Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a fiery speech given at the death anniversary of Khargeshwar Talukdar, the first martyr of the Assam Movement, slammed the liberal media for not covering the atrocities committed against the Assamese in the past. Sarma gave his speech during the Swahid Diwas in Morigaon and stated how the people of Morigaon fought different battles in the past saying, ‘Morigaon is one such district of Assam where the Assamese people have shed their blood during the freedom struggle, economic struggle and the struggle to save the culture of the Assamese people.’
Assam Chief Minister also raised questions if Assamese people feel safe in the state, ‘like the situation we were in 1979, even in 2021 we are not in any better position’. He said that all those people who had weakened the Assamese Movement in 1979, were involved in repeating the same things all over again and weakening the position of the state by assuming a different shape. Sarma then blamed the ‘leftists’ for crippling the Assam Movement in the past and stated that the same forces were involved even today in destabilizing the Assamese culture.
Assam CM then further stated that the ‘leftists’ and Congress party fueled the rise of the political party AIUDF in the state in order to politically weaken the Assamese. Sarma also mentioned the killing of young men of Assam in Gorukhuti and how the liberal media covered up the atrocities committed there ‘..There was a 4000 years old temple in Gorukhuti, and the priest of that temple was brutally killed and the wife of the priest was forcefully converted…’
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that every step taken to protect the identity of the Assam are being opposed by the left, Congress and liberal media. He said that the NRC is facing massive obstacles, and the main objective of the NRC has been murdered. Similarly, conspiracies are going on to prevent the implementation of the main objectives of the Assam Accord.
Furthermore, Assam CM stated during the last five years, he had continuously worked to strengthen the Assamese culture and protect the Assamese people. He stated that his work to save the Assamese people and the Assamese lands could be seen in Gorukhuti, Sipajhar and Lumding. The CM accused the media of distorting the recent events in Garukhuti, where an eviction drive had faced violent protests.
Notably, On November 8, the Assam government conducted an eviction drive in the Lumding reserve forest of the Hojai district of Assam. Reportedly, the eviction drive was directed by Guwahati High Court to clear the reserve forest lands from illegal settlers. While in September this year, the Assam government undertook an anti-encroachment drive in order to remove the land grabbers and hence clear the government lands including a temple at Dholpur in the Gorukhuti area near Sipajhar in Darrang district.
In the past, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had warned land grabs and illegal settlements were nothing but attempts made to alter the demography of Assam and change the election results in Vidhan Sabha constituencies. He had said that Bangladesh-origin Muslims have a clear plan to take over 3-5 constituencies in each election through a strategic increase of population and ultimately grab power in the state in the coming decades.
Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Friday issued a stern warning to those commenting disrespectfully of the CDS General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a chopper crash on Wednesday, December 8 in Tamil Nadu. Bommai asserted that action will be taken against those who have put up offensive Tweets and social media posts about the tragic chopper crash.
The Karnataka CM Tweeted: “Offensive Tweets and Social Media posts about the tragic chopper crash in which we lost our #CDSGeneralBipinRawat will not be tolerated. I strongly condemn all such messages and have instructed our Police Officials to take strict disciplinary legal action against the offenders.”
They should be booked immediately as this is absolutely unpardonable.
He added in his subsequent Tweet: “They should be booked immediately as this is absolutely unpardonable.”
Karnataka CM vows legal action against ‘pervert minds’ posting objectionable posts against chopper crash
Speaking to the media after casting his vote for the council polls at Shiggaon, a municipal town in Haveri district, Karnataka, Bommai said: “I have directed the police chief (DG&IG) to initiate legal action against culprits who’ve made derogatory comments on social media on General Rawat’s death.
The Karnataka CM asserted those making such statements are “perverted”, and every person in the nation must condemn their actions. “This perversion cannot be tolerated. The culprits who posted such perverted, derogatory tweets will be traced and legal action will be taken against them,” he said.
Bommai added that he’d be visiting the Air Force Command Hospital in Bengaluru where the sole survivor of the IAF’s helicopter crash, Captain Varun Singh, is undergoing treatment.
