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Punjab Christian missionaries menace: Concerns raised over how Dalit Sikhs are lured to Christianity and their lack of representation in Sikh body

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Punjab Christian missionaries menace: Concerns raised over how Dalit Sikhs are lured to Christianity and their lack of representation in Sikh body

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on the 101st anniversary of the restoration of Dalit Sikhs’ rights held on Tuesday attacked the Christian missionaries for running a ‘forced conversions campaign’ in the border areas of Punjab. 

Singh who is the head priest of the Sikh community’s highest temporal seat said, “Christian missionaries have been running a campaign in the border belt for forced conversions over the past few years. Innocent people are being cheated or lured to convert. We have received many such reports.” 

‘Dalit Sikhs are discriminated against’

Reacting to the Jathedar’s statement on forced religious conversions, Dr Kashmir Singh who heads the Dalits and Minorities Organisation Punjab, gave several reasons explaining what makes the Dalit Sikhs susceptible for conversions. 

“There are many reasons behind such conversions. One reason is the discrimination that Dalits face in villages. There is also illiteracy and poverty among Dalits, which make them easy targets. They are told that conversion would help them settle in foreign countries,” he said. 

‘We need SGPC preachers from the Dalit community’

Kashmir Singh opined that to counter the menace of missionaries in the Dalit Sikh community, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) should include the Dalit community. 

“The missionaries approach Dalits at their homes to convince them. There is no such effort from the SGPC. We need SGPC preachers from the Dalit community, and more Dalit representation in the SGPC and its institutions to stop such conversions,” added the head of Dalits and Minorities Organisation. 

He further urged the SGPC to appoint Dalit Sikhs in key positions in SGPC. He said, “Strict orders to be issued from Akal Takht against any discrimination. They (Dalit Sikhs) should also receive free education in all educational and professional institutions under the SGPC.”

Jathedar urges people to support SGPC in new campaign 

Giani Harpreet Singh who hails from the Dalit Sikh community urged people to support SGPC in its ‘Ghar Ghar Andar Dharamsaal’ campaign launched to counter Christian missionaries. 

“Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee has started a campaign ‘Ghar Ghar Andar Dharamshal’ to counter forced conversions, which is a dangerous attack on the Sikh religion,” he added. 

‘Forced conversion cannot be justified’

The Jathedar further asserted the need for strengthening SGPC’s campaign in which Sikh preachers have been visiting villages to distribute literature on Sikhism. 

“Religion is a matter of spirituality. Forced conversion or luring someone can never be justified….SGPC campaign should be run all over India. Right now, we have been focusing on the areas that are more affected,” the Jathedar assured.

Anniversary of the restoration of Dalit Sikhs’ right

It is only on October 12, 1920, that the Dalit Sikhs’ were given uninterrupted entry and offering of ‘Karah Prasad’ at Golden Temple and Akal Takht. That event is believed to have played a key role in the formation of the SGPC.

The 101st anniversary of the event was observed on Tuesday. 

From Hindutva to the intention behind maligning Veer Savarkar and use of the word ‘minority’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at book launch

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From Hindutva to the intention behind maligning Veer Savarkar and use of the word ‘minority’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at book launch

Speaking at the launch of the book “Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition” written by Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said that there was a deliberate attempt to malign Veer Savarkar and the target was not actually the freedom fighter but nationalism itself.

He further said that given the situation at the time, Veer Savarkar had thought it necessary to expound on the subject of Hindutva. Further talking about the campaign to defame Veer Savarkar, he said that after him, the vested interests would start defaming Swami Vivekananda, Swami Dayanand Saraswati and Yogi Arvind since it was these tall thinkers that Veer Savarkar got his inspiration from.

“He didn’t hate Muslims, he knew Urdu too. There are many thoughts in a democracy. Those who do not know the generosity of Savarkar’s ideas, they defame there. Savarkar had given a statement that Gandhiji is needed by the country. Gandhiji should work keeping his health in good health, because he is needed. Ambedkar and Gandhiji have been appreciated by all, but petty people have made frivolous things and condemnation about Savarkar”, said Bhagwat.

Talking about Hindutva, RSS chief said that in the current political scenario in the country, the thoughts of the flagbearer of Hindutva are much needed.

He said that all the people living in India have the same ancestors and therefore, all those living in India are Hindus.

The Sangh chief said all the religions that came to India were welcomed. “So don’t talk of separation, don’t talk of special rights.”

