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PM Narendra Modi launches Transparent Taxation platform, Taxpayer’s Charter to honour the honest taxpayers

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PM Narendra Modi launches Transparent Taxation platform, Taxpayer’s Charter to honour the honest taxpayers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a transparent taxation platform, “Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest” on 13th August 2020. During the launch, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and PM Modi addressed the nation informing about the platform and the changes it will bring in the taxation mechanism in the country.

Starting the program, FM Sitharaman said that today is the landmark day in the history of tax administration. Following the vision of the Prime Minister to empower the taxpayers, to develop a transparent system and to honour the honest taxpayer, the Central Board of Direct Taxation (CBDT) has given a framework and developed order in the form of this platform.

This platform brings in a transparent, efficient and accountable tax administration. “It uses technology, data analytics and also uses Artificial Intelligence. It eases the compliance burden. It brings in fair, objective and a just system,” she added. There will be no direct interaction between the department and the taxpayer.

She said that the Income Tax department had undertaken several reforms that would have been considered a significant milestone in a normal era.

Features of “Honoring the Honest” platform

  • Faceless assessments
  • Faceless appeals
  • Taxpayers charter
  • Any assessment outside faceless assessment will be invalid.
  • Any assessment without DIN will be invalid.
  • No intrusive or survey actions by field officers.
  • Selection only through system using data analytics and AI
  • Automated random allocation of cases irrespective of the city of the tax payer.
  • No Physical interference.
Features of “Honoring the Honest” (Images from @/NSitharamanOffice Twitter account)

PM Modi said that the trend of structural reforms taking shape in the country had reached a significant point with the launch of “Honoring the Honest” platform. This platform has major reforms such as Faceless Assessment, Faceless Appeal and Taxpayer Charter. Faceless Appeal and Faceless Assessment are applicable from today while Taxpayer Charter will start functioning from 25th September, the birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay.

PM Said, “though the tax system is becoming faceless, it will assure Fairness and Fearlessness to the taxpayer.” In the last six years, the focus of the government was on the major reforms that are banking the unbanked, securing the unsecured and funding the unfunded.

“Honoring the Honest- ईमानदार का सम्मान”

Prime Minister said that taxpayers play an important role in building the nation. When the life of a taxpayer becomes easier, he moves ahead, and the nation moves forward with him. This new platform is in sync with the government’s vision of Minimum Government and Maximum Governance. It is a significant step in reducing the interference of the government in a taxpayer’s life.

“Today, we are removing process and power centric structure of every policy and making it people-centric and public friendly. It is the new governance model of India, and we are getting favourable results,” he added.

He said that the people of India understand their duty as a taxpayer. He added that the change in the mood of the taxpayers is not because of the strictness or punishment. He said there was a time when decisions taken under compulsion were projected as reforms. They did not show the desired results. The government has changed the thinking and approach. Now reforms are policy-based and holistic. These reforms build the base for future reforms. “It is a continuous process, and the government is bringing more reforms as required,” he said.

PM Modi said that the taxation system was developed under British before independence. Though the previous governments made changes in the structure of the taxation system in India, the base remained the same. India needed fundamental and structural changes in the tax system that could not happen to the extent required. “When there is complexity, compliance becomes difficult.” He added. When there are lesser laws and regulations, taxpayers become happy, so does the nation. In the last few years, the government is working in the field, and GST is one of the finest examples of reforms brought by the government.

PM Modi said that there was a time when the government used to appeal in High Court for the cases involving revenue of Rs.10 lakhs. Now, the government has set a limit of Rs.1 crore for the high court and Rs.2 crore for the Supreme Court. The idea is to solve maximum cases outside court. The results are favourable, and more than 3 lakh cases have already been cleared.

The taxation system has been simplified for the taxpayers. Now there is no tax for income less than 5 lakh. Taxes for the remaining slabs have also been reduced. India is among the nations with the lowest corporate taxes. “The government is working on making the system seamless, painless and faceless. The idea is to help the taxpayers in understanding the system rather than confusing them,” he added.

Now, with the new system, the scrutiny cases, notices, surveys etc. will not be handled by the tax department of the city of the taxpayer. The computer will randomly select the tax department of another city to handle the case. The order form that department will be reviewed by the tax department of another city that has been picked up by the computer randomly.

