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MP: Altmash Khan, Imran Ansari and two others arrested for planning to fire at Hindu organization rally to incite riots over bangle seller incident

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MP: Altmash Khan, Imran Ansari and two others arrested for planning to fire at Hindu organization rally to incite riots over bangle seller incident

Madhya Pradesh police have arrested four persons named Altamash Khan, Imran Ansari, Javed Khan and Sayyed Irfan for conspiring to incite communal riots by firing bullets at rallies organized by Hindu organizations. 

Reportedly, the four had put out inflammatory messages on social media to protest against the Muslim bangle seller incident that took place in Indore last week. As per a Tribune report, the MP government has found evidence that one of the men arrested has links with Pakistan through social media. 

While interacting with media, MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra informed, “As per the evidence found (during the investigation), one of the arrested persons, Altamash Khan, who staged a protest at a police station (in Indore) after the bangle seller incident, has links with Pakistan through Whatsapp and Facebook.”

Mishra also informed that the mastermind Altamash Khan is associated with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) headed by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi. As per reports, the arrested group was planning to fire bullets at the Hindu rallies and thus trigger riots in the entire area.

The Home Minister further said that several objectionable materials, including videos and audios, were found in the possession of Khan. There were plans to release these videos gradually, he said.

“The objectionable material found with Khan was enough to disturb the peace in the area. Interrogation of these four arrested people is underway,” said Mishra further. 

Altamash Khan’s conspiracy

SP Rajesh Raghuvanshi caught hold of Khan after he circulated a fake message alleging that Bhim Army was to hold a protest against the Hindu organization Jagran Manch. Police also recovered deleted messages from Khan which led them to the three other accused in the case.

Khan also had created a Whatsapp group named ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ in counter to ‘Love Jihad’ in which he issued advice for Muslim girls to wear burqa and not use mobiles.

The four arrested, all in the age of 20 to 30 years are said to be inspired by radical ideology. 

As per the police, the accused spread inflammatory messages on social media with the intention to trigger communal riots. They wanted to create discontent among people over some recent incidents in the city to instigate violence. 

The four have been booked under Section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) along with other sections of the Indian Penal Code. The police may also invoke the NSA against the arrested persons.

Bangle seller held for harassing minor girl

Tasleem Ali, a 25-year-old bangle seller was arrested by Indore police for inappropriately touching and harassing a 13-year-old girl. He was also found to be carrying Aadhar cards under different names.

A video in which Ali was seen getting beaten by a group of men in the Govind Nagar area after harassing the girl went viral on social media. The video was used by the left ecosystem to allege communal hate crime. The persons who had thrashed the bangle sellers were booked by the police too.

Making use of this incident, Altamash Khan along with associates had reportedly planned to incite communal riots.   

‘Shri Krishna Govind Hare Murare’ chants fill Lal Chowk in Kashmir as Hindus take out procession on Krishna Janmashtami: Watch

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‘Shri Krishna Govind Hare Murare’ chants fill Lal Chowk in Kashmir as Hindus take out procession on Krishna Janmashtami: Watch

Video of celebration of Krishna Janmashtami from Lal Chowk area of Jammu & Kashmir has gone viral on Twitter. The video was shared by Prafulla Ketkar, Editor of Organiser Weekly.

In the video, one can see people celebrating and singing hymns for Lord Krishna, who was born on this day as per Hindu calendar.

Here are some more visuals of the spectacular ‘Shobha Yatra’.

It is for the first time in 32 years, since the Kashmiri Hindus genocide perpetrated by Islamists with help of Pakistan, that the Hindu festival procession is being carried out like this at Lal Chowk. Earlier this month, the Lal Chowk was also lit up for the Independence Day celebrations. This, too, happened for first time in years. In August 2019, the Indian government abrogated Article 370, which gave the special state status to the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir.

As per reports, the procession was organised by the devotees of the ISKCON Temple at Tanki Pora Habba Kadal.

Devotees can be seen dancing and rejoicing on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami.

Did you know? Three generations of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has visited Babur’s tomb in Afghanistan

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Did you know? Three generations of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has visited Babur’s tomb in Afghanistan

Mughal Emperor Babur is again in the news after Hotstar launched its propaganda effort to whitewash his genocidal inclinations in a web series titled ‘The Empire’. ‘The Empire’ presents a very rosy portrait of the genocidal maniac who took great joy in committing mass slaughter further his ideology.