According to an India TV News report, objecting to the use of the word minority, Mohan Bhagwat said that there is no such thing as a minority. “We are one, we are the inheritors of the same culture, in spite of different rituals and languages. No appeasement, and welfare of all. Everyone has rights, so also duties,” he said.

He further said that it had become a fashion to differentiate between the Hindutva of Veer Savarkar and the Hindutva of Swami Vivekananda. “Hindutva is one and will remain so”, he said.

On the occasion, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was also present. Singh said that “people are not able to understand” Savarkar because a lot has been said by many people with different ideology.

“This book is written after so much hard work and research. I congratulate the authors for it. Reading about nationalist Veer Savarkar is not easy. He has done so much that it’s difficult to put that into just one book. This book will clear out rumours about the life of Savarkar. A lot has been written on Savarkar by those who have a certain ideology. Hence people are not able to understand him,” Rajnath Singh said.

“You may have a difference of opinion about our heroes but to have one perspective about them is not right. Savarkar was a great freedom fighter. Ignoring him and insulting him is not pardonable. He will always be a great freedom fighter. Some people who have certain ideologies raise questions on Savarkar. Twice he was sent to lifetime imprisonment by the British. He used to believe in discussion,” he added.

After banning Chhat puja, Manish Sisodia does drama, writes to Modi govt to ‘issue guidelines’

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After banning Chhat puja, Manish Sisodia does drama, writes to Modi govt to ‘issue guidelines’

Following the Delhi Disaster Management Authority’s (DDMA) prohibition on Chhath Puja celebrations on riverbanks, water bodies, and other public areas across the city, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodiya has written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday, September 12 to issue guidelines for the upcoming festival.

In a letter to the Union Health Minister, Sisodia wrote: “You are aware that for the last 18 months, Delhi, as well as the entire nation, has faced the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic in an unprecedented manner. Last year also, in view of the threat of the Covid-19 epidemic, decisions were taken to celebrate the Chhath festival throughout the country as per the instructions of the Government of India.”

“I request that the Government of India, in cooperation with health professionals and other concerned parties, publish recommendations for the celebration of the Chhath festival this year as well, so that all North Indian devotees can be safe,” he added.

Meanwhile, Delhi BJP has in a Tweet asserted that the Chhath Puja will be celebrated in a grand manner following all COVID protocols and the municipal corporations will make proper arrangements for it.

Pertinently, much like last year, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) in its recent order had prohibited the celebration of Chhath at public places including riverbanks and temples.

The decision to put a ban on the celebration of Chhath, a hugely popular festival especially amongst Bhojpuri and Biharis, garnered a lot of criticism for the Kejriwal government.

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari slams Delhi govt’s hypocricy, says complete ban on Chhath ‘unacceptable’

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari launched a protest on Tuesday to challenge the Kejriwal government’s arbitrary decision to ban Chhath Puja celebrations in the city. Tiwari urged Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to allow devotees to celebrate Chhath Puja while adhering to COVID-19 norms, saying that a complete ban would be unacceptable.

Tiwari slammed the Kejriwal administration, accusing it of allowing markets, public transportation, and even alcohol stores to open in the city while applying a ban on the festival. He said the Chhath ban was an “insult” to Purvanchali pride.

While Kejriwal had justified his govt’s decision saying that it had prohibited Chhath at public places to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and for the safety of people, the Bhojpuri actor turned politician took a dig at the Delhi government’s double standards. He said that it was paradoxical that the Kejriwal government reopened swimming pools, where people spend hours in the water, but prohibited Chhath, where devotees only spend a few hours that too only in knee-deep water.

However, according to reports, the BJP leader was injured while protesting in front of Arvind Kejriwal’s house and has to be rushed to the emergency wing of Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.

It becomes imperative to note here that the Delhi Government has also banned effigy burning during Dussehra, which is part of its larger ban on firecrackers. Earlier in September, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced a complete ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers.

The Caravan’s Vinod K Jose nominated for Press Council of India, Netizens outrage: Details

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The Caravan’s Vinod K Jose nominated for Press Council of India, Netizens outrage: Details

Social media users on Tuesday expressed their displeasure over the nominations for the reconstituted Press Council of India. Among various names nominated to PCI, Executive Editor of The Caravan, Vinod K Jose was one of them. Vinod K Jose has long been furthering narratives that go against the Modi government and on occasion, even against Hindus of the nation. His magazine The Caravan has regularly peddled falsehoods and spreads anti-Hindu propaganda.

