities can be seen.
Hey Chennai! Pictures of ongoing painting work on the walls of RBI Subway?#GCC officials CE Bridges, Thiru S Kalimuthu, and SE Bridges, Thiru @bvenkateshbabu, with the team, inspected the works today. pic.twitter.com/NTKAVwfUmx
Contractor JPK Vijay said he did not get preliminary approval on the design. He said that the idea was to recreate Chola-era paintings as public art.
“They (officials) today asked us to modify the idols. I explained the theme undertaken and told them that paintings from other religious beliefs would also be included. We will be modifying some of the already done work,” he told TOI.
Contractor Vijay said his works focused on Tamil culture, and his recent projects for the civic body were also widely appreciated. A group of about 15 artists from across the state are part of the project.
An artist, who is working on the project, said that there is no need to modify the artworks as they depicted Tamil culture and heritage and not any religion.
The Nationalist Congress Party’s Pune unit has been holding protests over the Karnataka hijab controversy, for some unknown reasons. Despite Maharashtra Home Minister and senior NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil saying that the controversy has nothing to do with Maharashtra, the party’s Pune unit had held demonstrations in support of the hijab and burqa in the city.
In a recently organised protest in Pune, Maharashtra, one Burqa-clad woman was seen asking people to set Prime Minister Modi on fire for ‘bringing a law to cause inconvenience’. She even claimed that she is distressed because all schools and colleges in Karnataka have been closed for 4 days.
पुण्यात @NCPspeaks चे आंदोलन चालू आहे. राष्ट्रवादीच्या महिला नेत्या @Rupalispeak सोबत असताना ती मुस्लिम महिला म्हणत आहे की “मोदी को अंगार लगा के सिल्गा डालो” असं म्हणत मोदींना जीवे मारण्याची धमकी दिली जात आहे.@PuneCityPolice यावर काय कारवाई करतील? pic.twitter.com/URLXZGlrHv
“Modi ko angar laga ke sulga do (set Modi on fire),” the Burqa-clad protestor can be heard saying while a woman NCP leader was standing right beside her.
The protest against the ongoing Hijab controversy was organised by Sharad Pawar’s NCP in Pune, Maharashtra, on Thursday. The Muslim woman made threatening statements in the presence of several other NCP party workers who remained mute spectators.
Meanwhile, a complaint has been lodged against the individuals who made threatening remarks against PM Narendra Modi. The BJP leaders have filed a complaint with the Cyber Police Station urging them to take against the protestors.
The brazenness of Burqa-clad protestors has been on display since the start of the Hijab protests in Karnataka. On Thursday, a video had gone viral in which a Burqa-clad woman was seen heckling her teacher after the latter asked her not to create disturbance outside the college premises.
In the video, a Muslim student protesting against the dress code outside the MGM college in Udupi was seen arguing with a teacher of the same college. The teachers had urged the Muslim girl students not to disturb the students inside the campus.
The Muslim girls are now squatting outside the MGM college as a mark of protest against the state government for not allowing them to wear Islamic attire inside secular educational campuses. As teachers requested the Muslim girl students to make way for students, a Burqa-clad woman heckled the teacher and abused her by saying, “Bullsh*t, I won’t.”
Hindu students, civil society step up protests against hijab on campus
Amidst the ongoing Hijab controversy cooling down, the civil society members, the Hindu groups, have now stepped up their protest against the provocative act of Muslim students to violate the existing uniform guidelines enforced by the state government.
The Muslim students, backed by the PFI and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, have been disobeying the uniform dress code rules and insisting on wearing the Islamic attire of burqa inside the classroom. The college authorities in Udupi have been pleading the girls to follow the dress code and start attending classes, but the Muslim students have made it clear that hijab is the priority for them, and the college should bend to their demands.
In response, Hindu students have also launched a protest, saying that if Muslim girls are allowed an exemption to the dress code on religious grounds, they will be coming to college with saffron shawls too.