Liberal jamaat celebrates the death of General Bipin Rawat
It is disturbing how, the moment the news of the death of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff broke, the regular coterie of ‘liberals’, Islamists and some anti-nationals scrambled out of their holes to rejoice the unfortunate death of the fallen soldier.
In fact, even before any official announcement of the demise of the CDS was made, the leftists started wishing for the death of the decorated officer. Many celebrated calling the death ‘good news’, while some opined that they would have been sad if Bipin Rawat survived. Ashlin Mathew, journalist and news editor of Congress party’s mouthpiece, posted a tweet saying ‘Divine Intervention’, which he deleted later.
Even at the time when there was no confirmation on the condition of the helicopter passengers or the number of injured or dead, Retd army man Lt Gen Panag shared a ‘RIP’ tweet for the CDS.
Among many instances of Islamists and anti-nationals celebrating the death of Bipin Rawat, Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Srinagar had suspended an employee named Afreen Hassan Naqash for making derogatory remarks on a social media platform after the tragic death of Bipin Rawat.
Likewise, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi had taken cognisance of a hateful Tweet by a student on General Rawat’s demise.
On December 9, the Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday arrested a shopkeeper from a village near Rajouri for posting objectional content against Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on social media.
Earlier, Rajasthan police arrested a 21-year-old Jawwad Khan from Tonk who made a social media post to celebrate the death of Rawat.
Two days after the Indian government agreed to all the demands of the farmer protesters, they began vacating the protest site at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border in Ghazipur.
In a video shared by news agency ANI, the farmer protesters were seen leaving Ghazipur in jubilation after holding the Centre to ransom for over a year. They were seen waving to the camera from their tractors and trucks and dancing to the beats of music.
#WATCH | Farmers leave their site of protest, Ghazipur border (Delhi-UP border), after suspending their year-long protest against the 3 farm laws & other related issues pic.twitter.com/42CCOr9VHY
At the Tikri border too, protesters ended their year-long agitation against the 3 farm laws.
Protesting farmers bring curtains down on their year-long agitation, start vacating protest sites at Tikri and Singhu borders @AgriGoI@nstomarpic.twitter.com/TA9Y75EXAK
— Prasar Bharati News Services पी.बी.एन.एस. (@PBNS_India) December 11, 2021
The Singhu border reverberated with the music of bhajan. ANI reported, “Protesting farmers sing ‘bhajan’ at Singhu border before vacating the site to return home, following the announcement of the suspension of their year-long protest.”
#WATCH | Protesting farmers sing ‘bhajan’ at Singhu border before vacating the site to return home, following the announcement of the suspension of their year-long protest. pic.twitter.com/rMjgSEChxW
The year-long protests by some farmer organisations against the three farm laws came to an end on December 9 after the union government agreed to all demands by them. After the three farm reform laws were withdrawn, the Modi government further gave in to the protests and agreed to consider the demand for a lawn on Minimum Support Price (MSP), after which the Samyukt Kisan Morcha decided to call off the protest.
It is notable that the protestors had set up semi-permanent camps and tents at the protest sites, apart from parking hundreds of trucks used as camps, where they were living for over a year. The Delhi government had provided them with utility connections to facilitate the protest camps. Reportedly, the farmers will take out victory marches on 11 December at the Singhu and Tikri protest sites to their homes. However, farmers have warned that they will resume the protests if their demands are not met.
As part of the Biden administration’s efforts to integrate human rights concerns into its foreign policy, the US, on the occasion of Human Rights Day 2021, has designated 12 government officials, including 4 from China for gross violations of human rights under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 2021.
US designates 12 officials including 4 Chinese for gross human rights violations
The 4 Chinese officials namely Shohrat Zakir, Erken Tuniyaz, Hu Lianhe, and Chen Mingguo, current and former senior PRC officials in Xinjiang, China have been designated for their involvement in gross violations of human rights, namely arbitrary detention of Uyghurs.
This law states that if there is credible information that foreign government officials have been involved in a gross violation of human rights or significant corruption, those individuals and their immediate family members must be publicly or privately designated as ineligible for entry into the United States.
