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Uttar Pradesh: Loudspeakers in mosques and temples to be utilised to popularise state government’s new scheme for farmers

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Uttar Pradesh: Loudspeakers in mosques and temples to be utilised to popularise state government’s new scheme for farmers

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation has decided to utilise the loudspeakers installed in various religious places like mosques and temples in 14 districts in Uttar Pradesh to raise awareness regarding state government’s new scheme which allows farmers to pay their tube well bill in easy instalments.

In an effort to popularise the state government scheme called ‘UP Kisan Asaan Kisht Yojana’, which aims at enabling tube well owners to pay their bills in easy instalments without interest, and enable maximum participation of farmers, the power corporation has come up with this novel idea in which these loudspeakers would be used to make announcements for the state government’s new scheme.

According to Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) officials, announcements will be made in all 14 districts of West Uttar Pradesh under its jurisdiction, namely, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Hapur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Moradabad, Sambhal, Amroha, Rampur and Bijnor.

PVVNL managing director Arvind Mallapa Bangari, said: “It is good that loudspeakers that have caused undue tensions in the past will be put to some good use now. I feel that announcements through loudspeakers will spread the word faster and ensure maximum registration for the scheme.”

The PVVNL MD added, “During my visit to a camp for promotion of the scheme in a Meerut village, I found that the advertisement of the scheme was not too penetrative to ensure maximum registration. Hence, I have directed the officials concerned to utilize each and every possible means to maximize the reach of the scheme, be it beating of drums, pasting posters or even making announcements on loudspeakers at religious places like mosques and temples. The message should reach even the last person.”

Read- Seelampur violence: Announcements for mobilisation were made from local Mosques, says report

Uttar Pradesh has witnessed several incidents of communal clashes originating from the use of loudspeakers. Loudspeakers in mosques are regularly used to make announcements after Firday prayers to organise protests etc, which often turn violent. While almost all mosques use loudspeakers for for call to prayer (Azaan), use of loudspeakers by Hindu temples are many times opposed by Muslims.

In one such incident in June last year, a Muslim mob reportedly entered a temple in Ghasauli village, Meerut, and beat up a group of Dalit men who had put up loudspeakers in the temple for playing devotional songs. The Muslim community had objected to the loudspeaker on temple premises, which is near a mosque after the men from Dalit community put them up.

Later, the mob attacked the temple and beat up the Dalit men with lathis and sticks. They also reportedly attacked them with a sharp object and even started pelting stones. Over half a dozen people inside the temple were injured and the communal tensions escalated.

A similar incident had taken place in Pilbhit, Uttar Pradesh when a mob had ransacked a temple to oppose loudspeakers. The mob broke the loudspeaker and took away the idols of the temple along with them. Five men – Mehboob, Monis, Israel, Azaad and Alanoor were arrested and a case has been registered for trying to create enmity between religious groups.

Aligarh: Post Namaz and Quran Khawani, Muslim women protesting at Shajmahal raise ‘Azaadi slogans’, vow to continue anti-CAA agitation

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Aligarh: Post Namaz and Quran Khawani, Muslim women protesting at Shajmahal raise ‘Azaadi slogans’, vow to continue anti-CAA agitation

Muslim women have been protesting against the CAA and the NRC at the Shajmahal Eidgah area in Aligarh. As per reports, after the protests inside AMU campus pacified and prospects for local political leaders to gain mileage there started dwindling, they had shifted their focus to the Shajmahal area.

Yesterday these Muslim women protestors who have been agitating here since January 29, resorted to continuous sloganeering, raising ‘Azaadi slogans’ and anti-government, anti-CAA slogans, after offering ‘dua’ at the Shajmahal Eidgah post the afternoon Namaz and Quran Khawani.

According to a report by Live Hindustan, while sloganeering they also vowed to continue the agitation and protest against the central government until the newly Citizenship Amendment law was withdrawn. They claimed that they wanted the Central government to realise that implementing CAA was a big mistake on their part. They spoke of sending out a strong message to the central government through the Delhi poll results.