Taxpayer’s Charter

Under the Taxpayer’s Charter, the tax department has to handle the taxpayers’ cases with dignity and sensitivity. The department has to trust the taxpayer, and if there is any doubt, it has to be handled with fair and rational methodology.

The Taxpayer’s Charter

PM Modi said that scrutiny figures have come down by four times in the last six years as compared to 2012-2013. Though the number of taxpayers has increased in the last six years, it is still less compared to the total population. PM Modi requested the taxpayers who are capable of paying taxes but are not paying taxes should come forward and join the drive to build new and self-reliant India. 

#BringBackAnandRanganathan trends as users protest Twitter declaring a Quranic verse ‘hateful’ and blocking Dr Anand Ranganathan who posted the verse

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#BringBackAnandRanganathan trends as users protest Twitter declaring a Quranic verse ‘hateful’ and blocking Dr Anand Ranganathan who posted the verse

Microblogging site Twitter on Wednesday blocked and scientist and columnist Anand Ranganathan on the platform for posting a Quranic verse.

In his tweet, Dr Anand Ranganathan had quoted a verse from Quran which stated that those who abuse Allah and His Messenger (Prophet), Allah has cursed them in this world and the hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment. The verse can be found here.

On 11th August 2020, Muslim mobs took to street in Bengaluru and torched house of Congress MLA over a Facebook post by his nephew which was allegedly derogatory to Prophet Muhammad. Later the rioters took to police station and attacked cops and torched the vehicles. Following the riots, many ‘moderate Muslims’ claimed how this (violence) is not what Islam teaches. Reacting to this, Dr Ranganathan informed them what Islam teaches. He said that those ‘moderate Muslims’ who think this is not what Islam teaches, they should say that they don’t agree with what is mentioned in the Quran.

However, his Twitter account was blocked by the platform. Twitter claimed that citing a Quranic verse is against the rules of the platform and is ‘hateful conduct’.

Netizens on Thursday took to Twitter to protest against the same.

Some even expressed their concerns over the neutrality of the platform which is dominated by the leftists, especially considering the censorship on display on the platform.

Netizens also questioned Twitter whether citing Quran is blasphemy.

They also appealed to reinstate his account.

Anand Ranganathan and Twitter censorship

Dr Anand Ranganathan has been a target of Twitter censorship time and again where his tweets are blocked or his account locked out over alleged violations of Twitter rules.

Bengaluru riots: 5 people led a gang of 200-300 Islamists, called for ‘hacking cops to death’, 9 FIRs lodged so far

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Bengaluru riots: 5 people led a gang of 200-300 Islamists, called for ‘hacking cops to death’, 9 FIRs lodged so far

Five people have been named in the FIRs filed pertaining to the incident of mob violence in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening. Reportedly, the five people had led a mob of 200-300 Islamists during the Bengaluru riots, called for ‘hacking the cops to death’, reports Times of India.

The FIR states that these Islamists who were armed with machetes, stones, rods and other weapons allegedly raised slogans of “kill the cops and finish them” as they ransacked KG Halli and DJ Halli police stations on the night of August 11. The irate mob even carried plastic bottles filled with petrol which they hurled at cops.

The report further adds that, the riots began after a small meeting of local Muslim community members. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss the derogatory Facebook post by Naveen- the relative of local Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasamurthy. The members decided to take up the matter with the police. The Islamist leaders, including members of the radical Islamic organisation Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), decided to press for action against the MLA’s relative. Aa per the police, false news spread that cops on duty were not accepting a complaint against Naveen, which led to the horrific riots, that killed three people and injuring more than 60 police personnel.

According to a report by The Economic Time, 9 FIRs have been filed so far and it says that the Cyber Police are likely to file more complaints in the case.

Helpless cops asked permission to fire in self-defence

We reported earlier how the Muslim mob which had entered the basement area of the DJ Halli police station during the violence and reportedly set some 200-250 vehicles on fire. Videos emerged where the helpless police officials were seen crying and requesting their seniors to grant them permission to open fire at the approaching bloodthirsty Islamist mobs in self-defence.

SDPI pushed the blame of the Bengaluru riots on the cops

A day after radical Islamic organisation Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) led a violent Muslim mob to unleash riots on the streets of Bengaluru, the Islamist organisation had pushed the blame on the Bengaluru police.

