One of the lodestars of the left-liberal intelligentsia- Javed Akhtar, was today caught shooting from the hips on legal matters when an IPS officer confronted him for claiming the Delhi Police violated the ‘Law of the land’ by entering the Jamia Millia Islamia University without seeking the permission.
Dear Legal Expert
Please elaborate the law of land, the section number and name of the Act etc so that we are also enlightened.
Regards
Akhtar, who is often mocked as a humanised version of an irrigation sprinkler, was responding to a Twitter user who had tagged him in his tweet about the misbehaviour meted out to a journalist by Jamia ‘protestors’. The user quoted an ABP news tweet which showed that a woman journalist was misbehaved with by the Jamia ruffians when she was reporting about the protests. The user asserted that the likes of Javed Akhtar will not condemn such incidents.
In line with the Twitter user’s belief, instead of calling out the misconduct the ABP news anchor was subjected to, Akhtar turned a blind eye to it while mouthing off platitudes about the Delhi Police’s action in the Jamia Millia Islamia University.
“According to the law of the land, under any circumstances, police can not enter any university campus without the permission of the university authorities. By entering the Jamia campus without permission, police have created a precedent that is a threat to every university,” Akhtar tweeted.
Before long, a decorated IPS officer, Sandeep Mittal, sardonically questioned Javed Akhtar to enlighten him about the law of the land, the section number and the name of the Act he is referring to while asserting that the police have broken the law by entering the Jamia university without seeking permission from the authorities.
“Dear Legal expert, Please elaborate on the law of the land, the section number and the name of the Act etc so we are also enlighted,” Mittal retorted.
Stumped by Mittal’s riposte, Javed clammed up, not responding any further about the details sought by IPS Mittal.
Last evening, the Delhi Police had to enter the Jamia Millia Islamia University to quell the bouts of spiralling violence that accompanied the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Buses were torched, public property was destroyed as the enraged mobsters indulged in blatant acts of vandalism and arson. Hundreds of ‘protesters’ were paraded out of the University with their hands in the air. The Police said that they had nabbed some outsiders who were indulging in violence.
Hindustan Times has filed a police complaint against one Nupur Kashyap who had identified herself as Hindustan Times journalist and wished death upon Prime Minister Modi. As reported by HT, a complaint has been filed by the publication in Crime and Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police where HT has accused Kashyap and Facebook of impersonation and defamation under section 419 and 500 of the IPC.
On Sunday OpIndia had reported how one Nupur Kashyap had wished for a ‘river tsunami’ such that PM Modi dies.
Nupur Kashyap’s Facebook comment
In her Facebook profile, she had identified herself as ‘copy editor’ at Hindustan Times.
Nupur Kashyap Facebook profile (image: @iankursingh on Twitter)
Following it, many social media users had questioned whether Hindustan Times endorses such views. However, as per Hindustan Times, Kashyap is not employed with them.
As the protests against the CAA have taken an ugly turn, the number of personnel guarding residences of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior ministers have increased after intel from central intelligence agencies suggest that these places might be likely targets of the violent protestors.
“In view of prevailing situation…the protesters may go to the residences as well as offices of Central Ministers for snap demonstrations,” the alert said.
Other places that may be on the list of demonstrators are Vijay Chowk, Parliament street and India Gate. “The protest might also erupt at places such as Vijay Chowk, Parliament Street, India Gate and old and new police headquarters and the residence of Home Minister (Amit Shah),” the alert stated.
The intel was shared by Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik who emphasised the need to brief and sensitise security staff, local police staff, and other personnel of security forces deployed at New Delhi District.
Furthermore, Patnaik asked Police Control Room vans, as well as New Delhi District Quick Response Team, to stay alert and more cautious.
Patnaik added that there is an acute need to fortify Metro stations by strengthening the police deployment around stations.
“Social Media needs to be continuously monitored so that fake news and videos being spread on Internet can be tackled promptly,” he said.
