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Ram Mandir: Pray to SC to ignore efforts to ‘secularize’ verdict with unrelated issues

Abhishek Banerjee
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Ram Mandir: Pray to SC to ignore efforts to ‘secularize’ verdict with unrelated issues

The courts have always maintained that the Ram Janmabhoomi case is a purely legal dispute over a piece of land. I don’t think so, but fine. We will play it their way. What other choice do we have?

Remember the 2010 ruling of the Allahabad High Court in the Ram Janmabhoomi case? In a rather unusual conclusion to a title suit over a piece of land, the Court verdict split the land into two parts. Two-thirds of the land, including the part under the Central dome of the so called Babri “Masjid,” were returned to Hindus and one-third was given to Muslims. Rather charmingly, the two-thirds given to Hindus was split up equally between Bhagwan Shri Ram Lalla Viraajmaan and the Nirmohi Akhara. Even though the court accepted the Hindu case on Ram Janmabhoomi, a concession was made to Muslim sentiments by giving them some of the area in the courtyard.

It wasn’t everything, but it was at least something. It was much more than Hindus were used to getting from the system.

At the time, most Hindu groups seemed happy with the verdict. Then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi had also welcomed the Court decision. It seemed like the matter would finally be closed and a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya, built with the goodwill of one and all, would become a fountainhead of communal harmony.

Read: Hindus have been demanding restitution since 1528 for the Ram Temple destroyed by Islamist barbarians, Rajeev Dhavan

But that was not to be. The Muslim parties in the case took the approach of not yielding even the proverbial needle point of land. The matter was dragged to the Supreme Court, where it lingered for another 9 years.

A lot has changed in these 9 years. I believe the Hindu masses of today expect a lot more from the system. In retrospect, perhaps it was a good thing that the other side refused to accept the 2010 verdict.

After the hearing concluded yesterday, it now seems almost certain that the judgement will be in favor of the Ram Mandir. The ‘secular’ side senses it too.

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Muslim parties allege that Hindu party wasn’t as much questioned as Muslim parties were

You can see this in how they are already working on ‘EVM hacking’ type conspiracy theories. Other symptoms would be tearing up papers, unnecessarily losing temper, etc. Neither is a way to put off what now seems inevitable.

This is a historic moment. Remember that the first court case on Ram Janmabhoomi was filed in 1855-56.

Let’s hope now that the verdict is not ‘secularized’ by tagging on unrelated issues. After a 164 year long wait, we deserve that this historic moment should be all out Hindus. It doesn’t mean that the sentiments of other communities are not important. All it means is that this one day should be all about Hindus.

What am I talking about? The ‘secular’ side is already urging the court to get into unrelated matters. Remember the headline yesterday that the Wakf Board is willing to withdraw its case? But that’s not what actually happened.

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Sunni Waqf Board affidavit

Rather, there seems to have been a draft affidavit that the Wakf Board would give up its claim under several conditions: essentially that Hindus could stake no more claims on any other structure anywhere else and that the government would have to start maintaining as many as 22 mosques.

Sorry, but that doesn’t seem fair at all. Hindus have waited patiently for 164 years to see this day. Hindus deserve a day that is all about them. Without unrelated considerations.

Read: Ram Janmabhoomi case: Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan representing Muslim parties has a complete meltdown, tears up maps, papers

It doesn’t mean that those considerations aren’t important. Just that they are unrelated to the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit. If there are questions about mosques that were damaged in riots at some time, if there are questions of poverty and backwardness in the Muslim community, all that should be dealt with separately. There are numerous temples that have been vandalized in communal riots and the question of poverty has nothing to do with religion. What to do about that is an altogether unrelated issue.

The Courts have maintained that the Ram Janmabhoomi case is a title suit and it should remain that way. Having lived with Indian pseudo-secularism for so long, one feels fear that demands might surface for some kind of “compensation” to the other side. From demands for community specific welfare programs to construction of a Masjid somewhere else.

Let’s hope these fears do not come true.

Yes, we Hindus have come a long way. From the 2010 mentality of ready to take anything we can get to actually hoping for a day that is all about us. Jai Shri Ram.

