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Anti CAA protests: Protesters detained in several cities, Delhi protestors may have been mobilised from other states through WhatsApp

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Anti CAA protests: Protesters detained in several cities, Delhi protestors may have been mobilised from other states through WhatsApp

Section 144 has been imposed on Thursday across Uttar Pradesh, parts of Karnataka and Delhi in wake of the planned protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (anti-CAA protests). Despite restrictions, unruly protesters continued to gather in large numbers. The Police is taking precautionary measures to prevent the cities from descending into anarchy. In Bengaluru, the Police has detained protesters at the Town Hall.


Reportedly, there are inputs of people from neighbouring states being mobilized for protests.

Read: Who is instigating violence in colleges: Congress, NSUI, a sinister WhatsApp group and anti-CAA protests

The concerned districts have been informed to keep a check on the Delhi borders. Officers from certain locations have also been asked to provide local intelligence frequently.


In Hyderabad as well, protesters have been detained by the Police.


The Delhi Police, meanwhile, has asked protesters to cooperate with the Police and protest only at designated places. It’s unclear whether the appeal is having any sort of positive impact.


Earlier, alleged Historian Ramchandra Guha was arrested by the Bengaluru Police for protests at the Town Hall in Bengaluru. Yogendra Yadav has also been detained as well. Now, it appears senior leader of the CPIM Sitaram Yechury has been detained as well.


Only recently, OpIndia had exposed how NSUI (Congress’ student wing), Swarajya Abhiyaan and the Left were hand in gloves trying to foment trouble on the 19th of December by instigating and coordinating several protests accross the nation. That plan seems to have been put into motion with several parties, politicians and political workers trying to foment trouble despite section 144 being imposed.

Anti-CAA protests: How Congress, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav’s party Swarajya Abhiyaan are fuelling protests

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Anti-CAA protests: How Congress, Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav’s party Swarajya Abhiyaan are fuelling protests

As the Anti-CAA (Anti Citizenship Amendment Act) protests and riots rage on fuelled by political parties like Congress and rabid Islamists, several Whatsapp groups have been made to coordinate these protests and ensure that maximum impact can be derived from these “protests” that have clearly been instigated by political parties.

A group that was made by some people who were planning to march from Mandi House and then eventually join the Lal Qila rally.

WhatsApp group picture

This group was relatively small, however, they were coordinating with each other as to how they were to reach Mandi House or Lal Qila “protests” since section 144 had been imposed and several routes have been cordoned off by the Delhi Police.

One of the members of the group sent a forwarded message for verification.

Whatsapp message

The message firstly asked the readers to ‘spread the message’. It said that for the protests on 19th December, there is a legal team present on the spot. The team will be working under the supervision of Prashant Bhushan and if anyone is to face detention or legal action, they could contact a person called Nilesh (the number of Mr Nilesh has been masked).

Mr Nilesh Jain is a Swarajya Abhiyaan advocate as evidenced by this article on the Swarajya India website.

Nilesh Jain profile

Further, his author profile at DailyO too identifies him as a researcher with Swarajya Abhiyaan, which is Yogendra Yadav’s party.

Nilesh Jain DailyO profile

When we spoke to Nilesh Jain as protestors who ran the risk of being detained by the police, Nilesh Jain said that he is already with the “first batch” of 50 detainees and that if we were to be detained, we should simply note down the bus number and the number of people detained and message him for help.

He also said that there are several lawyers present there to help the detainees and that we should not worry about anything.

If one recalls, OpIndia had exposed how a different WhatsApp group was being used, run by NSUI and Congress functionaries to coordinate and fan protests across the country that have often turned violent. One of the admins of that group was an individual called Rishav Ranjan who was a Swarajya Abhiyaan member. With Swarajya Abhiyaan and Prashant Bhushan helping protestors legally, it is evident that the aim is to ensure that people don’t stay away from these protests fearing the law or even the Section 144 that has been imposed by police in several places to ensure violence does not break out in the country, thus, fuelling the protests further.

Read: Who is instigating violence in colleges: Congress, NSUI, a sinister WhatsApp group and anti-CAA protests

This entire sequence only confirms that Congress and elements like Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan are working in tandem to fuel and organise protests all over the country, plunging the nation into chaos. Several of these protests saw Muslim mobs indulge in violence, arson and vandalism in their quest to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act which grants citizenship to persecuted minorities like Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis and even Christians from neighbouring Islamic nations.

Read: Anti-CAA protests: Ram Guha and Yogendra Yadav detained by police for protesting despite the imposition of Sec 144

The most sinister part is that these “anti-CAA protests” have often been packaged as organic protests, however, there seems to be plenty of evidence that these are coordinated and fanned by political parties with political interests.

