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Union Cabinet approves updating the National Population Register, usual suspects start spreading hysteria regarding the UPA initiative

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Union Cabinet approves updating the National Population Register, usual suspects start spreading hysteria regarding the UPA initiative

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the updating of the National Population Register. The process will commence from April next year. It is a list of usual residents of the country. As part of the exercise, demographic details of the residents will be collected with the purpose of creating a comprehensive identity database of every usual resident of the country.


The announcement was first made on the 31st of July through a notification that the central government has decided to prepare and update the NPR. It was then declared that the process will be completed between the 1st April to 30th September 2020. Today, the proposal has been approved by the Cabinet. The process will not be conducted in Assam as the state had recently undergone the NRC.

Home Ministry Gazette notification. Source: @Vijaita/Twitter

During the process, details such as the individual’s name, relationship to head of household, Father’s name, Mother’s name, Spouse’s name (if married), Sex, Date of Birth, Marital status, Place of birth, Nationality (as declared), Present address of usual residence, Duration of stay at present address, Permanent residential address, Occupation/Activity and Educational qualification will be collected.

Details to be included in NPR. Source: @Vijaita/Twitter

The process first began during the UPA regime in 2010 during the collection of data for the 2011 census. Then President Pratibha Patil was the first citizen to be enrolled in the population register. She had even urged every citizen to register with the NPR, a flagship initiative of the UPA government. The NPR was again updated in 2015. However, now, the usual suspects are spreading hysteria regarding the whole process.


It is pertinent to remember here that soon after Narendra Modi’s speech at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, the usual suspects had started claiming that the government had started backtracking on the NRC and that the Prime Minister had contradicted Home Minister Amit Shah. However, that was also far from truth.

Read: Narendra Modi did not contradict Amit Shah on NRC, liberals are lying because they are desperate to exit the violent protests

Now, as soon as the Cabinet approves the updating of the NPR, they are back to spreading their usual hysteria despite the fact that the process has been conducted twice before and it is a flagship scheme of the UPA government. It remains to be seen whether they will forego Christmas and New Year celebrations to spend the festive occasions protesting on the streets.

Narendra Modi did not contradict Amit Shah on NRC, liberals are lying because they are desperate to exit the violent protests

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Narendra Modi did not contradict Amit Shah on NRC, liberals are lying because they are desperate to exit the violent protests

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech at the rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday, spoke out against the opposition propaganda on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He reiterated that Indian Muslims had nothing to fear from the two as they did not even apply to them in the first place. He also slammed the ‘Urban Naxals’ and the opposition parties for creating hysteria around the matter and misleading the Muslim community in the country.

On the NRC, the Prime Minister said, “I want to tell the 130 crore people of India that ever since my government came to power in 2014… from then until now… there has been no discussion on NRC anywhere… we only had to implement it in Assam to follow Supreme Court directives.” Narendra Modi’s words are being used to peddle the narrative that he has contradicted Home Minister Amit Shah.

An India Today report said, “This statement categorically negates what Amit Shah has been saying in the last two years-the latest on December 17 at Agenda Aaj Tak-that a nationwide NRC will be prepared soon.” However, nothing could be further from the truth. As appears obvious, the Prime Minister has only asserted that the government has held no discussions on the NRC, he did not deny the government’s intention to implement the NRC.

Read- Modi government dispels myths about NRC: Here are 13 FAQs and their answers published by the govt

Amit Shah has made it clear on several occasions in the past that the government is intent upon completing the process of NRC. On the 10th of December, in the Parliament, the Home Minister declared that the government will conduct a nationwide NRC. However, even he never said that there were any formal discussions on the NRC at the government level or that any draft proposal had been finalized. During his interview with Times Now recently, Amit Shah again said that the NRC is something that hasn’t even begun.


On the 17th of December, Amit Shah, speaking at Times Network India Economic Conclave, said, “An exercise like NRC cannot be done in secrecy. We have not decided yet and these decisions cannot be taken by me alone. They need Cabinet approvals.” Thus, quite clearly, even Amit Shah said that no decisions had been reached on the NRC at all.