The anti-CAA protests had exacerbated after the Jamia ’protestors’ yesterday indulged in acts of vandalism and arson in the National Capital of the country. Soon thereafter, the Delhi Police entered the Jamia Millia Islamia University to quell the bouts of violent acts accompanying the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Public property was destroyed as the enraged mobsters indulged in blatant acts of vandalism and arson. Hundreds of ‘protesters’ were paraded out of the University with their hands in the air. The Police said that they had nabbed some outsiders who were indulging in violence.
The bouts of violence continued as the angry ‘protestors’ today launched an assault against the ANI journalists outside the Jamia Millia Islamia Gate no. 1 who had gone there to cover the protests.
Apparently, the protestors are miffed with the government’s recently legislated Citizenship Amendment Bill that intends to grant citizenship to the persecuted minorities-Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Christians and Buddhists from neighbouring countries.
Controversial journalist Barkha Dutt, a respected member of the media fraternity who has been accused of undermining India’s national security during the Kargil War, met two protesting female students of Jamia Milia Islamia in an obvious attempt to whitewash the violence that was unleashed by Muslim mobs. The students she met were Ladeeda Farzana, Aysha Renna, and Shaheen. In a video that had gone viral on social media, the ‘sheroes’ could be seen ‘saving’ Shaheen from the Police.
In a viral video from #Jamia we saw two young women save a male friend from police lathis by giving him cover. We also saw the same women standing atop a roof raising hands in another viral image. I meet Ladeeda Farzana & Ayesha Renna, sheroes of Jamia & Shaheen whom they saved pic.twitter.com/q8qfvIDMFT
Upon discovering their identities, ‘internet sleuths’ proceeded to dig into the individuals that were mentioned to develop some understanding about their conduct on social media. As they say, the internet never forgets. People discovered that Aysha Renna had called India ‘fascist’ because the terrorist Yakub Memon was hanged till death after he was convicted for his involvement in the Mumbai Blasts that killed hundreds of people.
Source: @SaffronRevolut1/Twitter
The other girl in Barkha Dutt’s photo was Ladeeda Farzana, who is presumably, Ladeeda Shakhaloon. Ladeeda Shakhaloon also finds mention in this Outlook report where she is again lionized by the reporter. The Outlook reported, ““We started the protest from our hostel at around 7. For half-an-hour, there were just four of us,” says Sakhaloon, adding the number gradually swelled as they went around visiting other hostels, mobilizing students. By the time the girls climbed up the wall to address other students, there were over a thousand students who had amassed in protest. “If we don’t protest, who will? My parents have always said that you must fight injustice. When my father saw that photograph, all he said was, ‘You are on the right path,’” says Sakhaloon, who already has a BA degree in Economics.”
Now, who is Ladeeda Shakhaloon (probably the Ladeeda mentioned by Barkha Dutt) that she is being lionized to this extent? Her facebook profile provides great evidence to her worldview. In one of her posts, she openly gives a call to Jihad. She says that people should “learn about our ‘Jihad’.”
Source: Ladeeda Sakhaloon/Facebook
The mention of Badr, Uhd and Karbala is significant as these are battles where the early Muslims had scored decisive victories against the ‘Kaafirs’. The Battle of Badr was fought by Prophet Muhammad himself and is considered to be won by Allah’s divine intervention by Muslims. The Battle of Uhud was the second military encounter between the ‘Kaafir’ Meccans and the prophet. The battle of Karbala was fought between the Second Umayyad Caliph Yazid the first and grandson of the Islamic prophet. This battle ultimately sealed the Shia-Sunni divide.
She ends the post with “La ilaha illa allah, Muhammad rasoolullah.” Given the mention of the three places along with Jihad is ample evidence that Ladeeda Sakhaloon’s call for Jihad cannot be whitewashed as a mere non-violent struggle or spiritual struggle. Moreover, the Hudybiyyah she mentions is a peace treaty signed by Prophet Muhammad with the Qurayshi tribe which he later broke and went to war against them. Therefore, quite clearly, Ladeeda Salakhoon is drawing an analogy with breaking a peace treaty with ‘Kaafirs’ and going to war against them. This cannot be dubbed as a call for spiritual Jihad or non-violent Jihad in any manner whatsoever.
