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‘Why have you lost faith in the people of Bengal? Why do you consider them your enemy?’ PM Modi takes on Mamata Banerjee at Delhi rally

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‘Why have you lost faith in the people of Bengal? Why do you consider them your enemy?’ PM Modi takes on Mamata Banerjee at Delhi rally

Narendra Modi addressed a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi today where he addressed the Citizenship Amendment Act and the ongoing protests against it. In the rally, he attacked the opposition specifically for supporting the said protests. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, was one of the politicians who found mention in the Prime Minister’s speech today.


Contrary to Mamata Banerjee, who always appears consumed by rage when she speaks of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi mocked the Chief Minister of Bengal for her opposition to the CAA. Narendra Modi said, “She earlier wanted the government to stop illegal immigration from Bangladesh, she also wanted to help Hindu refugees from Bangladesh. What has happened to you now? Once the Army was doing a regular drill in Bengal. Didi claimed Modi’s Sena had invaded Bengal.”

Read: Going mental on Modi didn’t help Kejriwal, will it help Mamata or Rahul?

He also said, “Why have you changed your position now? Why are you spreading rumours? Elections come and go, why are you so scared? Trust the people of Bengal, why have you lost faith in them? Why do you consider the people of Bengal your enemies?”

Mamata Banerjee has been opposing the CAA and the proposed NRC strongly. West Bengal has also seen great violence in the aftermath of the passage of the CAA in both houses of the Parliament. The Chief Minister of West Bengal has also taken to raising unconventional slogans during her rallies opposing the CAA, the most prominent among which goes something like “Kaa Kaa Chi Chi, CHi Chi Chi Chi.”

JNU research scholar finds out the secret plan of Modi-Shah around NRC

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JNU research scholar finds out the secret plan of Modi-Shah around NRC

And finally, we figured it out. The cat is out of the bag. We have unearthed the wicked conspiracy of the Brahminical duo of Modi-Shah to disenfranchise Indian Muslims via NRC. Yeah yeah, I know that Modi isn’t a Brahmin. But here, I mean it metaphorically. This hegemony of facts suits the plebian readers of Swarajya or Opindia. In an intellectual society, the emotional construct behind the secular fabric of India trumps over the bourgeoise concepts of logic and reason. “Down with reason”, as we often say at AISA. The luxury of artificial social constructs like logic are meant for the privileged few. What about the members of SFI and AISA?

Coming back to the point, I feel compelled to share this investigation that my friends from JNU and I, a veteran PhD scholar in ‘Medieval Art History of Uganda’ at JNU have come up with. I have seen generations of students come to JNU, wanting a membership into our intellectual society, wanting to be a part of our nightly investigation sessions, only to fail miserably in our tough standards, and eventually deciding to become corporate slaves. The engineering students are the worst. They just don’t have the taste for the abstract humanism. Always worried about precision and nonsense like that. But we, Ajit, Shonali and I, still have kept the intellectual society going. For nearly three decades.

As our ritual, we meet every night to enjoy the scent of lightly burning organic, home-grown, dried leaves of a particular plant that we roll into a thin paper. The scent helps us achieve a transcendental state of mind where the material world around us ceases to matter. In that state, we often gaze into the future of India ruled by our revolutionary brethren. While the dream is yet to come to fruition—one day it will—yesterday was special. We were taken to the future, deep into the nefarious designs of Modi-Shah to banish the innocent Muslims—which is all the Muslims—out of this country. We could see it through our eyes, and here, we share it with you.

How will CAA+NRC make Indian Muslims stateless, you must have wondered? Here is what we saw. We are in January 2021. An NRC begins. Government officials are instructed to go through the country with a special biometric collection device. Each individual, Hindu or Muslim, gives his fingerprint along with their documents. NRC happens very smoothly. Not one person is actually rejected. Everyone is told that their documentation is correct and they are now Indian citizens. They can enjoy all the rights and so on.

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

The game is elsewhere. It happens after NRC.