In Winter 2019 ‘Award Wapsi’ season, Shashi Tharoor to accept Sahitya Akademi Award since it is not union govt nominated

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In Winter 2019 ‘Award Wapsi’ season, Shashi Tharoor to accept Sahitya Akademi Award since it is not union govt nominated

While the Award Wapsi Winter 2019 was kickstarted by Urdu writer Mujtaba Hussain offering to return his Padma Shree because his “conscience was pricking him” during following the passing of Citizenship Amendment Act, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is going to actually defy the ground rules of award acceptance by Opposition when Modi government is in power by actually accepting the Sahitya Akademi Award which was conferred to him last night.

Tharoor won the award for his ‘non-fiction’ book An Era of Darkness and amidst speculation whether he will accept or not in the ongoing anti-CAA agitation, Tharoor took to Twitter to explain how Sahitya Akademi does not fall under the amit of Union Government and hence, he shall gladly accept it.


He said how Sahitya Akademi is not a body nominated by the union government, the question whether he will accept it or not does not arise. Amusingly, Nayantara Sehgal, Jawaharlal Nehru’s niece, had returned her Sahitya Akademi award because of ‘rising intolerance’ following the death of Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri. Sehgal was also hailed for her step and speaking truth to power. However, with Tharoor’s clarification on his acceptance of Sahitya Akademi award, one wonders whether Nehru’s niece’s award was returned in vain.

Cricketer Virat Kohli tops Forbes India celebrity list 2019, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar at close second

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Cricketer Virat Kohli tops Forbes India celebrity list 2019, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar at close second

Indian Cricket captain Virat Kohli has topped the list Forbes India Celebrity 100 for 2019. The second spot has been taken by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. The Indian cricket team captain has replaced Salman Khan on the first position as Salman Khan climbed down to number 3.

The popularity of Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli has seen a significant rise in the recent years thanks to his prolific cricket career. Virat Kohli has earned Rs 252.72 crore in last one year through match fees, the BCCI central contract, brand endorsements and an eight-figure fee for every sponsored Instagram post.

The second position has been taken by Akshay Kumar who has given a number of successful movies.

Recently, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who has been under the firing line of many critics for holding a Canadian passport, had announced that he is soon going to surrender his Canadian passport and resume his Indian citizenship.

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan is on number 4 while cricketer MS Dhoni features at number 5.

Another interesting thing to note is that the list has two female actors in the top 10 list. Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone are number 8 and 10 respectively.

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar ranks 9 while superstar Rajnikanth is at number 12. Actors Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma are at number 14, and 21 respectively.

Anti-CAA protests: Ram Guha and Yogendra Yadav detained by police for protesting despite the imposition of Sec 144

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Anti-CAA protests: Ram Guha and Yogendra Yadav detained by police for protesting despite the imposition of Sec 144

In the view of violent Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (Anti-CAA) protests that have broken throughout the country where rampaging mobs have indulged in mindless violence, Section 144 has been imposed in several parts of the country to ensure that peace prevails. Section 144 was also imposed in Bangalore city as several Left, Muslim organisations and NSUI had planned ‘protests’ against CAA. Despite Section 144, ‘Historian’ Ramchandra Guha attempted to protests and has now been detained by the police.


In a video posted by journalist Imran Khan, Guha can be seen protesting with a placard and now, reportedly, he has been detained by Bangalore police.


Ramchandra Guha, who is a Loyalist of the Congress party and especially of the Nehru-Gandhi family, was protesting against giving citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Christians etc from neighbouring Islamic nations of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. He was protesting at Town Hall in Bangalore.

Ram Guha then said that the police was working for their ‘colonial masters’.


Late last night, Section 144 was imposed in Bangalore and all permissions for protests had been cancelled.


It is pertinent to note that it was in the Town Hall area that a ‘Bandh’ had been called by many Left and Muslim parties thereby making the imposition of Section 144 important. One wonders whether Ram Guha chose Town Hall for his theatrics since he knew the police would detain him to ensure peace and then, he would be able to indulge in theatrics.

Read: Who is instigating violence in colleges: Congress, NSUI, a sinister WhatsApp group and anti-CAA protests

Incidentally, Swarajya Abhiyaan chief Yogendra Yadav has also been detained by the police. He too was protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) despite Section 144 being imposed in parts of Delhi.