This series of intermittent sloganeering continued till midnight. Some students of the Aligarh Muslim University also appealed to the women here to cooperate until CAA is not withdrawn and continue protesting with the common cause.

Read: Days after death of infants at Shaheen Bagh, Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance to stop involvement of children in protests

For security, PAC and RAF were also deployed in addition to the police of several police stations including Dehli Gate. According to an Uttar Pradesh senior administrative official, there was no doubt that those protesting here were the product of the same anti-government lobby that is leading and funding the Shaheen Bagh protest in Delhi. He also said that the police are keeping a close watch on these protesters to ascertain their links with anti-national elements.

On the other hand, a large number of protesting ‘students’ of AMU, took out a Constitution March on Saturday (8 February) in protest against the citizenship law. The ‘students’ ended the march after reaching the Bab-e-Syed Gate in Uttar Pradesh.

Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh had emerged as one of the epi-centres of the anti-CAA agitations.

Read: Shaheen Bagh mob robbed, assaulted and tried to convert Gunja Kapoor into Islam for wearing a burkha, wanted to use as hostage to negotiate with the BJP

On January 31, former AMUSU vice president Sajjad Subhan Rather had arrived at the protest venue in Shajmahal area to incite the women. He demanded a tent to be placed and a stage to be set so he can deliver a speech there. The local police refused to provide permission and this reportedly led to a verbal spat between Sajjad’s supporters and the police.

Amidst the situation, rumours were spread that Sajjad may be arrested by the police. Fearing arrest, Sajjad then went among the women and borrowed a Burkha to cover himself and pass off as a woman protestor.

As per reports, Sajjad’s supporters started spreading the rumour that he may be arrested and called students of colleges to arrive in large numbers in the area to protest against the police.

Read: Swara Bhaskar says that political analyst Gunja Kapoor should thank Shaheen Bagh for not lynching her

As per reports, Sajjad then shared a live video through Facebook and called other AMU students, including another AMUSU leader Salman Imtiyaz. Later, with the help of the gathering students, he slipped through the back entrance of the protest venue.

Reports have stated that the police have registered a case against over 250 people present at the protest venue for inciting violence.

The Shajmahal protests were initially being led by female Muslim students. However, after the Friday prayers, hundreds of male students had flocked to the venue.

Delhi elections: 69% Muslims voted AAP as they thought it could to defeat BJP, 91% Muslim voted against BJP

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Delhi elections: 69% Muslims voted AAP as they thought it could to defeat BJP, 91% Muslim voted against BJP

The Delhi elections have concluded and the Exit polls give a landslide majority to Aam Admi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal. While the Exit polls show that BJP may improve its tally, AAP is the clear winnder in the state. Axis poll which is telecast by India Today, in fact, predicted the Aaam Aadmi Party to win 63 seats, and the BJP to win seven seats. The Congress , just like in 2015, is unlikely to win any seat in the 70-member Delhi assembly.

There are certain other revelations that come to the fore as per the analysis done by Axis poll during their Delhi elections Exit polls.

Axis poll analysed that over 69% of the Muslim population of Delhi consolidated and voted for Arvind Kejriwal led AAP. 15% of the Muslim population voted for Congress.

Analysis by India Today – Axis poll

According to the figures released by Axis poll, while 69% Muslims voted for AAP and 15% voted for Congress, only a 9% voted for BJP. It is thus safe to say that 91% Muslims consolidated and voted against the BJP.

According the Axis polls, the Muslims of Delhi, 91% of whom voted against BJP said that they consolidated behind Aam Admi Party (which got 69% Muslim votes) because they thought that AAP was better poised to defeat BJP than the Congress.

Among other communities, the India Today-Axis My India exit poll found that AAP enjoyed 54 per cent and 67 per cent votes among the OBC and Balmiki voters, respectively. The share for BJP among these communities was 38 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.

Read: Delhi Assembly Elections: Exit polls predict return of Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government, BJP to improve its numbers

The Congress, that has historically secured most OBC, SC and Balmiki votes, got just 5, 5 and 9 per cent votes, respectively, from these communities.