We are in December 2021. The list of all the citizens in this country is already prepared. It is stored in a supercomputer at 7 Race Course Road, the place where the fascist not-my-prime-minister lives. On one cold night in Delhi, Modi and Shah enter the room. They have announced that they will be inaccessible for three days. Everyone around thinks that they must be out on some very important mission, on some secret task of securing India—an artificial nation-state in the first place, but let that be. But, here they are, in that room.

They turn the computer on. They are prompted for a password. Of course, it is “HinduRashtra2002”. They are in. They open Microsoft Excel—another capitalist invention of the twentieth century that discriminates against the numerically differently-abled intellectuals.

And there it is. The list of all the citizens of India. Modi-Shah start from the top, the president. And scan for any Muslim name. 1.3 billion people! They go through them all, day and night, three nights non-stop. Sleepless. Almost like how some of our comrades write PhD theses in Sociology at JNU when the draconian administration tramples upon their Right-to-indefinite-stay-in-hostels, and after the UPSC commission’s oppressive examinations reject them for years.

And then, at the end of the three nights, the mission is accomplished!

Every single Muslim except Shami Mohammad is deleted, and he too will be if he stops taking wickets, said Shah to Modi. Here is what actually happened.

When the biometrics were collected, the device actually had a special system wherein a chip would be installed in a person’s finger that they wouldn’t know about. The chip had a kill trigger developed by another Brahminical organization, ISRO. By sending the right command, the chip would instantly kill a person by poisoning him.

That is what Modi-Shah did. The special excel sheet in the supercomputer had this function. Whenever you delete an entry for a person, the person would be deleted in reality. Not just that, the chip would do so in a matter that the person would instantly evaporate. No trace left. As Kevin Spacey says in The Usual Suspect, “And like that, he’s gone”. Vanished!

At the end of the third night, the duo gets up, wink at each other. Shah presents a bouquet to Modi as a gesture of their achievement. And they leave the room.

Anybody from the media or any other organization that questioned the sudden disappearance of Muslims would also be deleted. A few journalists did try to raise their voice and they too disappeared “mysteriously”. Nobody ever questioned them after that.

We wanted to look more into the future of how far did Modi-Shah go. But, the trance induced by dried leaves has its limits. The effects started wearing off, and slowly, we were brought back to the drudgeries of the world around us. But, what we saw sent chills down our spine.

Must one wait till all of this happens? Of course not, get up and protest! I am about to leave for one too, near Jantar Mantar. A friend told me that quite a few attractive women attend these protests. So perhaps I need to succumb to the artificially laid out standards of aestheticism by taking a shower today. Down with the hegemony of cleanliness…

(The author is a dara-hua-conservative who tweets by the handle @chunandan)

‘Kaafiron se azaadi’: Read what kaafir means and how Allah punishes them, as per Islamic scriptures

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‘Kaafiron se azaadi’: Read what kaafir means and how Allah punishes them, as per Islamic scriptures

In the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, numerous slogans were raised which raised concerns among the citizens of the country. One slogan that was raised was ‘Kaafiron se Azadi‘. In this report, we shall see what the Islamic scriptures say about Kaafirs. It should be remembered that the ‘God’ referred to here is Allah and the ‘Holy Scriptures’ are the Islamic scriptures.

According to New Age Islam, an Islamic reformist organization, “The word Kufr means to reject faith in God, God’s signs, the prophets, the Holy Scriptures and the Day of Judgment. One who does not have faith in the unity of God and does not have faith also in other sacred signs of God is a Kafir, according to the Quran. One who rejects faith in God or does not have faith in God is called a Kafir. A Kafir may also be an idolater who worships gods and goddesses. According to the Quran, they are those who have gone astray. There are about 350 verses about Kufr and Kafir. In majority of the verses, Kufr is non-belief in one God and prophets of God and in Holy Scriptures. Kufr is also worship of idols and gods and goddesses other than God. In some of the verses the word Kufr and its variations are used to mean ingratitude for the favours of God. It is natural that if someone does not recognize God or does not have faith in God, he will also not acknowledge God’s favours but will attribute the favours to his gods and goddesses.”