Only recently, OpIndia had exposed how NSUI (Congress’ student wing), Swarajya Abhiyaan and the Left were hand in gloves trying to foment trouble on the 19th of December by instigating and coordinating several protests accross the nation. That plan seems to have been put into motion with several parties, politicians and political workers trying to foment trouble despite section 144 being imposed.

In contrast to Congress-friendly CMIE’s report, unemployment soars in Madhya Pradesh, rises by 7 lakh in a year

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In contrast to Congress-friendly CMIE’s report, unemployment soars in Madhya Pradesh, rises by 7 lakh in a year

Days after Congress-friendly organisation, CMIE, which allegedly has close links to Congress and P Chidambaram, gave a thumbs up to Congress’ Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government by claiming there is 40% drop in unemployment, the actual figures say otherwise. The number of registered unemployed youth in Madhya Pradesh has grown by seven lakh in just a year taking it to 28 lakh while about 34,000 youth got jobs in that one year.

As reported by Economic Times, the rise in number of registered unemployed youth could be the poll promise Congress made ahead of 2018 state assembly elections wherein they promised Rs 4,000 unemployment allowance to unemployed youth. While campaigning in the state for the assembly elections, then Congress president Rahul Gandhi had announced last year that the unemployed youth in the state will be provided with an allowance of Rs 10,000 per month. In February this year, the Kamal Nath government had announced that the young men and women in urban areas will receive an amount of Rs 4000 per month and under another plan, they will be provided work for a minimum of 100 days. However, in July this year, Kamal Nath had done a u-turn on his poll promise and said that the government has no plan to give unemployment bonus to the youth in Madhya Pradesh.

In Madhya Pradesh, the total registered unemployed youth were 20,77,222 in October 2018 which rose to 27,79,725 in October, 2019 just days after CMIE report showed 40% drop in joblessness in Madhya Pradesh. In fact, Kamal Nath’s office had even patted their  back for bringing down unemployment in the state. Madhya Pradesh Labour Minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia had termed it a ‘great achievement’ and had urged the Centre to learn from the state as per the Times of India report.

Read: CMIE, that has ties to P Chidambaram and fear-mongered about ‘unemployment in India’ was a part of Congress Manifesto Committee

It is pertinent to note that CMIE, that brings out periodic Job Survey, is wholly owned by Mr Ajay Shah (and his family), the same person who also happens to be one of the main accused in a mega scam commonly known as ‘NSE Co-location’ scam.

Shah has been accused of accessing data from NSE on a preferential basis in connivance with the authorities and sharing this data with certain stockbrokers for use in High-Frequency Trading. The scam is being investigated by SEBI, CBI as well as by Income Tax authorities. The current MD of CMIE is Mahesh Vyas, who happens to be the brother-in-law of Ajay Shah. Ajay Shah is a very close confidante of former Union Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram who recently came out after spending 106 days in Tihar Jail in INX Media case where he is accused of corruption.

Anti-CAA protests: Sec 144 imposed in UP, Bangalore, Karnataka districts and parts of Delhi

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Anti-CAA protests: Sec 144 imposed in UP, Bangalore, Karnataka districts and parts of Delhi

Following the riots unleashed by Muslim mobs across Delhi and other parts of the country to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act, the police and security forces have taken preventive measures under Section 144 of CrPC to counter violent protests that are allegedly planned in a few cities against the Citizenship Act on Thursday.

On Wednesday, pre-empting the security scenario, the Karnataka government imposed section 144 in parts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, Shivamogga, Hubli and Mangaluru. There is a ban on the gathering of four or more persons.

The orders in Bengaluru will be in force for three days starting from 6.00 am on December 19 till December 21 midnight. In Mangaluru, it will be for two days from December 19 morning till December 21 midnight.

In the meanwhile, Congress MP Rajeev Gowda and MLA Soumya Reddy in Banglaore have moved to the HC against the government’s order to impose section 144. As per reports, CJ AS Oka has listed the matter for hearing for Friday, 20 December.

Leftist ‘historian’ Ram Chandra Guha has also been detained by Bengaluru police for protesting near the Town Hall in Bengaluru.

Reportedly, the Uttar Pradesh Police has issued a strong warning in the wake of Section 144 across the entire state today. The police reiterated that there is no permission for any gathering across the state on December 19.


“Section 144 (prohibiting unlawful assembly) of CrPC is in force and no permission for any gathering has been given for December 19. Please do not participate. Parents are also requested to counsel their children,” DGP OP Singh said in a tweet.

Meanwhile, the Delhi police have not granted permission for the march to be held under the banner of ‘Hum Bharat Ke Log’ against Citizenship Amendment Act from Lal Quila to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park (ITO) on Thursday.


