A Reuters report states that the United Nations is proposing to pay USD 6 million for ‘protection’ in Afghanistan to the Islamist group Taliban-led government. The fund will be given to Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry personnel. Afghanistan’s Interior Minister is Sirajuddin Haqqani who is currently under U.N. and U.S. sanctions and also wanted by the FBI. The United States has offered a bounty of USD 10 million for information leading to his arrest.
As per the report, documents reviewed by Reuters said that the funds will be paid next year and the same will be used to provide wages to Taliban ‘fighters’ who guard the UN facilities and also give them food allowance as per an expansion of an accord with the former U.S.-backed Afghan government. As of now, there are about 3,500 UN personnel in Kabul and 10 field offices. This money will be reportedly used to help Taliban provide these UN employees security.
As per Reuters’ report, the UN document said that most of the USD 4 million security budget proposed for 2022 by the 20 UN agencies operating out of Afghanistan is the payment made to protect the UN personnel. This fund will boost the wages of Taliban ‘fighters’ who are ‘protecting’ UN personnel by $275-to-$319 per month. This will also provide them monthly food allowance of USD 90 per person. The remaining USD 2 million will be provided for ‘similar services’ as per the document.
Experts are skeptical as this fund to Taliban may violate the sanctions placed by US and UN against the top leaders of Taliban. Taliban and Haqqani Network remain designated under the US government’s counterterrorism sanctions programme.
Meanwhile, UN agency has said that it is going to cut food aid to war-torn Yemen because of lack of funds.
#UPDATE World Food Programme says "forced" to cut aid to Yemen due to lack of funds
"From January, eight million will receive a reduced food ration, while five million at immediate risk of slipping into famine conditions will remain on a full ration" pic.twitter.com/UhhVu76Ww4
As reported by AFP News Agency, UN agency World Food Programme said that it is ‘forced’ to cut aid to Yemen owing to lack of funds. From next year in January, about 8 million people will receive reduced ration and five million at immediate risk of slipping into famine will remain on full ration quota. The UN agency said it is ‘running out of funds’.
Since 2014, Yemen is in a state of civil war between Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels and millions of people are on the verge of famine. As per AFP report, tens of thousands of people have died in the war and about 80% people in Yemen are dependent n the aid. World Food Programme, a UN agency said that desperate times have called for desperate measures and while they know cutting down on aid will send more people towards starvation, they have stretched ‘limited resources’ and are focussing only on the critical ones.
UN agency said that it needs about USD 813 million to help most vulnerable in Yemen through May and USD 1.97 billion during 2022 to deliver food assistance to the families who are on the verge of famine.
After Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that the Instagram accounts of her children were hacked, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has decided to lodge a suo motu complaint to probe the allegations. The ministry has decided to proactively probe the matter as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra or her children have not filed any complaint regarding the alleged hacking of the Instagram accounts.
Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra had alleged that the Instagram accounts of their children were hacked by the government in an attempt to snoop on politicians and their families. But even though they had threatened legal action over the allegations, no suspicious activities and posts were detected in their children’s Instagram accounts. Thererfore, before Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tries to make a political score out of wild allegations, the NDA government has decided to order a probe to puncture her claims.
According to reports, the allegations of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be probed by The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), which comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. CET-In is the nodal agency of the union govt to deal with cyber security threats like hacking and phishing, and has advanced technologies to trace hackers and combat cyberattacks.
During her campaign in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress general secretary had accused the BJP government of targeting the Opposition through raids and tapping phone calls of the Opposition leaders. She had also claimed that the government hacked into the Instagram accounts of her children.
“Let alone phone tapping they have hacked the Instagram accounts of my children. Do they not have any other work?” she said.
She upped the ante days after the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed his phone is being tapped by the BJP government.
Raihan Vadra is an active Instagram user but daughter Miraya inactive
The Vadra family’s son Raihan Cadra has a verified Instagram account with 17.9 k followers. Raihan mainly posts wildlife photographs and artwork. No political post or picture were found posted in his account. On the other hand, daughter Miraya is not active on Instagram, whose only two family photographs are seen posted on the account.
