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‘Prophet’ Bajinder Singh of ‘Church of Glory and Wisdom’: Why is Doordarshan Punjabi promoting dangerous conversion events?

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‘Prophet’ Bajinder Singh of ‘Church of Glory and Wisdom’: Why is Doordarshan Punjabi promoting dangerous conversion events?

A “Big Healing Crusade” event organised by The Church of Glory and Wisdom is being held in Odisha on 5th and 6th November. The event will be presided over by one ‘Prophet’ Bajinder Singh.

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As soon as the event was tweeted by the Twitter handle @noconversion, it caught the eyes of many. Certain obvious questions that arose out of banner was why was DD Punjabi promoting an event that obviously furthered the conversion activity by a dubious individual called ‘Prophet’ Bajinder Singh and a shady “Church of Glory and Wisdom”.

To understand why there is an outcry about Doordarshan Punjab promoting “Pastor” Bajinder Singh, one needs to understand what “Church of Glory and Wisdom” and Singh is all about and the kind of events they organise, promote and preside over.

According to reports, “Pastor” Bajinder Singh was a Haryanavi Jat who had converted to Christianity. After his conversion, he styled himself as a “miracle healer” and started preaching in Punjab. The “Church of Wisdom and Glory” is actually a “church” that was set up by Bajinder Singh himself. It is a pentecostal church that was set up by him in Tejpur village in around 2016.

The Diocese of Jalandhar had in 2018 disassociated the Church from Bajinder. The Jalandhar Diocese PRO, Father Peter, had said that the pastor was in no way aligned to the Diocese. “He ran an independent church, which is not even recognised. His style of preaching does not conform to the mainline churches,” he added.

In 2018, the self-appointed Pastor was accused of rape. In July 2018, Bajinder Singh was arrested from the Delhi airport following a complaint filed by a woman. He was held from the Delhi airport as he was about to board a flight to London to attend yet another “healing event”. Bajinder was reportedly on the run for a couple of months before the police nabbed him.

Read: Punjab: Ailing Sikh man made to read Kalma then thrashed by Muslim neighbour for resisting forced conversion to Islam

The charges against him were grave. The woman had accused him of raping her and recording the act on tape. She alleged that she was then blackmailed with it with Bajinder telling her that if she complained against him, he would release the videotape of her getting raped. The “Pastor” is currently out on bail in the case.

“Prophet” Bajinder claims to heal all ailments. From cancer to HIV to making the blind see, the deaf hear, in some cases, even the dead, alive.

In a shameless stunt, 2017 shows how “Prophet” Bajinder Singh brought a dead child back to life. With a massive cross hanging from the boy’s neck, “Prophet” miraculously brings the child “back to life”.

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In another, he brings a patient who has “been in a coma” back to life.

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There are several other such videos which are equally disturbing, with an aim to dupe people. Such videos are often used for conversion of people belonging to other faiths to Christianity, or even induct people into a cult that purports to follow Christianity.

The dangers of such “healers” are several. The most pertinent problem is how innocent, ailing people are duped with claims that the dead can be brought back to life or serious ailments like cancer, that need urgent medical attention can be healed miraculously.

The other problem with such events is that it is used for rampant conversion of the innocent by duping them with false promises, hopes and solutions to their problems.

Why is Doordarshan promoting ‘Prophet’ Bajinder Singh?

In the event poster promoted by this alleged “Church”, it says categorically that the programs of this “Prophet” are telecast every Friday from 10 to 10:30 PM. It is not just in this poster, but several other posters have this advertisement too.

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The quesion is why would Doordarshan Punjab promote events that clearly are designed to dupe the vulnerable?


Doordarshan is a public broadcaster and for it to telecast this conversion tactic every Friday is questionable to say the least. Being a public broadcaster, no less, the burden of responsibility is far more on Doordarshan and the telecast of a conversion program clearly doesn’t bode well.

OpIndia has reached out to Doordarshan officials for their comment on the matter and will update this report with their response.

The wall has been broken down, Sardar Patel’s dream has come true: PM Modi dedicates J and K decision to India’s Iron Man

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The wall has been broken down, Sardar Patel’s dream has come true: PM Modi dedicates J and K decision to India’s Iron Man

Today is 31st October, the 144th birth anniversary of India’s Iron Man, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel. PM Modi is addressing an event at the Statue of Unity, Kevadia to commemorate the birth anniversary of Patel, who was the key to a unified India when he had brought together 562 princely states to form the Union of India after it gained independence from the British in 1947.