“On this #HumanRightsDay, we are designating 12 officials for their involvement in gross violations of human rights. As part of our commitment to put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy, we will continue to promote accountability for human rights violators,” Tweeted Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
On this #HumanRightsDay, we are designating 12 officials for their involvement in gross violations of human rights. As part of our commitment to put human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy, we will continue to promote accountability for human rights violators.
Blinken also said: “We are determined to put human rights at the centre of our foreign policy, and we reaffirm this commitment by using appropriate tools and authorities to draw attention to and promote accountability for human rights violations and abuses, no matter where they occur.”
Recently, there has been a lot of global pressure on China to stop thrusting restrictions on the Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
Uyghurs are a Turkish-Muslim ethnic group living in Xinjiang, the largest and most western of China’s administrative regions surrounded by Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The Xinjiang autonomous region in China has had a long history of discord between the authorities and the indigenous ethnic Uighur population.
US contemplating boycotting 2022 Beijing Olympics over human rights abuses
Last month it was reported that the Biden administration is contemplating a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over human rights abuses in China.
As per a report by the Washington Post, the US is pegged not to send a delegation to China where the games are just three months away in February 2022. As per the report, while the American athletes will take part in the games, the official delegation of the United States, as well as state politicians, will not attend the ceremony.
On Monday, November 15, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping had held their first bilateral virtual meeting where Biden is believed to have raised concerns about China’s practices in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong, as well as human rights more broadly.
China engaging in transnational repression of Uyghurs
In June 2021, a significant research paper had been published by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs, revealing the scale of the People Republic of China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs for over three decades and how many countries across the world have been complicit in the persecution of Uyghurs Muslims.
“No Space Left to Run: China’s Transnational Repression of Uyghurs” is a research paper that details incidents of Communist China’s transnational exploitation of Uyghur Muslims and compiles them in its Transnational Repression of Uyghurs Database. The report also details how the Chinese government engages in massive transnational repression, making Uyghurs around the world special targets of state control beyond China’s borders.
While the agitating farmer unions have decided to vacate the borders in Delhi it has been occupying for more than a year and return home, Congress leader and the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has asserted on Friday that the protest is not over yet. “This bus has just stopped”.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel claims that the farmers ‘movement is not over yet, it has just stopped … Bhupesh Baghel said that the farmers’ protest is not over but it continues. https://t.co/5esmvdQxyR
“Farmers have not withdrawn their agitation but put it on hold. The agitation has not ended. Farmers will look into the government’s proposals first,” said the Congress leader when asked about the farmer’s protest.
It may be noted that the Chhattisgarh CM’s remark has come at a time when farmer organisations have decided to end the protest after the union government agreed to all their demands. After the three farm reform laws were withdrawn, the Modi government further gave in to the protests and agreed to consider the demand for a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP), after which the Samyukt Kisan Morcha decided to call off the protest and decided to return home on 11 December.
‘Farmers are welcome in Chhattisgarh, will support their protest’: CM Bhupesh Baghel
Interestingly, like the majority of his party colleagues, Bhupesh Baghel had also, from the very start, thrown his support behind the farmer’s agitation in order to mount an attack on the Modi government. In fact, in September he went on to assert that the Chhattisgarh government will provide all kinds of support to the farmers protesting against the Centre’s farm laws.
While speaking to the media, Bhupesh Baghel had said, “Rahul Gandhi started farmers’ movement in Delhi. Priyanka Gandhi has organised Kisan Mahapanchayats in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Farmers are protesting across the nation. They are welcome in Chhattisgarh and if they ask for support, we will provide the same.”
Rahul Gandhi started farmers’ movement in Delhi. Priyanka Gandhi has organised Kisan Mahapanchayats in UP, Rajasthan. Farmers are protesting across the nation. They are welcome in Chhattisgarh and if they ask for support, we’ll provide the same: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel pic.twitter.com/AEzkjLGw8T
Now, when the central government is trying to end this year-long impasse by agreeing to all the demands of the ‘farmers’, Bhupesh Baghal, like his bosses and colleagues, is aiming to keep the flame burning. After all, the Congress party, from the very start, has been opposing the farm laws.