In another post of hers from April 2018, she gives ‘middle fingers’ to India. This was soon after the unfortunate rape and murder of six-year-old girl in Kathua, Kashmir.
Ladeeda showing middle finger to India
Aysha Renna’s worldview should also be now of great suspect as she has shared posts of the same individual in her own timeline and was ‘tagged’ in the post where the call for Jihad was made.
Source: Aysha Renna/Facebook
Furthermore, Ladeeda Sakhaloon and Aysha Renna are also the face of the Jamia Milia Islamia University protests and were the individuals in the photo from the protests that have been labeled ‘iconic’ by many ‘intellectuals’ on social media. And, again, we have the Outlook report to thank for it. In the picture below, Ladeeda Sakhaloon is at the center and Aysha Renna on her left. To her right is one woman called Chanda Yadav.
Source: Outlook
One Facebook user with the username ‘Baasie‘, another student of Jamia according to his/her profile, shared Ladeeda’s call for Jihad.
Source: Baasie/Facebook
Ladeeda’s call for Jihad was also shared by one Anshad from Kerala whose profile appeared to confirm that Ladeeda Sakhaloon is indeed the Ladeeda Farzana mentioned by Barkha Dutt.
Twitter user @WrongDoc dug out more details on the jihadist inclination Ladeeda has.
Thus, quite clearly, we see that the faces of the Jamia protests are people who are extremists in their ideologies and openly give a call to Jihad. These are the individuals who are seeking to be normalized by the ‘secular camp’. It is also important to remember that slogans such as ‘Hinduon Se Azadi‘ were raised at Jamia Nagar the day mob violence ravaged Delhi.
Given the extremist ideologies of the individuals concerned, the investigative authorities need to thoroughly investigate whether any Jamia students were involved in raising those slogans. Furthermore, it also needs to be investigated whether Jamia students with extremist ideologies instigated those violent protests even if they didn’t directly participate in it. It is also pertinent to note that in Ladeeda’s call for Jihad, she had tagged others who belong to the Jamia Milia Islamia University. It emphasizes the necessity of investigating the radicalization of the Muslim youth in top universities.
The state of West Bengal witnessed unprecedented violence as protestors torched several trains, railway stations and tracks, and dozens of buses on Saturday amid spiralling violence in West Bengal during the agitation against the legislation of the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
Taking cognisance of the worsening law and order situation, the governor of the state, Jagdeep Dhankar had made a request to the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to be briefed and updated on the latest situation in the state.
However, it appears that the Mamata Banerjee thought it is was not important to notify the governor on the latest developments. The governor today took to Twitter to slam the Mamata Banerjee government for not briefing him on the current situation in the state.
.@MamataOfficial. Am stunned that in spite of request made neither Chief Secretary nor Director General of Police have come to brief and update me on the current painful situation in the State. This is surely not acceptable given the enormity of situation.
“I am stunned that in spite of request made neither Chief Secretary nor Director General of Police has come to brief and update me on the current painful situation in the State. This is surely not acceptable given the enormity of the situation,” Dhankar tweeted.
The state of West Bengal witnessed widespread violence and a total collapse of law and order as Muslim mobs protesting against the CAA and implementation of NRC in the state went on a rampage. Inciting the violence further, CM Mamata Banerjee has declared that she would not allow CAB and NRC to be implemented in the state. Far from informing the governor of the state, Mamata Banerjee also spearheaded the anti-CAB march today in the capital city of Kolkata.
In a stunning disregard of law and order, Mamata today said that the central government stopped railway services in West Bengal just because a few trains were burnt down. “Just because a few trains were set on fire, the Centre has stopped railway services in most parts of Bengal,” Mamata said in a rally in Kolkata.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill aims to give Citizenship to the persecuted minorities like Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from the neighbouring Islamic nations of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The Bill has been passed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and also got the assent of the President. However, it has seen widespread opposition from “secular” parties like the TMC, Congress and others.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill after being passed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha got the President’s assent and has now become a law. The Act (CAA) seeks to provide citizenship to the persecuted minorities of neighbouring Islamic countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The opposition to this Act has come from very specific quarters. It perhaps seems ‘widespread’ because the news is everywhere on Social Media and rightly so. However, while the bill has received widespread support, it becomes essential to analyse where the violent opposition (anti-CAA protests) to it has emanated from, why, and most importantly, who might be instigating it.