It is thus also safe to conclude that while the Muslim community of Delhi voted as a bloc, the Hindu votes were far too fragmented along OBC, SC caste lines etc.

It is pertinent to note here that the constituency comprises Muslim dominated assembly segments like the riot-hit Seelampur, which recorded a turnout of 71.4%. Mustafabad, Babarpur, and Seema Puri, all Muslim dominated areas recorded 70.55%, 65.4%, and 68.08% voter turnouts, respectively.

Voter turnout in Shahdara was 65.78 per cent whereas it was 68.36 per cent in Matia Mahal.

Read: Delhi Elections: Muslim constituencies see high voter turnout, Seelampur, where Muslim mobs rioted, records turnout above 71%

The constituencies with substantial Muslim population which registered a turnout less than the overall turnout were Chandni Chowk was recorded at 60.91 per cent, Rithala at 59.62 per cent, Ballimaran at 58.28 per cent, and Okhla at 58.83 per cent.

In the run-up to the Delhi Assembly polls, Muslim-dominated areas of Seelampur saw unprecedented violence led by Muslim mobs to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Delhi was the epicentre of the anti-CAA riots, which later spread to different parts of the country. The Muslim mob in Delhi’s Seelampur had unleashed the violence against public infrastructure and pelted stones at the police injuring many of them. The violent protestors had even attacked school buses in Delhi’s Seelampur area.

There have been serious allegations against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP for instigating riots in Delhi by inciting Muslim mobs against the Modi government ahead of the Delhi assembly elections under the guise of protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which has nothing to do with Indian Muslims.

Shockingly, Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal has given tickets to people who are associated with instigating riots in Delhi during the anti-CAA riots. AAP has fielded Abdul Rehman to contest from New Delhi’s Seelampur constituency in upcoming elections. Rehman along with ex-Congress MLA Mateen Ahmed has been named in an FIR by Delhi Police for ‘provoking the crowd’ to join the protests.

Even as the 16th case of Coronavirus emerges, unfazed Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam Festival and offer prayers to Lord Murugan

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Even as the 16th case of Coronavirus emerges, unfazed Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam Festival and offer prayers to Lord Murugan

On Saturday, the Malaysian Hindus celebrated the annual Thaipusam festival by piercing their bodies with hooks and skewers. Devotees came out in large numbers with only a few people wearing protective masks, despite looming fears about the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

The Hindus form roughly 6% of Malaysia’s population. Most of them belong to the ethnic Tamil Community who were brought to the country as labourers during the British colonial era.

During the festival, the devotees walk barefoot (roughly 272 steps) to reach the Batu Caves temple where Lord Murugan is worshipped. The temple located on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur is a sacred site for the Tamil Hindus.

As offering to the deity, devotees carry milk pots that are eventually smashed. In weeks prior to the celebration, the Hindus abstain from sexual encounters and non-vegetarian diets.

Devotees carried heavy ornate metal structures (kavadis) that can weigh as much as 100 kg. These structures are attached to their bodies with metal hooks. Several people hung multiple screwers and chains from their bodies or pierced their faces with tridents.

Read: China plans to rewrite Quran and the Bible, Islamic organisation in Malaysia threatens China to ‘not cross the redline’

A devotee, however, stated that he was worried about the outbreak of coronavirus but reiterated that he was unlikely to be contaminated at a Holy place.

Only yesterday, the 16th case of the deadly Coronavirus was confirmed in Malaysia.


The latest patient is a 67-year-old Chinese tourist from Wuhan. She is the mother of another confirmed case’s friend, said Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. Both are currently in isolation at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

“She was found positive for the virus on Feb 7 and is currently being treated in the isolation ward at Kuala Lumpur Hospital and was reported to be in a stable condition,” Dr Wan Azizah said at a daily news conference on the latest development of the coronavirus.
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She said of the 16 positive cases, 12 are China nationals and four are Malaysians.

Despite the serious fears of the outbreak, the Hindus of Malaysia carried out their rituals and offered prayers at the festival.