Some other people have claimed that Narendra Modi was backtracking on the NRC given that even President Kovind had spoken of the NRC in the past. The President had said on the 20th of June, while addressing the newly elected MPs, “Illegal infiltrators pose a major threat to our internal security. This is leading to a social imbalance in many parts of the country, as well as putting huge pressure on limited livelihood opportunities. My government has decided to implement the process of National Register of Citizens on priority basis in areas affected by infiltration. Security along the border will be further strengthened to prevent infiltration.”

A deliberate narrative is being peddled that the NDA government is backtracking from its promise of a countrywide NRC. In reality, there has been no such thing at all. Narendra Modi never said that NRC was off the shelf, he only said that no discussions had occurred at the government level. Amit Shah has regularly stated that the NRC will be implemented across the country but he never said that any formal discussions had begun on the matter. President Kovind, again, had again stated that the government was keen to implement the matter.

Thus, in short, Amit Shah said that the NRC will be implemented, Narendra Modi said that no formal discussions had occurred yet and the President said that the Indian government is keen on implementing it. There is no contradiction at all between the stands of the three gentlemen. However, the mainstream media and the opposition parties are desperate to find one. There’s a good reason for this.

Liberals have realized that no citizen is buying the narrative that these are spontaneous protests against the NRC and CAA or that these anti-CAA protests are even peaceful. Liberals were desperate for a safe exit from these protests as they were aware that they have been thoroughly exposed in the entire matter. They also realized that the protests were Khilafat 2.0 and they did not want to associate themselves with them in any manner.

At the same time, the liberals are too arrogant to admit a mistake and were searching for a face-saver by which they could claim victory and move on. Also, Christmas and New Year is around the corner. So, they didn’t want to be accused of being hypocrites while engaging in festivities during the week. Thus, it was extremely necessary for them to claim victory so that they could make a safe exit from the protests given the fact that they were so much invested in them.

In the event that no such face-saver came from the government, the liberals decided to invent one out of thin air to make their escape. And thus, we have arrived at a situation where it is being claimed that Narendra Modi contradicted Home Minister Amit Shah and the government was backtracking on the NRC even though nothing remotely close to it had actually happened.

Mayawati cautions Muslims not to get exploited by political parties over CAA and NRC

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Mayawati cautions Muslims not to get exploited by political parties over CAA and NRC

BSP supremo Mayawati has urged the Central Government to allay the apprehensions among Muslims regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister tweeted, “The BJP government should put to rest all the misgivings surrounding the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens and fully satisfy them.”


In addition, Mayawati also advised the Muslim community to remain cautious and not allow the issue of CAA/NRC to be used to politically exploit them.

After the enactment of the Citizenship Amendment Act, protests denouncing the passage of the legislation erupted at several cities and towns across the country. Many of these protests were marked with violence, acts of arson and vandalism and stone-pelting against the police authorities.

Mayawati has condemned the violent protests across the country, including Uttar Pradesh and said that her party is against violence and the party stands with the innocents who are among those arrested. She has also demanded an impartial probe on all the incidents.

Furthermore, Mayawati has also asked UP BSP head Munkad Ali to reach out and offer their condolences to the bereaved families who have lost their dear ones in the protests against the CAA/NRC in the state.

Read: UP govt seals properties of rioters to recover the cost of damage during anti-CAA riots

Earlier on Sunday, in a mega rally in Ramlila Maidan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reassured the Muslim population of the country that the CAA does not concern the citizens of India but it provides citizenship to the persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

Slamming the opposition of peddling lies around the enactment of CAA, PM Modi said, “The opposition parties have resorted to spreading lies after the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill. Congress and its friends, some urban Naxals are spreading rumours that all Muslims will be sent to detention centres. Respect your education, read what is the Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC. You are educated. Muslims have nothing to worry about the CAA and NRC.”

AMU Student Union denies link to letter ‘expelling’ VC and Registrar, one group say its fake, other group stands by the letter

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AMU Student Union denies link to letter ‘expelling’ VC and Registrar, one group say its fake, other group stands by the letter

Just a day after the students and faculties of the Aligarh Muslim University allegedly expelled the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar of the University, providing them with the deadline of January 5 to vacate their positions or face a boycott, the student union of the AMU has refused to take responsibility of the note stating it has been issued by someone anonymously.

Denying the link between the AMUSU and the letter, Hamza Sufiyan, Vice-President of the AMUSU said, “The AMUSU does not take responsibility for the letter expelling the VC and Registrar. The letter has been issued by someone anonymously. It has no signatures.”