Read Indira Gandhi’s letter referring to Veer Savarkar as ‘remarkable son of India’

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Read Indira Gandhi’s letter referring to Veer Savarkar as ‘remarkable son of India’

As the BJP promised to confer nation’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, to one of India’s greatest heroes – Veer Savarkar, controversy soon erupted after Congress party vehemently opposed it.

At a time when Congress party has begun to slander the Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar, a letter written by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi referring Veer Savarkar as ‘remarkable son of India’ has been doing rounds on social media.

In a letter dated May 30, 1980, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had written a letter to Pandit Bakhle, then secretary of Swatantrayaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak, expressing her reverence for one of India’s greatest freedom fighters Vinayaka Damodar Savarkar.

The letter reads, “Veer Savarkar’s daring defiance of the British Govt has its own importance in the annals of our freedom movement. I wish success to the plans to celebrate the birth centenary of this remarkable son of India.”

Indira Gandhi’s letter on Savarkar

 

This narrative of mocking Savarkar has become a trend lately started by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who seems to have taken inspiration from left-wing and ultra-left wing forces, who have an inherent contempt towards Hindutva icon Savarkar.

Indira Gandhi’s admiration for Veer Savarkar is not just limited to a letter written in 1980. In 1966, Indira Gandhi after the death of Veer Savarkar had said, “It removes from our midst a great figure of contemporary India. His name was a byword for daring and patriotism. Mr Savarkar was cast in the mould of a classical revolutionary and countless people drew inspiration from him.”

Read: Here are the 5 most popular lies that leftists peddle against Veer Savarkar

In 1970, Indira Gandhi had also issued a commemorative stamp in Veer Savarkar’s honour and had also given a private donation of Rs 11,000 to his memorial fund.

Indira Gandhi’s letter surfaced on social media at a time when the congress party is foul-mouthing him. It only reflects the sheer hypocrisy of the current generation of Congress, who have successfully veered off to become more radical to abuse and discredit national heroes who have fought for India’s freedom.

Watch: Lion manages to avoid the fate of Harambe after Rehan Khan enters its enclosure in Delhi zoo to die

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Watch: Lion manages to avoid the fate of Harambe after Rehan Khan enters its enclosure in Delhi zoo to die

In a bizarre incident, one Reham Khan in National Zoological Park in Delhi jumped into a lion’s enclosure after climbing its metal grille, apparently to commit suicide. When the zoo officials rushed to the spot, they provided a ladder to Reham, and implored him to return back, he turned a blind to their requests and continued approaching towards the Lion. The youth was subsequently rescued from the enclosure after the officials tranquilised the lion.


In the video attached in the above tweet, one can see how serenely Reham goes and sits in front of the lion, purportedly striking a conversation with it. He then lies down next to the lion.

Also Read: Journalist claims that pigs in Jammu zoo will outrage Muslims in Kashmir

According to Riyaz Ahmed Khan, PRO, National Zoological Park, Delhi, even after repeated exhortations from guards and zoo officials, Reham did not heed their appeals saying “I have come to die, don’t rescue me”. The lion managed to escape Harambe’s fate as the authorities sedated it before evacuating the trapped man. DCP Southeast Delhi stated that the man appeared to be suffering from a mental illness.

This incident bears striking resemblance to the famous incident when a three-year-old climbed an into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in the USA and was grabbed and dragged by Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla. Dreading for boy’s life, a zoo worker had shot and killed Harambe. The incident made headlines across the world as the recorded video received broad international coverage, and stoked controversy over the choice to kill Harambe instead of tranquilising.

Manmohan Singh lies blatantly, claims Congress voted in favour of abrogation of Article 370

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Manmohan Singh lies blatantly, claims Congress voted in favour of abrogation of Article 370

Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India, appears to be clutching at straws and lying outright to defend his party’s conduct towards the political restructuring in Jammu & Kashmir. Today he claimed that the Congress party voted in favour of the bill to abrogate Article 370 but were only against the manner in which it was done.


In reality, the working committee of the Congress party had condemned the ‘undemocratic manner’ in which Article 370 was abrogated and claimed that the BJP managing to pass the Bill in the two Houses of the Parliament had ‘grave implications’ for the entire country and the ‘Idea of India’.


In the Parliament, too, the Congress party had opposed the passage of the bills tooth and nail. Congress Rajya Sabha MP Bhubaneswar Katila offered his resignation after Congress said it does not support the revocation of Article 370. The Congress’ stand was despite the fact that numerous opposition parties such as the BSP and BJD supported the government’s stand on the matter.