The central government has recently reconstituted the Press Council of India for a three-year term. A gazette notification dated October 7, 2021, was issued notifying the nominations of twenty-two members to the 14th term of the Press Council of India.

The central government has confirmed to OpIndia that it is not the govt that nominates members to the Press Council of India. A govt source, clarifying its stance, said, “The entire process, from seeking nominations to selecting them, is done by PCI which is a quasi judicial body functionally independent of Government of India. To impute that Government of India has nominated any member to PCI is a fallacy and totally unwarranted.”

Netizens question The Caravan’s Vinod Jose’s nomination to the PCI

Vinod K Jose was one among the six persons appointed under ‘Editors’. However, his nomination sparked outrage as netizens questioned the government for his appointment. The government later clarified to OpIndia that it does not nominate members to PCI.

Former civil services officer Sanjay Dixit termed Vinod’s inclusion in the Press Club of India as appeasement of the enemy of the nation. 

One of the users tagged cabinet minister Anurag Thakur and asked why a rabid Hindu hater, anti-BJP and anti-Modi journalist Vinod Jose has been given a place on the Press Council of India. 

Another Twitter user reacted to the situation with a laconic response, saying #StopAppeasementPolitics.

A Twitter user surprised by the inclusion of Vinod K Jose in the Press Council said such infiltration within the BJP is terrible. 

Yet another Twitter user said instead of clamping down on anti national activities of The Caravan, the government was rewarding their journalists by nominating them to the PCI.

Centre reconstitutes 22-member council for the 14th term of PCI

Besides Jose, others appointed are Ankur Dua, Dr Baldev Raj Gupta, Dr Khaidem Athouba Meitei, Dr Suman Gupta and Prakash Dubey under ‘Editors’.

Gurinder Singh and LC Bharatiya are named under ‘Owners or Managers of medium newspapers’. Those included under ‘Owners or Managers of small newspapers’ include Aarti Tripathi and Shyam Singh Panwar. In addition, there are 12 other people nominated to the 14th term of Press Council of India.

Caravan and Vinod K Jose’s history of falsehoods, anti-Modi agenda and Hindu-hate

The Pulwama terror attack was a dastardly attack sponsored and orchestrated by Pakistan that claimed the lives of several Indian soldiers. The country mourned in unison. The country demanded vengeance against a terror state that painted the lanes of Pulwama with the blood of our soldiers.

While a nation rallied behind the armed forces, Caravan was busy counting caste.

In a morbid report by Ajaz Ashraf of The Caravan, he had conducted a ‘caste analysis’ of our martyred soldiers. In his report, the author mentioned calling the families of the deceased to inquire about their caste.

The Caravan’s Hinduphobia is such, that they did not even spare the martyred soldiers who were brutally murdered by Pakistan.

While their Hindu hate is rampant, they hate the government that came to power due to Hindu consolidation as well. The Caravan has conducted several shoddy hit jobs on Amit Shah, PM Modi, NSA Doval and his son. There have been several lies peddled and shameless propaganda furthered by the magazine.

In February 2021, Twitter India had withheld the account of far-left outlet The Caravan in the country in response to a legal demand. An FIR was registered against the media outlet and its journalists for spreading fake news about the death of a protester on Republic Day, where Khalistanis and so-called farmers had gone on a rampage.

The Caravan had spread the fake news claiming that “An eyewitness told The Caravan that he saw the police firing from behind the grills of the Andhra Education Society.” In reality, the protester had died after his tractor overturned.

Spreading fake news at such a sensitive moment that had the potential to incite violence led the police to file FIRs against journalists associated with the media portal. Furthermore, on Saturday night, Mandeep Punia, associated with the media portal was detained by Delhi Police after he misbehaved with them.

Vinod K Jose himself, who is the Executive Editor Caravan Magazine had peddled the lie that the Delhi anti-Hindu riots were actually an organised carnage of the Muslims in India. Like most Leftists, Vinod Jose had failed to acknowledge that the violence by Muslim mobs against Hindus had started far before the Delhi riots and also, during the Delhi riots, which were planned by Muslims and Leftists, Muslim mobs had run rampage against Hindus.