The Coronavirus outbreak has killed close to 811 people in China. This prompted the Indian Government to successfully evacuate 323 Indian citizens and 7 Maldivian nationals. Despite 16 cases reported in Malaysia alone, the Malaysian Hindus ignored the deadly pathogen and celebrated their festival.

The Wire Founding-Editor has an insightful conversation about Delhi elections with a ‘former Delhi CM and Congress leader’: Here is the problem with that

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The Wire Founding-Editor has an insightful conversation about Delhi elections with a ‘former Delhi CM and Congress leader’: Here is the problem with that

The Delhi elections have concluded and per the Exit Polls, Aam Admi Party (AAP) is sweeping the elections with a more than 50% vote share. While BJP will improve its tally according to pollsters, the wave was a pro-incumbency one, unmistakably. Amidst the Exit Polls numbers, The Wire founding editor MK Venu wrote about an insightful conversation he purportedly had with a senior Congress leader who is also a former Chief Minister of Delhi.


MK Venu wrote that a “very senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Delhi” told him that AAP got an additional 2% to 3% vote share simply because BJP leaders launched a personal attack against Arvind Kejriwal, AAP supremo, calling him a ‘terrorist’. He said that during his conversation with the “very senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Delhi”, he was told that this “vicious attack angered voters who have been on the fence”.

Read: Delhi Elections: Seelampur, epi-centre of anti-CAA riots, records one of the highest voter turnout at above 65%

By all standards, it is an extremely enlightening conversation that The Wire co-founder wrote about. However, there is only one problem with that – none of the former Delhi Chief Ministers is alive in 2020 to have had this conversation with him.

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav was the first Chief Minister of Delhi and a Congress leader. He was the CM from 1952 to 1955. He passed away in 1993.

Gurumukh Nihal Singh

Gurmukh Nihal Singh was the second Chief Minister of Delhi from 1955 to 1956 and was a Congress leader. He was the successor of Chaudhary Brahm Prakash and assumed office in 1955 just for one year, as after that States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was passed which made Delhi a Union Territory. Thus, no one was appointed the next CM of Delhi until legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993.

The date of the death of Gurumukh Nihal Singh remains unknown.

Madan Lal Khurana

Madan Lal Khurana was the CM of Delhi from 1993 to 1996. He was a senior BJP leader and passed away in 2018.

Sahib Singh Verma

Sahib Singh Verma was the Chief Minister of Delhi from 1996 to 1998. A senior BJP leader, he passed away in 2007.

Sushma Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj, a beloved parliamentarian belonged to BJP and passed away in August 2019. She was the Delhi CM only for 2 months in 1998.

Sheila Dixit

From 1998 to 2013, Congress leader Sheila Dixit was the Chief Minister of Delhi. She passed away in July 2019 at the age of 81.

Arvind Kejriwal

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal became the Chief Minister of Delhi in 2015 and continues to hold the position.

As one can see, out of the 7 Chief Ministers Delhi has had, 6 of them have passed away and the only “Delhi CM” left to have a conversation with is Arvind Kejriwal who is at the moment neither a ‘senior Congress leader’ nor ‘a former CM’.

Therefore, it is safe to say that as is the habit of the propagandists at The Wire, MK Venu was boldly lying.

While it is obvious that MK Venu is a liar, it so appears that he is also not the smartest cookie in the cookie jar to have asserted that he had a conversation with a ‘Former CM who is also a very senior leader of the Congress’. It is perhaps the bane of our media industry that people who do not even know simple facts about polity and politics are today being touted as propaganda websites as ‘political analysts and commentators’.

It is worthy to note that The Wire has a shoddy reputation and is a Left propaganda website from which, such lies and worse have come to be the norm.