Meanwhile, the protest of some Muslim girls against the uniform regulations in educational institutions had even taken a dangerous turn in Karnataka after several incidents of stone-pelting and clashes. The government has declared the closure of the schools and colleges as the High Court hears the petition filed by a Muslim girl.
On Thursday, the Karnataka High Court passed an interim order in the Hijab ban matter asking the students not to wear anything religious in nature till the disposal of the case. It also asked the state government to open the schools and colleges and not allow students with any religious attire.
Candle marches were organized in various cities of Jharkhand in protest of Rupesh Pandey’s murder by Islamists during Saraswati Visarjan. 17-year old Rupesh Pandey was lynched by a mob of Islamists in the middle of a ruckus that emerged when a Saraswati Visarjan procession was passing from Lakhna Dulmaha Imambada of the Nai Taand village in Hazaribagh.
A crime report has been registered against 27 accused Muslims and 100 other unknowns and several leaders have come in the front to support the family of the boy. On 10th February 2022, various cities and towns in Jharkhand witnessed the outrage of the Hindu community over this incident of lynching by Islamists.
Protest March in Jamua
In Jamua of Giridih, Vishwa Hindu Parishad protested against the murder of Rupesh Pandey in Barhi by taking out a candle march on Thursday evening. The march started from Jamua Chowk and turned into a meeting after reaching the Main Chowk via Rajdhanwar Road, Deoghar Road. The people involved in the candle March demanded capital punishment for the killers of Rupesh Pandey.
People raised slogans for Rupesh Pandey and demanded justice. They questioned the government about the law and order in the state. A tribute meeting was organized at Jamua Chowk. People offered flowers to Rupesh’s photograph and prayed for his soul to attain Sadgati.
Thousans of people came on the streets of Chatra
The youth of Chatra took out a public protest rally on 10th February 2022 in protest against the murder in Barhi of Hazaribagh by Islamists. The youth demanded the government action against the culprits. The youths involved in the rally said that the state government is giving protection to the accused of mob lynching. People have warned that if strict action is not taken against the culprits, the protests will be more aggressive.
It has become very big issue in Jharkhand, can turn into a riot anytime but except a few no any mainstream media/news channel is covering this story… pic.twitter.com/5JwS1yPqpH
In view of the protests, security arrangements in the city were increased. All the officers including SDO Mumtaz Ansari, SDPO Avinash Kumar, BDO Ganesh Rajak, CO Bhagirathi Mahato, and the station in-charge Luv Kumar were monitoring the activities.
Protest March in Dhanwar Bazar
Citizens of Dhanwar Bazar took out a protest march on 10th February 2022 to mark their outrage against the brutal lynching of Rupesh Pandey by the Islamists. Gautam Kishor led the march that started from Bada Chowk and passed from the main market areas and concluded at Gandhi Chowk. The slogans were raised by the protesters, They demanded immediate arrests of all the culprits and capital punishment for the killers.
Gautam Kishor said “The way our Hindu brother was killed, all of us are pained. We demand the resignation of Hemant Soren. We demand immediate arrests of the culprits and they must be hanged.”
The first Indian superhero Shaktimaan is all set to hit big screens. Sony Pictures India announced on 10th February 2022 that it will bring the iconic superhero on big screens soon. The first native superhero experienced by the generations of the 80s and especially the 90s has again become a talk of the town with an attractive teaser launched by Sony Pictures India on Thursday.
Sony Pictures India tweeted today, “After the super success of our many superhero films in India and all over the globe, it’s time for our desi Superhero!” Tagged in the tweet are many others along with none other than Mukesh Khanna who had conceptualized and played the role of Shaktimaan in his superhit Doordarshan TV serial.
Sony Pictures India has further posted on its Twitter handle “Sony Pictures International Productions is set to bring ‘Shaktimaan’ to the big screen, and will recreate the magic of the iconic superhero, to be headlined by one of India’s superstars.”
Sony Pictures International Productions is set to bring ‘Shaktimaan’ to the big screen, and will recreate the magic of the iconic superhero, to be headlined by one of India’s superstars.