In fact, the Chargesheets filed in the Delhi anti-Hindu riots make it amply clear that the Riots were a pre-planned conspiracy to bring the Modi-government down. The media played a vital role in the nefarious plans by peddling fake news and false narratives to show India in bad light and further the lie that Indian Muslims were being targeted, when in reality, it was the Muslims who had targeted the Hindus. Vinod K Jose was an active part of spreading this canard.

He had further tried to shield the Tablighi Jamaat when they were defecating and deliberately trying to spread the Coronavirus during the beginning of the pandemic.

After emerging as a ‘superspreader’ of the Wuhan Coronavirus, the conduct of the members of the Tablighi Jamaat did not improve. While they were being transported from Nizamuddin for their treatment, they spat on roads during the bus ride. After being shifted to quarantine facilities in Delhi, they engaged in unruly behaviour with the staff and doctors. The occupants made unreasonable demands for food, misbehaved and abused staff members and spat all over and on persons working/attending to them, including doctors. They also started roaming around the hostel building.

Then, it was reported that some of them were found roaming naked at the MMG Hospital in Ghaziabad and making lewd gestures at the hospital staff. They sang obscene songs and asked for beedi-cigarettes from the staff at the hospital. The nurses had also written a letter to the Police regarding the matter and later, the UP Government had decided that female members of the healthcare community and the Police will not be attending to the members of the Tablighi Jamaat.

Members of the Tablighi Jamaat misbehaved with healthcare staff at Kanpur as well. They refused to cooperate with the nurses, doctor and hospital staff saying that there wasn’t any disease such as the Wuhan Coronavirus. They also spat on them. “We had 22 people for two days who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Markaz, Nizamuddin in Delhi. Our team of doctors, staff and nurses were taking care of them in rotation. However, the patients behaved rudely with the medical team, they misbehaved, spit here and there and also used to huddle up together in the hall despite being repeatedly told not to do so,” Dr Arati Dave Lalchandani, the Principal and Dean of the GSVM Medical College, said.

There were several other incidents as such, however, Jose deemed it fit term genuine concern regarding the spread of the virus as “Islamophobia”. While the article itself was written by another Hinduphobe, the fact that Jose is the Executive Editor and had shared the article proudly, only points to his ‘liberal’ credentials.

Update: This report has been updated with the government’s response.

Watch: Video of street play based on the theme of Muslim man murdering a Hindu woman after his deceit fails to work goes viral

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Watch: Video of street play based on the theme of Muslim man murdering a Hindu woman after his deceit fails to work goes viral

On October 12, a video of a street play based on the theme of a romantic relationship by deceitful means went viral on social media. The video was shared by Sudarshan News on Twitter. In the video, a girl approaches a boy to click a selfie. The boy proposes to her before getting the selfie clicked, and the girl agrees. While the girl was trying to click the photograph, the boy took out his skullcap and wore it.

The moment the girl noticed the skullcap, she shrugged him away. The boy slapped her, and when the girl tried to retaliate, he threw her on the floor and strangulated her. A girl in the background was holding a placard on which it was written “Love Jihad” with an “X” mark in front of it depicting that Hindus should rise against it.

Many users appreciated the concept and said that such theme-based events should spread information about Love Jihad.

Shivaji Kranti, a Twitter user, said, “Garba and Dandiya are a sacred part of the ancient tradition of Hindu Culture. The coming generation should carry it forward without changing its concept. Such presentations will help in preventing our daughters from becoming victims of Jihad.”

Another Twitter user, Rajendra Shukla, wrote, “Stop Love Jihad. I strongly support the theme.”

While the ‘liberal’ ecosystem wants to dismiss Grooming Jihad (Love Jihad) as a figment of imagination conjured up to further ‘Islamophobia’, the literature on the phenomenon is too profound enough to simply dismiss it as a mere conspiracy theory aimed to target Muslims.

In April 2021, a case of Love Jihad was reported from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. A complaint was filed by a woman, who alleged that her 25-year old husband had kept his real identity hidden for two years since marriage and pretended to be Arman Kohli when he was actually Afzal. The woman alleged that her husband revealed his real identity only after their daughter was born. More recently, in May 2021, another case of Love Jihad came to light when a man named Abid posed as ‘Inspector Aditya’ and blackmailed a Hindu woman to marry him. After marrying the woman, he forcibly converted his wife to Islam. 