According to Suvarna News, Elyas Muhammad Thumbe – the state president of the SDPI on Wednesday claimed that the inaction of the Bengaluru police to act on Naveen- the person who had allegedly posted derogatory comments, made Muslim angry, who then resorted to violence on the streets of Bengaluru.

Bengaluru riots were a pre-planned attack by Islamists on police personnel

Three people were killed and more than 60 police personnel were injured in the stone-pelting and the subsequent riots unleashed by the irate Muslim mobs. At least 10 vehicles, including Innovas of two DCPs, were damaged in front of the stations. The mob also set fire to the vehicles in front of the DJ Halli police station.

During the pre-planned attack, the Muslim mob, carrying petrol bombs and other weapons, also barged into the nearby police quarters and attacked the premises. The Muslim mob was seen raising Islamic slogans like ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ and ‘Nara-e-Taqbeer’ outside the police station.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that a district magistrate will hold an inquiry into mob violence in Bengaluru and also informed that so far 146 people have been arrested.

Prashant Bhushan withdraws petition against Contempt of Court law after plea was moved to Justice Arun Mishra’s court, to file it again after Justice Mishra retires

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Prashant Bhushan withdraws petition against Contempt of Court law after plea was moved to Justice Arun Mishra’s court, to file it again after Justice Mishra retires

Advocate and PIL activist Prashant Bhushan along with N Ram and Arun Shourie decided to withdraw a petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Contempt of Court Act today. The petition was filed by the trio after a contempt of court case was filed against Prashant Bhushan for his tweets against the Chief Justice of India.

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, who appeared on behalf of the petitioners, informed the court of Justice Arun Mishra that they have decided to withdraw the petition for the time. He said that the “issue is important but the petitioners would not like to raise the issue at this stage”. Dhavan also sought the liberty to raise the issue again at a later stage, maybe after two months or so, indicating that Prashant Bhushan will file the petition later, perhaps after the retirement of Justice Arun Mishra.

According to the submission, the Supreme Court allowed the petitioners to withdraw the petition, with the liberty to file it before another appropriate forum, not the Supreme Court.

The development came after the case was re-listed in the court of Justice Arun Mishra, after it was wrongly registered before the court of justices D Y Chandrachud and K M Joseph by the Supreme Court Registry officials. This was considered as a violation of court rules, as Justice Mishra was hearing two contempt of court cases against Bhushan. Along with the petition challenging the contempt of court law, the petitioners had also sought stay in the cases against Bhushan, and therefore the case should have been listed with that court which is already hearing similar cases, which was the court of Justice Arun Mishra in this case.

After the error was pointed and the officials were asked to explain the wrong listing, the case was deleted from the listing before of justices D Y Chandrachud and K M Joseph, and it was correctly listed before the court of Justice Mishra.

It may be noted that bypassing the court of justice Arun Mishra by the registry officials in listing Prashant Bhushan’s petition had raised eyebrows, because Prashant Bhushan has been openly critical of the Supreme Court Justice. He has attacked the third-most senior justice in the Supreme Court numerous times in the court.

Therefore, Rajeev Dhavan’s comment that the petitioners may file the petition again after around two months assumed significance, because by then Justice Arun Mishra will retire. Justice Mishra is scheduled to retire on 2nd September. Clearly, after the case was moved to his court, Prashant Bhushan and others lost confidence in their petition, and they will like to try their luck with other justices after justice Mishra retires.

Medical Council of India bars doctors with medical degrees from colleges in Pakistan occupied Indian territories from practising medicine in India

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Medical Council of India bars doctors with medical degrees from colleges in Pakistan occupied Indian territories from practising medicine in India

Months after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court asked the Medical Council of India (MCI) and external affairs ministry to review its stand to see if students who study medicine in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (PoJKL) could be allowed to practice in India, the country’s top medical education regulator has refused for the same.

In a public notice (pdf) issued on August 10, MCI has barred doctors with degrees from colleges situated in the “illegally occupied parts of India” to practise modern medicine in India.

In the notice, the board of governors (BoG) in supersession of the Medical Council of India (MCI) said that the entire territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh is an integral part of India and that Pakistan is in illegal and forcible occupation of a part of the territory.