PM Modi is addressing the commemorative event to honour Sardar Patel on his birthday at the Statue of Unity, Kevadia, Gujarat.

Read: The tallest statue in the world should serve as a reminder: It is time to reclaim our History

Today’s date will also be known to the future generations as the day when the former state of Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist and the two new Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh were born.

On August 5, the government of India under PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had taken the historic decision of abrogating Article 370, thereby ending the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir. Article 370 had made it impossible for the citizens in the former state to enjoy the rights and benefits enjoyed by citizens in the rest of India.

PM Modi today dedicated the August 5 decision to Sardar Patel. PM Modi stated that centuries ago, it was Chanakya who had brought together hundreds of smaller provinces under one flag with his dream of a unified India. He also added that India’s unity and diversity is the biggest challenge for every rival of India but there is something about India’s people that has kept them standing strong.

Read: How Sardar Patel ensured Hyderabad’s inclusion in India

PM Modi also discussed the necessity of Article 370’s abrogation. He mentioned that terrorism in the valley has taken thousands of lives so far.


“Sardar Patel had said that had the Kashmir issue been put on his shoulders, it wouldn’t have taken so long. Today, on his birth anniversary, I dedicate the historic decision taken on Aug 5 today to Sardar Patel”, said PM Modi.

PM Modi stated that from today, the two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Laddakh will walk towards a new future, on the birth anniversary of the Iron Man of India.

PM Modi further stated that he had promised to the people in J and K in August every benefit and facility that central government employees in every Union Territory enjoy. He added that the employees in J and K and Ladakh will now get the perks and raise accorded under the 7th pay commission.


PM Modi further stated that the people of India will fight and defeat every attack against its unity. He also added that taking inspiration from Sardar Patel, his government is working towards empowering the emotional, economic and constitutional integration of India.

India’s space station to accommodate three astronauts, ISRO to set it up in five-seven years

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India’s space station to accommodate three astronauts, ISRO to set it up in five-seven years

In what seems to be the most ambitious mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation is planning to set up an ‘Indian Space Station’ in the next five to seven years, which will have space for three astronauts, reports Times of India.

According to the reports, the ISRO’s space station will be an extension of the human spaceflight programme Gaganyaan. The initial designs for the space station, which is still in a nascent stage, suggest a 20-tonne modular abode in the low earth orbit (LEO), at an altitude of 120km to 140km.

ISRO Chairman K Sivan announcing the project in June this year had said, “We don’t want to be part of ISS. Our station, which will be set up in five to seven years, won’t be very big.”

Read: Mother of all ‘divert attention’ formats: ISRO launched Chandrayaan 2 to ‘divert attention’ from economic condition, says Mamata Banerjee

The International Space Station (ISS), which is currently in the low earth orbit of the space is jointly managed by the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and Canada. The ISS orbits at an average altitude of 400 km.

However, the mission to set up a space station depends on the success of Gaganyaan, which envisions to send three Indian astronauts to space and bringing them back in the same crew module in 2022. ISRO plans to use technologies from Gaganyaan for the space station. These include an orbital module, life-support system and human-rated launch vehicles for space station programme.

Meanwhile, ISRO has been working on space docking technology for three years now, which is a crucial aspect to manned space missions. The Department of Space has earmarked Rs 10 crore to achieve this technology. The technology will allow the transfer of humans from one vehicle or spacecraft to another and refuel spacecraft. ISRO is also likely to conduct a docking experiment in 2020.

Read: After successful launch of Chandrayaan-2, ISRO set to launch missions to the Sun and Venus in the coming years

According to ISRO officials, private firms will also be part of the space station programme. “They will make significant contributions,” said a scientist. ISRO Sivan had earlier stated that Gaganyaan will include participation from about 650 industries.

A space station with its zero-gravity environment and exposure to space is a unique laboratory for scientific research that is often impossible to carry out inside Earth’s atmosphere. The cells and chemicals behave in a different way in space, which enables scientists to study variant behaviours and their applications. The space station serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which crew members conduct experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology, and other fields.

Some of the major experiments being conducted at ISS include those on Parkinson’s disease and resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapy. Research in space has applications also in material development, disaster relief, food and water conservation and waste management.

Special Police officers who left the force to join Hizbul behind the orchard killings in Kashmir: Reports

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Special Police officers who left the force to join Hizbul behind the orchard killings in Kashmir: Reports

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have identified former special police officers (SPOs) Syed Naveed Mushtaq and Rahil Magray as suspects behind the recent killings in Shopian and Pulwama apple orchards, reports Times of India.