Also Read: How Indian ‘liberals’ supporting Article 370 are like the racists in 50s and 60s America

Congress MPs had even torn the resolution abrogating Article 370 on the floor of Lok Sabha which was passed on 6th August. Before the voting, Congress MPs including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi had walked out of the house, along with MPs of other parties opposing the move, like TMC and DMK.

Therefore, it’s completely ridiculous for Manmohan Singh to suggest that the party voted in favour of the bill after the working committee of his party condemned its passage. If some individual members of the Congress party did vote in favour of it, it was them going against the party line. Their conduct cannot be attributed to the party, their decision was borne of their own personal integrity or political compulsions based on the constituencies they came from.

Former Congress President, Rahul Gandhi, had taken a delegation of opposition leaders to Jammu & Kashmir during his visit to the state even after authorities had requested them to not do so due to security reasons as forces were busy providing protecting people. They were made to return eventually within an hour of their landing.

Also Read: Congress party fudges Global Hunger Index numbers to falsely claim that India’s rank has gone down after 2014

The United Kingdom representatives of the Congress party recently met with Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party, and “discussed the human rights situation in Kashmir.” The party’s conduct in the aftermath of the decision has been atrocious, to put it mildly.

The statement made by Manmohan Singh only reveals that the Congress party is trying too hard to reconcile the differences between its opposition towards the abrogation of Article 370 and its electoral compulsions. It is perfectly aware that it has harmed its political prospects greatly by its thoughtless opposition towards the complete integration of Jammu & Kashmir with the rest of India. And now, it’s making desperate attempts at damage control.

One BSF personnel died, one injured after Bangladesh border guards opened fire on them when they went to trace Indian fisherman

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One BSF personnel died, one injured after Bangladesh border guards opened fire on them when they went to trace Indian fisherman

One Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, Head Constable Vijay Bhan Singh died and other was injured after Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) troops opened fire at them when they had gone to trace the missing Indian fisherman the latter had apprehended.

As per reports, the BGB apprehended 3 Indian fishermen who had gone for fishing in river Padma. They later released two of them and asked them to call the BSF post commander for a flag meeting.


Later, when the BSF party had gone gone to trace the Indian fisherman, they opened fire at them.

Read: One BSF jawan killed and another injured in clashes with cattle smugglers along Bangladesh border

In this, Head Constable Vijay Bhan Singh received bullet injuries on his head and other personnel received bullet injuring on his right hand.


The soldiers were then taken to nearest medical facilities where Head Constable Singh was declared brought dead. Injured constable was then taken to Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital in Behrampore.

Truck drivers, apple traders, shopkeepers and migrant worker shot: Terrorists in Kashmir target business in the valley

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Truck drivers, apple traders, shopkeepers and migrant worker shot: Terrorists in Kashmir target business in the valley

Soon after the Government lifted the security lockdown in Kashmir the Pakistani terrorists have begun targetting migrant workers in the Valley. In one such incident, an apple trader from Punjab named Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Shopian district on Wednesday. Sanjeev Singh, who was accompanying Charanjeet, was critically injured in the attack. This incident in third such in as many days in the Valley.

In another incident, a brick kiln worker from Chhattisgarh, Sethi Kumar Sagar, met similar destiny as terrorists shot him in the Pulwama region in Jammu and Kashmir the same day.


These killing came two days after terrorists shot dead a truck driver from Rajasthan and assaulted an orchard owner in Shirmal village in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. The truck, bearing a Rajasthan registration number, was set ablaze on its way to Jammu. The body was recovered from the truck. There are reports which confirm that the assailant was a Pakistani National.

A police officer in south Kashmir said the killings were part of a strategy by terrorists to strike at the heart of the business since many traders had refused to be cowed down by the terrorists’ order not to open businesses.

Read: Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists kill a 65-year-old shopkeeper for keeping his shop open in Srinagar

In August, terrorists had shot and killed a 65-year-old shopkeeper for defying their diktat and keeping his shop open. On September 7, 3 fruit traders and a toddler were shot by terrorists in Sopore.