Similarly, permission has not been granted for the protest march to be held by the left-wing forces including the Communist party from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar over Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC.

Section 144 has been imposed in Delhi’s Red Fort area too. Currently, a large number of protestors have gathered there and the police are trying to disperse the crowds.

Read: When anti-CAA protesters claim architects of Moplah massacre as ‘freedom fighters’, it’s clear that they want “Hinduon Se Azadi”

Meanwhile, 14 Delhi Metro stations are closed. These stations are Jamia Millia Islamia, Jasola Vihar, Shaheen Bagh, Munirka, Lal Quila, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk and Vishwavidyalaya. Trains will not halt at Patel Chowk, Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, ITO, Pragati Maidan and Khan Market stations.

The Hyderabad police have also stated that no outdoor permission has been given for any rally or procession against the Citizenship Amendment Act or in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Act.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, Chennai city police also revoked permission to protestors and political outfits for a protest against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. The police cited a possible threat to law and order while cancelling permission.

Goa: Members of rock band ‘Dastaan Live’ booked for hurting Hindu sentiments, had chanted ‘Om’ with abusive words

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Goa: Members of rock band ‘Dastaan Live’ booked for hurting Hindu sentiments, had chanted ‘Om’ with abusive words

Four members of Rock Band ‘Dastaan Live’ who were performing at Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa were arrested for hurting religious sentiments in one of their songs and then released on bail on Wednesday. Reportedly, they chanted ‘Om’ with several abusive words during their performance.

The complaint on the basis of which the musicians were arrested was filed by Delhi-based Supreme Court lawyer Venkata Krishna Kunduru. The musicians were arrested on Wednesday afternoon and released later in the day on bail.

According to the complaint filed by the Lawyer, the Rock Bank members were “misusing the platform by performing songs which insult Hindu religion by chanting Om with abusive words and displaying walks of life with the deliberate intention of outraging the religious feelings of Hindus”.

Read: Will the Indian State push Hindus to react like Muslims to have their religious sentiments and interests be protected?

Reportedly, the musicians chanted ‘Om’, which is a sacred chant for Hindus, with abusive language such as ‘Ullu ka Pattha’. This questionable performance took place on Tuesday and was curated by noted Bollywood music director Sneha Khanwalkar, who has lent music to popular films like Gangs of Wasseypur I and II as well as Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye.

The four musicians who were booked for hurting Hindu sentiments were Sumant Balakrishnan (34), Anirban Ghosh (37), Shiva Pathak (40) and Nirmala Ravindran (45).

The musicians of the band Dastaan Live were booked under IPC section 295-A (Hurting religious feelings) and were released on the condition that they would cooperate in the investigation.

Read: Red Label Tea uses Ganesh Chaturthi based TV commercial to insult Hindus by projecting them as hateful bigots

According to the Goa police, the musicians were let off on a bail bond of Rs. 20,000 each and a surety amount also of Rs. 20,000. The condition was that they would present themselves to the police whenever they were asked to do so in the course of the investigation. However, the four are free to leave Goa on that condition.

‘Urban Naxals’ wanted to kill PM Modi like Rajiv Gandhi, intended to wage war against India: Draft charges of Elgar Parishad case

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‘Urban Naxals’ wanted to kill PM Modi like Rajiv Gandhi, intended to wage war against India: Draft charges of Elgar Parishad case

The Maharashtra state prosecution has included “conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi” in the draft charges submitted to the special UAPA court on Wednesday against the 19 ‘Urban Naxals’ accused in the Elgar Parishad case.

According to the Times of India report, the draft charges also accuses them of “waging war against the country” and resorting to acts of terrorism. The draft charges stated that all the 19 accused were conspiring to assassinate PM Narendra Modi during his roadshows in a manner similar to the killing of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

The accused ‘Urban Naxals’ who include self-proclaimed ‘activists’ and alleged human rights lawyers, were arrested for links with the banned CPI (Maoist). Five members of Kabir Kala Manch (KKM), a left-leaning cultural organisation and five underground Maoist operatives are not arrested so far.

Read: Koregaon Bhima: Prosecution submits email exchanges between arrested ‘activists’ and top Maoists

The prosecution also mentioned 16 charges in the draft submitted to special UAPA judge S R Navander. These include eight charges under the anti-terror Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and eight under the IPC.