The words Kufr and Kafirun and Kafirin and its other variations are used for non-belief in Allah, the Holy Scriptures of Islam, its messengers and the Day of Judgment. These are variations of the word Kafir. New Age Islam also lists numerous quotes from the Quran so that readers can understand what the word Kafir and its variations mean. Here is a list of verses cited by the website:

4:56: Those who reject (Kafaru) our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire

5:86: But those who reject Faith (Kafaru) and belie our Signs, – they shall be companions of Hell-fire.

3:4: Then those who reject Faith (Kafaru) in the Signs of Allah will suffer the severest penalty,

9:3:  And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger, to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans(Mushrikeen). If then, ye repent, it were best for you; but if ye turn away, know ye that ye cannot frustrate Allah. And proclaim a grievous penalty to those who reject Faith (Kafaru). (Mushrik and Kafir treated as same),

8:38: Say to the Unbelievers (Kafaru), if (now) they desist (from Unbelief), their past would be forgiven them; but if they persist, the punishment of those before them is already (a matter of warning for them).

8:52: (Deeds) after the manner of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them: They rejected (Kafaru) the Signs of Allah, and Allah punished them for their crimes:

41: 50: But We will show the Unbelievers (Kafaru) the truth of all that they did, and We shall give them the taste of a severe Penalty.

58: 4: For those who reject (Him) (Kafirin), there is a grievous Penalty.

58:5: And the Unbelievers (Kafirin) (will have) a humiliating Penalty,-

34:7: The Unbelievers (Kafaru) say (in ridicule): “Shall we point out to you a man that will tell you, when ye are all scattered to pieces in disintegration, that ye shall (then be raised) in a New Creation?

21:36: When the Unbelievers (Kafaru) see thee, they treat thee not except with ridicule. “Is this,” (they say), “the one who talks of your gods?” and they blaspheme (Kafirun) at the mention of (Allah) Most Gracious!

2:98: Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and messengers, to Gabriel and Michael,- Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith (Kafirin).

Other verses

There are other Islamic verses as well that speak of the Unbelievers.

Surah 2:221: “Do not marry unbelieving women (idolaters), until they believe: A slave woman who believes is better than an unbelieving woman, even though she allures you. Nor marry (your girls) to unbelievers until they believe: A man slave who believes is better than an unbeliever, even though he allures you. Unbelievers do (but) beckon you to the Fire. But Allah beckons by His Grace to the Garden (of bliss) and forgiveness, and makes His Signs clear to mankind: That they may celebrate His praise.”

9:5: “And when the forbidden months have passed, kill the idolaters wherever you find them and take them prisoners, and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent and observe Prayer and pay the Zakat, then leave their way free. Surely, Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.”

3:151: “Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority”.

9:29: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” (“People of the Book” refers to Christians and Jews.)

9:73: “O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination.”

48:29: “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves”

“Kauwa kaan kaat gaya”: PM Modi tears into opposition propaganda against CAA and NRC, calls out the ‘detention camp’ lies

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“Kauwa kaan kaat gaya”: PM Modi tears into opposition propaganda against CAA and NRC, calls out the ‘detention camp’ lies

Tearing into opposition propaganda on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register for Citizens (NRC), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday while addressing a rally in New Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan said how they are misleading the innocent citizens of India by their false propaganda. Clarifying yet again that the CAA and NRC does not affect Indian Muslims, PM Modi said that people should not fall prey to the rumours of them being sent to detention camps which are being spread by ‘Urban Naxals’ and Congress.


Calling out Congress and pseudo-seculars who had been crying themselves hoarse that the CAA is discriminatory to Muslims and even Dalits PM Modi said how Muslims and the poor are being misled by shouting that they will need papers and documents to prove citizenship. “School buses, trains, motor cycles were attacked, small shops were burnt down. The property built with tax money of honest taxpayers were turned to ash. The country now knows their ulterior motives,” the PM said.

He said that some people said ‘look, the crow took your ear’, and people started crying, but they didn’t even bother to check whether the crow really did take away their ear.