Throughout the party leaders have shared some blatant and outright lies against the new farm laws to berate the BJP government at the centre. They have been telling the world that the farm laws are “black laws” or “kaale kanoon,” and the government must take them back.
In fact, the Gandhi scion has gone to extreme lengths to instigate the farmers against the same. On July 26, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi drove a tractor to the Parliament to protest against the new farm laws. Gandhi had posted his photograph in which he was driving the tractor. He wrote, “If you force to sell the land then the tractor will run in Parliament. We will grow the crops of truth! Withdraw the anti-agriculture laws.”
However, all along its quest to berate the Modi government, the Congress party’s hypocrisy and double standards over the farm laws have been laid exposed. OpIndia has reported extensively how the Congress manifesto from 2019 General Assembly elections reveals a diametrically opposite stand of the party. The Congress manifesto for 2019 had promised the exact same reforms that the party chose to protest against.
On Thursday (December 9), the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) dubbed the wedding of the Kerala Chief Minister’s daughter Veena with State Public Works Minister P A Mohammed Riyas as ‘adultery’. The remarks came at the backdrop of the government’s decision to appoint members of the Kerala Waqf Board through the government agency Public Service Commission (PSC).
While addressing a rally in Kozhikode, IUML State Secretary Abdurahiman Kallai said, “DYFI’s (Democratic Youth Federation of India) former all India president (Riyas) is a puthiyapla (bridegroom) from my region. Who is his wife? Was it a marriage? (It was) adultery. We should have the courage to say that. We should have courage like C H Muhammed Koya (ex Kerala CM).”It must be mentioned that IUML is an ally of the Congress party in Kerala.
As per a report in The News Minute (TNM), Abdurahiman Kallai had described the marriage between Veena Pinarayan and Riyas as ‘illegitimate’ and ‘prostitution.’ He urged the Indian Union Muslim League workers to show courage to protest against the marriage of the duo. During his address, Kallai also highlighted the importance of Islam in the lives of Muslims. The IUML workers also hurled casteist abuses at the incumbent CM Pinarayi Vijayan. Following the controversy, Kallai was forced to tender an apology.
He claimed that his contentious speech referred only to the Islamic way of life and was not meant to hurt the sentiments of anyone. Meanwhile, the Democratic Youth Federation of India hit back at IUML State Secretary and urged the Islamist party to examine Kallai’s mental state. In a Facebook post, DYFI State Secretary VK Sanoj termed the remarks against Riyas and Veena as ‘uncivilised.’ Meanwhile, the Kerala CM had assured the Sunni Muslim clerics that a decision regarding appointments to Waqf Board through PSC will only be taken after detailed discussions.
Marriage between Veena and Riyas
Amidst the pandemic, a total of 50 guests were reportedly allowed at the wedding that was held at Cliff House in Thiruvananthapuram in June last year. Mohammed Riyas, 2017 DYFI President and Communist leader, had earlier married Dr Sameeha Saithalavi. His marriage ended in divorce in 2015. Reportedly, his wife had accused him of domestic violence. Riyas had earlier led ‘beef cooking’ protests after the Centre sought to regulate the purchase and sale of cattle. He had also unsuccessfully contested for the Kozhikode Lok Sabha seat in 2019.
Similarly, Veena was earlier married to advocate Suneesh but their marriage too ended in 2015. She had worked in the IT sector for close to 10 years and had founded a mobility and cloud solutions company named Exalogic. Congress leader PT Thomas pointed out that the website of the company had disappeared and reportedly traced to another company named Sprinklr which is responsible for maintaining Coronavirus data in the State.
On December 8, a military chopper carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and other senior army officials crashed near Ooty in Tamil Nadu. The moment the news of the crash had surfaced, Islamists had started rejoicing the crash and several Leftists too celebrated the death of CDS General Bipin Rawat. To whitewash their shameful behaviour, the Liberal Jamaat has now come up with new propaganda – that the daughter of Brigadier Lidder, Aashna Lidder, was “abused” and “threatened with rape” by the right-wing, and therefore, she had to deactivate her Twitter account.