But there is one aspect of Babur that has remained rather ignored yet. The ruling dynasty of the Congress party appears to have some sort of fascination with the Mughal Emperor. In fact, his tomb has been visited by three generations of rulers from the dynasty. Jawaharlal Nehru visited Babur’s tomb in Afghanistan in 1959, Indira Gandhi in 1968 and Rahul Gandhi in 2005.

Indira Gandhi even paid respect to the tomb. Natwar Singh, former External Affairs Minister and a bureaucrat at the time, wrote in his autobiography, “The Prime Minister of India stood there, with head slightly bowed, paying her homage. I was a couple of feet behind her. It was a moment to cherish, recall and remember. At that moment the centuries seemed to blend and blur.”

He added, “After a minute she stepped back and said, ‘We have had our brush with history’. I said, ‘I have had two.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘To pay one’s respects to Babur was itself an occasion,’ I said, ‘but to do so in the company of Indira Gandhi was the rarest of privileges’.”

In 2005, Rahul Gandhi accompanied Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the visit of Afghanistan. Rahul Gandhi accompanied Singh everywhere, including at the meeting with then Afghan president Hamid Karzai and a visit to Babur’s tomb.

The Organiser, affiliated to the RSS, has often taken an objection for paying obeisance to the Mughal dynasty. In an article on its platform in 2019, it was stated, “Ever wondered why each one of the scions of the Gandhi family never failed to pay obeisance to the Mughal emperor Babar at his far away tomb in Kabul, Afghanistan? Ever wondered why the newly-minted janeu dhari Shiv bhakt never gave a damn about visiting the grave of a Hindu King that’s lying there a few metres away?”

The article further goes on to ask, “It is time to expose Rahul Gandhi aka janeu dhari Shiv Bhakt. Why must they pay obeisance to the murderer of lakhs of Hindus and plunderer of our temples? Why must, even today, Zaheeruddin Babur, the destroyer of Sri Ram temple in Ayodhya, continue to beckon and inspire the members of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty?”

A few days earlier, Hotstar rejected claims that ‘The Empire’ whitewashes the history of the genocidal tyrant. Babur also happened to have rather unconventional sexual inclinations, bordering on extremely problematic and often crossing the boundaries.

Babur’s tomb is situated at the Gardens of Babur, located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was heavily damaged in the Afghan Civil War between 1992-96 before a restoration effort was launched by the Afghan Ministry.

Kerala: Bishop of Syro-Malabar Church warns Christians against groups trying to trap young girls, had earlier highlighted Love Jihad cases

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Kerala: Bishop of Syro-Malabar Church warns Christians against groups trying to trap young girls, had earlier highlighted Love Jihad cases

The bishop of Pala diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church issued a circular on Saturday to warn Christian families against various ‘groups’ trying to trap young girls from their community.

As per a report in Times of India, Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt of the Pala diocese, in his circular elaborated on how certain people are laying traps to befriend young girls of the local community through phone calls. “You must be aware of the various sections and groups that have been trying to trap our female children with various tactics,” read the opening lines of the letter. 

Explaining the modus operandi, the bishop in the circular stated that the alleged callers first get in touch with local representatives or community leaders. Introducing themselves as a former priest from the parish, they seek a way to get the contact information of local young girls. This is done under the pretext of getting in touch with them for some academic work such as paper presentations in a foreign country.

“If the receiver expresses any doubt about the voice of the caller, the answer would be that he has just returned from abroad and the difference in voice was because of the weather in the foreign country. They would first pretend to be talking on subjects like honesty and about mother-daughter relationships,” explained bishop in the letter. 

“But in a while, the topic and the style of language would change to get the information they want. And this kind of trap in various forms has now become common,” the circular read further.

Divulging further information on the matter, Fr Joseph Thadathil, vicar general of the Pala diocese informed that this group specifically seeks contacts of girls aged 16-22. 

He said that multiple such incidents have been reported in the past three-four months and if the problem persists, they will demand a probe. Reportedly, many girls underwent mental trauma. 