Robert Vadra relates account hacking with UP assembly poll
Robert Vadra claimed that for the last 10 or 15 days their accounts were hacked ever since “Priyanka started campaigning and people began joining in large numbers”. He had also claimed that they took so much time because they wanted to first confirm the matter. “This is not democracy, this is dictatorship,” he had added.
Asked whether the Congress party would improve its performance in UP this time, Vadra said it depended upon whether or not EVMs remain safe from tampering.
Robert Vadra claimed that the alleged hacking of the accounts is connected with the rising graph of the Congress Party and Priyanka Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier this month, the Karnataka Police achieved breakthrough success in connection with the repeated vandalism of Hindu Gods’ idols in the state. A man notorious for smashing and vandalising Hindu Gods’ idols was finally arrested by the police on December 10, 2021, from Saligrama village near the KR Nagar district of Karnataka.
The man told police he was breaking and desecrating idols of Hindu Gods because he thought people were being fooled and tricked into worshipping idols of stones. The police kept the identity of the arrested man under wraps citing security reasons.
The accused had broken ‘Shivlings’ after breaking into Sri Siddalingeshwara and Mahadeshwara temple located in Bherya village. The incident, which took place on December 7, had created quite a stir in the region.
As per a report, District Superintendent R. Chetan inspected the spot and commissioned a team under the leadership of the Deputy Superintendent of Police A.R. Sumith. The special team had launched an investigation into the matter and nabbed the culprit. The man had later confessed to his crime during interrogation.
The accused had thrown the idol of Shri Lakshmi Devi into a nearby well after deforming and dethroning the statue from the place where it was installed. The incident was under the jurisdiction of K.R Pet Rural police station. The accused also told the police that he had tried to break into Sri Anjaneya temple in Beeravalli village but had to abort his attempt after locals came to the spot.
As per police, the accused has been into breaking idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses for a long time. He firmly believed that people were being deceived as they worshipped stones believing them to be Gods. It was also revealed that there was no robbery of gold and silver ornaments, embellishments, or cash kept in the temples that the accused broke into. Further investigation is on.
Past instances of temple vandalism and idol desecration in Karnataka
It is worth noting that the above-mentioned case is not an isolated incident of temple vandalism and idol destruction reported in Karnataka. In October 2021, the Baikampady Karkera Moolasthana Jarandaya Daivastana and Naga Brahma Peeta were vandalised by miscreants at late night in Mangaluru. The miscreants had broken open the cupboard and thrown all the belongings of the Davisthana. At the same time, the gates of the temple were also destroyed.
Earlier, in April this year, two people were arrested in connection to an incident where a condom was found in a temple’s Hundi (Donation box) in Manguluru. The temple belonged to the local Manguluru deity Lord Koragajja who is considered an avatar for Lord Shiva. The arrested were identified as Raheem (32) and Taufiq (35) from the Jokatte area in Mangalore, who confessed to urinating in Temple’s Hundi.
In November 2020, the Hoysala-era idol of Mahakali at the Doddagaddavalli Temple near Hassan district, Karnataka was found damaged. It was suspected that miscreants in search of hidden treasure took advantage of the lack of security and vandalised the idol in the process.
On December 22, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that the majority of India’s population is still not vaccinated. He used NDTV’s India’s Vaccination Equation to back his claim. According to NDTV, at the current rate, 42% of India’s population will be vaccinated by the end of December 2021. The target, according to the post, is to vaccinate 60% of the population by end of the year, which would require 61 million doses per day. NDTV said the dose per day rate is currently 5.8 million doses per day, and there is a shortfall of 55.3 million doses per day.
Source: Twitter
The actual vaccination data show different results
First of all, neither Rahul Gandhi nor NDTV included the fact in their calculations that India has yet to approve vaccination for people under the age of 18. Only those who have attained the age of 18 are eligible to get the vaccination for Covid-19.
According to The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the estimated population of India as per 2020 data is around 137 crore (1,37,05,08,600). The number of people above the age of 18 stands at over 86 crore (86,54,56,491). That means 63% of the total population is eligible to get the vaccination shot. Even if we assume that the eligible population in the last year has increased by eight crores and round up the eligible population to 94 crores (which is according to a report in Hindustan Times), the eligible population would be 68%.