If you don’t like me, burn my effigy, oppose me, but don’t burn down India, he said. “Do not burn rickshaws of poor man, don’t burn huts of poor people,” he said. Condemning the violence on police officers, PM Modi said how as many as 33,000 police officers have laid down their lives for protecting the citizens of India, and they definitely do not deserve this treatment meted out to them.

Read: Anti-CAA protest at Kranti Maidan, Mumbai: 11 videos that show clueless protestors who have no idea why they are protesting

Reiterating that there are no detention camps in India, PM Modi said, Indian Muslims have nothing to do with CAA and NRC. “Some dalit leaders, too, have entered the muddle without even understanding. They need to understand that the refugees who have come from Pakistan are mostly dalits. These dalit people were employed as bonded labor in Pakistan,” PM Modi said.

Speaking on atrocities on minorities in Pakistan, PM Modi said, “Girls are religiously converted and forced to marry in Pakistan. It is well-documented. It only happens because they follow a different religion. These people have come to India only due to such religious persecution,” PM Modi said.

Why anti-CAA riots have affected me so much: A personal testimony

Abhishek Banerjee
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Why anti-CAA riots have affected me so much: A personal testimony

I dare say that no political event since 2014 has affected me as deeply as the anti-CAA riots that have swept the country. Perhaps even before 2014. Nothing has shaken me up quite as much.

Sometimes I wonder is it that I care so much about Pakistani Hindus? Liberals and Islamists are rioting in the streets. Property is being damaged. People are getting hurt. Is it all worth the trouble? Do the tears of this man, for example, move me that much?


His voice breaking, this unfortunate Hindu recalls his life in Pakistan. How they had to celebrate Holi under wraps. And how good he feels now that he is in India. In fact, he loves it so much that he has celebrated Holi multiple times this year. Then, I look at his poverty stricken life and wonder how this man could be so happy with so little.

Because, for the longest time, he did not even have the simplest rights that we take for granted.

Well, but there is so much more misery in this world. We have learned to look away. Why am I losing sleep over this man and his family? Am I secretly a Mahatma?

Probably not. The reality is that when I see this man’s eyes, I fear for myself. I fear for my own future.

What happened to him and his family in Pakistan could one day happen to me.

Read: Anti-CAA protest at Kranti Maidan, Mumbai: 11 videos that show clueless protestors who have no idea why they are protesting

What was the big crime that CAA did? Why are we facing so much hatred from liberals and Islamists? Why is media of the whole world condemning us?

All we did is restore the humanity of some of the most oppressed people in the world. Why did it make them so angry?

Let me see what their objection is. Some say the law is unconstitutional. Some say the law is morally wrong. Or both. But the Indian Constitution identifies classes of marginalized people *all* the time and gives them special benefits. Every Indian is familiar with this concept. Why am I having to repeat it and why aren’t they listening? Are they so dumb?

Unless, they are not.

They don’t seriously think the law is unconstitutional. They simply don’t like the people that it benefits, i.e., Hindus.

Of course, I always understood that India’s secular establishment is biased against Hindus. But there’s levels of bias. For the first time, I feel like I understand the full intensity of the hatred that the secular establishment feels towards Hindus.

For the first time in my life, I feel like I have been isolated and targeted as a Hindu. I feel like I am not wanted in my own country. I am merely being tolerated. There is a clock somewhere and it is counting downwards. Counting downwards to the point in the future where people like me are no longer around.

Counting downwards to the moment when my name and names like mine have vanished forever from this land. And any attempt to turn around the numbers even a little bit, or to stop the countdown, is being fought tooth and nail.

In 1947, an Iron Curtain was dropped across the Indian subcontinent. The rich and glorious histories of generations were crushed under it and lost forever.

But it did not stop there. The Iron Curtain is closing in on us. We’re trapped.

‘Hum Dekhenge’: Poems that speak of destruction of Murthis are unacceptable in India, and it does not matter who wrote it

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‘Hum Dekhenge’: Poems that speak of destruction of Murthis are unacceptable in India, and it does not matter who wrote it

A Faculty at IIT-Kanpur has submitted a video to the director that shows anti-CAA protesters chanting “When All Idols Will Be Removed… Only Allah’s Name Will Remain” and alleged that the slogan is anti-India and communal, Swati Goel Sharma of Swarajya Mag reported. The event, in solidarity with the students of Jamia, was apparently held without permission.