“It is not sure whether the intention is religious, drugs or sex,” said the vicar-general. 

‘Increase in Love Jihad cases’

While the bishops alerted the families discreetly this time around, the Syro-Malabar Church has been vocal about the increase in ‘Love Jihad’ cases in Kerala.

Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC), has also slammed the State and Union Government for turning a blind eye to the issue, and not conducting a proper probe into the case of “missing women and children”.

In an official communique released last year by the Media Commission of the Syro Malabar Church, the Synod of the Church had said that half of the 21 women who joined the Islamic State from Kerala hailed from the Christian community.

“The menacing rise of Love Jihad stands to imperil the communal harmony and peace in Kerala. It is a fact that Christian girls are being targeted by the love jihad in the state,” the Synod stated explicitly in the press release.

Reportedly, the Pala diocese had come down heavily on the rise of love jihad cases just a few months ago. 

Agra: Girl forced into Nikah after abduction and conversion, allege her parents, police forms teams to bring her back

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Agra: Girl forced into Nikah after abduction and conversion, allege her parents, police forms teams to bring her back

A girl was allegedly abducted, forced to convert to Islam and married off to one youth named Imran Khan, in Agra, her parents have alleged. Columnist Vikas Sarwaswat took to Twitter today to share the screenshot of a report on the crime published by a Hindi daily on Twitter.

Soon after the columnist shared the news, Agra police responded. It said that a case has been registered in the matter and Shamshabad police have formed teams and begun searching for the victim.

According to reports, soon after the girl went missing on August 5, her relatives approached the Shamshabad police to file a missing complaint. Alleging police apathy, the father of the girl, however, claimed that the police registered the complaint only on August 9.

Despite the complaint being registered, the Shamshabad police put in no effort to locate the girl, until the distressed father of the victim, approached the IG and SSP office on Sunday, August 29. Soon after the intervention of the higher authorities, the Shamshabad police plunged into action and formed teams and began probing the case.

The father of the missing girl claimed that he has learnt from sources, that man named Imran Khan kidnapped his daughter. With the help of his relatives, Imran, thereafter, forced her to convert to Islam and married her. Imran Khan’s relatives have also reportedly, threatened to kill the victim’s father.

Meet Noah Berlatsky: The Rutgers University Press published author working hard to normalise pedophilia

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Meet Noah Berlatsky: The Rutgers University Press published author working hard to normalise pedophilia

The Rutgers University Press in 2017 published a rather unusual book. The book, titled ‘Wonder Woman’, revolved around ‘Bondage and Feminism’ in the comics created by William Moulton Marston. Four years later, the author of the book, Noah Berlatsky is involved in a pedophilia apologia controversy.

It has come to the fore that Noah Berlatsky is the Communications Director of an organisation that engages in the normalisation of pedophilia. The name of the organisation is the Prostasia Foundation and it does appear to endorse extremely problematic opinions.

Berlatsky’s Twitter bio

Prostasia calls pedophiles ‘minor attracted persons’ or MAPs, which is an undisguised attempt to rebrand pedophilia as a sexual orientation such as homosexuality. In the past, it has condemned Tumblr removing “MAPs’ and allies’ blogs”. In a post on its website, Prostasia went on to claim that removing such content would harm children.

The post claimed, “An entire community at the “ground zero” of child sexual abuse prevention is being censored, and it’s children who will ultimately suffer the most.” The foundation also claims that “stigma” against pedophilia is a consequence of “alt-right conspiracy theorists” and “sexual conservatives”.

Regarding censorship of “MAP” content, Prostasia opined, “In combination, this has left the support professionals who work with non-offending MAPs at a disadvantage, and has largely reduced spaces for public online discussion about minor-attraction to the echo chamber of alt-right conspiracy theorists and sexual conservatives, who wield the stigma around pedophilia as a potent weapon to undermine the progress of the LGBT movement, the anti-fascist movement, and their other political enemies.”

The group also makes a series of claims without any sound evidence. It said, “What about pedophiles who speak out against CSA? If this sounds unlikely, that may be because of the common but false assumption that all pedophiles abuse children, and that all child abusers are pedophiles. But in reality most CSA is committed by those who are primarily sexually attracted to adults, and conversely many of those who are sexually attracted to minors choose never to act on that attraction.”