One of the first violent ‘protests’ that we heard of was from the state of West Bengal. Violent Muslim mobs ran amuck ransacking and vandalising property. Running riots and damaging public property. The videos are several, but the message is the same – even a perceived injustice against the majority Muslims of Pakistan is going to strike a chord with Islamists in India. I saw ‘perceived’ because, in actual terms, there has been absolutely no injustice meted out to them by India as far as the Citizenship Amendment Act is concerned. This Act doesn’t concern Indian Muslims and it certainly has no power to ‘discriminate’ against Muslims who are a majority in Islamic nations.
Then, we saw violent protests at several Universities. Students protesting for a cause is perhaps the most powerful image and the purpose is multifold – while it generally gives the impression of ‘organic protests’ taking place, any action by the law enforcement against violent ‘students’ is met with criticism. The violent protests were mainly limited to Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia University. There was stone-pelting, some news of petrol bombs being hurled by the ‘students’, and sloganeering that would put the stone-pelters of Kashmir to shame. We heard slogans of ‘Hinduon se Azaadi’ and posters of “Khilafat 2.0”.
Soon, a dangerous narrative was being spun with several elements inciting violence, lying to make rioting “students” appear as victims of police brutality and calls for more colleges to join in.
One had to wonder, how is this well-oiled machinery coordinating? How are all of them saying the same thing at the same time so effectively and efficiently? Who is spearheading the campaign to co-ordinate, incite violence, spread misinformation, and who are the hidden hands that are helping these “students” when they eventually run into trouble with law enforcement? It is evident that these “students” who are running riot aren’t really scared about how they would get out of trouble should the police arrest them.
The Whatsapp group for Anti-CAA protests
While speaking to several students and trying to find the answers to these questions, I was sworn to secrecy and added to a Whatsapp group that was called “Anti-CAA Protest (Law St)”. The Display Picture of the group clearly states that this group was for coordination and planning of protests against CAA in Law Universities. Specifically mentioned was that this group was made for coordination and not ‘debate or discussion’.
WhatsApp group name
The Admins of the Anti-CAA protest Whatsapp group
Once I was added to the Whatsapp group, the messages were severely anti-CAA and even bordering on some messages sounding completely Leftist. I proceeded to check the admins of the Whatsapp group.
The first admin that I noticed was one Reetam Singh. On Whatsapp, this is Reetam’s profile information.
Reetam Singh
When searched on Instagram, this is what it threw up. With the same profile picture, there was one post where Reetam was wearing a Congress scarf.
Reetam Singh Instagram account
Another post on Instagram proves Reetam Singh’s Congress association. It turns out, Reetam Singh is the NSUI National RTI Cell Coordinator. NSUI is the National Students Union of India which is a Congress Students arm.
Reetam Singh Instagram post
Another admin was one Simranjit. When searched, we found one Simranjit who clearly had Congress affiliations.
Simranjit Twitter account
Further, another admin of the Whatsapp group was one of the people who spearheaded the Aarey Metro protests. The other admins were also affiliated to NSUI.
The confirmation of Congress affiliation
Finding their links merely with their names was not enough for confirmation that this group coordinating protests against CAA was spearheaded by Congress and NSUI representatives. To get a confirmation, I tried to prod whether the admins of this group were, in fact, NSUI representatives.
Screenshot from WhatsApp chatScreenshot from WhatsApp chat
From the chat, it is evident that the participants knew that the admins of the group were NSUI representatives. In fact, one response to my query was from Reetam Singh himself who on his Instagram had confirmed that he is NSUI functionary.