The letter that has now gone viral stated, “If the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar do not vacate their places on or before the said date, the students, teachers and the non-teaching staff would boycott the university administration until they resign and vacate their places.”

However, as per the reports, there is a rift among the students regarding the expulsion letter addressed to VC and Registrar. While a section who in support of the VC and Registrar have denounced the letter as anonymous and fake, the other section has stood resolute in their demand for VC and Registrar to vacate their office and have termed the letter as “genuine”.

Read- Jamia, AMU and many other anti-CAA agitations are “protests of entitlement”

The group of students who are against the VC and Registrar are miffed with the AMU authorities for their apathy towards the police action the University students. “We know we cannot expel the Vice-Chancellor or the Registrar, but we do not respect them as they did not stand with us against the police action. We stood peacefully in solidarity with the Jamia students but the police action was totally uncalled for. We will continue our protest against the V-Chancellor and Registrar when the University opens on January 6,” said a student.

Earlier, the students and Muslim mob associated with the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)  had unleashed violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The ‘students’ of AMU had clashed with UP Police on December 15. Defending the crackdown against the AMU students, the police stated that the AMU students had gathered at the university campus and attacked the police officials injuring at least 6-17 policemen. The police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Watch: CPI(M) goons attack Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa’s convoy in Kannur

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Watch: CPI(M) goons attack Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa’s convoy in Kannur

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) goons today attacked Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s convoy in Kannur, Kerala.


At around 13 seconds in the video, one can see a mob carrying flags run toward the incoming convoy of Karnataka CM waving black flags. They stop the car carrying Yediyurappa and run behind it.

Read: ‘Keep women as first line of defense, inform journalist friends to take videos’ NSUI’s plan for anti-CAA protest by SFI

As the driver recovers to drive away the CPI(M) goons then attack the car with flag poles while continuing to run behind it. This mob consisted of CPI(M) Youth Wing, Student Federation of India (SFI). Moreover, Muslim outfits also took a march to Raj Bhavan in Kerala.

Kerala Police has detained Kerala Students Union (KSU) and Youth Congress workers over the attack.

AMU students were aggressive and deliberately created disturbances, Police used non-lethal weapons for self defence: Aligarh SSP on anti-CAA riots

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AMU students were aggressive and deliberately created disturbances, Police used non-lethal weapons for self defence: Aligarh SSP on anti-CAA riots

After the fracas at the Aligarh Muslim University on the night of December 15, social media was flooded with assertions that the Uttar Pradesh police may have entered hostels, thrashed students and indulged in vandalism at the Aligarh Muslim University on Sunday night while dealing with a student protest over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

It started with a Delhi University’s leftist professor Nandini Sundar’s tweet on 18th December 2019 claiming that ‘stun grenades’ were used on protesting AMU ‘students’ because of which two students lost their hands. Later many leftist liberals joined the bandwagon.

Today, dispelling social media rumours, Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Kulhari has asserted that the anti-CAA students in Aligarh Muslim University were aggressive and had deliberately created disturbances on the night of 15 December forcing the police officials to use non-lethal weapons for self-defence.

The SSP confirmed that UP police had made similar submissions in its report to the Supreme Court and High Court and said that the matter is under sub judice.


SSP Kulhari had on Monday also maintained that he was ready to face an inquiry over allegations on social media that stun grenades were used by police during a protest by AMU students last week.

“I am ready to face any inquiry on this issue because I can produce all official records of my department to confirm that not a single stun grenade was used against the protesting students on last Sunday night (December 15)”, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kulhari said.

Hundreds of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students protesting against the amended Citizenship Act clashed with police on December 15 at a campus gate after which the university administration announced the closure of the institution till January 5. They broke a police cordon and fought pitched battles with the security personnel.

Read: After Jamia, AMU students attempt riots, UP Police to evacuate campus

DGP Singh had informed that 16-17 policemen had received injuries in the violent clashes with students. The police had to fire tear gas shells. The UP Police had also shared images on Twitter where they said the AMU Proctoral team was trying to block the gates and prevent AMU students from going out. The police team, they said, was at AMU circle at that time.