And these are just two cases that have been reported in the last few days. There have been hundreds of cases that have been registered across the country. Hindu women are not the only victims of Grooming Jihad. Even Christian women have been targeted by the offenders. Back in 2020, it was widely reported that Hindu and Christian girls were going missing from Kerala. It was later revealed that these girls were specifically targeted and converted, married to Muslims, and brainwashed to join ISIS. In addition to this, Kerala MLA PC George recently admitted that at least 12 Hindu and 35 Christian girls had been victims of Love Jihad in the state. 

The preponderance of Love Jihad cases has forced state governments to enact a law to curb the menace. Several state governments such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have already notified a law criminalising Love Jihad. There are also several cases where Muslim men pretend to be Hindus to trap women and then later pressurise them to convert to Islam or murder them when their real identity is revealed.

The India where SRK is hated for being a Muslim exists, right in the mind and hearts of ‘Liberals’ and Islamists

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The India where SRK is hated for being a Muslim exists, right in the mind and hearts of ‘Liberals’ and Islamists

Earlier this month, the Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) raided a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast and arrested along with other people Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in connection with drug seizure. Soon after Aryan was arrested, ‘Liberals’ and Islamists fell over themselves to give a communal flair to a routine procedure by the narcotics watchdog and judiciary, alleging that Aryan was arrested because of his Muslim identity.

Leftist propaganda of using SRK’s religious identity to attack the Centre

Several left-leaning ‘Liberals’ and Islamists bemoaned that SRK’s son was arrested and denied bail because he is a Muslim and because his father had made an unremarkable, vague comment a few years back on the alleged ‘rising tolerance’ in the country. They alleged that SRK is paying the price for ‘being a Muslim in India’ and for his impertinence of ‘speaking against the central government’.

The entire cacophony surrounding Aryan Khan being arrested and kept in prison because of his religion is to malign the country—to prove that hatred against Muslims in India is so prominent that even eminent personalities are not spared. This narrative jibes perfectly well with the hackneyed liberal propaganda of portraying the Modi government as the enemy of the Muslims.

Ever since Gujarat riots broke out in February 2002 in the wake of the heart-wrenching Godhra train burning, Narendra Modi, then Gujarat CM, had been the object of ire of the liberal firmament. He is constantly vilified as someone who harbours visceral hatred for Muslims. Since he became the Prime Minister in 2014, the animosity liberals have against PM Modi has only intensified. They have routinely hurled unsubstantiated allegations against PM Modi and his government.

The recent attempt to link Shah Rukh Khan’s Muslim identity with the routine judicial process against Aryan Khan is another such effort by liberals to show that India is jaundiced against its Muslim population, however ironic it may sound. SRK rose to fame and has become a superstar in the same country.

This is quintessential ‘McCarthyism’ that the Indian liberals and Islamists are masters at, where they project their own guilts and shortcomings onto their opponents to hide their own vices.

The ‘McCarthyism’ of liberals in projecting their guilts and follies onto others

The liberals and Islamists, across the globe, revel in pigeonholing and segregating people into narrow ethnonational groups and identities because their blinkered minds cannot imagine a world where this classification is not central.

Since their own narrow outlook confines them to identify people based on their race, colour, religion, caste, etc., and accordingly declare them as privileged or oppressed, they believe that same is done by others around them as well, including ordinary Indians, rather Hindus, who they think is entirely obsessed with identifying Shah Rukh as a ‘Muslim superstar’.

Instead, it is the liberals and Islamists themselves who have invoked SRK’s religion to insinuate that action taken against his son Aryan Khan is religiously motivated. For liberals, Shah Rukh Khan as well as other Muslims are just dispensable commodities, who could be expended to further their propaganda of defaming the central government.

Hindus have never viewed Shah Rukh Khan or for that matter any other Bollywood actor, sportsperson, distinguished individuals, etc. from the prism of religion. Shah Rukh Khan is a superstar and his unmatched popularity, earning millions over the years in a Hindu-majority country is a testament to the fact that Hindus have never identified the actor by his religion.

The actor has played the role of a Hindu in most of his movies. For Hindus, SRK’s religion is a personal matter and not a factor that influences in any way their love and admiration for him.

Liberals actually hate SRK for not hating Modi enough

Similarly, SRK is quite popular among BJP supporters as well. Neither has the actor ever lashed out against the BJP and RSS—something which the liberals probably secretly hate him for and perhaps wish him the worst. However, the important thing to note here is that it is the liberals who associate him with his religious identity and think, as a Muslim, he does not hate the BJP or Modi enough.