Reetam Singh’s message revealed a sinister plot. He asked people to “learn from the protests in Assam” and rudely asked that NSUI affiliation not be brought up. The Assam protests were very different from the reasons for protests by the rest of the Congress functionaries and Islamists. While the later is protesting against the exclusion of Pakistani, Bangladeshi etc Muslims in CAB, Assam is protesting not against the exclusion of Muslims but the fact that they want Clause 6 of the Assam Accord implemented. In essence, the protests in Assam actually fuels the need for NRC since Assam wants no immigrants to be settled in their state. That Congress is confounding the two points to dangerous propaganda that is being peddled.
Reetam Singh also reveals that the aim is “mass appeal”. Perhaps the reason that I was shouted down by several people and asked to not bring up NSUI connection, was that while the coordination of the protest is clearly being spearheaded by Congress, they would want to conceal that information to make it appear indigenous protest.
The aim – spearheaded by Congress but projected as organic
To confirm that the plan was to project these protests as organic protests and hide the clear NSUI affiliation, I asked my source in the WhatsApp group to ask if the protests were supposed to presented as an NSUI protest or an organic one.
As soon as the question was asked, the obvious answer that was presented was that these were supposed to be packaged as genuine protests.
In fact, the source who asked the question later got threatened by NSUI functionary Reetam Singh. He was immediately asked to clarify in the group and asked not to raise the NSUI connection in the group again.
A screenshot sent by an individual who was threatened
The group was essentially made to ensure that protests break out on the 19th of December across Law Universities and the protests appear as though these were organic ones without any political involvement. However, with this group and messages, it is evident that protests are being planned and coordinated by Congress.
Aaron Mirza, Karnataka Youth Congress spokesperson was also part of the group.
Aaron Mirza’s LinkedIn Profile
The plan by NSUI
Reetam Singh, the NSUI representative charted out the entire plan of the protests that are being planned on 19th December.
The following message was sent by him on WhatsApp (screenshot of it with the reporter).
Why are we against CAA
It is against the ideals of Article 13,14 and 15
It is inconsistent with NRC administered by Supreme Court making it redundant.
It violates reasonable classification by using one and one criteria that is religion only when we talk in terms of Art 14. It uses only religion when reasonable classification and intelligible differentia uses more than one clauses to make a differentiation. Eg making reservations for women is justified as they have economic as well as differentiation based on sex. Here in CAA, it is religion and religion only. That too of certain countries based on religion. Not on humanitarian ground.
That it violates India’s commitment to the International Declaration of Human Rights. And it’s various commitments to UN and international declaration {can provide further inputs if required}
It opens the door for further religion-based differentiation laws beyond the scope of Art 25 to 30.
It gives blanket citizenship to Hindu illegal migrants while Muslim migrants will be persecuted as illegals.
2.5 Crore Hindu Bangladeshis have now declared they would seek India’s citizenship { check news piece from Assomiya Pratidin whereby they have declared the intention in Bangladesh through various organisations}
It is inconsistent with the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955 Article 3 of the Act
It is inconsistent with fundamental rights available to foreigners hence violative of Art 13. Freedom of religion is guaranteed to foreigners. Hence we see missionaries in India from abroad.
It gives land rights, economic rights, voting rights to illegal Hindu Bangladeshis. Who form 5 lakh of the 12 lakh illegals identified under NRC in Assam
Why it bothers Northeast? You have estimated over 50 lakh illegal migrants in Northeast. Assam officially some say 12 lakh, initial NRC was 19 lakh. Some of them used figures as 50 lakh in Assam only. I am using a conservative estimate. Now, these people will get blanket immunity to settle here. They are not settling in Ladakh or Rajasthan or Tamil Nadu. But Northeast due to proximity and availability of vacant forest land. While in Bengal we already face a high density of population. So they won’t go there. The whole burden of resettlement comes to Northeast. Hence the aggressive protest.
Then he charts out the plan. In his messages, wrote:
The first thing we could do in our capacity is to write letters to Chief Justice of Local High Courts to invoke their conscience.
The main matter of the letter:
Invoke Constitutional conscience and explain to them how as Guardian of Constitution at the state level they should protect the Constitutional Sanctity.
Force Police to register FIR against all individuals involved in hate-mongering especially Politicians who with full impunity of state go on to make hate speeches without consequences.