The police stated that despite the proctoral team’s attempts, many students had scaled the gates, and had come outside to clash with the police at AMU circle. Another video showed the police warning the students not to resort to violence and breach orders of unlawful assembly. When the rioters continued to pelt stones, the police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Reports say that UP CM Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the issue.

“Hum kagaz nahin dikhayenge, but please bring valid ID proof to attend our concert”: Netizens mock #MeToo accused ‘comedian’ Varun Grover’s anti-NRC poem

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“Hum kagaz nahin dikhayenge, but please bring valid ID proof to attend our concert”: Netizens mock #MeToo accused ‘comedian’ Varun Grover’s anti-NRC poem

On 21st December, ‘comedian’ Varun Grover posted a poem on social media to ‘resist’ the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register for Citizens (NRC) titled ‘Hum Kagaz Nahin Dikhayenge (we will not show documents)’. In his poem he said that he will not show his papers even if he is asked to. Remember, the NRC is not even out in its draft from. Hence, any of the protests and cries are based on assumptions and nothing more than speculations.


Netizens were quick to point mock Grover as the one who is being so ‘revolutionary’ that he won’t show documents, will quietly produce them when they want to go to any of the foreign country.


Varun Grover has previously been accused of sexual harassment in the MeToo movement which hit India last year. However, he had categorically denied the charges.

He was also suggested that he should walk the talk and destroy the documents he has of his identity if he so much believes in what he just said.


Netizens also pointed out how the ‘revolutionaries’ also ask for valid ID proof when they have their own shows.


Perhaps these are the ones who they call ‘kagaz ke sher (paper tigers)’ are. The one who likes to appear powerful, but when it comes to actually following through, will backtrack.

Watch: Turning CCTV cameras away and supplying sacks full of stones, new footage exposes the reality of Mangaluru ‘protests’

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Watch: Turning CCTV cameras away and supplying sacks full of stones, new footage exposes the reality of Mangaluru ‘protests’

In the aftermath of violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, several CCTV videos have emerged that conclusively bust the pervasive myths that the ant-CAA protests were inherently peaceful in nature and a spontaneous outburst of public indignation against the government decision.

Videos of CCTV footage have emerged from Mangaluru where it can be seen that the rioters adjusted various CCTV cameras in the region to prevent them from recording their hooliganism.


In the above video, one can see masked rioters adjusting cameras in a neighbourhood of Mangaluru. However, rioters miss adjusting one of the cameras in the region that captures their nefarious designs. Soon, an auto-rickshaw laden with sacks filled with stones arrives at the location. The rioters then unload the sacks and violently throw the stones at the law enforcement officials.

The video not only exhibits that the anti-CAA protests were marked with violence and were far from being peaceful but it also shows that the plotters of these protests carefully planned and schemed to shape them into riots.


In another video shared by journalist Shiv Aroor, again from Mangaluru, protestors can be seen laying obstructions on the road before retreating back to the farthest corner of the street. When a bus carrying passengers arrives on the road, the protestors start charging towards the bus and pelting stones at it. Fortunately, the bus driver takes a reverse and manages to rescue the bus and the passengers just in the nick of time.

Another video by CNN News 18 shows that police officials were escorting school children to safety, away from rioting mobs on December 19.


In the aftermath of the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 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. The police have been unwarrantedly villainized for its heavy-handed approach against the rioters which were touted by many as ‘peaceful demonstrators’. However, in the light of the recent videos, it is clearly established that the protests were meticulously planned and the protestors were anything but peaceful.

West Bengal Governor calls it collapse of law after he was heckled, forced to return without attending convocation at Jadavpur University

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West Bengal Governor calls it collapse of law after he was heckled, forced to return without attending convocation at Jadavpur University

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who was surrounded by ‘protesting’ students at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University this morning for the second consecutive day, has blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the student protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or the CAA.

The students reportedly surrounded the car, shouted ‘go back’ slogans, waved black flags and allegedly heckled the Governor when his convoy arrived at the university, to attend the annual convocation ceremony today.


Denouncing the student action, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar tweeted, “I am shocked and surprised how the university allow this situation and cannot control it. It’s a total collapse of the system.”

“At Jadavpur University so that the students may get their degrees and enjoy the fruits of their labour and contribute to society. Unfortunately, the way to the venue in the University is blocked. Unwholesome. No affirmative role by concerned insight. Worrisome situation.”