According to vaccination data available at the website of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India has administered 1,38,95,90,670 doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far. The total number of people who have received both shots of the Covid-19 vaccine stands at 55,96,27,015. That means 59% of the total eligible population (assuming the eligible population is 94 crores) is fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 infection.
Source: MoHFW
In addition to that, there are another 27,03,36,640 people who have been vaccinated with at least one shot and waiting for their second shot of the vaccine. If these 27 crores get the second shot within the next 30 days, by the end of January, almost 83 crore people in India would be fully vaccinated, which would be 88% of the total eligible population.
It is noteworthy that we have already fully vaccinated population equal to the total population (not eligible but total) of the United States (33 crores), Russia (14 crores) and United Kingdom (6 crores) put together.
The government’s stand on the booster shot
The government of India has recently made it clear that its priority is to fully vaccinate all eligible population before starting giving the booster shot, that too if required. India is currently administering 55 lakh+ doses every day. Out of these, on an ordinary 43 lakh, people are getting a second dose every day. At the current rate, India would add another four crore fully vaccinated people by the end of December that would make the total of around 60 crores fully vaccinated people. The tally would stand at 66%, which is 6% above the target that is supposed to be achieved to avoid the third wave of Covid-19 in India.
Therefore, Rahul Gandhi’s claim that the majority of India’s population is not vaccinated is false.
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal today took a dig at his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee and said that the Trinamool Congress has no chance of winning elections in Goa. Both the regional parties are trying to go national by contesting upcoming state assembly elections in various states like Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa in next few months.
You might give a lot of importance to TMC but I don't think it stands anywhere in the race: Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, in Panaji, Goa #GoaElections2022pic.twitter.com/nZqkhTpEDr
Kejriwal, while addressing media in Goa said that everyone is giving too much importance to Mamata Banerjee’s TMC as it doesn’t stand a chance of winning elections. He said that TMC does not even have 1% vote share as of now and since they came to Goa only three months back democracy does not work this way.
Mamata Banerjee, during the run up to 2021 West Bengal state assembly elections had played the ‘outsider’ card to play up sentiments against the BJP and claimed how the TMC and its leaders are Bengalis and must be elected. Interestingly, a party with roots in West Bengal also played the same card in Goa earlier this month.
Banerjee had earlier last week visited Goa and claimed how she does not want ‘outsiders’ to ‘control’ Goa.
We want BJP to end in Goa. Everyone needs to unite to defeat BJP in Goa. I didn't come to counter you, I don't want outsiders to control Goa…I also belong to a Brahmin family, I am a Brahmin. I don't need to take a character certificate from BJP: WB CM Mamata Banerjee in Goa pic.twitter.com/xakvWb0xdI
Banerjee had last week said that the TMC wants the BJP to end in Goa and urged everyone to unite to defeat the BJP. She also played her caste card and claimed how she is a Brahmin and added that she does not want ‘outsiders to control Goa’. Banerjee, herself, was born and brought up in Kolkata and has done her schooling and higher education all in Kolkata, West Bengal.
On December 20, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, issued two orders banning two websites and twenty YouTube channels that were feeding propaganda content on the behest of Pakistan. As per the December 21 press release about the order, these websites and channels were part of Pakistan’s coordinated disinformation campaign against India.
It read, “The channels were used to post divisive content in a coordinated manner on topics like Kashmir, Indian Army, minority communities in India, Ram Mandir, General Bipin Rawat etc.”
The press release specifically mentioned The Naya Pakistan Group (NPG) that is being operated from Pakistan. The network has YouTube channels that have a combined subscriber base of over 35 lakh and 55 crore views. Notably, some of these channels were operated by the news anchors of Pakistani news channels. Some of the websites in the blocked list were standalone channels.
OpIndia scrolled through the content that resulted in a ban on these channels and websites. Here is what we found.
The first channel on the list was ‘The Punch Line’. The channel had over one lakh subscribers and had collected over two crore views over time. The majority of the content available on this channel had fake information about Kashmir, the Government of India, the Indian Army and more.
