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Study panel of Nepal home ministry says that China is trying to grab land by building fences, roads and buildings inside Nepal

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Study panel of Nepal home ministry says that China is trying to grab land by building fences, roads and buildings inside Nepal

A study panel of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Nepal has revealed that expansionist China is encroaching upon the territory of Nepal along the Nepal-China border in Humla district. The report claimed that the Chinese side put up wires and fencing in the Nepali land and also tried constructing a permanent canal 145 meters inside the Nepali territory to build a road. The structures were destroyed following the objection of Nepal’s Armed Police Force. The report has alerted the Nepal government that China is violating the 1963 Boundary Protocol between the two nations and steps to be taken to resolve the border dispute.

The report, submitted to Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand recently, identifies several problems near the Nepal-China border in Humla. In August, the Ministry of Home Affairs of Nepal had formed a six-member panel headed by Joint Secretary Jay Narayan Acharya to probe and report the land encroachment in Humla.

Jay Narayan Acharya has suggested in his report that the Nepal government should deploy a joint inspection group, inspection committee, and form an expert team to resolve the boundary issue with China. The panel was formed amid media reports in Nepal claiming Communist China is systematically grabbing the territory of this Himalayan nation in Humla district and has also erected new boundary pillars. The Nepal Democratic Youth Association and many other outfits also staged protests against land encroachment by China.

The Kathmandu Post, a leading newspaper of Nepal, reported that Jay Narayan Acharya pointed out problems from pillar numbers 4 to 13 in the report. The report has urged the government to include border issues in Nepal’s state policy for a long-lasting solution. “Such sensitive and bilateral matters related to the border need to be addressed through a permanent mechanism, but it is found that no such initiative has been taken,” the report states.

Exposing China, the report says that under the 1963 Boundary Protocol, the area from pillar number 5 (2) to the middle of the Kit Khola is marked as the boundary between the two countries and the territory belongs to Nepal. But the panel found the territory was illegally claimed by China where it put up fencing and constructed a tunnel.

There are as many as 10 border posts separating the border between Nepal and China in the Humla district and not a single post left which China has not either altered or tried to do. The panel is stated to have visited boundary pillars namely 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and gathered reports of other posts. The panel found the Chinese side having fenced and wired pillar 6 (1) which falls in the Nepali territory. It has been done to show its presence in the areas between pillar 6 (1) and pillar 5 (2). Again the pillar 7(2), on the Chinese side was missing. The Chinese side has erected fences towards pillar 10, which is 32 meters from Nepal-China common pillar 9(2). Nepali citizens are prevented from grazing their cattle in the areas between pillar 5 (2) and pillar 4.

The panel also visited Lapcha Bhanjyang with Pillar No. 12 where China has built as many as nine buildings in the village of Nepal. A local village council Vishnu Bahadur Lama had alarmed the government of Nepal about China grabbing a village in the country.

However, people and politicians of Nepal have been warning that China has a dangerous agenda to occupy the territory of Nepal. Last year Nepali Congress MP from Karnali Province, Jeevan Bahadur Shahi had led a team to investigate the encroachment of Nepal’s land in Humla. But the then Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli of the Nepal Communist Party was under influence of China. He remained busy in the anti-India campaign along with China instead of protecting the sovereignty of his nation. In his report, Jeevan Bahadur Shahi had accused China of encroaching on the territory of Nepal in Humla.

Nepal-China Friendship. Really? Image Source WION

He said that eight pillars on Humla’s northern border were damaged or altered, namely Pillars No 9, 10, 11, 12, 5 (1), 6 (1), 7 (1) and 8 (1), and 12 to grab a large chunk of Nepal’s land. Chinese security personnel had even pelted stones on personnel of the Armed Police Force of Nepal when they went to inspect Pillars 6(1) and 5(1).

Cruise ship drug case: Complaint filed after hotelier Kunal Jani spotted with Aryan Khan in a video, was arrested in a drug case earlier

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Cruise ship drug case: Complaint filed after hotelier Kunal Jani spotted with Aryan Khan in a video, was arrested in a drug case earlier

On October 24, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut shared a 12-second video from his Twitter handle and said that the witness in the Aryan Khan case was made to sign a blank paper by NCB. Based on an affidavit submitted by Sail, he said that there was a demand for huge money. He further added that CM Uddhav Thackeray claimed that these cases (Aryan Khan drug case) were made to defame Maharashtra. He urged the police to take Suo moto cognizance.