Prostasia also spoke in favour of a TedTalk by mental health professional Mirjam Heine where she made a series of problematic comments in her effort to normalise pedophilia. Heine said during the talk, “We shouldn’t increase the suffering of paedophiles by excluding them, by blaming and mocking them. By doing that, we increase their isolation and we increase the chance of child sexual abuse.”

Posts on Prostasia forum also speak in favour of ‘liberating’ “MAPs”.

Source: Prostasia forum

Consequently, several troubling tweets made by Noah Berlatsky have also gone viral on Twitter. Subsequently, he has made his account on the platform private.

Tweets of Noah Berlatsky go viral

In one tweet, Berlatsky can be seen declaring that pedophiles are a “stigmatised” group.

Source: Twitter

The author also has issues with the fact that pedophiles are hated.

Source: Twitter

In another tweet, he declared that sex offender registries are “racist”.

Source: Twitter

Noah Berlatsky, in the past, has also compared prostituted women and children to Walmart customers.

Source: Twitter

Not so surprisingly, an individual who feels angered by the fact that pedophiles are hated also believes parents are an “oppressive class” like rich people and White people and also that abuse is “endemic” to a parents-child relationship.

Source: Twitter

Berlatsky has also written an article in 2016 where he claimed that the biggest threat “child sex workers” face is from the police. “Child sex workers” is an extremely problematic terms which assumed that children are capable of giving consent for sex which is a very dangerous claim to make.

It is also a disgusting attempt to normalise the phenomenon. The claim that they face the gravest threat from the police and not those who oppress them is blatant disregard for their safety.

Source: Twitter

There is a comprehensive attempt underway in the West to normalise pedophilia. A significant section of psychologists has been arguing that pedophilia is a sexual orientation at par with homosexuality. Things have reached such dire straits that self-confessed pedophiles are now writing articles on mainstream media accusing others of being monsters.

A new fad is also gaining momentum simultaneously that calls itself ‘Virtuous pedophiles‘. These are pedophiles who claim they have never touched a child inappropriately but that is a very dubious claim to make. Documentaries have also been made in an attempt to portray pedophiles in better light.

The rebranding of pedophiles as “minor attracted persons is also part of the same disturbing effort.

Congress takes off where Alt News left: Rahul Gandhi peddles fake ‘hate crime’ to further ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ narrative

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Congress takes off where Alt News left: Rahul Gandhi peddles fake ‘hate crime’ to further ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ narrative

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today posted a tweet in which he attacked the central government, insinuating that the Centre has ‘sold’ Article 15 and 25 of the Indian Constitution.

The Gandhi scion shared a montage in his tweet which included snippets from various incidents across the country to imply that discrimination against Muslims has risen in the country.

Coincidentally or not, Rahul Gandhi chose to tweet this on Krishna Janmashtami as the Hindu festive season takes off.

Article 15 of the Indian constitution proscribes against discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth while the Article 25 of the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion to all persons in India. It provides that all persons in India, subject to public order, morality, health, and other provisions: Are equally entitled to freedom of conscience, and have the right to freely profess, practice and propagate religion.

However, the above montage also included a clip of the recent incident from Ghaziabad where one elderly Muslim man had claimed he was forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and beaten up by a mob. Later, however, investigation revealed he had faked the ‘hate crime’ and was beaten up by his co-religionists only over alleged wrong effects of one ‘taveez’ (amulet) he prepared as an occultist.

Source: Twitter

So-called fact-checker, Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of propaganda outlet Alt News, was shockingly one of the first to share the video of the elderly man being beaten up. The audio in the clip was muted and it was alleged that he was forced to chant Jai Shri Ram and when he refused, he was beaten up and his beard cut off.

Facebook live video by Umed Idris and muted video of Mohammed Zubair used by ‘liberals’ to communalise a petty fight to defame ‘Jai Shri Ram’

The Loni fake hate crime incident pertains to a Facebook live conducted by one Umred Idris, that had got the ball rolling for the so-called secular liberals who lapped up the video to peddle their favourite ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ narrative. Idris appeared alongside Ghaziabad assault victim Abdul Samad, whose video of being thrashed by 4-5 youth had gone viral on the internet. In his video, Idris tried to give the incident of personal animosity a “communal colour” by making the victim of assault tell that he was forced to chant Jai Shri Ram.