The words are allegedly from a poem ‘Hum Dekhengey’ by Faiz Ahmed Faiz and was sung in protest against the military dictators in Pakistan. As per Barkha Dutt, it was sung by Iqbal Bano to defy Zia as well. This apparent ‘context’ exonerates the protesters at IIT-Kanpur of all bigotry, we are told, and somehow, we are supposed to ignore the imagery of deeply ingrained Islamic supremacy in the words and also the assertion that Murthis will be destroyed.


First things first, India is not Pakistan. Words that may be considered appropriate in Pakistan will not be tolerated in India. Also, it elaborates the extent to which bigotry is engrained in Pakistani society that assertions of Murthis being destroyed are hailed as revolutionary and force of good despite the fact that Murthi-Puja is integral to Hinduism. It’s quite evident that even Pakistani intellectuals hate idol-worshipping Hinduism just as much as the ordinary Pakistani. Therefore, Faiz’s musings about the destruction of Idols may find a place in the Islamic State of Pakistan but it has absolutely no place in India.

Secondly, according to Barkha Dutt, it is ‘cultural illiteracy’ to oppose such problematic slogans. However, a question needs to be asked here, why should Indian Muslim protesters chant Pakistani slogans against the Indian government, especially one that speaks of the destruction of idols? Furthermore, the poem by Faiz, when sung against dictators, clearly indicates that the dictators are being opposed because they are not Islamic enough. That inference can be drawn from the line that says only Allah’s name will remain. Is that the grouse of the Indian protesters as well? That the country is not Islamic enough? Unfortunately for them, it’s one they will have to live with.

Thirdly, the context matters. During these anti-CAA protests, we have heard slogans such as ‘Hinduon Se Azadi‘ and ‘Kaafiron Se Azadi‘. Furthermore, the protests in IIT-Kanpur was organized in support of the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University. As we have reported extensively, the face of the Jamia protest is a rabid Islamic extremist who gave calls for Jihad. Thus, when a protest in support of these students are organized at IIT-Kanpur and slogans are raised that speak of destroying Murthis, how else are we supposed to interpret it if not further confirmation of Islamic extremism?

Read: Truth behind anti-CAA image shared by Farhan Akhtar: A Kashmiri separatist org that called Islamic terror org JKLF ‘secular’

Faiz being a poet is not a reason good enough to ignore the blatant Islamic supremacy in his words. And if these slogans are chanted in India, where the overwhelming majority of the population worships Murthis, there’s only one way to interpret it. Also, the protest was against Hindutva, too, one would assume. Therefore, if one speaks of destroying Murthis while opposing Hindutva, how else are we supposed to interpret it if not deeply ingrained Islamic Bigotry?

The Indian ‘intellectual’ community has made it clear that they are perfectly willing to support Islamic bigotry in their bid to oppose Hindutva. It became evident that they are willing to ally with Jihadists and provide cover for their intolerance when great efforts were made to deflect attention from the massive wave of violence unleashed by Muslim mobs across the country. Their hate for Hindutva makes them perfect allies for Islamic extremists. It’s no wonder, then, that liberals are whitewashing the blatant bigotry against Hinduism in the IIT-Kanpur protests.

Read: Anti-CAA protest at Kranti Maidan, Mumbai: 11 videos that show clueless protestors who have no idea why they are protesting

The case of Vande Mataram deserves a special mention here. Vande Mataram is bitterly opposed even now by Muslims because it is ‘idolatrous’. Hindus are supposed to tolerate even words that speak of the destruction of idols, ‘liberal’ intellectuals tell us, and yet, they have no words to offer for the Muslim community which opposed Vande Mataram bitterly in the past and opposes it even now.