Aashna Lidder, the daughter of Brigadier Lidder, who lost his life during the helicopter crash celebrated by liberals, recently deactivated her Twitter account. As soon as she did, sans proof, the liberals started alleging that it was because the “right-wing” (essentially, Hindus, Modi supporters, anyone who is not a rabid Leftists and/or Islamist) issued threats (even rape threats) to her.
NDTV journalist, sharing a screenshot of her deactivated account said that this is what “these right wing / hate groups achieved today. Aashna Lidder has deactivated her account”. He then asked her to stay strong and return soon.
This is what these right wing / hate groups achieved today. Aashna Lidder has deactivated her account.
He was quoting another Liberal who said, “A 16 year old child who just cremated her father, a hero who once took a bullet for the country and just died in the chopper crash is under scrutiny and attack for her tweets. Can you believe it?”.
Retired IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh went as far as to say that “andhbhakts” had given her rape threats, due to which she deactivated her account.
Tweet by ex IAS officer
AltNews co-founder Zubai, who spreads fake news and is accused under POCSO for doxxing a minor girl on social media, also chimed in and said that Aashna had to deactivate her account due to “attacks”. He claims to be a fact-checker.
Were rape threats given to Aashna Lidder as claimed by retired IAS officer?
As mentioned, Retired IAS officer Surya Pratap Singh said that “andhbhakts” had given her rape threats, due to which she deactivated her account.
However, when questioned, Singh did a prompt u-turn and deleted his tweet.
This claim originated from an account called “Sandeep Choudhury” who, after claiming that she got rape threats, did a u-turn and claimed that she did not get rape threats. It seems that it is this account that started the rumour of Lidder getting threats and being attacked by the right-wing.
Without crosschecking you just mention that RSS & Modi bhakts gave rape threats to Aashna Lidder & then comfortably delete tweet when got exposed. Period pic.twitter.com/pTdrOM7pFz
Was she threatened, attacked by “right wing goons”?
The narrative that was spun by the liberals was that Aashna Lidder deactivated her account because she was attacked and threatened by “right-wing goons”, however, there is very little evidence to prove that there was any threat or attack against her.
One Twitter user said that before the NDTV journalist tweeted about her deactivating her account, there were only 17 tweets to her and none of them was threats or attacks.
Another user took a video of the mentions and questioned the NDTV journalist to point to any threats or attacks that Aashna had received before she deactivated.
Another Twitter user had questioned the NDTV journalist for amplifying the tweet where claims of “rape threats” were made. It is pertinent to note that it was the same handle that had later done a u-turn to claim that no rape threat was given to Lidder.
Mofo is actually collecting RTs in the name of a grieving child. Thoo hai teri zindagi pe.
Let cops of whichever city he’s from contact him to provide some proof for the claims that he’s making and which @arvindgunasekar is amplifying. https://t.co/oBnRXlzKhd
The Altnews “fact-checker” also shared screenshots where he attached an innocuous conversation about Lidder potentially being “woke” and how this generation could be far from salvage from the toxic woke culture. There was, again, no threats, abuse or attack in the attached screenshots.
Interestingly, one of the tweets shared by the NDTV journalist Arvind Gunaseker and Zubair was cropped. After speculating that Aashna Lidder might a “woke”, the user had specifically said that Lidder was 17 and we had to keep that in mind. Arvind and Zubair seem to have cropped that portion to ensure that they can peddle speculations about Lidder being hounded.
Tweet thread that was cropped
It is therefore evident that other than an innocuous conversation about her being “woke” and a tweet or two about the same subject, no threats were given to Aashna Lidder and nobody from the “right-wing” attacked her.
So why was this propaganda launched?
The very people who are now trying to concoct the story of imagined threats to the daughter of Brigadier Lidder are those who either directly celebrated the death of General Rawat, laughed at the helicopter crash, defended those who celebrated the death or, at followers of those who did.
AltNews co-founder Zubair, for example. While today he is shedding crocodile tears and blaming the “right-wing” for imaginary threats received by Aashna Lidder, Mona Abegaokar, someone who follows the same ideology as Zubair had refused to mourn the death of General Rawat by saying that he was a “Nazi”.