Take immediate action on issues of absolute National importance at the earliest without time delay. The State Counsels abuse processes of law to take 8 weeks time to 4 weeks time for instructions when they should just give 1 week of time so that cases occur in an expedited processes
First thing first, you need to mobilise your faculty teachers to take a stand. They need to write letters to their Chancellors and then to Justices of Supreme Court. That would be the 1st job. Second, we need to draft a letter. And send it to Chief Justice of India. Next is a ceremonial reading of Preamble together. We all law students have to read the Preamble together in chorus and post videos here. So that we can post it out to media. Contact your professors. See to it if they can ask faculty members to write a common letter of protest invoking conscience of the Judiciary. This is today’s plan of action.
Further, what is even more dangerous is that the NSUI is now comparing the protests against CAA to the Arab Spring. He even says that he was a part of the ‘Occupy London’ movement. Then he says that the West Bengal protests were “wrongly” projected as Muslim protests (which is incorrect). Further, he says that the movement needs to be projected as a non-partisan movement to gain public faith. Of course, the fact that he is from Congress is a fact that has been pushed under the rug.
Screenshot from WhatsApp chat
Threats, intimidation, incitement of violence
One of the most dangerous parts of the plan was a tacit incitement of violence against those who support the Citizenship Amendment Act.
WhatsApp screenshot
The message above was sent by NSUI Reetam Singh who is the admin of this group. The message clearly calls for “confronting” people from BJP, RSS and ABVP. In fact, by the conversation that I was a witness to, it is evident that anybody who does not agree with their agenda automatically is abused, threatened and called names.
An individual who was threatened by NSUI representatives shared the conversation with me.
A screenshot sent by an individual who was threatened by NSUI
The person who is being threatened here by NSUI representatives is someone who expressed his support for CAA. He was called a “right-wing bigot” and is being told that he wants to derail the entire thing (December 19th protests).
Further, Reetam threatened several others too who did not agree with what the group was spreading about CAA.
Abuses by NSUI people
And more threats by NSUI functionary Reetam Singh.
Threats issued against people who support CAA
While they are trying to project the December 19th protests and their protest in general against CAA as an organic protest, every dissenting voice was threatened by NSUI goons and made to keep quiet in the process. They were also immediately kicked out of the WhatsApp group and specific instructions to not hold any discussion was issued.
All protests planned through the same people?
A tweet surfaced on Twitter that said that Law students from all major law schools of India were rallying against CAA.
Rule of Law v/s Law of Rulers?❌
What to choose?
Law Students from major law schools have a special message for the Nation.
Rishav Ranjan is also one of the admins of the WhatsApp group where these protests are being planned. In fact, this poster, the ‘solidarily statement’ and the Google form were formulated on that group itself in which the admins are from NSUI, Congress.
Rajiv Ranjan confirming banner in the group
Incidentally, it must be mentioned that Rishav Ranjan is from Yogendra Yadav’s Swarajya Abhiyaan and was also the lawyer against the Aarey Metro shed.
Screenshot from WhatsApp group
In the message above, it can be seen that the form and the solidarity statement was formulated in this group itself.
Once the statement was formulated, it was time to set the narrative.
Screenshot from WhatsApp chat
The truth is that they do not have “thousands” of people from law schools. In fact, scores of people left once it was revealed that the admins of the group were from NSUI and disgusted with the propaganda that was being spread. However, as Ranjan admits, this was about how the narrative needed to be set and hence, the line that thousands of students from law schools all over the country were protesting against CAA was adopted.
Following are the protests the group is thinking about. This and much more.
Screenshot from WhatsApp chatScreenshot from WhatsApp groupScreenshot from WhatsApp group
There are several other protests, not just in law schools, that are being coordinated and spearheaded from such WhatsApp groups that are headed by NSUI, Congress functionaries.
Who are the people behind the scenes helping Anti-CAA protests
After the Jamia protests that turned violent with students pelting stones and the police taking action against the goons, the WhatsApp group immediately buzzed with some numbers that Jamia students and other students can contact if they fall into trouble while holding violent protests.