The notice issued by Dr R K Vats, the Secretary-General of the BoG, read: “Accordingly, any medical institution in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (PoJKL) requires permission and recognition under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. Such permission has not been granted to any medical college in PoJKL”.

“Therefore any qualification obtained from medical colleges located within these illegally occupied areas of India shall not entitle a person for grant of registration under Indian Medical Council Act 1956 to practice modern medicine in India”, the notice said.

J and K HC asks MEA and Medical Council of India to clear its stance

In December 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had asked the Ministry of External Affairs and Medical Council of India (MCI) to decide and inform the citizens of India about the status of educational institutions “operating in the territories of India under occupation and the administrative control of Pakistan.” The decision would help students and citizens understand the legal standing of qualifications and degrees from such institutions, said the HC while hearing a petition filed by one Hadiya Chisti who had completed her MBBS from Benazir Bhutto Medical College from Mirpur area of PoK.

“The Home Ministry, Ministry of External Affairs and Health Ministry then examined the matter and informed the high court that medical institutions in areas of PoJKL have not been granted permission and recognition under the Indian Medical Council Act,” a senior official with knowledge into the matter said.

“The high court had asked Government of India to publicise this fact so that students are not misled in obtaining medical qualifications from institutions in PoJKL,” the official explained.

While many leftist Indian media houses like India Today have shamefully parroted Pakistan’s stance on Pok, the government of India has repeatedly conveyed in plain-spoken terms that the entire Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, have been, are, and will be an integral and inalienable part of India.

Ram Janmabhoomi trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for coronavirus, was on stage with PM Modi on Bhoomi Pujan

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Ram Janmabhoomi trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for coronavirus, was on stage with PM Modi on Bhoomi Pujan

Ram Janmabhoomi trust chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tested positive for Chinese coronavirus. On 5th August, 2020, the day Bhoomi Pujan of Bhavya Ram Mandir took place he had shared the stage with PM Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwant.

He was in Mathura for Krishna Janamashtami celebrations when he developed breathing difficulties. He is now being moved to Medanta hospital, Gurugram for further treatment. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Anandiben Patel were also on stage with him on 5th August 2020.

Don’t chant Ram Ram, chant Allah Allah: Hindu family in Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj says Amanatullah Khan’s close aide attacked them for celebrating Bhoomi Pujan

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Don’t chant Ram Ram, chant Allah Allah: Hindu family in Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj says Amanatullah Khan’s close aide attacked them for celebrating Bhoomi Pujan

On 5th August after Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan, people celebrated the day like Diwali across the country. Hindus celebrated the day by lighting diyas and candles in their houses to mark the celebration of the much-awaited occasion. Sadly, there were some areas where violence erupted because of the celebrations. A similar incident that happened in Street Number 4 of Madanpur Khadar area near Kalindi Kunj, Delhi has come to light.

According to a report published in Amar Ujala, the incident was related to some fights between children that went out of control. Adults were involved and both sides hurled stones, bricks, iron rods and swords. The reports said that police had arrested three people named Gagan, Mukesh and Deepak. It was also reported that Minnatullah Khan came to settle the case, but he was stabbed with swords by the people from the other side. He reportedly fainted and had to be hospitalized as a result of injures. This led to an FIR.

When OpIndia came to know about the incident, we tried to learn more about the case. We accessed a copy of the FIR lodged by Minnatullah Khan at the Kalindi Kunj police station. We also got a copy of the complaint from the other party.

Both sides have their own versions of the story. What is surprising in the case was that prompt action has already been taken on the FIR lodged by Minnatullah Khan, but the other side is still struggling for their FIR. No one is bothered about their request even a week after the incident.

Taking notice of the matter, we approached the other party and spoke the family who had been in the fight with some people of the particular community living in their area on the day of 5th August.

Jeetendra, a member of the family, said, “On 5th August, on the occasion of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan, the children of our family were celebrating the occasion by lighting diyas outside the house. Some people came from Minnatullah Khan alias Buchi’s place and threatened the children. Minnatullah lives close to our house. They kicked the lamps as well. When women of our house noticed what was happening, they came to the rescue. But those men started arguing with them as well. Two men of the house (Mukesh and Gagan) also went there, and those people attacked them. When the matter escalated, they went away only to come back with 30-40 people in a few minutes.”