SRK had once spoken about the rising intolerance in the country. During an interview in 2015, after much prodding from Barkha Dutt, Shah Rukh succinctly spoke on religious intolerance, saying that it would lead the country to dark ages. His statements had caused an outrage momentarily, and since then the actor had decided to not speak up on matters that are nothing but propaganda. Actually, he has avoided making overt political statements.

SRK’s dignified silence on a host of issues since the intolerance imbroglio rattled the Liberals and Islamists beyond measure. They were angry with SRK and Bollywood for not weighing in on the Muslim victimhood narrative that they had so carefully crafted. Moreover, Khan was also seen taking selfies with PM Modi. In 2002, Khan also brought to life a poem titled “Kya Khoya Kya Paya” by India’s one of the most prolific wordsmiths and then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. 

It is the liberals who actually hate Shah Rukh Khan for not being venomously critical of the Modi government, for not being someone like Anurag Kashyap who does not mind disregarding logic and rationality in his criticism of the BJP. And they are projecting their hate on others so that they could present a misleading notion of institutional prejudice against Muslims.

Islamists hate SRK for celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi

In addition to liberals, the Islamists also hate Shah Rukh Khan for not being an “ideal” Muslim. Recently, SRK had shared a picture of a Ganesha idol installed at his home during Ganesh Chaturthi. The move rattled Islamists on Twitter, including the verified ones, who descended upon the actor’s timeline to acquaint him with the teachings of Islam.

The actor celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi at home every year and gets hatred from Islamists for not being ‘Muslim enough’.

Many called him ‘Shirk’ and ‘Kafir’ and many fundamentalists believe that kafirs and ‘non-believers’ deserve to be punished with death. Murtad is apostasy and apostasy is also to be punished with death, as per the Holy Quran, they argued. Several others decried the actor and asked him to convert alleging that idol worshipping is a sin in Islam.

This is not the first time that Shah Rukh Khan has been attacked by Islamists for celebrating a Hindu festival. This was the fourth year in a row that the Islamists have slammed the actor for going against the Islamic principles that call for the prohibition of idolatry and ordains punishment for celebrating festivals of other religions.

In order to hide this unbridled hatred for SRK, the ‘toilet cleaners’ of ISIS must float an imaginary theory where the actor is hated for his identity, not by the Islamists, but by the Hindus. The recent attempt to perpetuate the Muslim victimhood narrative in connection with the judicial action against Aryan Khan is an effort in that direction.

The idea that India hates SRK for being a Muslim is a figment of the ‘Liberal’ imagination, something that they desperately want others to believe so that they can mask their own abhorrence for SRK for not subscribing to their views about PM Modi and his government and indulging in celebrations of Hindu festivals.

West Bengal Congress president questions Mamata Banerjee’s ‘stoic silence’ on arrest of her ‘brother’ Shah Rukh Khan’s son

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West Bengal Congress president questions Mamata Banerjee’s ‘stoic silence’ on arrest of her ‘brother’ Shah Rukh Khan’s son

Days after Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau(NCB) after a raid on a Goa-bound cruise ship, the West Bengal Congress has hit out at Mamata Banerjee questioning her ‘stoic silence’ on the arrest of her ‘brother’s’ son. Shah Rukh Khan is not only the brand ambassador of West Bengal but was also referred to by Banerjee as her ‘brother’ on several occasions.

Congress take a dig at Mamata Banerjee for her silence on arrest of Aryan Khan

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that the West Bengal CM, who was normally quite vociferous on all issues, was keeping quiet in a desperate attempt to placate her ‘BJP cronies’.

Chowdhury said, “Our Chief Minister speaks on every topic, but she has maintained a stoic silence on the issue of the arrest of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. Shah Rukh Khan is the brand ambassador of West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee calls him her brother. Then why is she silent on the issue? It seems she is desperate to please her friends in the BJP.”

The Congress leader claimed that a conspiracy had been hatched to “defame” Shah Rukh Khan and his family as he did not bow before the BJP.

Notebly, the Congress leader had also posted a series of Tweets opined that such a severe punishment for a venial offence should not be given to ‘teenage’ khan.

Just to get the facts straight, Aryan Khan is 23 years old.

Likewise, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik had also alleged that the raid on a luxury cruise liner was fake and was done to target Shah Rukh Khan. The NCB had, however, hit out at the NCP leader saying that his allegations seemed to be motivated by prejudice and malice.