You should have checked the time in tweet of ‘Radical Left’, she had deactivated before it. And before respecting daughter of martyrs, learn to respect martyrs. Here is one example of millions of such tweets. Can show 1000s such from your followers and financers. https://t.co/dBtk7sVOiGpic.twitter.com/g60fhhZifq
It would appear that the propaganda was launched exclusive to whitewash those celebrating the death of General Bipin Rawat and celebrating the chopper crash. The liberal Jamaat seems to have realised that the hate that was being showered upon a decorated officer like General Rawat while the nation mourned his death was not going in their favour. It is purely to whitewash that they seem to have resorted to a time tested tactic of showing the “others” being more hateful than then.
If they create an enemy that is attacking a 17-year-old girl who is a martyrs daughter, their hate from General Bipin Rawat gets whitewashed, even if the threats they talk about are imaginary and concocted.
One recalls how the Leftists and Liberals had used this tactic even after the Indian cricket team’s humiliating loss to Pakistan and them taking the knee that had infuriated the nation. Just as people were expressing their anger at the Indian team and especially Virat Kohli for their bad performance and for “taking the knee” at the T20 World Cup, Liberals had started to claim that “right-wing goons” were targeted cricket Mohammad Shami for being a Muslim.
As it turned out, the accounts that were attacking Shami were Pakistani troll accounts and not “right-wing goons” as alleged by Liberals and their media. However, the truth hardly mattered. What they had achieved is skirted the real criticism by the “right-wing” against the Left propaganda of “taking the knee”, the criticism for their bad performance and turned it into a narrative where the ultimate villains were those the Left disagree with politically.
The Left’s hate for the Armed Forces is no secret. We saw that when they alleged that Pulwama was an ‘inside job’ and we have seen it innumerable times in the past 7 years when they attacked, abused and insulted the Army. The sudden love for General Lidder’s daughter certainly does not come from a place where they wish to protect and respect a martyr’s daughter. They are essentially using her to spread their own propaganda and lie through their teeth to paint the “right-wing” as anti-army, so their Islamist and Left brethren who abused General Rawat can be spared scrutiny.
In reality, the political affiliations of the family of martyrs have never mattered. They wanted people to believe that Aashna Lidder was being “attacked” because she had once spoken against Yogi Adityanath, however, the reality was that before the liberal jamaat started their propaganda, nobody knew or cared about her political affiliations and the nation mourned the loss with her, hailed her for her bravery.
From Hindustan Times that covered this propaganda without proof to Congress politicians, Liberal coolies, Islamists and fact-checkers – all of them seem to have used Brigadier Lidder’s daughter to peddle concocted stories and their agenda – with no care about the fact that the 17-year-old may have deactivated her account simply to mourn her father in peace – away from the vultures using her for cheap propaganda.
Renowned Malayalam director Ali Akbar has announced that he is leaving Islam protesting against those who had celebrated the tragic death of CDS General Bipin Rawat. Ali Akbar revealed this on Facebook, where he also stated that he and his family will have no religion henceforth.
Ali Akbar had earlier posted a video on Facebook criticizing the Islamists who mocked the death of CDS Bipin Rawat. Akbar’s account was suspended for a month after the video received hateful comments on the platform. The director then opened another account and declared that he was leaving Islam. Akbar said, “Within five minutes of speaking out against those who put up emojis, the account was blocked. I can not accept it, I can not agree with it, so I’m leaving my religion. I or my family no longer have a religion. That is the decision.”
Ali Akbar further said that from now on he will be known as Ram Singh. “Ramasimhan is a person who was killed while sticking to the culture of Kerala. Tomorrow Ali Akbar will be called Ram Singh. That’s the best name,” he said. Ramasimhan and his family were butchered by Islamists for converting to Hinduism from Islam in 1947. Ramasimhan, his brother Dayasimhan, Dayasimhan’s wife Kamala, their cook Raju Iyer and other members of the family were brutally butchered by Islamist Jihadists in Malaparamba, Malappuram district on 2nd August 1947, just two weeks before the independence.