People to be contacted by goons if they fall into trouble
Two interesting names that cropped up, who were willing to offer help to goons screaming ‘Hinduon se azaadi’ were AAP leader Amanatullah Khan, NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar and another The Quint journalist Manvi. That these journalists and the AAP leader were directly involved in aiding the Jamia rioters, makes it obvious that these protests might be coordinated by the Left, Islamists, Congress and with the active help of such elements.
Another element that came across was information that Harsh Mander, member of Sonia Gandhi’s planning commission who had drafted the anti-Hindu communal violence bill had reached the police station at midnight to ensure that the Jamia rioters were saved.
People to be contacted by goons if they fall into trouble
Other dangerous messages about Anti-CAA protests
There were several other messages that came to the fore from sources that have not yet been verified personally. These messages pertained to Islamists coordinating to launch attacks and protests targeted at police personnel and Hindus of India. Some of these were shared on social media and have gone viral since then.
Peaceful Students of Jamia ? Or religiously motivated individuals with nefarious agenda?
These Chats are fm a WA Protest Grp whr they r planning attacking Police with Bats, Hockey Sticks & whatever they can grab
From these messages, it is evident that the coordination is focussed at inciting needless violence for the sake of violence.
Anti-CAA protests: Conclusion
The group that I was a part of was clearly coordinating protests on 19th December across law colleges of India. It was also evident that scores of people left the group when the clearly partisan agenda was revealed. In fact, at a point of time, the NSUI goons started bad-mouthing veteran lawyer Harish Salve and calling him a stooge, at that point of time, several had quit the group. This group was specifically made for coordinating protests in law colleges. One can only imagine how many more groups are being spearheaded by Congress and NSUI coordinating attacks and protests in other places and universities.
Evidently, the protests are not organic. They are clearly coordinated by Congress while trying their best to ensure that the Congress, NSUI connect does not get revealed so these protests can then be used by Congress politically to say that the “Nation is against CAA and Modi”. A sinister plan seems to be afoot to promote anarchy and bloodshed. What remains to be seen is how law enforcement tackles the situation.
Rumours were making rounds that Rahul Gandhi may again have gone abroad, perhaps to recuperate from the ‘Bharat Bachao Rally’ he addressed on Saturday because of his conspicuous absence from the two-hour ‘symbolic’ protest at New Delhi’s India Gate organised by his sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Priyanka, however, was joined by other Congress leaders like Jagdish Tytler who was accused of leading mobs during the 1984 Anti-Sikh riots.
Delhi: Jagdish Tytler arrives for Congress’ symbolic protest near India Gate over police action during students’ protests in Jamia Millia Islamia (Delhi) & Aligarh Muslim University. pic.twitter.com/Micwuab2Kj
Earlier it was reported by Congress-friendly journalist Pallavi Ghosh that all Congress leaders will join Priyanka in her protests, but her sibling senior MP Rahul Gandhi and mother, Congress President Sonia Gandhi were both missing from the protests.
@priyankagandhi and all cong leaders will sit on dharna at india gate for 2 hours
In November, Congress had planned 35 press conferences between November 1 and November 8 against the economic policies and decisions of PM Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre. The protest was incidentally planned by Rahul Gandhi. However, Rahul Gandhi decided to skip the protest event that he himself planned and instead visited mysterious ‘meditation’ camps. These ‘protests’ were eventually postponed to December and now it seems they will not take place.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for peace and harmony in wake of the violence perpetrated by Muslim mobs across the country after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act. He requested everyone to refrain from any sort of rumour-mongering and falsehoods. The statement comes a day after the Police entered Jamia Milia Islamia University to flush out violent ‘protesters’.
This is the time to maintain peace, unity and brotherhood. It is my appeal to everyone to stay away from any sort of rumour mongering and falsehoods.
The Prime Minister assured the citizens of the country that no Indian citizen had anything to fear from the Citizenship Amendment Act. He said, “I want to unequivocally assure my fellow Indians that CAA does not affect any citizen of India of any religion. No Indian has anything to worry regarding this Act. This Act is only for those who have faced years of persecution outside and have no other place to go except India.”