Delhi: Pakistani terrorist Ashraf Ali arrested with AK47, ammunition, and fake Indian ID cards, was living as ‘peer baba’

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Delhi: Pakistani terrorist Ashraf Ali arrested with AK47, ammunition, and fake Indian ID cards, was living as ‘peer baba’

The Delhi police have foiled plans of a major terror attack in the National Capital amidst the festival of Navaratri. In a major development, the cops have arrested a Pakistani terrorist who lived as a ‘peer baba’ by the name of Ashraf Ali from the Laxmi Nagar area in New Delhi.

As per reports, the police have recovered assault rifles such as AK47, and other arms and ammunition from the terrorist. The operation is being monitored by Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana. Ashraf Ali hails from the Punjab province of Pakistan and was living in Delhi under a fake Indian ID.

The Pakistani terrorist, born to one Umardeen, had been living in India under the alias of Ali Ahmed Noori at Shastri Nagar in Delhi. He was found in possession of forged documents and Indian identity cards, besides AK47, arms and ammunition.

As per reports, he wanted to carry out terror activities in the national capital during the festive season.

He had been living in India since over a decade. He had lived in Ajmer, Delhi, Jammu and Ghaziabad amongst other places.

He has now been sent to a 14-day police custody by Delhi court.

Delhi Police busts multi-state Pakistan-sponsored terror module

In September this year, the Delhi police had busted a multi-state Pakistan-organised terror module and arrested 6 terrorists, 2 of whom had received training in Pakistan. The terror module was reportedly linked to dreaded gangster Dawood Ibrahim, who is accused of carrying out the 1993 bombs blasts in Mumbai and is reportedly living in Pakistan.

Delhi Police had addressed a press conference to make the announcement about the arrest. The Police said the terrorists were radicalised and ideologically motivated and had received training in Pakistan for 15 days. One of the arrested, the police official said, was tasked to identify potential targets and carry out reconnaissance of places to orchestrate attacks during the upcoming festival season.

The special cell of the Delhi Police reportedly made the arrests from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. One Sameer was arrested from Kota, Rajasthan, two persons were arrested from Delhi and three were apprehended from Uttar Pradesh.

Sanjay Dutt had once claimed that he was arrested under TADA and tortured for being ‘son of a Muslim mother’

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Sanjay Dutt had once claimed that he was arrested under TADA and tortured for being ‘son of a Muslim mother’

Ever since Aryan Khan was arrested during a rave party onboard a cruise, the cabal of left-liberals had come out in his defence.

One of the strategies adopted by the lobby to give a clean chit to Shahrukh Khan’s son, even before the conclusion of the investigation, was to lay emphasis on his Muslim identity. After Aryan was denied bail by the Esplanade Magistrate Court in Mumbai, the cabal started pushing the new narrative that Khan was being punished for ‘being a Muslim’.

Scores of ‘liberals’ took to Twitter, extending their support to the ‘Happy New Year’ actor and conjecturing that Aryan Khan has been ‘targeted’ as a means to get back at Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, for ‘being a Muslim’.

However, the perpetual ‘Muslim victimhood’ card is not limited to Leftist media persons alone.

About a decade ago, a well-known actor had tried to exploit the religion of his mother to detract people’s attention from his role in the 1993 bomb blasts. He was none other than Sanjay Dutt.

The year was 2009. The Bollywood actor went to Uttar Pradesh to campaign for local Samajwadi party leader Arshad Jamal, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. At that time, Dutt was also the General Secretary of the party.

During his campaign, Sanjay Dutt admitted that he was booked under the stringent Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, also called TADA. However, Dutt also claimed that he was tortured, following the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, because he was ‘born to a Muslim mother’. Sanjay Dutt is the son of actors Sunil Dutt and Nargis.

Screengrab of the Indian Express report

A report in the Indian Express dating back to February 19, 2009, read, “I am quite happy to meet the family with whom my father spent some cherished moments, he (Sanjay Dutta) said, insisting that Lucknow was a second home to him. He also minced no words to remind his audience that his mother was a Muslim.”

Screenshot from Financial Express report

Following his provocative remarks, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against Sanjay Dutt and party leader Arshad Jamal by the Mau district police. A charge sheet was also filed before the local court, which later issued summons to the duo on December 10, 2010.

Interestingly, Aryan Khan is being given a pass by the same Bollywood lobby which once stood firmly with Dutt. The ‘Munnabhai’ actor was arrested for possession of illegal weapons that were given to him by underworld gaster Abu Salem. It must be mentioned that Salem was responsible for orchestrating the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai in 1993.