Pakistan has been desperately trying to create unrest in the Valley ever since India has gone ahead with its decision to repeal Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. In fact, Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan, who has been running pillar to post trying to sell his rhetorics on Kashmir, had admitted at the UN that there will be a “bloodbath” in Kashmir once India lifts the communication lockdown, and another Pulwama too.

Meanwhile, MoS PMO Jitendra Singh while speaking to Times Now questioned the Lutyens lobby’s silence on these incidents and how peace is being targetted in the Valley by the neighbouring country. “Where is the outrage now”? “where are the protagonists of Human Rights now”?, asked Singh speaking about the lobby’s selective condemnation of Human Rights. He goes on to say that it is the selective intellectualism in the name of Kashmir which has actually done the maximum harm.

Jitendra Singh condemned the unfortunate incidents wherein migrant workers were targetted which he said was “triggered by those who do not wish peace to settle down in Jammu and Kashmir for the simple reason that they have been beneficiaries of mayhem over the last few decades, which unfortunately also includes a section of a particular political class who have benefitted in carrying on their hegemony just with about 10 per cent voter turnout”, said Singh.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah had strongly opposed the government’s move and had been detained under the Public Safety Act as a preventive measure as it was expected that the activities of Mehbooba Mufti were likely to cause serious law and order situation and breach of peace of tranquillity of the state.

After 72 days of communication networks being snapped, postpaid mobile phone services were restored across all networks in the Kashmir Valley on October 14, Monday. Fixed-line telephone services were restored in parts of Jammu and Kashmir on August 17, and by September 4, nearly all 50,000 landline connections were restored. Mobile phone services had already been restored in Jammu and Ladakh regions, and in the Kupwara district of Kashmir.

Congress party fudges Global Hunger Index numbers to falsely claim that India’s rank has gone down after 2014

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Congress party fudges Global Hunger Index numbers to falsely claim that India’s rank has gone down after 2014

The Global Hunger Index for the year 2019 was released this week, where India continued to occupy a place towards the bottom of the index. This year India was ranked at 102 among 117 countries, while the rank was 103 was among 119 countries last year.

After the publication of the index jointly prepared by the Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, the Congress party and its leaders have been using it to attack the Modi government. They are claiming that India’s position has gone down in the index after the NDA government came to power.

Yesterday the Congress party claimed that our situation has gone from moderate to serious in just 5 years. The posted an image showing that India’s score in the index in 2014 was 17.8, while the same has gone up to 30.0 in 2019, implying a huge drop India’s score.


Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi also claimed that India’s position in the Global Hunger Index has been falling steadily since 2014. In a tweet today he said that now India’s position has crashed to 102/117. “This ranking reveals a colossal failure in Govt policy and blows the lid off the PM’s hollow “sabka vikas” claim, parroted by Modia,” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.


Not only the Congress party, almost all media houses also have reported that India’s position in the index has gone down. But that is a totally false claim.

Although there is no doubt that India’s rank at 102 among 117 countries is very dismal, it is not true that India’s position has ‘dropped’, as India’s rank in the index was not any better in the earlier years. India has been making very marginal improvements over the years, and it was not dramatically better before 2014 as the Congress party is claiming.

India’s GHI score in 2019

India’s score for the year 2019 is indeed 30.3 which falls under serious category, as tweeted by Congress party. But India’s score in 2014 was not in moderate category as they are claiming, they have put the 2014 score on the 2019 scale to present a completely misleading and false picture of India’s ranking in 2014, because the scale is different for each year, and value for one year can’t be placed in scale of another year.

India’s GHI score in 2014

The 2014 report of the Global Hunger Index shows that India’s score was indeed 17.8, but it was not in the moderate category as claimed by Congress. It was in serious category in 2014 also, as the scale for serious category was 10-19.9 in 2014, while the same is 35.0-49.9 for the year 2019. Likewise, the range for serious was 20-34.9 in 2017, and India had scored 31.4 in that year.

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India’s GHI score in 2017

Therefore, the value of one year can’t put in the scale of another year to compare the scores, as the scale itself is different in each year. The 2014 rank 17.8 score implies serious category as per 2014 scale, but the Congress party has put it in the 2019 scale to claim that it was in the moderate category using the 2019 scale, which is an absolute lie.