Read: MK Venu calls ‘aggressive’ chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ provocative in The Wire, justifies Mamata Banerjee’s reign of violence

Back in 2010, during the Congress regime, a scandal had come to the fore where journalists, including ones like Barkha Dutt and MK Venu (who is the founding editor of The Wire where Rohini Singh now works), were heard hobnobbing with corporate lobbying Niira Radia. MK Venu was heard requesting corporate lobbyist Niira Radia to introduce a journalist named ‘Rohini Singh’ to her (lobbyist’s) circle (of politicians, businessmen, lobbyists, etc.). Radia was believed to be using journalists as brokers for securing favourable deals for her corporate clients from the UPA government. Rohini Singh is currently working with The Wire as well.

Read: Delhi Police suspects foreign funding links in Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam’s bank accounts

Recently, a columnist with The Wire, Sharjeel Imam turned out to be the mastermind of Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protests and is currently in custody for being a highly radicalised Islamist who not only wanted to break Assam and Northeast away from India but also wanted India to turn into an Islamist nation.

Update:

After facing huge criticism on Twitter for his tweet about talking to a ‘former Delhi CM’, MK Venu posted a clarification today morning. He said that it was a former Delhi Congress chief and not CM. To end all confusion, he also revealed that he had talked to Ajay Maken.


It is very surprising that a senior journalist like Venu, who is known to be close to Congress party, will mistake Maken as a former CM of Delhi. Perhaps he always wanted Congress to rule Deli with Ajay Maken as the chief minister, and his hope was inadvertently reflected in his tweet.

PM Modi urges Sri Lanka to fulfil the aspirations of Tamil people during his meeting with Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

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PM Modi urges Sri Lanka to fulfil the aspirations of Tamil people during his meeting with Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa

After wide-ranging talks with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he hopes the island nation will fulfil the aspirations of Tamil people. Both the prime ministers talked on various issues from trade to combat terrorism. Mahinda Rajapaksa is on a five-day visit to India after taking charge as a Prime Minister to Sri Lanka in November last year.

Showing concern about the Tamil community, Modi said he expects that the Sri Lankan government will realize the expectations of equality, justice, peace, and respect of the Tamil people as it is a long-pending issue faced by both the countries.

On the fisherman issue, Modi said both sides have decided to adopt a humanitarian approach dealing with it.

On terrorism, he said, “We have decided to deepen cooperation to combat terror”.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also met Mahinda Rajapaksa during which a range of discussions including development, security cooperation and partnership between two countries took place.

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Talks with Sri Lanka, the island country in the Indian ocean is important as there’s a significant development in China’s footprint witnessed in the last decade in the Indian ocean triggering concerns of the Indian government.

After his official engagement in Delhi, Rajapaksa will travel to Varanasi, Sarnath, Bodh Gaya, and Tirupati.

Mahinda Rajapaksa earlier served as Sri Lanka’s president from 2005-2015. He was also prime minister for a short period in 2018. His brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa visited India in 2019 November after he took charge as President of Sri Lanka.

Delhi Elections: Muslim constituencies see high voter turnout, Seelampur, where Muslim mobs rioted, records turnout above 71%

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Delhi Elections: Muslim constituencies see high voter turnout, Seelampur, where Muslim mobs rioted, records turnout above 71%

The Northeast Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, which has Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and AAP’s Dilip Pandey in the fray, recorded the highest turnout at 63.45 per cent in the polls today. The constituency comprises Muslim dominated assembly segments like the riot-hit Seelampur, which recorded a turnout of 71.4%. Mustafabad, Babarpur, and Seema Puri, all Muslim dominated areas recorded 70.55%, 65.4%, and 68.08% voter turnouts, respectively.

Voter turnout in Shahdara was 65.78 per cent whereas it was 68.36 per cent in Matia Mahal.

The constituencies with substantial Muslim population which registered a turnout less than the overall turnout were Chandni Chowk was recorded at 60.91 per cent, Rithala at 59.62 per cent, Ballimaran at 58.28 per cent, and Okhla at 58.83 per cent.

After a sluggish start, the evening voter percentage in Delhi saw a sharp uptick as about 60 per cent of voter turnout. The national capital had recorded a voter turnout of 67.12 per cent in the 2015 assembly elections.