Tweet by Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut. Source: Twitter

However, contrary to the claim, there was no visual of anyone signing on blan k papers in the video. There were some papers on a table, but it is impossible to tell if there are signed blank papers.

In the video, KP Gosavi was seen recording audio of Aryan Khan. For a split second, another man was visible in the video that was identified by the netizens as hotelier Kunal Jani. Mohit Kamboj, ex-President BJYM Mumbai, shared a screenshot from the video in which Jani was seen wearing a black tracksuit. Kamboj said, “Sanjay Raut Ji, now don’t delete this video! Who is this guy in black! Which party – politicians – film stars – minister he is associated with! Nawab Malik (NCP Leader) need to answer this!”

He further requested NCB to make the mobile records of Jani public, including WhatsApp chats. He said, “Which Cabinet Minister is his Best Friend who goes to his Restaurant Regularly With Full Protocol! Which Film Stars he is Associated with!” He added in Hindi, “Mr Nawab should be informed!”

Legal Rights Observatory has filed a complaint at Malad Police station to file an FIR against Nawab Malik and unknown to “conspire, threaten and intimidate trial court judge and NCB’s Sameer Wakhende probing Drug Cartel and role of Aryan Khan in giving political shelter to Drug Mafia.”

Who is Kunal Jani?

Kunal Jani is a hotelier who was arrested by NCB in September 2021 in connection to a drug case where actor Arjun Rampal’s girlfriend’s brother Agisilaos Demetriades was also accused. Demetriades was accused of running a drug syndicate. He was arrested by Sameer Wankhede. His name first appeared in the case linked to actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials found a chat group of Jani and Rhea Chakraborty where drugs were being discussed. They had discussed drugs as doobies and buds.

Jani is the director of a Bandra-based restaurant. Interestingly  Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra and Ranjit Singh Bindra are partners in the restaurant. While Bindra is an accused in the Iqbal Mirchi case, Kundra is an accused in the porn racket case. Jani got out on bail on October 10.

The affidavit submitted by Sail

On Sunday, reports came out that Prabhakar Sail, an aide of KP Gosavi, was made to sign a blank panchnama by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Gosavi’s photo had gone viral after the NCB raid in which Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested. Gosavi was named as one of the witnesses in the case and currently absconding.

Sail has alleged in a written statement that he felt a threat to his life from Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director, NCB, after Gosavi went suspiciously missing. He alleged that he went on the said raid with Gosavi and was asked to sign blank papers as panchnama. He claimed to be unaware of the seizure. Wankhede, in reply to the allegations, said, “We will give a fitting reply.”

‘Don’t go check on their balla’: Wasim Akram gives advice to Pakistani players, tells them to maintain distance before match

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‘Don’t go check on their balla’: Wasim Akram gives advice to Pakistani players, tells them to maintain distance before match

Former Pakistani pacer Wasim Akram has advised cricketers from Pakistan to maintain their distance from the Indian cricketers ahead of the match between India and Pakistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup. He advised them to not be in awe of the Indians and told them to not ask for their bats.

Talking about the pressure on the players before the match, Wasim Akram said, “They (Indians) are used to bigger crowds and they are senior players. I suppose that makes a lot of difference, they have played IPL. But my one advise to Pakistan team would be, before the game, you shake hand with the opposition, hello-hi karo, but don’t go check their balla (bats).”

He continued, “Don’t be in awe of them. After the game, you can go sit in their godi (lap), or they can sit in your godi. But before the game, keep your distance. Say hello, do your salaam, and then focus on your game, be with your squad. That’s what I don’t want to see.”

Wasim Akram could have been referring to the time in 2016 when Virat Kohli had gifted Mohammed Amir his bat on the eve of the match between India and Pakistan in the 2016 T20 World Cup. Shahid Afridi and Amir had gone to greet Virat Kohli while the Indian batsman was practicing in the nets.

Pakistan Prime Minister’s aide accuses India and USA of conspiring to ‘sabotage’ the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project

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Pakistan Prime Minister’s aide accuses India and USA of conspiring to ‘sabotage’ the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project

Pakistan Prime Minister’s aide and special assistant of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) affairs, Khalid Mansoor has accused the United States of colluding with India to sabotage the CPEC project, according to a DAWN report. Mansoor claimed that the US authorities plotted to block the multi-billion dollar project and economic lifeline of Pakistan.