Ali Akbar informed that he took the decision to quit Islam after discussing the matter with his wife. ‘I am throwing away the dress I was born with’, he said.
Akbar also posted a picture containing names of those people who had mocked the demise of the CDS Bipin Rawat on his Facebook page.
Source: Ali Akbar/Facebook
Ali Akbar has spoken to Janam TV and explained his protest against the anti-national elements and his decision to quit Islam.
Notably, Ali Akbar had raised his objections through a Facebook video after he witnessed the celebration of the Islamists online. The national award-winning actor then came out declaring his departure from the religion of Islam.
On Thursday (December 9), the US House of Representatives announced that it will vote on a bill to combat Islamophobia in the country. The voting will take place on Tuesday (December 14) on the bill laid down by Representative Ilhan Omar. The said bill seeks to create an office within the State Department to fight Islamophobia.
The development came at the backdrop of alleged anti-Muslim comments made by House Representative Lauren Boebert. The Democratic party wanted to seize the opportunity to put out a united fight against ‘Islamophobia’ and oust Lauren Boebert from her committees. “We have a responsibility to show this country that bigotry is unacceptable,” claimed Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
It must be mentioned that Islamist Ilhan Omar had first introduced the bill in October this year to monitor and combat the supposed rise of anti-Muslim incidents.
Pressure tactics by Muslim staff in Congress
On Wednesday (December 8), about 62 Muslim Congress staffers wrote an open letter, raising concerns about the recent comments of Lauren Boebert against Ilhan Omar. They claimed that the remarks had induced a ‘feeling of anxiety and fear’ at Capitol Hill. The letter was also signed by 378 other staff members of the Congress, who were allied with the cause.
“Witnessing unchecked harassment of one of only three Muslim Members of Congress – and the only visible Muslim Member – we feel that our workplace is neither safe nor welcome. We must now come to work every day knowing that the same Members and staff who perpetuate Islamophobic tropes and insinuate that we are terrorists, also walk by us in the halls of Congress,” read the letter.
It also called upon House representatives to reject ‘hateful’ rhetoric that endangered the well-being of the Muslim staffers. “We know first-hand that without consequences, this type of harmful behavior normalizes hate against an entire religious community that has already faced decades of derogatory rhetoric, hate crime, surveillance, distrust, discrimination, demonization, and violence,” the letter said.
The Background of the ‘Islamophobia’ controversy and aftermath
Ilhan Omar, who is accused of marrying her brother in immigration fraud, is a known antisemite. During the Israel-Palestine crisis of 2021, Ilhan Omar sided with anti-Israeli forces. While criticising the stance of fellow Representative, Lauren Boebert had tweeted in May, “Ilhan Omar should decide whether she wants to be a Congresswoman or a full-time propagandist for Hamas. Why are her fellow Democrats so silent about her disgraceful comments?”
Screengrab of the tweet by Lauren Boebert
“Ilhan Omar, honorary member of Hamas, just compared the US military with the Taliban. Sadly, it’s not even surprising anymore. We have terrorist sympathizers in Congress and it is being normalized by the MSM,” she wrote in another tweet in June.
Screengrab of the tweet by Lauren Boebert
During a Staten Island Conservative Party dinner held on September 2, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was heard referring to Ilhan Omar as a ‘blackhearted’ and ‘evil’ woman. She went on to claim that Omar was part of the Jihadi ‘squad’ of Democrats. Boebert added that she only felt safe in the elevator with Ilhan Omar because she was not carrying a suicide bombing backpack.
“One of my I staffers, on his first day with me, got into an elevator in the Capitol. And in that elevator, we were joined by Ilhan Omar. It was just us three in there and I looked over and I said, well, look there, it’s the Jihad Squad. She doesn’t have a backpack, she wasn’t dropping it and running so we’re good,” Boebert was heard telling the audience at the dinner party.
Her comments drew the ire of the Democratic Party leaders, including Ilhan Omar, who sought action against Representative Lauren Boebert. “Saying I am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter. GOP leaders and Speaker Pelosi need to take appropriate action, normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all Muslims. Anti-Muslim bigotry has no place in Congress,” wrote Omar.