Jeetendra said, “The mob came back and attacked our house. They picked up bricks from the adjacent house and threw at us. They also threw the lamps placed outside our house and tried to burn the bike. When we contacted police in this matter, they came and took Mukesh and Gagan with them to the station. When we questioned, they informed us that a complaint had been lodged from the other side.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQVtziBMl1A (Video removed by YouTube)

OpIndia asked Jeetendra the reason behind the arrest of Mukesh and Gagan. He said, “ Actually, that day those men were misbehaving with the women of our family. Minnatullah Khan was going to kill our daughter Varsha using the handle of handpump, but she saved herself by placing her hand on the head. Gagan witnessed all this and got furious. He brought the old sword from his wedding and hit Khan with its handle.”

Jeetendra provided us with a video of the whole incident. He said that the other side specifically drew the attention of the police towards sword incident and got Gagan and Mukesh arrested. He alleged that the police did not even bother to talk to the family. Also, they arrested Deepak, who was not even present at the time of the fight. He came to the spot later, but police also took him and threw him in Tihar along with Mukesh and Gagan.

According to Jeetendra, Minnatullah Khan is a close aide of Aam Aadmi Party leader and MLA of the area Amanatullah Khan. There are several criminal cases registered against him. However, no action has been taken till date. According to him, when they asked the police, they told him that action is being taken based on the FIR of the other side.

Till the time OpIndia talked to the family, police had not registered any FIR based on their complaint. However, it has come to our notice that FIR has been finally registered on 11th August after six days of the incident.

OpIndia was informed that the Hindu family had to struggle a lot to get the FIR registered by the police. A copy of the FIR by Hindus is attached here. Only time will tell when and if any action is taken based on this FIR.

Opindia was told that after much struggle their complaint was finally registered by the police on 11 August 2020 as an FIR. A copy of the FIR lodged by Hindus is attached here. Now whatever action is taken on this will be known in the coming time.

FIR by Hindu Side Page 1
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What do the women of the house say?

Babita, wife of Gagan, said that on 5th August, the children of their house were celebrating Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan by lighting a diya. Then they went out to take laddus. But the children of the Muslims told them not to chant Ram-Ram but say Allah-Allah. According to Babita, “Our children refused to say Allah-Allah. Muslim children started beating them. Our children complained to us. By that time, they came from behind and attacked us. Meanwhile, our niece was also attacked. We went to save her, but they started beating us. They also threw stones at our house.”

According to Babita, the crowd from the other side caught her hand and tried to grope her too. They told Babita’s family that they would ruin their lives, and no one will be able to do anything.

Deepak’s mother also blamed Minnatullah Khan for the whole incident. Varsha, who was attacked with the handle of a handpump, said that she went out when they misbehaved with her brothers. But Minnatullah Khan’s men misbehaved with her, trying to touch her inappropriately.

She said that they only demand that action should be taken against Minnatullah Khan in this case at the earliest. If something happened to the children of their family, then he should be held responsible.

Role of Sagar Malik, Vice President, Sudarshan Vahini Organization, Delhi

Sagar Malik, Delhi State Vice President of Sudarshan Vahini Organization, is also demanding action from the police on this issue. He said that this incident took place to incite communal violence. Whatever the Hindu side did, it was done to protect the women of their house. Gagan attacked Minnatullah with a non-sharp sword only in self-defence.

Therefore, according to him, the case should have been filed on both sides. However, the police are taking action only on the complaint of the other side. Also, Gagan, Mukesh and Deepak were called to the station and thrown in jail.

Sagar alleged that due to the political pressure in this case, the police were not taking any action on the complaint of the Hindu side and threw people from their side in jail.

OpIndia’s effort to reach out to the police for comment

When OpIndia contacted police to get their view in the case, they asked us to contact DSP. When we tried getting in touch with DSP, he was not available. If we get any further statement from the police, we will update this report accordingly.

What is in the complaint FIR lodged by Minnatullah Khan?

In the FIR registered by MInnatullah Khan, he described himself as a social worker. He said that some people were lighting a lamp after Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan on 5th August. Then his elder son gets a call that Gagan slapped his younger son. He rushed to save, but he was also attacked with a hammer.

According to Minnatullah Khan, after learning about the incident, he went to ask Gagan why he attacked his elder son while the fight was between children.