On June 14, Alt News co-founder Muhammed Zubair first uploaded a muted video (which now stands deleted) of the incident where an elderly Muslim man was being assaulted by 4 to 5 men. Zubair tweeted that the man was threatened at gunpoint, beaten, assaulted and the perpetrators forcefully chopped off his beard.

Soon after, Zubair posted (now deleted) the Facebook live video done by SP leader Idrisi with photos of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav hanging on the wall.

These two videos activated the entire left lobby giving the incident a ‘communal colour’ after almost 10 days of the assault. Publications like The Wire, TheQuint, Indian Express published reports on the basis of the victim’s statement in the Facebook live video, thereby, defaming the Hindu religious slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram.’

The left-leaning brigade rushed to communalise the incident of personal animosity to defame the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant which is held sacred by Hindus. The video and the narrative soon went viral on social media, posing a threat to the law and order in the state. 

Ghaziabad Police issues clarification after the case is brazenly communalised on social media

However, it was later proved that the allegations of hate crime was wrong. The details of the incident was put out by Ghaziabad Police, who filed FIRs against fake news peddlers for giving a communal spin to an incident of personal animosity.

In a tweet, Ghaziabad police informed that three accused had been arrested in the case. According to the police, the incident took place about 10 days ago on June 5, 2021. The victim Abdul Samad Saifi had travelled to the Loni border from Bulandshahr, where he was escorted to the house of accused Parvesh Gujjar in Banthala in Loni. After some time, the co-accused, namely, Kallu, Poli, Arif, Adil aka Mushahid arrived at Parvesh’s house and began thrashing the victim.

The victim Saifi sold amulets for a living. According to the police, the accused were miffed after the amulet proved harmful to them. Unlike what the victim had alleged, the police said that he knew the culprits for a long time. Reportedly, Saifi had sold his amulets to several people in the village through the accused. The police had initially arrested Parvesh while Adil and Kallu were nabbed on Monday (June 14). A case has been registered against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The cops assured that the other culprits would soon be arrested.

Alt News and Congress

Alt News has often been paraded by Congress as ‘independent’ fact-checker, especially after Alt News came to their rescue to give a clean chit over the toolkit. Not surprising as Alt News has been at the forefront of either watering down crimes committed by radical Islamists or using ‘fact-checking’ as tool for propaganda. No wonder Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ended up choosing the video that was first shared by Alt News’ Mohammed Zubair for a propaganda.

A week after farmer commits suicide outside Maharashtra Mantralaya, Shiv Sena pontificates on farmers

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A week after farmer commits suicide outside Maharashtra Mantralaya, Shiv Sena pontificates on farmers

More than a week after a 40-year-old distressed farmer committed suicide by consuming poison outside the Maharashtra Mantralaya, the ruling Shiv Sena party held forth on the treatment meted out by Haryana police to rampaging farmers on August 28. 

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut condemned the lathi charge carried out by Haryana police on riotous protesters on Sunday and criticised the Centre for not paying heed to farmers’ demands. 

In his broadsides against the central government, Raut even went on to equate the corrective action taken by police against the protesters with the repressive measures adopted by the Islamist group Taliban. 

“Attack on farmers is a shameful incident for the nation. This is a kind of Talibani mentality. How can this government say it is for the poor and for the farmers? It doesn’t even hear farmers’ ‘Mann ki Baat’,” news agency ANI quoted Raut saying.

Haryana Police lathi charges rampaging protesters in Karnal

The pontification from the Shiv Sena leader came hot on the heels of baton charge conducted by Haryana Police on farmers who had disrupted the traffic movement on a highway leading to Karnal in protest against a BJP meeting. Several dignitaries, including Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, state BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar and other senior leaders of the party were present at the meeting.

While the farmer leaders accused the police of using disproportionate force against the protesters, several videos were shared online where rabble-rousers could be seen wielding what seemed like an axes and charging at the police personnel. In a tweet, BJP leader Tajinder Singh Bagga said the lathi charge was a retaliatory action by the police after they were attacked by stones and other sharp weapons by workers of Rakesh Tikait’s party.