The two former SPOs had quit the force and had joined Islamic terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in 2017.

According to the reports, the police informed that Mushtaq has been directing overground Hizbul workers (OGW) to put up posters and distribute pamphlets for the past couple of months in Shopian asking apple growers to boycott NAFED’s fruit procurement process.

Mushtaq has been using another name – ‘Babar Azam’, to sign these posters, a senior official said. A Punjab-based apple trader, a truck driver and a labourer have been killed by these terrorists. The terrorists set ablaze at least four farms.

Read: Missing Kashmiri student from Sharda University has joined IS, releases video holding AK-47

The police officer said that these two men operated a ‘broadcast service’ in 2018 and 2019 on several social media groups to “instigate” SPOs to join terrorist outfits. Shockingly, these two began to eliminate them if they did not respond. The two former SPOs-turned-terrorists have been operating across a 60-kilometre stretch between Pulwama and Anantnag and had recently met 11 saffron traders, threatening them to not supply their produce to any government agency.

Mushtaq, who is a resident of Nazneenpora in Shopian, is suspected to possess four AK 47s which he had stolen from the police in 2017. Another terrorist Magray has been sending “intimidating messages” to growers in Shopian and Pulwama through local boys.

“Mushtaq had whisked away four AK 47s in 2017 during his posting in Budgam. He became Shopian’s Hizbul Mujahideen district commander and has been supplying the weapons to other terrorists. We are in the process of identifying the other group members,” the official said.

Read: Kashmir: IPS officer’s younger brother joins terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen

The report cites the Jammu and Kashmir Police sources saying that the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen had recently held a meeting with representatives of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). In the meeting it was decided that HM would target civilians while the other two outfits would keep safety installations and security officials on their radar. Reportedly, the JK police intercepted at least six messages between October 14-18 regarding this meeting held in Shopian.

Since the abrogation of Article 370, a desperate Pakistan and its terrorists in Kashmir have been trying to disrupt peace in the valley. As the Kashmir valley is slowly returning back to normalcy, the Islamic terrorists, backed by Pakistan have been targeting civilians, especially truck drivers and labourers, mainly those from outside Jammu and Kashmir to carry out attacks on them to instil fear in the minds of the people.

On last Monday, a truck driver from Udhampur was killed in Anantnag. On October 24, two non-Kashmiri truck drivers were killed by Jihadi terrorists. On October 14, a truck driver from Rajasthan was killed by two terrorists. On  October 16, an apple trader from Punjab and a brick kiln worker from Chhattisgarh were shot dead in Pulwama district.

On Tuesday, in a horrific terror attack, 6 labourers were shot dead by terrorists in Katrusu village of Kulgam in South Kashmir today evening. All six persons are from West Bengal and were daily wage earners.

Andhra Pradesh: Jagan Mohan govt issues controversial order, gives bureaucrats the power to sue media

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Andhra Pradesh: Jagan Mohan govt issues controversial order, gives bureaucrats the power to sue media

The YSRCP government has issued a controversial order in Andhra Pradesh that giver bureaucrats the power to sue media houses over defamatory, ‘baseless’ and false reports.

The order (GO RT No 2430) was issued on Wednesday. The state cabinet had taken the decision on October 16.

As per reports, the new government order comes two weeks after the Andhra Pradesh cabinet took the decision to take action against defamatory media reports. Despite protests by journalists and media houses in the state, yesterday the state government has released the order officially.

The order states that secretaries in all government departments can now file rejoinders, complaints and initiate lawsuits through the public prosecutors against editors, publishers of certain media outlets if they find their report defamatory and false.

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The order states “Government hereby accord permission to delegate powers to the secretaries of respective departments to issue rejoinders, file complaints and lodge appropriate cases, if need be, through public prosecutor against defamatory news items published/telecast/posted in print/electronic/social media pertaining to their respective departments after following due process of law.” It is issued by T. Vijay Kumar Reddy, ex-officio special secretary to the government, Information and Public Relations Department.

Reacting strongly to the controversial order, former CM and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu tweeted saying that the right to question, criticize and showcase the failures of a govt is fundamental to democracy. Calling the order ‘draconian’, he further added that the order aims to curb the freedom of expression and stifle people’s voices on social media.

Naidu further added that this order will be used by the state machinery to file false cases and harass media outlets and individuals who are attempting to highlight the government’s failures. He claimed that his party will fight against the order.