“The number of those obstructing is only around fifty. System being held hostage and those enjoined with the task are oblivious of their obligations. A collapse that can only lead to unwholesome consequences. Rule of law is nowhere in sight. As constitutional head concerned.”  Dhankhar said.


The Governor, who is Chancellor of Jadavpur University, was invited to the annual convocation and participate in the formalities. As per the programme of the convocation published by the university, the Chancellor was to declare the annual convocation open, administer the exhortation to the recipients of degrees and then authorise the Vice-Chancellor to award the degrees and medals.

“A painful scenario that the Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor is oblivious deliberately of his obligations and looking for alibis. He is presiding total collapse of rule of law. Ruinous state of affairs,” the Governor wrote in another tweet.


Calling the entire fiasco orchestrated, the Governor raised concerns, saying that the management does not realise the damages it’s causing to the system: “I am amazed that the Vice-Chancellor is in passive mode and silent spectator to this unseemly spectacle that augurs painful sliding of our system. This action is orchestrated by the powers that be not knowing the damage it causes in short and long run on out education.


As he was unable to enter the premises and the convocation had already started without him, the governor left the campus. “In utter helplessness as of now I am leaving the Jadavpur University campus,” he tweeted.

Yesterday also, hundreds of students of the CPI(M)-backed SFI, Arts Faculty Students Union (AFSU), AISA and the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students Union (FETSU), who were ‘protesting’ the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and Dhankar’s public statements in support of the act, were waiting near Aurobindo Bhavan, the administrative block that also houses the Vice Chancellor’s office and the moment the Governor’s convoy drove up, they surrounded it.

It was only after a considerable struggle against a sea of students that Dhankar, who was there to attend a meeting of university’s top officials, managed to enter the building.

The Governor had offered to take questions on Monday. When the students questioned him on police action at the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi, Dhankhar said he is the governor of West Bengal and can answer queries about this state only. The students booed him and heckled him as he left.

This is, however, not the first time when the communist and Trinamool student activists at Jadavpur University have resorted to such hooliganism. In September this year, union minister Babul Supriyo was also kept captive at the campus for over five hours by the pre-planned and coordinated efforts of left-wing students and activists when the minister had gone there to perform at a fresher’s welcome function organised by ABVP. He was heckled, pushed by pro-Naxal activists at Jadavpur University, preventing him from entering the campus

Fashion designer and BJP leader Agnimitra Paul, who was accompanying the union minister, was also on the receiving end of hooliganism by pro-Naxal activists. She was manhandled, her saree was torn by the hooligans.

The Governor who had then rushed to the university to rescue the union minister was also stuck in the campus for over an hour after the activists sat on the ground, blocking their way.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university Suranjan Das had then too refused to call the police after Babul Supriyo asked him to do so after he was held up for hours. The minister had then slammed the VC for failing to control the situation, saying that he is a leftist.

Aligarh Police puts an end to rumours, says no stun grenades were used on violent protestors at AMU

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Aligarh Police puts an end to rumours, says no stun grenades were used on violent protestors at AMU

It all started when Delhi University professor Nandini Sundar tweeted on 19th December, 2019 that ‘stun grenades’ were used on protesting AMU ‘students’ because of which two students lost their hands.


Similar such ‘stun grenade’ usage appeared in leftist rag The Telegraph India which claimed that a report prepared by Jamia Millia Students who went to AMU to ‘fact-find’ on what transpired the previous night in violence, mentioned usage of ‘stun grenades’. Again, these were not official reports. Either Jamia Millia ‘students’ who surprisingly double up as investigators have reported or Sundar. Sundar, wife of The Wire Founding Editor Siddharth Varadarajan, is also accused of helping Maoists.

Read: Meet Nandini Sundar, the DU professor who is accused of having blood of adivasis on her hand

Sundar’s claims were then repeated by pro-Aurangzeb ‘historian’, Audrey Truschke.


Amongst other people, she was also called out by Aligarh Police which denied such allegations.


However, by then the propaganda has now spread far and wide.


Aligarh SSP Akash Kulhari has now clarified that no lethal arms were used to control the mob violence that broke out at AMU during the anti-CAA protests. He stated that he is ready to face an inquiry over social media allegations that stun grenades were used by police during the protests.

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