Farmer in Maharashtra commits suicide outside Mantralaya after he was denied a meeting with CM Uddhav Thackeray

Nevertheless, Raut assumed the moral high horse and proceeded to lecture the Centre on how they should be treating frenzied protesters bent on breaking barricades, just days after a farmer in Maharashtra took the extreme decision of giving up his life because the administration turned a blind eye to his grievances. 

According to reports, Jadhav’s land in Pune was captured by some people. He had filed a complaint about the matter at the nearest police station. But the police station there did not take any action. Jadhav then reached Mantralaya so that his matter would be heard.

On August 20, the deceased, identified as Subash Jadhav, had come to seek an audience with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil in Mantralaya over a land dispute case but was not allowed inside as the entry is restricted due to the COVID-19 norms.

After being denied a meeting, Jadhav consumed poison outside the Mantralaya and died during treatment at a hospital two days later, on Sunday, August 22.

Security personnel at Taj Mahal stop man dressed as Krishna from entering premises: Report

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Security personnel at Taj Mahal stop man dressed as Krishna from entering premises: Report

On August 28, the security personnel stationed at the 17th-century monument Taj Mahal reportedly denied entry to a man dressed as Lord Krishna to celebrate Janmashtami inside the premises. As per a report in Swarajya mag, while he was sent away by the security personnel, the crowd present at the premises reportedly cheered him and praised him when he played the flute.

The incident was reported on Saturday, 28 August.

The officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said in a statement that as per the regulations, anyone who is carrying flags, banners, posters or trying for self-promotion on the premises are not allowed to enter. On several occasions, the security personnel at Taj Mahal have stopped people as they were wearing dupattas with Shri Ram written on them, which led to controversies.

Visitors rush at Taj Mahal

As it is a long weekend because of Shri Krishna Janmashtami on Monday, a large crowd visited the Taj Mahal. Swarajya Magazine quoted a tourist guide Ved Gautam who said they were expecting a good turnout on the weekend.

Previous controversies around Taj Mahal

In January 2021, some youth from Hindu Jagran Manch visited the 17th-century mausoleum and waved saffron flags. Four of them were arrested by the security personnel. The incident had stirred up a controversy. In 2018, Congress members had breached security at the Taj Mahal and held a protest against PM Modi.

OpIndia reached out to Agra Police to learn more about the incident. We will update the story once we get a reply.

‘Literacy 100%, common sense 0’: Olympian Sreejesh PR expresses pain over garbage, including medical waste, littered in Kerala village

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‘Literacy 100%, common sense 0’: Olympian Sreejesh PR expresses pain over garbage, including medical waste, littered in Kerala village

Indian hockey goalkeeper Sreejesh PR took to Twitter on Monday expressing displeasure against the people of his village for littering a road named after him. 

Sreejesh sharing images of the litter in his Twitter post, said, “Literacy 100% common sense 0, This is the way people of my village decorated the road named after me. Kunnathunadu/Kizhakkambalam village officers have to look at this issue & take a decision.”

One can even see medical waste lying exposed on a green patch which can prove to be hazardous. Sreejesh taking a jibe at the ‘literacy rate’ of Kerala hinted that it does not guarantee common sense. He also urged the concerned authorities to take action. The pictures were of the street in his village in Kerala named after him.

Responding to his tweet, several users shared images of their neighbourhood from different districts of Kerala highlighting the same. 

One user shared an image of garbage piled up on a road near a hospital in the Palakkad district. 

Another user shared how plastics are collected from homes and eventually dumped in an auditorium in the Kottayam district.

Sreejesh PR was part of the Indian hockey team bagged that a bronze medal at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020. Sreejesh was also applauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meet with the Tokyo-returned athletes. “It is difficult to be a goalkeeper. Unlike cricket, in hockey, nobody knows who the goalkeeper is as he is always behind the gears. But your role is very important,” had remarked PM Modi.

‘The Kerala Model’

Much is being talked about the ‘100% literate state’ off late, from handling of Covid to shooing industrialists. The ‘Kerala Model’ has come under the fire for reporting nearly 70% of new Covid-19 cases months after the second wave of the pandemic subsided in the country.

Kerala recorded over 1.5 lakh new Covid-19 cases in just five days. This is after reducing testing in the state. 

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