On the eve of the Delhi assembly elections, the mosques in the riot-hit Seelampur and Okhla have urged Muslims to vote in large numbers on Saturday, reported Hindustan Times. These are the very areas where Muslim mobs had gone on a rampage and caused riots as a result of their opposition to CAA. It is also worthy to note that Congress and AAP leaders were booked for the anti-CAA riots in these areas by Muslim mobs.

Following an incident on Friday in which two gunmen allegedly fired four rounds near a shop in the area, the Imam has urged people to make sure that they vote, adding that residents in the locality which come under the riot-hit Seelampur constituency should not be deterred by such “gunfire incidents”.

Though no person was injured in the firing, the local Muslims have now decided to vote in large numbers for reasons that range from education to civic issues.

In the run-up to the Delhi Assembly polls, Muslim-dominated areas of Seelampur saw unprecedented violence led by Muslim mobs to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Delhi was the epicentre of the anti-CAA riots, which later spread to different parts of the country. The Muslim mob in Delhi’s Seelampur had unleashed the violence against public infrastructure and pelted stones at the police injuring many of them. The violent protestors had even attacked school buses in Delhi’s Seelampur area.

There have been serious allegations against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP for instigating riots in Delhi by inciting Muslim mobs against the Modi government ahead of the Delhi assembly elections under the guise of protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which has nothing to do with Indian Muslims.

Shockingly, Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal has given tickets to people who are associated with instigating riots in Delhi during the anti-CAA riots. AAP has fielded Abdul Rehman to contest from New Delhi’s Seelampur constituency in upcoming elections. Rehman along with ex-Congress MLA Mateen Ahmed has been named in an FIR by Delhi Police for ‘provoking the crowd’ to join the protests.

NCP leader files complaint against journalist and his viewers over YouTube comments accusing them of conspiring to murder Sharad Pawar

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NCP leader files complaint against journalist and his viewers over YouTube comments accusing them of conspiring to murder Sharad Pawar

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has registered a complaint at Shivajinagar police station in Pune against journalist Bhau Torsekar and those who commented on his video, accusing them of hatching a conspiracy to murder NCP party chief Sharad Pawar to topple the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government in Maharashtra. The complaint was filed after users posted disparaging remarks against Pawar on Bhau Torsekar’s YouTube channel– “The Postman”.

“The time has come to set off a sutli bomb inside Sharad Pawar’s undergarment,” one of the comments read after which NCP worker Laxmikant Khabiya lodged a complaint alleging criminal conspiracy to murder NCP supremo and an attempt to topple Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra against Bhau Torsekar, the owner of the Youtube channel.

(Source: Lokmat)

In the complaint, Khabiya stated that for the past several months, social media was rife with posters promoting enmity and causing social tensions between different communities that threatened to imperil the social and political unity of Maharashtra. He added that he felt such things would gradually diminish following the state Vidhan Sabha elections but to his dismay, such things have continued unabated.

Read- NCP chief Sharad Pawar had close ties with D-Company head Dawood Ibrahim: Ex R&AW officer NK Sood

Further, Khabiya asserted that after NCP formed a government in Maharashtra, viewers who watch videos of journalists such as Bhau Torsekar, Ghanshyam Patil and others on YouTube, constantly make dangerously provocative remarks against Sharad Pawar, with many advocating the use of bullets and bombs against him. Khabiya has asked the police to investigate the comments passed by viewers on the YouTube channels of the aforesaid journalists to ascertain if any murder conspiracy is in the offing against the NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

Confirming that a complaint has indeed been lodged at the Shivajinagar police station, Police Inspector Balasaheb Kopner said that the cyber police have sought details of the said videos from YouTube. He added that the matter is being investigated earnestly by the police.

“Must maintain peace at any costs”: Allahabad High Court refuses permission to AIMIM leader for anti-CAA protest in Firozabad

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“Must maintain peace at any costs”: Allahabad High Court refuses permission to AIMIM leader for anti-CAA protest in Firozabad

The Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition seeking permission to stage protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Firozabad. The judges comprising of Justice Bharati Sapru and Justice Piyush Agrawal observed “It is not in the national interest to give any relief to the petitioner at all. If the petitioner is a citizen of India, he must maintain peace at any costs. Hence, we are not inclined to interfere in the matter”. The judges also observed that the writ petition had no merit so it was dismissed.