As per a report in Outlook, the Jagan Mohan government had explained earlier that through the order, the government is only decentralising the power which was, till now, vested with the Commissioner of Informations and Public Relations.

The Andhra government had further stated that filing cases or defamation suits will be the last resort and media outlets will be first issued a rejoinder to ensure that the correction and clarification over a false or misinformative report is given the same time slot, prominence and clarity.

Many journalists, including prominent journalists’ unions, have spoken against the order. Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) President IV Subba Rao and Indian Journalists’ Union’s national vice president Ambati Subba Rao have presented a memorandum at the CMO stating that the decision will result in the suppression of media freedom and democracy.

Political map of India now has 28 states and 9 union territories as Jammu and Kashmir is officially split into two UTs

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Political map of India now has 28 states and 9 union territories as Jammu and Kashmir is officially split into two UTs

History has been created today as Jammu and Kashmir now cease to exist as a ‘state’ and has been officially bifurcated into two Union Territories – Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Nearly three months after the historic abrogation of Article 370 to revoke the special status by the central government, the erstwhile state will now be recognised as two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the appointed day for the two UTs was October 31 and these came into existence at midnight.

Read: Rent-free bungalows in VVIP zone gone with Article 370, Ghulam Nabi Azad vacates his, other former CMs to follow

Following the creation of the two Union Territories, the President’s rule imposed in undivided Jammu and Kashmir has been revoked, according to a government notification.

RK Mathur, the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh was sworn in by Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Geeta Mittal in an official ceremony. IAS officer Girish Chandra Murmu will take over as Lieutenant Governor of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir later in the day.


The Home Ministry in a notification on Wednesday replaced the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the “union territory of Jammu and Kashmir” and announced exclusion of “permanent residents or hereditary state subjects”.

In the late-night notification, the ministry’s Jammu and Kashmir division announced new measures, including the application of central laws. “There are references in the state laws that have been applied to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Union Territory of Ladakh to the expressions ‘permanent residents’ or ‘hereditary state subjects’…, wherever they occur, shall be omitted,” it said.

Read: Pakistani minister threatens nations who back India on abrogation of Article 370, says will fire missile at them along with one on India

Following the Home Ministry notification, the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir and the Ranbir Penal Code will cease to exist.

With the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, the number of states in the country has come down to 28 and the number of Union Territories has gone up to nine. While Jammu and Kashmir will continue to have a legislature, similar to Puducherry, Ladakh will be without a legislature like Chandigarh.

From now on, the Union government will have the power to control the police and the law and order in Jammu and Kashmir, while the land will be under the elected government of the union territory. Ladakh will be under the direct control of the central government which will administer it through the Lieutenant Governor.

3 Congress leaders get show-cause notice from the party for meeting EU MPs who were in India visiting Kashmir

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3 Congress leaders get show-cause notice from the party for meeting EU MPs who were in India visiting Kashmir

The Congress party now led by interim Chief Sonia Gandhi sent show-cause notices to three of its senior Jammu and Kashmir leaders for meeting the European Union (EU) delegation that was in India to visit Kashmir.

Show-cause notices were issued to Jammu and Kashmi Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) General Secretary Usman Majid, spokesperson Farooq Andrabi and General Secretary Surinder Singh.

The show-cause notice was issued reportedly because the Congress leaders met the EU delegation without the instructions or prior permission of the party.

Reportedly, Usman Majid met the EU delegation in New Delhi during a luncheon while the others met the delegation in Kashmir itself. Abdrabi is reported to have met the delegation on Tuesday while Singh is reported to have met the delegation on Wednesday.

Also Read: ‘We are very angry at being called Nazi lovers,’ European Union Parliamentarians on Owaisi’s allegation

The three have been given one week to explain their position to the party. They are expected to explain why they met the EU delegation without the consent of the Party.

According to a report in Times of India, JKPCC President Ghulam Mir has also confirmed that a show-cause notice has been sent to the three leaders because they met the delegation without the permission of the party.

An unofficial delegation of European Union Parliamentarians (MEPs) visited Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday in order to assess the situation in the state. They have asserted that the situation in the state is an internal matter of India and they will not be submitting any report to the European Union.

During a press briefing, the EU MPs also slammed Asaduddin Owaisi’s remark where he claimed that they were Nazi lovers. “We are not Nazi lovers. If we were, we would have not been elected. We are very angry at being called Nazi lovers,” one of them said. Asaduddin Owaisi had made the allegation through a tweet on Tuesday.