Mansoor said, “From the point of view of the emerging geo-strategic situation, one thing is clear: the United States supported by India is inimical to CPEC. It will not let it succeed. That’s where we have to take a position,” 

It is important to note that Islamabad happens to be the seventh-largest recipient of Chinese overseas development financing. Currently, 71 projects worth $27.3 billion are in progress under CPEC in Pakistan.

Western think tanks and commentators have said that CPEC is an economic trap bound to cause bloated public debt levels and increase Chinese influence in the domestic economy.

According to the Pakistan Prime Minister’s aide Mansoor, India and the United States are collaborating to “make attempts to manoeuvre Pakistan out of” the global infrastructure development plan BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) of the Chinese government. “There’s no way Pakistan will forgo any of its benefits. It has more than once burnt its fingers in (the Western) alliance in the past,” Mansoor said, further adding, “That’s the reason CPEC is seen suspiciously by both the United States and Europe… they view CEPC more as a move by China to expand its political, strategic and business influence,”

Mansoor also mentioned that he had a detailed discussion with the American embassy officials and that the United States is “taking stock of the economic and political consequences” of a withdrawal from the region might bring. He also revealed Islamabad’s plans of expanding the CPEC and including Taliban-led Afghanistan in the multibillion-dollar economic corridor.

Pakistan replaced Asim Saleem Bajwa with Khalid Mansoor recently as the new head of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Pakistan component of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. The move was perceived as an attempt by Pakistan to please China as Mansoor is thought to be a favourite of Beijing. Reports had suggested that the change of chief was due to Beijing’s displeasure at the progress of CPEC projects in the country.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is known as one of the most ambitious projects of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative. CPEC was announced with great fanfare in 2015 and looked upon as a ‘gamechanger’ for Pakistan’s economy. 

While the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a programme envisioned by Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, wherein infrastructure loans are given to poor countries. In the event of failure to repay back the loan, China takes permanent control of the host country’s resources. It focuses on building airports, roads, seaports in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Lalu Yadav snubs Congress after it announces it is no longer part of Mahagathbandhan, calls party’s Bihar incharge ‘low IQ’

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Lalu Yadav snubs Congress after it announces it is no longer part of Mahagathbandhan, calls party’s Bihar incharge ‘low IQ’

The former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday snubbed the Congress after Congress’ Bihar in-charge Bhakta Charan Das announced his party was no more part of RJD led grand alliance.

“What is Congress’ alliance? Would we have left everything to Congress for a loss? For losing of deposits?,” Lalu told the media in Delhi. He dismissed the Congress and called the party’s Bihar incharge Bhakta Charan Das a man of low IQ.

The Congress was annoyed after the RJD announced candidates for Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur assembly seats of Bihar assembly where the by-poll is scheduled on October 30. Congress alleged the RJD for breaching the canon of alliance and said that RJD even fielded the candidate for Kusheshwar Asthan – a seat which the Congress had contested in the 2020 assembly election under the seat-sharing pact. However, the Congress had lost this seat.

In the 2020 assembly poll Shashi Bhushan Hazari (JD-U) had defeated Ashoka Kumar of the Congress in Kusheshwar Asthan whereas Mewalal Choudhary (JD-U) had defeated RJD’s Divya Prakash from Tarapur. Both seats fell vacant following their death.

On Friday, Bhakat Charan Das announced the exit of the Congress from the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) stating that the party will contest both seats. He even went on to say that the Congress will contest all 40 parliamentary seats in Bihar in 2024 alone.

The daily brickbats between leaders of the Congress and RJD have charged up the political atmosphere of Bihar leading one to believe the grand alliance has finally collapsed and friends have turned into foes.

Former JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar who recently joined the Congress has reached Bihar along with Jignesh Mevani and Hardik Patel to campaign for the by-poll. Kanhaiya Kumar who held a press conference slammed the RJD and its senior party leader Dr Manoj Jha who had criticized Bhakta Charan Das. Kanhaiya Kumar sharply reacted that Manoj Jha should ask his master (Lalu Prasad) if he did not who was Bhakta Charan Das.