Sony Pictures India has also shared a teaser of the upcoming trilogy on youtube. The teaser opens up with the visuals of a meteorite in space, revolving randomly and probably headed to hit the artificial satellite orbiting the earth. It further goes on to depict the aerial view of the Colaba area of Mumbai covering the Gateway of India and The Taj Hotel. It also shows the stills of marine drive and the BSE building in Mumbai. This is followed by the quote, “As the darkness and evil prevail over humanity, it’s time for him to return.” While it has been reported that the role of Shaktimaan will be played by a top film star, the identity of the actor has not been revealed by the company.
Film critic Taran Adarsh revealed that it will be a trilogy, meaning there will be three Shaktimaan movies in a series. He also said that One of India’s major superstars will enact the title role.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: SONY PICTURES TO BRING THE ICONIC 'SHAKTIMAAN' TO THE BIG SCREEN… ⭐ This time, #Shaktimaan will be made for *cinemas*. ⭐ Will be a trilogy. ⭐ One of #India’s major superstars will enact the title role. ⭐ A top name will direct. pic.twitter.com/ood6KvghPM
Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired the film adaptation rights of the TV serial, and has partnered with Brewing Thoughts Private Limited and Mukesh Khanna’s Bheeshm International to produce the trilogy. The studio will bring its expertise from its headquarters in Los Angeles to use the latest film technology in the production and post-production of the movie.
Shaktimaan movie announcement teaser
Shaktimaan – the iconic TV series
Shaktimaan as made by Mukesh Khanna was a superhero with his altar ego Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri working as a photographer assisting a journalist Geeta Vishwas in a newspaper called ‘Aaj Ki Aawaz’. The teaser also shows a news reporter’s camera, the iconic Shaktimaan suite, and the thick glassed spectacles of none other than Pandit Gangadhar.
Shaktimaan was first aired on Doordarshan as a TV serial from 13th September 1997 to 27th March 2005. Shaktimaan was depicted as a human who has attained superhuman powers through meditation, Yoga, and five elements of nature viz. Space, Earth, Air, Fire, Water. Other key characters in the series were journalist Geeta Vishwas and the antagonist Tamraj Kilvish who is supposed to be the living embodiment of the evil and dark forces of the world.
Shaktimaan holds unique importance as an Indic superhero as it has depicted the core Indic concepts as the prime source of the superpowers he possesses. As per the show conceptualized by Mukesh Khanna, greed and hatred have taken over humanity and have been deteriorating the world for the past 6000 years, the onset of Kaliyuga as per the Indic faith. To end this, a mystical sect of saints known as “Suryanshis” chose a man to rise up against all odds and defeat the evil prevailing within the society. He was taught the way to energize the 7 chakras of his body through the Kundalini Yoga that helped him get mystical and supernatural powers.
During his training, he also conducted the ritual of death in order to get total control over his powers by entering the holy fire and immersing his physical body in it. When the five natural elements of life, fire, earth, water, wind, and sky invigorated his body, he gains superpowers and becomes superhuman. Shaktimaan takes a vow to fight the evils and sticks to it throughout the series.
In this famous vow to finish the evil and darkness spread in the lives of humans by Tamraj Kilvish, he was listened to have said “I swear by all the directions, the earth, the sky, and the space; I swear by every living plant and animal of this universe; I swear by the past, the present and the future; I swear by every single ray of light that fights with darkness; that I will do my duty.” This is enough to underline the Indic identity proudly carried by Shaktimaan.
Mukesh Khanna had become popular in the 80s and 90s when he had played the role of Bheeshma in the iconic Doordarshan TV serial Mahabharat by BR Chopra. This role played by him was so popular that he went on to name his production house Bheeshma International. The same company produced the TV serial Shaktimaan. In this serial, Shaktimaan is shown as the rebirth of Shri Satya who was part of the Suryanshi Sect during the Mahabharata era 5,000 years ago.
His alter-ego is a funny geek named Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri, who works as a photographer in a daily newspaper office to maintain his secret identity as Shaktimaan and speaks pure Hindi with added flavours of words of Sanskrit origin normally difficult to get for the people using Hindi language predominated by Urdu words.