Mohammed Furquan of Firozabad, district president of AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen), had moved an application to organize a protest against CAA and NRC near Hussaini Mohalla ground in Firozabad. The district administration had denied him the permission, after which he had approached the police, but The SHO of Rasulpur police station had also declined to give permission, citing communal peace being affected and prohibitory orders being followed over section 144.

The police had also said that Hussaini Mohalla is a communally sensitive area, hence such protests can’t be allowed in the area. After facing setback from police, Furquan had approached the Allahabad High Court challenging the police order. He had contended that blanket ban on all protests is a violation of Article 19 of the constitution, he had also claimed peaceful protests are going on all over the country.

Read- Anti-CAA riots: Uttar Pradesh police releases CCTV videos of rioters shooting at cops in Meerut

The State counsel had opposed the petition, saying that violence during anti-CAA protests in December last year had caused massive damage of public property in the state. Accordingly, the court dismissed the petition saying it will not be in national interest to allow the protests to be held.

In the aftermath of the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), several incidents of riots, violence, arson and vandalism by Muslim mobs in the name of ‘protests’ against the enactment of the law have taken place across the country.

In Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad violent mobs targetted police officials during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest. A police post was also damaged and three vehicles were torched by an unruly mob, following which the police used tear gas to control the situation.

“Raj Thackeray will emerge as the iconic leader of Hindutva”: Shiv Sena leader Prakash Mahajan after joining MNS with two other Sena leaders

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“Raj Thackeray will emerge as the iconic leader of Hindutva”: Shiv Sena leader Prakash Mahajan after joining MNS with two other Sena leaders

After forming government in alliance with Congress and NCP, Shiv Sena faced first major jolt today after senior leaders left the party to join MNS. On Saturday Aurangabad leader Suhas Dashrathe joined Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) along with two other leaders – Prakash Mahajan, Harshvardhan Jadhav.

Suhas Dashrathe is a veteran Shiv Sena leader who has spent 38 years in the party. Prakash Mahajan is a brother of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, while Harshvardhan Jadhav is a former MLA. The Shiv Sena leaders left the party just ahead of Municipal Corporation Election in Aurangabad, which is scheduled for April this year. Sena is heading the Corporation at present for many years.

The move came after MNS tilted towards Hindutva after that space was vacated by Shiv Sena in Maharashtra. Harshvardhan Jadhav said that the cause of Hindutva taken up by Raj Thackeray appealed to him. “I will definitely work to expand the party’s base (in Aurangabad). We will definitely win the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation,” Jadhav said.

Read- It is Shiv Sena’s turn now, but the anti-Modi fever has ruined many a political careers

Prakash Mahajan said that Raj Thackeray is the only leader who will be able to take up the cause of Hindutva after Bal Thackeray. “Raj Thackeray will emerge as the iconic leader of Hindutva in the time to come and Hindutva needs him,” Mahajan said.

In the meanwhile, MNS stepped up its attack on Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray challenging him to fulfil his commitment of deporting illegal immigrants. They put up posters outside Thackeray’s resident Matoshri, which said, “Honourable Chief Minister, if your stance is that Pakistani and Bangladeshi infiltrators must be thrown out of the country, then first clear the neighbourhoods in your Bandra backyard that are brimming with infiltrators.”

On 23rd January, on Bal Thackrey’s birth anniversary, MNS chief Raj Thackrey had revealed the decision to change the flag to Shivaji Maharaj’s Raj Mudra or the royal seal was the original idea for the flag. He is certainly leaving no opportunity in his attempt to get a makeover of his party, after announcing his support for the Modi Government over CAA and the proposed NRC. His party workers put posters up in Panvel, Navi Mumbai, warning illegal migrants, especially Bangladeshis to leave India or be driven out ‘MNS-Style‘.

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