But the poll strategists of BJP and JD-U in Bihar are keenly watching the war of words. “I have a feeling that they (Congress RJD) are trying to make us believe that they are actually fighting,” said Sanjay Kumar Singh, a farmer and BJP worker from Kusheshwar Asthan. Political analysts believe it is deliberate pre-poll posturing to confuse voters and to divide especially the upper caste voters of the NDA.

“There is nothing straight in the politics of Bihar. Such bickering is often staged to confuse voters. The upper caste voters generally stay away from the RJD. There may be traditional NDA voters from the upper caste who may be disgruntled with the NDA. In such a situation the Congress will be an option for them,” said Patna-based political analyst Santosh Kumar Singh.  

‘We are Muslims, we took birth to destroy idols’: Video of Bangladeshi cleric calling for the destruction of idols goes viral

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‘We are Muslims, we took birth to destroy idols’: Video of Bangladeshi cleric calling for the destruction of idols goes viral

Amidst the ongoing violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh by radical Islamists, an undated video of a Muslim cleric calling for the destruction of idols has gone viral on social media.

The contentious video was shared on Twitter by a user named NilSunil (@trunills) on Saturday (October 22). The cleric, allegedly from Bangladesh, was heard as saying, “We are Muslims, we took birth to destroy idols and not build them. Cowards, I will not hang pictures or idols with these hands of mine. You must remember that I come from a community where the ideology of destroying idols runs in our blood. It is mixed in our skin.”

The video contained the watermark of an Islamist Youtube channel named ‘Tawhid Media’, which boasts of 1.54 lakh subscribers. From its Facebook page mentioned in the YouTube channel, it can be concluded it is based in Bangladesh.

OpIndia found multiple videos of the cleric, who is known as ‘Abdur Razzak Bin Yousuf’. On searching further with keywords such as ‘idols/murti (মুর্তি)’, we stumbled upon a video that was uploaded on June 6, 2016. The said video, which is about 7 minutes long, contained the snippet of the above clip at the very start. Therefore, it can be confirmed that the video is at least 5 years old.

(Video Courtesy: Youtube/ All Quaraner Path)

However, the content of the video is disturbing and gives us a glimpse of the vitriolic mindset of the radical Islamists who recently desecrated Hindu temples, killed ‘idol worshippers’ and vandalised their homes.

According to information available online, Abdur Razzak Bin Yousuf was born in northern Bangladesh, and he had obtained higher education in Islamic studies in India. He completed the Daura Hadith twice, first from Khanpur in Malda district of West Bengal and for the second time from Darul Uloom Munathbhanjan in Uttar Pradesh. At had worked as a headmaster in a Madrasa, and had appeared on Zakir Hussain’s Peace TV Bangla channel multiple times.

The Maulana known for his anti-Hindu keeps visiting India to give speeches. He had visited West Bengal in 2018 to address meetings at various places in Malda, Murshidabad, Howrah etc in the state.

Temples attacked, Hindu houses destroyed by radical Islamists in Bangladesh

The recent attacks (October 13- present) happened over the alleged incident of ‘sacrilege’ at a Puja Pandal. However,police found that the man who triggered communal violence against Hindus by placing Quran at the Durga Puja venue was Iqbal Hossain, a Muslim.The Hindu community had insisted vehemently that nobody among them had placed the Quran at the Puja Pandal and the incident has been a deliberate plan to attack the Hindu community.

For over five days, houses and temples of the Hindu community in Bangladesh have been under the attack of radical Islamists. It started on October 12 when multiple incidents of idol vandalism took place ahead of Puja. On Sunday, Islamic extremists vandalized the Durga idol of Sri Shamshaneshwar Shiva Vigraha Mandir in the Firingibazar area in Chittagong, Bangladesh. On October 14, it was reported that several other Puja pandals were vandalized.

Videos of broken idols, demolished pandals and Moorti of Maa Durga being thrown in a pond emerged on social media platforms along with other videos of attacks on Hindus. On October 16, the ISKCON temple was attacked by a 400-500 strong Muslim mob. On October 17 and October 18, the attacks continued, and houses of Hindus were vandalized. Many were reported injured, and some reported dead after the attacks. Again, a 200-year-old Jagannath temple in Noakhali was targeted the Hindu temple by Islamists before offering Jumma Namaz on Friday (October 22).

Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra celebrates supporter calling PM Modi ‘b*@#***d’, a woman-centric abuse

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Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra celebrates supporter calling PM Modi ‘b*@#***d’, a woman-centric abuse

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Sunday celebrated the fact that one of her supporters had abused Prime Minister Narendra Modi in vile language while she was campaigning for the Shantipur by-election.

Mahua Moitra said that an old man, halfway through his bath, rushed out to meet her and said, “LPG hazaar taka- ei b@#**d Modi ke hatao!” It roughly translates to, “LPG gas costs 1000 rupees, get rid of b@#**d Modi”.

Source: Mahua Moitra/Twitter

While the Trinamool MP did not explicitly state what the abuse was, one can clearly decipher that it is a woman-centric abuse related to sisters.

Mahua Moitra thought the abuse was “priceless” and considered it as evidence that BJP’s days in power were numbered. The comment attracted the condemnation of people from social media.

Others said that if such words were used by a BJP leader, then the entire opposition and media would have caused an uproar.

This is not the first time that the Trinamool MP has crossed the line with regards to people she disagrees with.

During a previous debate with Arnab Goswami, she had showed the Republic TV Editor-in-Chief the middle finger. On another occasion, she was accused of assaulting a constable at the Silchar Airport in Assam.

Her antics on Twitter have earned her great notoriety as well. She had once called Brahmins ‘chotiwala rakshasas’.

Ahead of India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match, app Careem makes ‘fantastic tea’ jibe in reference to Balakot air strikes

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Ahead of India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match, app Careem makes ‘fantastic tea’ jibe in reference to Balakot air strikes

A day before the high stakes India vs Pakistan ICC T20 World Cup 2021 match, Careem Pakistan made the ‘fantastic tea’ jibe on Zomato’s ‘burger and pizze’ joke.

On Saturday, Zomato tweeted to Pakistan Cricket Board that the food delivery app based from India is just a DM away if they want to order ‘burger and pizze’.

The ‘burger and pizze’ was with reference to the viral clip of Pakistani cricket fan who was extremely disappointed over Pakistan’s loss to India during the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Describing how out of shape the Pakistani players were in the match against India, the fan went on to express his anger that the Pakistani cricket team was busy eating pizza and burger instead of focusing on game.

This tweet by Zomato triggered a lot of Pakistanis, who didn’t really want to lose before actually losing the match tonight.

Amongst others, Dubai-based app Careem, which also operates out of Pakistan, took to Twitter to respond with the ‘fantastic tea’ jibe.

Careem said that they are delivering free burgers and pizza to the Pakistan Cricket Board long with some ‘fantastic tea’ for Zomato, or rather Indians.

‘Fantastic tea’ is reference to the statement given by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthman while in Pakistan captivity following the Balakot Air Strikes. Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, in an encounter with the intruding Pakistan fighter jets, had shot down a Pakistan F-16 jet with a missile fired from his MiG-21 Bison in aerial takedown aftermath of India’s non-military airstrikes on terror sites in Balakot, Pakistan.

On 27th February, Abhinandan flew a MiG-21 after an intrusion by Pakistan. In the dogfight that ensued, he crossed into Pakistan air space. While his aircraft was hit by a missile, he ejected safely but in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, about 7 kms away from Line of Control. He was taken into custody by Pakistan’s armed forces and images of him being beaten up badly had also been shared on social media. In one of the videos, which was clearly recorded after he was tortured, he said that the ‘tea’ served to him by Pakistani officers was ‘fantastic’.

The non-military airstrikes on terror camps in Pakistan were done following the February 14, 2019 terror attack in Pulwama by suicide bomber Adil Ahmed Dhar which killed 40 CRPF soldiers.

Pakistan has time and again resorted to mocking the Balakot airstrikes and their perverse obsession with Wing Commander Abhinandan.

Their unhealthy obsession with Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman can also be seen through the responses given by Pakistanis to Zomato as well.

Which is why it didn’t come as too much of a surprise when PM Modi gave ‘abhinandan’ (congratulations) to Indians after winning 2019 elections, Pakistanis went crazy and thought it was about Wing Commander Abhinandan instead.