The videos with titles “20 Indian Army Generals Neutralized In TrainingCenter Of Kashmir Targeted By Kashmir Mujaheddin”, “Imran Khan Zindabad !! Kashmir Louds As Kashmiri People Got Major Victory Over Indian Army”, and “14 KM Long Tunnel Of Indian Army Targeted By Kashmir Mujahedin” was listed by the Government of India as the reason of the ban. The content and the YouTube channel are not only banned by the Indian Government, but it appears that the channel itself has been deleted from YouTube.
The second channel blocked by the Govt of India is International Web News. It is a Khalistani propaganda channel that mainly publishes pro-Khalistani and anti-India content by twisting the facts. The channel has multiple videos about Referendum 2020 that is being organized by the terrorist organization Sikhs For Justice. What is more interesting about the channel is that though it publish propaganda news about India, the anchor speaks fluent Urdu with Pakistani dialect.
Source: YouTube
The channel was mainly blocked for the content linked to Khalistan, but when we checked the channel’s videos, we found out that it has a wide range of content that is extremely problematic. It claims minorities are being killed in India on a daily basis by Hindu organizations. In a video, the channel claimed that India is the largest exporter of cow meat which is incorrect. India exports buffalo meat only, because cow slaughter and the export of cow meat is banned in India. It also propagated in a video that Pakistan is the “safest place for minorities”, irrespective of the fact that Hindu and other minorities in Pakistan face atrocities in the hands of the majority every day.
Source: YouTube
The next channel on the list was Khalsa TV. It was a propaganda YouTube channel linked to Khalistani terrorist organization Sikhs For Justice and had content mainly associated with the Khalistani movement. Interestingly, the title used by this channel was often used by Pakistani news channels like Geo TV. For example, the GOI mentioned a video titled Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) scores first win in a defamation case which is the exact title used by Geo TV in the news. It is noteworthy that the news which was being propagated as some win of the terrorist organization SFJ was merely an order by the court that the case they had filed would be heard.
Source: YouTube
The Naked Truth was the next channel in the list that propagated content mainly linked to Kashmir. The anti-India content on this channel made it possible for them to gain over 4.5 lakh subscribers and over 8.89 crore views. The channel could not be spotted on YouTube anymore.
Source: PIB
The next channel was News24, and as the name was strikingly similar to a news channel in India, it was much easier for Pakistan’s propaganda network to spread fake news. The content was mainly anti-India propaganda with disinformation about Kashmir, India-China relationships, the Indian Army and more. The channel has apparently been removed from YouTube and was not accessible.
Source: PIB
48 News that had over 2.40 crore views by the time GOI ordered to block it mainly published anti-India content. The fake news on the channel included bizarre reports like “Turkish Army Enters In New Dehli” and more. The same title was used in a report by Naya Global PK, another propaganda YouTube channel being run by Pakistan.
Source: YouTube
The next channel was named Fictional. As it is a common word, the channel became widely popular and gained over four crore views as per the press release. The titles of the videos included “Joe Biden Imposed Sanctions On Modi As RSS Destroyed Christian Schools” and more. The channel was no longer found on YouTube.
The next channel was one of the biggest propaganda channels that go by the name Historical Facts. It had factually incorrect and fake information about India. The channel, unlike its name, had nothing to do with History in any way. It used the name to lure viewers into watching the propaganda content and gained over 9 lakh subscribers and 16 crore views. Titles like “Indian Soldiers Recited Kalima After Caught up By Kashmiri Mujahidin” were among the list of videos that led to its ban in India.
Other channels in the list included Punjab Viral, Cover Story, Go Global, eCommerce and more that published anti-India content.
The next channel on the list was Naya Pakistan Global. It was among the most popular channels on the list, with over 7 lakh subscribers and nine crore views. The channel has been renamed Naya Pakistan International. The description of the channel reads, “Naya Pakistan International (NPI) is a YouTube channel of NPG Media Network. It covers Current Affairs With Main Focus On South Asia and the Middle East.” The channel is not accessible in India but does exist on YouTube.
Source: YouTube
Then comes the list of Pakistani news anchors, influencers and reports who were part of the propaganda network. They used their personal channels to spread anti-India propaganda and published fake news regularly.