PM Modi also said that vested interests were at work to create instability in the country. He stated, “The need of the hour is for all of us to work together for the development of India and the empowerment of every Indian, especially the poor, downtrodden and marginalised. We cannot allow vested interest groups to divide us and create disturbance.”
The Prime Minister also said that it was deeply distressing to see violent protests and that damaging public property and disturbance of normal life has never been a part of our ethos as a country.
Violent protests on the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and deeply distressing.
Debate, discussion and dissent are essential parts of democracy but, never has damage to public property and disturbance of normal life been a part of our ethos.
Violent protests were witnessed across the country following the passage of the law in the Upper House of the Parliament. From Delhi to West Bengal and Assam, violence gripped the country. Buses have been torched, trains have been burnt and massive loss has been caused to public property.
The Jamia ‘protestors’ continued to unleash the violence as two news reporters from the news agency ANI were today assaulted by the hoodlums protesting against the legislation of the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 outside the Gate no. 1 of the Jamia Millia Islamia University.
#WATCH Delhi: ANI Reporter Ujjwal Roy and Cameraperson Sarabjeet Singh who were assaulted while covering protests near Jamia Milia Islamia University Gate-1, are undergoing treatment at Holy Family hospital pic.twitter.com/mzPggwYwuB
ANI reporter Ujjwal Roy and Cameraperson Sarabjeet Singh were injured as the mob of ‘protestors’ outside the University Gate-1 assaulted the two scribes gathered there to cover the protests. They were taken to the Holy Family hospital where they are currently being tended.
Delhi: An ANI reporter and cameraperson have been assaulted outside Holy Family Hospital, in Okhla. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/R3kpdu3KpY
Last evening, the Delhi Police entered the Jamia Millia Islamia University to quell the bouts of violent acts accompanying the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Public property was destroyed as the enraged mobsters indulged in blatant acts of vandalism and arson. Hundreds of ‘protesters’ were paraded out of the University with their hands in the air. The Police said that they had nabbed some outsiders who were indulging in violence.
Many sympathisers of the Jamia ‘protestors’ came out to defend the protest as a peaceful demonstration that was cruelly suppressed by the Delhi Police with brute force. However, the latest attack on the scribes who were out there to report the developments of the protest indicates that the violence was a distinctive feature of the protest that was carried out yesterday and the protest was by no means ‘peaceful’.
Home Minister Amit Shah announced at a rally in Pakur, Jharkhand that the Bhavya ‘sky-high’ Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be constructed within the next four months. The announcement came after the Supreme Court paved the way for the Temple in a landmark verdict on 9 November.
Union Home Minister & BJP President Amit Shah in Pakur, Jharkhand: Supreme Court has given its verdict. Now, within 4 months a sky-high temple of Lord Ram will be built in Ayodhya. pic.twitter.com/l9VhF2s7Cs
On the 12th of December, a five-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Bobde had dismissed all review petitions filed against the verdict. A 5-judge bench, headed by the then CJI Gogoi, had in a unanimous verdict on November 9 decreed the entire 2.77 acres disputed land in favour of deity ‘Ram Lalla Virajman’ and also directed the Centre to allot a five-acre plot to Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque in Ayodhya.
Amit Shah was addressing the rally as part of the BJP’s campaign in Jharkhand for the ongoing Assembly Elections where it currently is in power. Targetting the Congress party, he said that senior Congress leader Kapil had on purpose delayed proceedings in the Court. He said, “Kapil Sibal used to say, ‘Don’t hear the case now, hear it later!’ Kyun Bhai? Aapke pet me kyu dard ho raha hai?“(What problem do you have?)
#Breaking | Union Home Minister @AmitShah sets the ‘mandir deadline’.
‘Ram Temple will be constructed in the next 4 months’, says Amit Shah while addressing a public rally in Jharkhand.
During his address, he also raised the matter of forcible religious conversions in the state. He said that the government led by Chief Minister Raghubar Das had successfully implemented the Anti-Conversion Act.