Assam: Muslim man arrested for marrying and looting Hindu woman using fake Hindu identity, police call it a case of Love Jihad

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Assam: Muslim man arrested for marrying and looting Hindu woman using fake Hindu identity, police call it a case of Love Jihad

A Muslim man has been arrested in the Hojai district of Assam for marrying a woman by faking his identity pretending to be a Hindu. The man named Jasimuddin from Nakhuti in Hojai district had met a Hindu woman in Tamil Nadu who is from Simen Chapari in Dhemaji district in Assam, where he had introduced himself as a Hindu and married her in a temple. Both were working in Tamil Nadu where they had met each other.

According to reports, after staying with the woman for some time, Jasimuddin robbed the woman of her money and jewellery and fled to his home in Hojai District of Assam. After he went missing with her money and jewellery, the woman also returned to Assam and filed a case against him with the police.

The woman took the help of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and filed the written complaint to the Hojai SP against the man. Reportedly the woman visited Doboka, Assam where she learned the details about her husband, including his real identity. The Viswa Hindu Parishad unit of the Hojai district also helped the woman in the case.

The woman informed that the man had concealed his real religious identity and posed as a Hindu when marrying her. She also accused the man of mental and physical torture, including forcefully aborting their unborn child.

After the case was registered against the man at the Lumding Police Station, a police team led by the Hojai Superintendent of Police, Barun Purkayastha, arrested the man on Wednesday night and presented him before a court on Thursday.

The officer-in-charge at the Lumding police station stated that it was a case of Love Jihad and said, “It is a case of ‘love jihad’ as a man of one faith pretended to be of another to marry the woman”. He also said that further investigation was underway.

Earlier this month, a similar case was reported in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district where FIR was filed by the police against Kareem (32) who posed as Karan Jadhav to lure a Hindu woman. The victim was a 22-year-old woman in her second year of graduation from a college in Pansemal town. Kareem had lured the woman and took her to Indore where he sexually assaulted the victim for 11 days.

Pro AAP blogger fondly recalls old India where his friend used to cover photos of Hindu Gods for him to offer Namaz, gets slammed

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Pro AAP blogger fondly recalls old India where his friend used to cover photos of Hindu Gods for him to offer Namaz, gets slammed

On Saturday (October 23), pro-AAP blogger Rifat Jawaid courted controversy after he claimed that his Hindu friend used to cover up the image of deities in a display of ‘secularism’. Jawaid is also the founder of the propaganda website, Janta ka Reporter.

In a tweet, Jawid wrote, “As (a) university student in Kolkata, I often studied with my friend Rajesh at his house in Bara Bazar. His grandfather was (an) RSS worker.” He then went on to claim that his Hindu friend would conceal the imagery of Hindu deities to accommodate his Muslim Faith. Jawaid lamented that the ‘new India’ under the Modi government has become such that no Hindu is willing to act like his apologetic friend.

Screengrab of the tweet by Rifat Jawaid

The pro-AAP blogger alleged, “But they always encouraged me to offer my namaz at their place by even covering photos of their deities. This new India is beyond recognition.” Rifat Jawaid was miffed at the fact that in ‘new India’, there are no ‘self-loathing’ Hindu men who are going to disrespect their own Faith, resort to appeasement in a bid to accommodate the Namaz of a Muslim friend.

Netizens quick blogger, ask whether he reciprocated the same behaviour

While the ‘Janta ka Reporter’ founder projected the alleged behaviour of his friend Rajesh as an example of ‘tolerance and secularism’, netizens were quick to teach him a lesson. Popular Twitter user (@BefittingFacts) asked, “Why he covered photos of deities? Were you uncomfortable?”

Another Twitter user pointed, “You allowing them to cover Murtis shows how intolerant you are towards Murti pujas.”

Another user asked, “Will you allow the same Rajesh to recite Hanuman Chalisa in your house?”

“Why would anyone cover their deities ?? And you being ‘secular’ did you invite Rajesh to offer Navratri Pooja at your home ??” asked another curious Twitter user.

Rifat Jawaid had earlier targeted Naseeruddin Shah for condemning celebration of Taliban

Earlier Rifat Jawaid had slammed Naseeruddin Shah for condemning some Indian Muslims for celebrating the victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The pro-AAP blogger had advised the actor to stick to his films and steer clear of topics he did not know. Calling Naseeruddin Shah a “non-practising” Muslim, Jawaid attacked the veteran actor for demanding religious reforms in Islam. “I wish he had first practised Islam before coming up with this appalling suggestion,” Rifat Jawaid said in his Twitter post.

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