When the film fraternity batted for Sanjay Dutt

On July 4, 1994, Sanjay Dutt was remanded to judicial custody for his involvement in the Mumbai Bomb blasts. He was arrested under the provisions laid down by the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act(TADA). By evening, the news trickled in throughout the industry. Shah Rukh Khan, who was shooting for a commercial shoot, hurried to the Dutt residence at midnight.

Director Ramgopal Verma and actors Jackie Shroff and Gulshan Grover hightailed it to Mumbai from Hyderabad. A meeting was convened by the Cine Artistes’ Association at chief Asha Parekh’s house the following day.

The shock of Sanjay’s arrest had sent ripples across the movie industry. By the next morning, i.e July 6, the entire Bollywood industry was mobilised to extend their support for the actor. The turnout was astonishing as several top Bollywood personalities, from Dilip Kumar to Yash Chopra and Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, to Saif Ali Khan, Mahesh Bhatt, Saira Banu, Karishma Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Randhir Kapoor and several others had come to the Thane Jail as a mark of solidarity for Sanjay Dutt. Film director Mukul Anand had printed 1,000 posters overnight declaring “Sanju, we’re with u.”

The Bollywood solidarity at Thane Jail was just the start. Industry stalwarts had planned several strategies to evoke public sympathy for the actor. About Rs 7 lakh were raised to print posters and run a media campaign in support of Sanjay Dutt.

Music companies gave their hoarding space while theatres agreed to interrupt shows with slides in support of the actor. A well-coordinated campaign was run to enhance the battered image of Sanjay Dutt by focusing on the social causes he had been associated with in the past.

Arrested under TADA for harbouring illegal weapons, Sanjay Dutt had spent 18 months in jail while the trial was going on. The Supreme Court had convicted Dutt in 2013 and had sentenced him to 5 years in jail. Dutt spent 3 years in Pune’s Yerawada jail and was finally released in 2016.

Sanjay Dutt had wanted to contest in the 2009 general elections too. But the Supreme Court had rejected his plea and had barred the actor from contesting in elections due to his involvement in the 1993 bomb blasts case.

Support for Aryan Khan and the immunity granted by one’s Muslim idenity

For years now, left-leaning “liberals” touted Bollywood as a totem of Hindu-Muslim unity, an industry they claimed transcended the religious boundaries and united people of all hues. But when Shah Rukh Khan’s son was arrested by a narcotics agency, these moralising platitudes about Bollywood being a microcosm of Indian diversity are shunned and swept under the carpet. A Bollywood actor is pigeonholed as a Muslim superstar so as to perpetuate the Muslim victimhood narrative that the left has mastered over the years.

‘Akhilesh Yadav destroyed farmers’, Samajwadi Party leader makes a faux pas in robotic speech: Watch

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‘Akhilesh Yadav destroyed farmers’, Samajwadi Party leader makes a faux pas in robotic speech: Watch

On October 11, Samajwadi Party State President Naresh Uttam Patel not only slept while other leaders were giving speeches during a political rally in Jalaun, but he also inadvertently ended up blaming Akhilesh Yadav for destroying the farmers.

Videos of Naresh Patel are going viral on social media. He was seen enjoying a quick nap at the stage while other party leaders were addressing the crowd. After the political rally, Patel interacted with the media.

He said, “There is no difference between Congress and BJP. Congress is BJP and BJP is Congress. The Congress Party ruled for 45 years. They destroyed the farmers. Now they are shedding crocodile tears. Farmers have been destroyed by our leader Akhilesh Yadav.” While he very likely did not mean his party leader Akhilesh Yadav, he went on with the monologue without correcting himself. Even people present around him did not correct his faux pas.

He even demanded the son of the union minister ‘resigns’. Ashish Mishra is not an elected representative and does not hold any post in the government. When reporters questioned him about this, he said, “Prime Minister should resign. That Delhi one. And the Chief Minister should have resigned by now over ethics.” The reporters again tried to point out the mistake that irked him. He said, “You are a journalist. How are you unable to understand what I am saying? The creator of ‘Akhand Bharat’, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, led the farmers to come together and participate in getting independence. Farmers have the biggest role in independence.”

Assembly Elections in Uttar Pradesh are scheduled for early 2022. Political parties have started campaigning in different parts of the state. In the last Assembly elections, Congress and SP formed an alliance but this time they are contesting separately.

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