The ‘liberal’ camp has been behaving as the propaganda wing of Islamic extremists. But one thing is certain, it doesn’t matter who wrote it or who sang the words in what context, words that speak of the destruction of Murthis will not acceptable in a country of idol-worshippers. ‘Liberals’ may cry as much as they want but it must be treated as hate speech in India. Our intelligence might be inferior to their unimaginably high IQs but we are not suicidal enough to support Islamic extremism.

Bangladeshi man Mohammad Belal arrested with fake Aadhaar and Indian voter cards in Jharkhand

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Bangladeshi man Mohammad Belal arrested with fake Aadhaar and Indian voter cards in Jharkhand

Amidst a raging debate in the country over Citizenship Amendment Act in the country, a Bangladeshi man has been arrested with fake Aadhaar and Indian voter cards in Dhanbad, Jharkand by a Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday, reports India Today.

Reportedly, Mohammad Belal, a resident of Tejpur in Sylhet district of Bangladesh, has been nabbed by the police officials for travelling in the Amritsar-Kolkata Durgiana Express without a ticket.

GRP Inspector Harinarayan Singh said that Belal was caught during ticket checking at Dhanbad railway station on Friday. The officer said that they have seized three Bangladeshi passports, the country’s currency and US dollars from Belal.

“The accused had initially claimed that he hails from Murshidabad district of West Bengal but the TTE saw Bangladeshi passports with Belal and informed RPF personnel, who took him into custody,” Singh said.

Reportedly, Mohammad Belal had boarded the train at Lucknow and was on his way to Kolkata, from where he had plans to cross over to Bangladesh. The officer said Belal’s elder brother is lodged in Lucknow prison.

During interrogation, the accused has confessed that he is a Bangladeshi and had illegally obtained fake Aadhaar and Indian voter cards from in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

Inspector Singh said Belal was produced before the Special Railway Judicial Magistrate, Gaurav Khurana, who sent him to 14 days in judicial custody. A case of forgery has been registered against the accused, the inspector added.

Anti-CAA protests: Mayawati alleges Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar got himself jailed to cut into BSP votes in upcoming Delhi elections

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Anti-CAA protests: Mayawati alleges Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar got himself jailed to cut into BSP votes in upcoming Delhi elections

Dalit leader and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati took to Twitter to warn BSP supporters against supporting Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad.


Taking a veiled dig on Congress, the BSP chief tweeted that “Dalits believe that Bhim Army’s Chandrashekhar is playing by the hands of ‘Opposition parties’ and conspiring to cut into BSP votes since elections are near.” She tweeted that he has got himself jailed to influence people against BSP and in favour of other parties.


She further tweeted that while he is a resident of Uttar Pradesh, he went to Delhi’s Jama Masjid to protest against the CAA and got himself arrested by police because Delhi Assembly elections are round the corner. “Hence, I appeal to the party workers that they should stay away from the selfish people with ulterior motives. This is why the party never takes in such people, no matter how hard they try,” she tweeted.

Read: Bahujan Samaj Party rejects Bhim Army’s proposal to join hands to fight BJP

After his release from his arrest over the agitations during the Ravidas Temple incident, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad had extended a hand of friendship towards BSP supremo Mayawati asking her to come together to fight against the BJP. Chandrashekhar, who refers to Mayawati as ‘Bua’ or aunt, had written an open letter to Mayawati asking her to join him in a discussion over strengthening the Bahujan movement to fight the incumbent BJP government for its alleged anti-Dalit policies. However, the BSP chief had rejected the offer as BSP thought it was Azad’s ‘ploy to create confusion among Dalits’.

On Friday, he had surfaced at the Jama Masjid in Delhi dramatically defying a ban on protests amidst heavy police presence. Azad was seen holding up a copy of the preamble of the constitution along with posters of BR Ambedkar as he led his supporters in a protest inside the gates of the Jama Masjid just after Friday prayers. As per reports, Delhi Police had detained Azad first near Jama Masjid, but he managed to slip away. Later he was detained near Daryaganj.

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

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

Two days after UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath had warned the anti-CAA rioters that their assets would be seized if they indulged in violence, the UP administration has started proceedings to identify and seal properties of the several violent protestors in the state.