Shaktimaan’s initiation as a superhuman finds its roots in Yoga, something very Indian. In every adverse situation, Shaktimaan is shown to recite the first four hymns of Kundalini Jaagaran Stotram. These hymns are believed to awaken his hidden super-self owing to which Shaktimaan finishes off his enemies who are by large agents of Tamraj Kilvish. Tamraj Kilvish was played by Surendra Pal.
Mukesh Khanna had joined the BJP in 1998. Shaktimaan was also in the middle of the controversy after a few incidents were reported according to which children were injured while imitating their favourite character Shaktimaan. Taking cognizance of this, Mukesh Khanna had made several changes in his show besides publicly apologizing for the injured children.
Shaktimaan was not only an entertainer but also a moral educator and motivator for the children. Besides the main storyline, the show also consisted of educating sections like “Body is Temple” and “Isse Kya Hoga?” In later years, children would watch the serial more for the knowledge and Sanskaras shared by Shaktimaan in his unique way rather than enjoy his usual fights with evil Tantric Kapala, self-proclaimed great Satanic Scientist Dr. Jackal, and their bossTamraj Kilvish.
With a new avatar of the old Indic superhero to arrive soon, a whole generation of the 80s and 90s is awaiting the most awaited comeback. As shown in the concluding episode of the TV serial, Shaktimaan had disintegrated his body into five elements to save the city from a terminal calamity created by Tamraj Kilvish. It would be very interesting to watch how does the film marks his comeback, where does it start, what characters it includes, and what message is given by the Indic flag bearer superhero in the new India.
On Thursday, February 10, investigative journalist and activist Vijay Patel shared a Tweet thread revealing how radical groups and the left-liberal media have exploited the hijab controversy in Udupi, Karnataka, to spread their venomous anti-India propaganda. That is to create a fear psychosis in the minds of Muslims, painting a dystopian picture about the current state of affairs and painting the centre as working against the Muslims.
The activist disclosed that the groundwork began in September 2021, when Campus Front of India (CFI), the notorious student arm of the extremist Islamist organisation Popular Front of India, started its membership drive in colleges including Udupi.
In his next Tweet, Patel explained how exactly a month after the CFI launched its membership campaign, the four initial alleged victims of the Hijab controversy namely, Aliya Assadi, Ayesha Hajeera Almas, Ayesha and Muskaan opened their accounts on Twitter. They then started promoting CFI’s agenda by taking part in hashtag campaigns, he said.
To substantiate his claims, the activist shared screenshots of the Twitter profiles of the four women. All but one, as rightly pointed out by the activist, joined Twitter in October 2021. Ayesha joined the microblogging site in November 2021.
The four aforementioned women, who have filed petitions in court questioning hijab restriction in college, had “HIJAB BAN VICTIM” as their profile status.
Image source: Activist Vijay Patel
In his next few Tweets, the activist goes on to bust the lie spread by one of the Muslim students who spearheaded the hijab controversy. She had claimed that they were not part of CFI and that the radical organisation contacted her only after the hijab controversy broke out.
First, Patal shared the screenshot of Almas’ interview with BBC, where she claimed that they were not members of CFI but were contacted only after the Hijab controversy. BBC, in its report published on January 22, 2022, titled: “Udupi hijab issue: The Indian girls fighting to wear hijab in college”, had quoted Almas as saying that “she was not a member of CFI but contacted the organisation when the college stopped them from attending classes.”
SS from the BBC report published on January 22 as shared by Vijay Patel
The report said that the Muslim woman had dissociated herself from CFI in response to the college’s allegation that the hijab issue was further complicated by the involvement of Campus Front of India (CFI), the student wing of the radical Islamic group, Popular Front of India.
In his subsequent Tweet, the activist goes on to produce evidence of how Almas had blatantly lied about her association with the notorious student wing of the Islamist organisation PFI. He shared screenshots of Tweets where these women have regularly promoted CFI.