Read: All you need to know about Madi Sharma, who is being used by media to fuel conspiracy theories about EU MPs’ visit to Kashmir

Congress had also “slammed” the Modi government for the unofficial EU delegation visiting Kashmir.

The mainstream media had fuelled conspiracy theories and lies about the delegation as well. They insinuated that a shady broker had organised the EU delegation visit to Kashmir. As it turns out, Madi Sharma is a member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Importantly, she has been a member of the EESC since 2002. Furthermore, she was made a UK member of the forum through an appointment made by the Prime Minister of the UK himself. In the said Committee, External Relations are one of her areas of interest.

Delhi HC pulls up Kejriwal govt over ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’ scheme that gives reward to good samaritans, flags possible misuse

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Delhi HC pulls up Kejriwal govt over ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’ scheme that gives reward to good samaritans, flags possible misuse

Raising concerns over the misuse of freebies offered by Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government ahead of 2020 assembly elections, Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that the ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’ scheme was being ‘hijacked’ by touts and steps should be taken to prevent misuse.

Delhi Government’s ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’ scheme was launched few weeks back whereby Delhi government was to bear all medical expenses of victims of accidents, acid attacks and burn injuries in Delhi government hospitals. The scheme also gives Rs 2,000 ‘reward’ to good samaritans for taking the victim to hospitals. The HC observed that if someone has a minor injury in their homes, these touts insist that they go to the hospitals. This overburdens the hospitals. The court added that if 10 people are benefitting from a scheme, there may be 40 others who may be misusing it.

Read: Paltu Aadmi Party (PAAP): Check out the Facebook page against which Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has sought an FIR

The court observed that while Delhi government’s intentions are good, the good samaritan scheme could also be misused. If someone falls down in bathroom, he could be admitted as road accident victim, the court observed.

Pulling up Delhi government, the court said that they should address real concerns like improved hygiene facilities, infrastructure and availability of live-saving equipments. The court was hearing a PIL filed by a school teacher from Karawal Nagar in Delhi highlighting the lack of medical facilities and crumbling infrastructure in Delhi government hospitals.

Arvind Kejriwal and Dhruv Rathee to face trial in a defamation case, Patiala House court dismisses petition against summoning order

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Arvind Kejriwal and Dhruv Rathee to face trial in a defamation case, Patiala House court dismisses petition against summoning order

The Patiala House Court today quashed the revision petition filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against summoning order issued against him concerning a defamation case filed by BJP supporter Vikas Pandey. Following this development, Kejriwal will now have to face trial for spreading a slanderous video uploaded by pro-AAP blogger Dhruv Rathee.


The Delhi CM had appealed against the summon issued by a magistrate at a session court in Patiala house court. In the judgement, Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar said, “the impugned order has dealt with all the relevant aspects of the issues involved at the stage of summoning. At this stage, the court has only to see if there are sufficient grounds to proceed further or not and if the impugned order is weighed on this scale, then I find no illegality, impropriety or irregularity in the order.”

The defamation case pertains to a slanderous video uploaded by pro-AAP blogger Dhruv Rathee, in which he had contended that Vikas Pandey was an active member of the BJP IT cell and he offered to pay a bribe of Rs 50 lakhs to Mahavir Prasad, supposedly an ex BJP IT cell member, to defame him. Though in the video Rathee claims to have advised Mahavir to record his conversations, in the follow-up video, he regrets that he has no recording of “Rs 50 lakh bribe offer”, purportedly made by Vikas. With no tangible evidence to prove his allegations, the YouTube blogger still went ahead to level atrocious accusations against Pandey.

Also Read: ‘Neutral’ blogger Dhruv Rathee gets satirical video deleted which shows him “exposing” Arvind Kejriwal

In addition to this, Rathee also contended that Abhishek Mishra was used by Vikas Pandey in order to offer a bribe to Mahavir Prasad. However, there was nothing in the call recording to allude that Pandey asked Mishra to bribe Prasad. In fact, Rathee himself concedes in the video that the evidence in his possession is insufficient to back his allegations.

Kejriwal had shared this video by Rathee, thus lending credence to his lies and misinformation and adding to the vilification endured by Pandey. Vikas, a software engineer by profession, and a strong Modi supporter had then filed a defamation suit against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and YouTube blogger Dhruv Rathee.

All you need to know about Madi Sharma, who is being used by media to fuel conspiracy theories about EU MPs’ visit to Kashmir

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All you need to know about Madi Sharma, who is being used by media to fuel conspiracy theories about EU MPs’ visit to Kashmir

Another instance of the gross incompetence of the mainstream media, driven by malice, has come to the fore. On Tuesday, Srinivasan Jain of NDTV fueled a dubious conspiracy theory about the involvement of one Madi Sharma who apparently sent out the invitation to the Members of the European Union Parliament (MEPs). The MEPs visited Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.