Referring to charges under Sections 121 and 121-A of IPC, the draft stated that, “All the 19 arrested are active members of banned terrorist organisation association (CPI Maoist) and its frontal organisation, which has conspired to wage a war against the central and state government and for the same conspired to demand and organise Rs 8 crore for annual supply of M-4 (sophisticated weapon) with 4,00,000 rounds and other arms and ammunition through designated supplier from Nepal and Manipur, and conspired to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the lines of Rajiv Gandhi type of incident during his roadshow.”

The draft further stated that the Elgar Parishad violence was part of the conspiracy by the accused to attempt to overthrow the government and commit illegal acts including inciting people, fomenting and provoking violence through clashes at Koregaon Bhima, organising funds and recruiting cadres for terrorist activities.

Read: No document or evidence to substantiate role of Sambhaji Bhide in Koregaon Bhima incident, says Fadnavis

According to the Pune police’s case, the Elgar Parishad event held in the city on December 31, 2017, was funded by CPI (Maoist) as part of a larger conspiracy to create social unrest and overthrow the government. The alleged provocative statements at the event contributed to the January 1, 2018 caste clashes at Koregaon Bhima, the police claimed.

On the 200 anniversary of the battle of Bhima-Koregaon on January 1 in 2018, a large number of people had gathered at the memorial near Pune. While the crowd was dispersing, violence erupted not only in Pune and surrounding areas but across the state. A 28-year-old youth, Rahul Patangale, was killed in the violence. 52 cases were registered and 152 people were arrested for violence and riots in the streets.

Since June 6, 2018, the Pune police have arrested ten ‘activists’, who are known to be sympathisers of left-wing terror. Sudhir Dhawale, Rona Wilson, Surendra Gadling, Shoma Sen, Mahesh Raut, P Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves were arrested for their alleged links with CPI (Maoist). Another accused Gautam Navlakha is accused of having links with Maoists, Kashmiri separatists, Pakistan’s ISI and banned terror organisation Hizbul.

Read: Demystifying Civil Society: Organization linked to ‘Urban Naxals’ wants schools to teach ‘Human Rights Education’

The Pune police had filed a 5,000-page charge sheet, which had names of 10 persons of the above ‘Urban Naxals’. Addition to these five, absconding underground Maoists Milind Teltumbde, Prakash alias Ritupam Goswami, Prashant Bose alias Kishan da, Manglu and Deepu have also been named in the charge sheet. The KKM members and the Maoist operatives have been referred in the draft as “underground, absconded and wanted accused” in the case.

“At the time of recording of evidence (during the trial), we will move an application that the charges mentioned in the draft be considered against the wanted/absconded accused as and when they are arrested,” special prosecutor and Pune’s district government pleader Ujjwala Pawar told TOI.

The draft mentioned the KKM and bodies such as the Indian Association of Peoples Lawyers, Anuradha Ghandy Memorial Committee and the Persecuted Prisoners Solidarity Committee as frontal organisations of CPI (Maoist) and stated that the accused ‘Urban Naxals’ worked through these outfits to achieve the Maoist objective of establishing a revolutionary base in the country and wage a war against India.

Gujarat: Amidst CAA row, Haseena, a Muslim woman from Pakistan granted Indian citizenship

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Gujarat: Amidst CAA row, Haseena, a Muslim woman from Pakistan granted Indian citizenship

Amidst all the violence and fearmongering around the Citizenship Amendment Act, a Pakistani Muslim woman named Haseena Ben has been granted Indian citizenship in Dwaraka, Gujarat.

As per reports, Haseena Ben, a Muslim, had applied for Indian citizenship over a year ago. Haseena was originally a resident of India. But she had married a Pakistani man and had been living in Pakistan as a Pakistani citizen since 1999.

As per the reports, Haseena came back to India after her husband died. After living in India for a few years, she had applied for Indian citizenship over a year back. She was granted Indian citizenship on 18 December 2019.


DM Dwaraka Narendra Kumar Meena explained that Haseena has been granted citizenship under the usual procedure that applies to all. He added that after living in India for a prolonged period of time in a long-term visa, any person can apply for Indian citizenship. He added that the application process is completely online nowadays, and after due verification of all documents, and examining the details, an individual can get citizenship within 6 months time.

Anti-CAA voices in the opposition and some vested interests have been spreading misinformation and lies regarding the CAA, claiming that the ‘Hindu Nationalist’ government of India wants to deprive Muslims of the eligibility of becoming Indian citizens.

Read: Read why “facts” about CAA and NRC shared by Farhan Akhtar are all false or misleading

The government has asserted time and again that CAA is a one-time remedy being offered to persecuted minorities of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who have been seeking refuge in India since before 2015. The CAA does not affect the normal process of application of Indian citizenship for Muslims or anyone.

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