But then Mukesh attacked him with the handle of a handpump. He protected his head using his left hand that got injured. After that, Gagan also brought a sword from his home and attacked him with an intention to kill him. Then many people, including Deepak and Sushil, came and started attacking them with bricks and stones, said Minntullah Khan.

Minnatullah said that he became unconscious as a brick hit his head. When he regained consciousness, he found himself in Apollo hospital. He has demanded in the FIR that there should be strict action against those who attacked his children.

FIR by Minnatullah Khan

The police have registered a case under section 307 and 34 on the Hindu side based on the complaint filed by Minnatullah Khan.

Who is named in the complaint registered by Hindu side?

In the complaint registered by the Hindu side, Minnatullah Khan alias Buchchi, Zoya, Saddam, Irfan, Chunna wife of Buchi, Kaushar and his wife, Usman Ali Mansuri, Salman, Sameer, Shah Rukh, Raja, Aman, Abdullah, Samuel Massey and others were named. They have asked for strict action against them.

In the complaint, they have alleged that Minnatullah Khan and others had beaten them up, pelted stones at their house, misbehaved with the women in the house, threw away the diyas and tried to set their bike on fire.

Complaint by Hindu side

It is clearly written in the complaint that amid such a crowd, they felt helpless and tried to stop them from attacking and molesting women and young girls of the house. They also got injured while saving women.

The family also alleged in the complaint that the people from the other side are of criminal nature. They have several cases filed against them. They post photos with guns on Facebook. If something happens to the Hindu family, they should be held responsible for it.

What is in the video Opindia received?

OpIndia has received videos of the incident. We can see a large crowd of people hurdling stones at the house of the man who was making the video. The crowd was throwing big bricks and stones at their house. They also carried stones from an adjacent house and used them for the attack.

Videos of the incident on August 5

In another video, a young man was seen vandalizing a bike. Then diyas lit in the house were thrown, and the bike parked there was also vandalized. One person tried to explain, “Buchi Bhai bike meri hai (Buchi bhai this bike belongs to me),” but the rowdy crowd did not listen and continued to hurdle stones and abuses.

In one video, it was clearly seen that Gagn attacks Minnatullah Khan with a sword that he brought from his house and after that people started to run from the scene. Later, the other side pelted stones. Some women tried to pace down the situation, but the atmosphere did not calm down. Finally, a person from the house makes a video of the area, and someone asks him to put it on Facebook.

Sambit Patra gets attacked by ‘liberals’ after Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi dies following a television debate

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Sambit Patra gets attacked by ‘liberals’ after Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi dies following a television debate

Congress supporters and ‘liberals’ attacked BJP leader Sambit Patra after Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi suffered major cardiac arrest and passed away soon after he was on a television debate. The unfortunate death of Tyagi was used by Congress supporters and ‘liberals’ to score political points and abuse Patra accusing him of being the reason for Tyagi’s heart trouble.

Congress supporter Saket Gokhale was the flag-bearer of the Twitter movement demanding arrest of Patra just because Tyagi’s last debate before he breathed his last was with him.

Islamist Mohammad Asif Khan also blamed Patra for the demise of Tyagi.

Twitter hashtag activist Hansraj Meena too joined in, jumping on the opportunity to participate in another Twitter trend.

Congress supporters also indulged in name calling and referred to Patra as a murderer.

AAP supporters also chimed in.

Self proclaimed fact-checker doubled up as doctor and gave their verdict too.

Tyagi was 52 and regularly represented Congress on television debates. As per reports, after the debate concluded, he asked his domestic help to make tea for himself and lied down to rest. However, he was unresponsive when the domestic help got him tea few minutes later. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared ‘brought dead’. To correlate his unfortunate demise with one particular debate stinks of dirty politics.

Politics, deaths and blame-game

What is even more unfortunate is that this is not the first time dirty politics is played on someone’s death. Two years back when Kashmir-based journalist Shujaat Bukhari was gunned down by terrorists, ‘liberals’ attacked scientist and columnist Anand Ranganathan for indulging in a debate with the deceased just days before terrorists killed him. Because prior to his assassination, Anand Ranganathan had pointed out that Bukhari himself had religious beliefs that can be called anything but moderate. However, a similar set of ‘liberals’ had then put the blame squarely on Anand Ranganathan that Bukhari was killed because the former thought his views were not moderate enough.