Srinivasan Jain provided some superficial information about the woman and asked the question, ‘who is Madi Sharma, and what are her credentials to deliver on such a big promise?’ Since Jain calls himself a journalist, one would have expected him to provide an answer to the question as well but he did not. Instead, he only provided very superficial information which only fueled the mystery around Madi Sharma’s identity.


Jain ended his conspiracy theory tweet thread by asserting that it was unclear how any of the credentials he shared on Twitter makes Madi Sharma qualified enough to organize a meeting between MEPs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. One would expect journalists to do their necessary homework first before engaging in meaningless speculations that only fuels distrust against the Indian government without good reasons. However, journalistic integrity appears to have been thrown down the toilet here.

As it turns out, Madi Sharma is a member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Importantly, she has been a member of the EESC since 2002. Furthermore, she was made a UK member of the forum through an appointment made by the Prime Minister of the UK himself. In the said Committee, External Relations are one of her areas of interest.

The EESC is a forum for “consultation, dialogue and consensus between representatives from all the different sectors of “organised civil society”, including employers, trade unions and groups such as professional and community associations, youth organisations, women’s groups, consumers, environmental campaigners and many more. It was “set up in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome, to advise EU decision-makers and ensure that ordinary people across the continent have a say in Europe’s development.”

Madi Sharma’s biography on EESC reads, “Madi is an Entrepreneur who founded and runs the Madi Group, a group of International private sector & not for profit companies, and NGOs. The philosophy is to create innovative ideas tailored to local action which can achieve global impacts beneficial to a sustainable society. She is also a member of The European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. Madi is a public speaker internationally, particularly in the field of entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, diversity; gender balance and her passion for corporate social responsibility CSR. Her presentations, spoken from the heart, motivate and inspire and seek to make others consider their ability to affect change. It is now tagged #MadiEffect “You must be the change you want to see” Ghandi – “No Excuses” Madi”.

Also Read: ‘We are very angry at being called Nazi lovers,’ European Union Parliamentarians on Owaisi’s allegation

Apart from being a member of the EESC, Madi Sharma has numerous other accomplishments to her credit, which are mentioned on her personal website as indicated by the official website of the EESC itself. Her website states that she was “independently appointed to European Commission Vice –President Antonio Tajani’s Advisory Board for Industry & Enterprise” where she represented Entrepreneurship. Significantly, Madi Sharma is also the President of the EESC Committee On European Instruments for Human Rights and Democracy.

From Madi Sharma’s CV, it appears quite obvious that she is a well-connected individual who is well acquainted with the functioning of the European Union Parliament. As a member of the EESC and President of the EESC Committee On European Instruments for Human Rights and Democracy, it appears par for the course that she shares a professional relationship with the elected representatives of the European Union Parliament.

Henri Malosse, one of the people who visited Jammu and Kashmir, worked at the EESC since 1995 and was ultimately elected its President in 2013. Thus, for quite some time, Malosse and Madi Sharma worked together at the forum. And thus, one would expect them to be well acquainted with each other.

It took five minutes to access all this information about Madi Sharma on the internet. It’s a matter of great concern that Srinivasan Jain, who calls himself a journalist, could not bother to spend five minutes of time to verify the identity of a person before engaging in meaningless speculations. The Times of India in its report on Madi Sharma does mention her being a member of the EESC. News18, on the other hand, published a report which added more fuel to the fire but forgot to mention the most crucial aspect of her identity.

The Telegraph, a far-Left propaganda website, went into quite some detail about Madi Sharma. It even mentioned that Madi Sharma is a member of the EESC. The propaganda outlet said of the forum, “The EESC calls itself an advisory body which acts as a bridge between the EU and civil society.” It conveniently forgot to mention the fact that the EESC was formed through the Treaty of Rome in 1957. The Treaty of Rome is one of the two treaties forming the constitutional basis of the European Union. It is still considered one of the two most important treaties of the modern-day European Union. The Telegraph did not think it was important to mention this fact.

Srinivasan Jain and the media’s overeagerness in fueling meaningless speculation against her could either be attributed to their gross incompetence or their malicious desire to downplay the visit of EU delegation in an attempt to tarnish the reputation of the Indian government. In all probability, it is a combination of both.

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