One of them was Junaid Haleem Official. Though the channel was no longer visible on YouTube, it is noteworthy that Junaid Haleem is one of the leading anchors in Pakistan. His videos on other channels gain thousands of views. Propaganda videos with titles like “Countries Take Big Action Against Modi | Joe Biden” were among the reasons that led to the ban of his channel.
Source: PIB
Source: PIB
Similarly, channels by Tayyab Hanif, Zain Ali Official, Mohsin Rajput Official, Kaneez Fatima, Sadaf Durrani, Mian Imran Ahmad and Najam Ul Hassan Bajwa gained crores of views while spreading fake propaganda about India. The majority of these channels have been removed from YouTube.
Congress mouthpiece’s Group Senior Editorial Advisor Mrinal Pande on Tuesday shared a post on Twitter with hashtag #YehMeraIdeaTha. The post contained claims of various achievements of Jawaharlal Nehru, first prime minister of India and referred to him as ‘Architect of Modern India’.
Pande, however, posted the WhatsApp-esque forwarded message without any verification, as usual, it seems. One glance at it and one can see that the WhatsApp forward states that Nehru founded ISRO twice, in 1962 and 1964, the year he died.
However, ISRO was actually founded in 1969, five years after Nehru had passed away. In 1962, government of India had set up Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) under Department of Atomic Energy of Govt of India. The credit for INCOSPAR, too, largely goes to Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian Space Program.
Similar claims of Nehru having founded ISRO have been made through the years by Congress workers, fans and loyalists.
Nehru BUILT India ?AIIMS, IIT, IIM, DRDO, ISRO, LIC ?ONGC, SAIL, BEL, BHEL, NTPC, PSBs
Modi SOLD India ? Telecom, Retail, Defence, Agri, Banks to AMBANI ?Airports, Mining, Solar, Shipping to ADANI
ISRO, DRDO&HAL set up by Nehru in the 50s to make India self reliant in Space, Aircraft&Defence technology. The anti satellite missile was developed&ready in 2012. Modi snatched Rafale deal from HAL for Ambani. Gave up TOT&self reliance. Now claims electoral credit for DRDO test!
Space research was started by Dr Sarabhai in 1947 when he founded the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL). The lab was back then supported by the Karmkshetra Educational Foundation and the Ahmedabad Education Society. The initial focus was research on Cosmic Rays and the properties of the Upper Atmosphere. Research in Theoretical Physics and Radio Physics were added later with grants from the Atomic Energy Commission.
Pande, when not busy spreading misinformation and knowledge from Congress WhatsApp knowledge bank, mocks cultures of different part of India and passes problematic statements. Under Congress government, Pande was conferred with a Padma Shri in 2006 and in 2010 she was made the chairperson of Prasar Bharati. She is now associated with Congress mouthpiece National Herald.
As the Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is crying foul over the tax raid on his three aides, Income Tax (IT) Department is understood to have detected undisclosed assets worth hundreds of crores of rupees, as per reports.
These assets are in the form of undisclosed incomes, bogus loans, and investments in Benami properties.
IT department on December 18 had raided the premises of secretary and national spokesperson Rajeev Rai of the Samajwadi Party, RCL group promotor Manoj Yadav and Jainendra Yadav, a house staff turned OSD of Akhilesh Yadav, in suspected tax evasion cases.
The I-T department statement has not named the Samajwadi Party leaders. However, Indian Express reported citing sources that the details of the seizures are related to the recent raids on opposition leaders in Uttar Pradesh.
Unaccounted cash seized from Bengaluru based Trust
Rajeev Rai is also the chairman of AVK Group of Institutions that runs a chain of institutions in Bengaluru. He accused the BJP of using investigating agencies to falsely implicate its rivals. Rai threatened to sue media houses for publishing and airing unverified news against him. He said that the IT department recovered only Rs 17600 cash from his Mau residence and the total seizure from rest if his premise was less than Rs One Lakh.
Referring IT department statement, the media reports have said that during searches against a Bengaluru-based Trust and its related entities unaccounted cash of Rs 1.12 crore was seized. Besides, there is evidence suggesting capitation fees of about Rs 10 crore was collected in cash.