Saying I am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter. @GOPLeader and @SpeakerPelosi need to take appropriate action, normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all Muslims. Anti-Muslim bigotry has no place in Congress. https://t.co/A0VxI3uTmHpic.twitter.com/QTmqaGaZrM
Following the controversy over her remarks, Lauren Noebert tendered an apology. She tweeted, “I apologise to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep Omar. I reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction.”
Screengrab of the tweet by Lauren Boebert
On November 30, she took to Instagram and said, “I have reflected on my previous remarks, now as a strong Christian woman who values faith deeply I never want anything I say to offend someone’s religion. ” She accused Omar of hanging up on her following a verbal confrontation on the issue of public apology.
“I will fearlessly continue to put America first, never sympathizing with terrorists. Unfortunately, Ilhan can’t say the same thing and our country is worse off for it,” she concluded. The bill on Islamophobia is a manifestation of the long-standing duel between Republican Representative Boebert and Democratic Representative Omar.
When the emotionally chocked nation was crying and paying heartfelt condolence to the chief of defence staff General Bipin Rawat during his funeral, the general secretary of the Congress Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was dancing and enjoying tribal dance in Goa.
There is nothing unusual in the video of her celebration when the nation is mourning since the Gandhi-Nehru family she belongs has often shown disrespect towards martyrs.
Vadra is in Goa to kick off the campaign for the assembly election in Goa scheduled next year.
And this is how her mother and UPA chairperson Sonia had treated the military legend and the first Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw at his funeral held at Wellington in Ooty.
When Manekshaw, the architect of the victory of India in the 1971 war, took his last breath at Military Hospital Wellington in June 2008, political leaders stayed away from his funeral.
Right from President Pratibha Patil (also commander-in-chief of the armed forces), Vice-president Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and Governor Surjit Singh Barnala, none had time to pay the last homage to him.
These politicians may have their reasons for showing disrespect towards men in uniform for their petty political ends, but the ‘civil India’ has always shown the armed forces its place. The chant of Veer Vanakkam and constant showering of flowers on the convoy carrying mortals of Rawat and others at Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu is evidence of how people respect armed forces.
Defence minister AK Antony and three Service chiefs, none had time to attend the state funeral of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. Antony had prior political engagements which were more important than attending a state funeral. He sent his junior, minister of state for defence Pallam Raju.
Army chief General Deepak Kapoor had valid reasons since he was on tour to Russia. He was represented by vice-chief Lt-Gen M. L Naidu.
The then Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal FH Major were very much available in New Delhi. But they sent a rear admiral and an air marshal at the state funeral.
Congress brazenly defended insult to Sam Manekshaw
It was said that Antony visiting a ‘small town’ would have led to ‘protocol requirements. They gave a lame excuse that they had too little time to make arrangements to travel to Wellington since the WVIP jet was deployed in the service of the President in Maharashtra, and the other was kept on stand-by for the PM.
These geniuses of the Congress and the defence were aware that Sam Maneksha had passed at Wellington in Ooty and not Wellington in New Zealand. The nearest civil airport is Coimbatore, just 80 km away and it was not difficult to reach here.
Celebrate when the nation mourns
In fact, Gandhis have been caught celebrating at the wrong time more than once. 13 years back when Mumbai had witnessed the deadliest attacks orchestrated by the Islamist terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Rahul Gandhi was reportedly celebrating at a party. A total of 10 Pakistani terrorists carried out 12 shooting and bombing incidents in India’s Financial Capital. The 26/11 attacks claimed the lives of 165 civilians and injured over 300 people.
While the entire nation mourned the dead, Congress scion Rahul Gandhi remained in a party mood. The Congress scion went to the wedding ‘sangeet’ of his childhood friend Samir Sharma at his farmhouse in Rahdhey Mohan Chowk on the outskirts of the National Capital. Samir was the son of Captain Satish Sharma, who happened to be the flying partner of Rajiv Gandhi and a former MP from Rae Bareli.