“They have started to post copy-paste tweets to take part in the hashtag Champion of CFI on 1st November 2021. This hashtag was against the new education policy,” Tweeted Vijay Patel. He provided screenshots of Tweets in which these four women put the same content on their timelines, with the same hashtag, on the same day, November 1, 2021, virtually at the same time, to denounce the central government’s new education policy.
The activist then shared a Tweet from one of these four Muslim women, in which she shared a screenshot of the identical hashtag that was first released by the Campus Front of India (CFI), the extremist Islamist organisation Popular Front of India’s student arm, that too on the same date. “As you can see in one of Muskaan’s tweets, this hashtag campaign was started by CFI,” Tweeted Vijay Patel.
To reinforce how these women have continuously advocated and spread the anti-India propaganda peddled by the radical Islamist organisation CFI, the activist further shared screenshots of how they went on to collectively popularize the hashtag started by CFI on 8 November 2021 to disrepute the Supreme Court’s decision putting an end to the decades-old land dispute in Ayodhya.
Interestingly, these four supposed Hijab row victims’- Aliya Assadi, Ayesha Hajeera Almas, Ayesha and Muskaan had on November 8, 2021, shared the hashtag #BabriMasjidVictimsOfJustice to oppose the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict.
The same hashtag was also posted by the President of the CFI, MS Sajid, on the same date clearly indicating how these four ladies were a part of CFI’s sinister design to malign the central government and peddle a motivated agenda against India’s judiciary for handing over the land to Hindus where the disputed structure often referred to as ‘Babri Masjid’ once stood.
CFI President MS Sajid Tweet’s same hashtag against the Ayodhya verdict
MS Sajid identifies himself as the president of the Campus Front of India(CFI), the notorious student wing of the radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India.
SS of the Twitter profile of MS Sajid
“Next Twitter champion of CFI was on 11th November 2021 regarding Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad”, Tweeted activist Vijay Patel in his subsequent Tweet to further explain how this was a clear pattern that has been meticulously followed by these four Muslim girls studying in a Government Pre-university College for Girls, Udupi to promote CFI’s nefarious objective.
During the anti-farm law protests, we saw how a ‘toolkit’ was created to drive a negative campaign against the Indian Government.
Likewise, on 19th November 2021, the four Muslim students had again participated in the hashtag campaign of CFI against the state government of Karnataka.
12. On 19th November 2021, they are again part of a hashtag champion of CFI. Look at the language and words they have copy-pasted from the toolkit. pic.twitter.com/55uqzNdesd
On November 21, 2021, the activist noted that the CFI State President had launched a Twitter champion for Azaan, and that these Muslim students had copied and pasted the same language and used the same hashtag to promote CFI’s campaign.
14. Look how these girls had done word-to-word copy-paste work while following WhatsApp groups or the toolkit of CFI. Don’t forget to see words like ‘Sanghi’ while advising Hindus to go to Nepal. pic.twitter.com/bEvzyUPprC
In his sixteenth Tweet, the Twitter user shared the next hashtag campaign of CFI that was started on 12th December 2021 to support arrested criminal Rauf Shareef. He again posted screenshots of copied Tweets and identical hashtags shared by these students to push CFI’s anti-India campaign. He pointed out the hateful language used in the Tweets to highlight the extent to which these students had been radicalised by Islamist outfit like CFI and PFI.
“This proves that these girls were very well connected with CFI and their claim to come in contact with CFI only after Hijab propaganda is disloyal”, wrote the activist, after producing the above umpteen evidences.
CFI and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind counselling us in the row, we started wearing Hijab only in December, confessed Muslim student
Notably, on February 9, OpIndia had also reported that the Muslim students who are protesting against uniform regulations in the state were in contact with radical Islamist outfit CFI. The students admitted that they began wearing the hijab in college only in December 2021, realising that there was no particular rule banning the hijab in the college rulebook.
The Hijab-clad Muslim students also admitted that the Campus Front of India members are counselling them on the ongoing controversy.