Patra and Tyagi were debating on the Bengaluru riots which broke out on 11th August after an allegedly ‘offensive’ post on Prophet Muhammad offended Muslims who went on a rampaging riot and burned the city. In the debate, even Tyagi got agitated and watered down barbarism of Islamic invaders and said that despite so many invasions by Islamist rulers, Hindus have survived in India, then why is the narrative of ‘Hinduism in danger’ being built. Tyagi also said that P Naveen who wrote the allegedly ‘blasphemous’ remark on Prophet Muhammad should also be behind bars and indirectly justified riots since there was a ‘delay’ in filing police complaint.

‘Liberals’, by blaming Patra for death of an individual where he was a willing and equal participant, just show how hollow their ‘sympathies’ for the deceased. Tyagi’s unfortunate death is just an excuse to attack Patra and shift the attention from riots unleashed by Islamist mob.

PM Modi to launch ‘Transparent Taxation’, direct tax reforms to benefit taxpayers, ease the process

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PM Modi to launch ‘Transparent Taxation’, direct tax reforms to benefit taxpayers, ease the process

PM Narendra Modi will today launch ‘Transparent Taxation’, a drive intended to bring benefits for the taxpayers and ease the process of compliance for honest taxpayers. MoS finance G Kishan Reddy took to Twitter to inform about the initiative.

The reforms include various relief measures on account of the coronavirus pandemic, extension of tax payments, refund filing dates, and a number of other steps that seek to ease the payment and compliance process.

PM Modi is to launch the initiative at 11 am on August 13.

Rajdeep Sardesai, Congress leader spread fake news about Pranab Mukherjee’s death, family slams rumour-mongering

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Rajdeep Sardesai, Congress leader spread fake news about Pranab Mukherjee’s death, family slams rumour-mongering

On the morning of August 13, there was some buzz on social media that Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India and Bharat Ratna, has expired. Jounrnalist Rajdeep Sardesai was one of the very first persons to tweet about the former president’s demise.

Rajdeep’s tweet at 8.59

AICC secretary and former MLA from Telangana Vamsi Chand Reddy also tweeted condolences for the former president, declaring that he is dead.

Congress leader tweeting fake news about Pranab Mukherjee’s death

With a prominent journalist and a senior congress leader tweeting about the death of the former president, the ‘news’ caught up and many social media users started tweeting about Mukherjee’s so-called death.

However. Abhijit Mukherjee, the former president’s son and Sharmistha, his daughter, tweeted saying that he is alive and is thermodynamically stable. They condemned the behaviour of certain media persons, declaring a person dead even before confirmation from reliable sources. Abhijit stated, “Speculations & fake news being circulated by reputed Journalists on social media clearly reflects that Media in India has become a factory of Fake News .”

Though Abhijit did not mention Rajdeep’s name, it was clear from his tweet that he was deeply anguished to see a senior journalist like Rajdeep tweeting about his father’s death without confirmation.

Sharmistha Mukherjee, the former president’s daughter also slammed the fake claims and even requested media persons to not disturb her by calling her, as she needs to keep her phone free for updates from the hospital about her father’s health and treatment.

Rajdeep Sardesai apologises for his tweet

Following the clarifications by the former president’s children, Rajdeep deleted his previous tweet and apologised. He stated that he should not have fallen for fake news and should have confirmed before tweeting.

Rajdeep apologises

Pranab Mukherjee remains critical and is comatose

The former president has undergone brain surgery recently and was later also diagnosed with coronavirus. As shared by journalist Shiv Aroor, sources from the Army RR Hospital, were the former president is being treated, have informed that Pranab Mukherjee remains critical following his surgery and infection.

“The condition of Hon’ble Shri Pranab Mukherjee remains unchanged this morning. He is deeply comatose with stable vital parameters and he continues to be on ventilatory support,” informed Aroor.

He had tested coronavirus positive on 10 August

Former President Pranab Mukherjee had informed via a tweet on 10th August that on a visit to a hospital for a separate procedure, he was tested positive for COVID-19. He had requested everyone who came in his contact to self-isolate and got tested for the infection.

It was reported later that he had undergone brain surgery and while in the hospital, was diagnosed coronavirus positive too. Pranab Mukherjee is 84 years old.

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