According to the Times of India report, backed by a Supreme Court order of 2018, the Uttar Pradesh administration has sealed 50 shops belonging to rioters in Muzaffarnagar who caused damage to public property. The sealed shops are all in the trouble-hit Minakshi Chowk and Kachchi Sadak areas of the town.

SSP Abhishek Yadav speaking to the media said, “We have to confirm why these shops were kept closed and mobs had also gathered around the shops. An investigation is on into the matter.”

Read: Anti-CAA riots: RJD workers, armed with sticks and flags with Lalu’s face, vandalise autorickshaws during ‘bandh’ called in Bihar

Earlier on Thursday, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced tough measures to combat the anti-citizenship amendment act (CAA) rioters and promised to seize the property of every rioter and use its funds to repair the damaged public property.

Condemning the violence and protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in parts of Uttar Pradesh and parts of the country, Yogi Adityanath had said people cannot indulge in violence in the “name of protests”. The UP CM had assured that strict actions will be taken against hoodlums who have been trying to create unrest in his state and various parts of the country.

CM Yogi Adityanath had said that faces of such miscreants have been captured on CCTV cameras and had promised that he will personally look into it that they are punished adequately.

Reportedly, the campaign intends to act as a deterrent to mob-violence and assumes significance because of speed and scale. Meanwhile, Firozabad police chief Sachindra Patel said the NSA will be used against the rioters.

Further, the UP government has also formed a four-member panel to look into the videos of riots and identify vandals in the state capital Lucknow. As per police, stringent action will be taken against perpetrators once identified.

Read: Anti-CAA protest at Kranti Maidan, Mumbai: 11 videos that show clueless protestors who have no idea why they are protesting

The protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act have already violent in various parts of the country. The Muslim mobs have resorted to vandalism and has gone on a rampage against the police officials. The rioters have already destructed several public properties while indulging in stone-pelting to attack police officials.

The Citizenship Amendment act seeks to give Indian citizenship to the members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from three neighbouring Islamic countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh after facing religious persecution.

Watch: Jabalpur SP makes shocking revelation, rioting mob which pelted stones at police included kids from age 7 to 14

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Watch: Jabalpur SP makes shocking revelation, rioting mob which pelted stones at police included kids from age 7 to 14

In Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, Superintendent of Police, Amit Singh made a shocking revelation that kids as young as seven years old were part of the mob which pelted stones at the police during the anti-CAA riots. He said that kids and teenagers between the age of 7 to 15 years who had no idea regarding CAA or NRC pelted stones at policemen and damaged police vehicles.


Usually the allegations are put on police that they lathicharged the kids and used teargas on minors but even now there are some parts of the city where little children are indulging in stone-pelting, the police officer said. “Not only the children but action will be taken against their guardians as well,” he said. Following the violence, curfew was imposed in the area to bring situation under control.

A protest march attended by mobs against the Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) took a violent turn in Jabalpur.

Reportedly, the violent mobs pelted stones at not only policemen but also media personnel and damaged public properties. The mob pelted stones at policemen and media personnel and damaged public property. As mobs went on a rampage some of the police officers were injured, who are now taken to the hospital.

Read: Anti-CAA riots: As propaganda spreads about ‘children’ being arrested, CNN-News18 deletes video showing young Muslim rioters in Kanpur

SP Singh further added that large presence of masked children in the crowd was a clear indication that they were instigated by certain elements, adding police lobbed tear gas shells to disperse the mob. As the priority is to bring things under control, curfew had been imposed in four police station areas, he added.

The police official said that the mobs resorted to stone-pelting soon after Friday prayers and locals disbanded into small groups and disappeared in small lanes and tried to lead processions. The mob consisting of children and teenagers also attacked reporters and camera crew and warned them against the covering the unrest. Several media persons were hit by stones.

The violent protests by Muslim mob took place after thousands took to streets on Friday afternoon to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Following the riots, curfew has been imposed in four police station areas — Adhartal, Hanumantal, Gohalpur and Kotwali.

Curfew has now been relaxed in Jabalpur even as section 144 remains imposed in as many as 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal Qazi has appealed for peace.

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