Not just PFI, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, another radical Islamist outfit accused of receiving funds from abroad to promote Islam in the country, has been playing an influential role in the ongoing controversy. Both Campus Front of India (CFI) and Students Islamic Organisation (SIO), the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, had even approached the authorities on December 30 asking that the Muslim girls will be allowed to wear Hijab.
How Leftist media played a crucial role in fanning the controversy
Patel then went on to discuss the timeline of the Hijab dispute, which has lately taken an ugly turn in the state of Karnataka, as well as the critical role played by the leftist media in stoking the flames. The activist provided the chorology of events that eventually flared up to what Kartanataka is witnessing now, with pertinent screenshots to back up his assertions.
He stated that on 31st December 2021, these girls and the state committee member of CFI, Masood Manna had started the propaganda from a college campus. On 1st January, a “propaganda reporter”, associated with leftist media portals lie The Wire, The Quint and Islamic web portals, Meer Faisal had taken an interview of the girls.
On 2nd January 2022, these girls did a press conference along with CFI to take this propaganda to the next level, he stated.
Tweet confirming the Press meet posted by one of the Muslim students, Almas
“On 13th January 2022 another propaganda reporter came to take their interview,” wrote Patel, sharing details of which news portals was this reporter associated with.
He too, as mentioned in his Twitter profile, the screenshot of which was also shared by the activist, has worked for the ultra-leftist media portals like The Wire and The Quint.
“On 19th January 2022 left-wing students and left-wing TV channel NDTV came into the picture,” Patel revealed how the liberal media helped these Islamists progressively build up their nasty narrative by giving them a platform to play the victim card, as he tweeted.
“On 20th January 2022 another leftist propaganda journalist came and did her job”, wrote the activist sharing the screenshot of a Tweet posted on January 20, 2022 by The Wire journalist Rabia Shireen, where she appeared to be sympathising with the students who were “deprived of their fundamental rights” by not be allowed to wear hijabs to colleges.
This nasty propaganda was being pushed to depict Muslims as victims in Modi’s India, conveniently ignoring the reality that the demand is a clear breach of the universal rules followed by educational institutions across the country, not just in Karnataka.
Vijay Patel went on to explain how many other leftist news organisations, including News Minute and Mohammad Zubair, the co-founder of Islamist propaganda site Alt News, seized on to the brewing controversy and twisted it to assist them peddle their anti-Hindu agenda.
Later when this case finally went viral, all the leftist propaganda media including IPSMF funded media and their propaganda journalists has started to play their roles. pic.twitter.com/x9CGcQz9zv
Advocate Devadatt Kamat who appeared in Karnataka High Court to support Hijab is a congress member
Towards the end of the thread, journalist Vijay Patel went on to also reveal how Congress also jumped into the fray and used the opportunity to promote its anti-India, anti-BJP agenda. Sharing a thread of Tweets he posted on February 8, Vijay Patel revealed that lawyer Devadatt Kamat, who appeared in Karnataka High Court to support Hijab is a congress member.
“Recently Devadatt Kamat has been appointed as a chairman of the Congress legal coordination committee for the UP election,” Patel Tweeted, as he shared a letter by the All India Congress Committee, approving the appointment of Kamat as the Chairman of the legal coordination committee of the Congress party in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections.
The SS of the Congress letter shared by activist Vijay Patel
It must be mentioned that Devadatt Kamat was appointed as the Chairman of the legal coordination committee of the Congress party in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections. The committee was formed to coordinate with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in light of the Assembly elections. His appointment was made by the Central Committee of the Congress.
Kamat is a native of Karwar, which is located in the Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka. He was earlier appointed as the Additional Advocate General to the Government of Karnataka during the Congress-JDS reign in the State. In 2019, he was elevated to the status of ‘senior advocate’ in the Supreme Court of India.
Investigative journalist Vijay Patel in his thread of Tweets posted on February 8, pointed out that Devdatt Kamat had fought several cases on the behest of the Congress party and its allies. Kamat was the advocate for the Mumbai police in the fake TRP scam case against Republic TV and its Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami.