The department has said that for the personal benefit of the trustees, Rs 80 Lakh cash was transferred to certain Kerala-based Trusts including Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya Trust and Markaz Knowledge City Trust. Both have links with Gulf countries.
In the statement, the department said it had carried out search and seizure operations on December 18 on various persons and their business entities, engaged in the business of civil construction and real estate and running educational institutes in UP and Karnataka. The search and seizure operation was carried at 30 locations.
Shell companies used to accommodate undisclosed assets
IT department also carried search and seizure against a Kolkata-based entry operator who formed various shell companies to accommodate entries of bogus share capital of Rs 408 crore besides bogus unsecured loan of Rs 154 crore.
The tax department said several entities engaged in civil construction were found to be involved in claiming bogus expenditure running into crores of rupees. IT gathered evidence in form of blank bill books, stamps signed cheque books of bogus suppliers besides digital data, the IE report added.
“In the case of one company, the undisclosed income of over Rs 86 crore of the directors of the company has been detected. Out of it, the person concerned has admitted a sum of Rs 68 crore as his undisclosed income and offered to pay tax thereon,” it said.
IT has said that undisclosed assets, income, and investment were routed and accommodated through various shell companies. During search and seizure, IT sleuths stumbled upon an unexplained investment worth Rs 12 crore.
“In case of another person, unexplained investment of Rs 11 crore in a shell company and investments in benami properties worth Rs 3.5 crore have been identified,” the IT statement reads.
Winter has come. India’s massive landmass gets to experience winter in different levels of coldness. However, while we switch on room heaters, cover ourselves up in warm clothes and bask in the sunlight whenever we can, animals under care in several wildlife conservation centres and zoos are facing the cold in their own ways.
ANI today shared pictures and videos of baby elephants getting blankets and it was cuteness overload.
In Assam’s Kaziranga, baby elephants are seen covered in cute little blankets.
Baby elephants at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation wear blankets during cold spell at Kaziranga in Assam pic.twitter.com/1GveuvTNJL
Baby elephants at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation are seen draped in cute little blankets.
In Lucknow zoo, pythons have heaters installed in their rooms and animals are getting extra nutritious food to help them combat the cold spell, zoo officials have informed.
The images of baby elephants wrapped in cute little blankets are getting a lot of love on social media.
Lucknow zoo installs heaters as cold wave hits Uttar Pradesh
“As winter sets in, we start giving more nutrition-rich food to animals & make arrangements for them to cope up with the cold weather,” Zoo’s Deputy Director Utkarsh Shukla said on Tuesday pic.twitter.com/aeWP58RgyI
A village near the Wildlife SOS Conservation and Care Centre in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh was earlier in the news because the women weave blankets for the jumbo giants. The centre cares for formerly abused and rescued animals and the women of the village weave blankets and jumpers for the gentle giants to protect them from cold.
Aam Aadmi Party leaders in Gujarat were sent to the Sabarmati jail after their bail plea was rejected. They spent two days in judicial custody. Women accused will be produced in the sessions court later in the day today. 66 AAP workers were taken into custody under 19 sections and were produced before the court in Gandhinagar. Of these bail application of 9 AAP workers were rejected and sent to Sabarmati jail.
AAP state president Gopal Italia, senior leader Isudan Gadhvi, state women cell president Gauri Desai, youth wing leader Nikhil Savani and two Delhi-based leaders, Pravin ram and Shiv Kumar, were among those sent to the Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad. Gadhvi was earlier accused by BJP women worker of harassment and eve teasing when he was in a drunken state after laying siege at the BJP Gujarat office in Gandhinagar.
AAP workers had created a ruckus at BJP office on Monday while protesting against alleged paper leak of head clerk recruitment exam. They had gheraoed the BJP office in Gandhinagar for protests. They were also chanting anti-BJP slogans. BJP workers also turned up in large numbers and the two groups clashed. Police had to use force to control the crowd.
BJP leader Shraddha Rajput had alleged that Isudan Gadhvi misbehaved with some BJP workers in a drunken state. She also said that the women workers of Aam Aadmi Party then assaulted them and hit them with sticks. Rajput further alleged that after the crowd dispersed, Gopal Italia and Isudan Gadhvi both misbehaved with her and she has filed a complaint regarding the same.