The Global Hunger Index clearly states that the GHI scores can be compared with other countries in a year, but they can’t be compared with other years. The GHI website says that “the current and historical data on which the GHI scores are based are continually being revised and improved by the United Nations agencies that compile them, and each year’s GHI report reflects these changes. Comparing scores between reports may create the impression that hunger has changed positively or negatively in a specific country from year to year, whereas in some cases the change may be partly or fully a reflection of a data revision.”

GHI clarification on comparing data across years
GHI clarification on comparing data across years

They have also pointed out that methodology to calculate the GHI is regularly changed, therefore it can’t be compared across years. For example, in the year 2015, the GHI methodology was changed to include data on child stunting and wasting and to standardize the values. It says, “since 2015, almost all countries have had much higher GHI scores compared with their scores from 2014 and earlier. This does not necessarily mean that their hunger levels rose in 2015”. Therefore, the score of India for 2014 and earlier years can’t be compared with the years after 2014, as scores of all countries have gone up due to change in methodology.

Also Read: Former NDTV journalist and advisor to Manmohan Singh lies about India’s rank in Hunger Index

Just like the score, the ranking in the index also can’t be compared across years, as the number of countries included in the index are different every year. For example, there were 117 countries this year while last year the report indexed 119 countries. In 2014, only 76 countries were ranked, therefore the 2014 rank can’t be compared with any other year.

India's GHI trend over comparable years
India’s GHI trend over comparable years
GHI Trend indicator

The 2019 GHI can be directly compared with scores of three reference years, 2000, 2005 and 2010. And we can see that India has been making continuous improvement in hunger level at a slow rate. India’s GHI score has been coming down when using data from comparable years, as seen in these charts published by GHI.

This clearly shows that in an attempt to attack the Modi government, Congress fudged the Global Hunger Index numbers to falsely claim that India’s rank has gone down after 2014, as they mixed up numbers and scales from different years.

All India Hindu Mahasabha and Hindu Sena file complaint against advocate Rajeev Dhavan for tearing apart Ram Janmabhoomi maps

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All India Hindu Mahasabha and Hindu Sena file complaint against advocate Rajeev Dhavan for tearing apart Ram Janmabhoomi maps

In a fit of rage and frustration, Senior Advocate Rajeev Dhavan representing the Sunni Waqf Board in the long-drawn-out Ayodhya title dispute yesterday tore down maps and documents of Ram Janmabhoomi(Birthplace of Lord Ram) site presented to him by the All India Hindu Mahasabha counsel Vikas Singh.

Following this incident, All India Hindu Mahasabha lodged a complaint against the lawyer with Bar Council of India.


In a letter signed by spokesperson Pramod Pandit Joshi, the All India Hindu Mahasabha has asked the Bar Council to take appropriate action against Dhavan. The letter specifically mentions that Dhawan’s act of tearing apart maps and documents is a clear case of contempt of court and action should be initiated against him.


Following All India Hindu Mahasabha, Hindu Sena has also joined in to file against a complaint against Dhawan’s frenzied meltdown. In a letter submitted to the Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, Hindu Sena said, ‘We have learned through media reports that advocate Rajeev Dhavan had shred to pieces maps and documents showing Ram Janmasthan. This act is not only misconduct by an associate but also unbecoming of a senior advocate. The conduct of Dhavan is very serious and he is now undeserving of being an advocate of the Supreme Court.”

Read: Ayodhya Dispute: Muslim parties seem to have given up hope for a favourable verdict and are afraid of floodgates opening

Dhawan is facing criticism from several quarters for losing his cool in the Supreme Court and ripping apart the documents and maps of Ram Janmasthan. Aggrieved by Dhawan’s misconduct, a former MP and member of Ramjanmbhoomi Nyas (trust), Ramvilas Vedanti had yesterday claimed that he will be filing an FIR against Dhavan for ‘hurting sentiments’.

On the other hand, senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, following his epic meltdown in Supreme Court on the last day of the hearing on Ram Janmabhoomi case, justified his tearing off the papers and maps stating that he had so after the CJI asked him to.

Speaking on the incident of tearing of the pages in Court in the morning session, he said: “The incident is going viral. But the fact is that I wanted to throw the pages away and the CJI said I may tear them. And I tore them so I’d say it was with the permission of Court.”

Pakistan refuses to claim body of infiltrator after Indian forces foil the infiltration plan at Attari

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Pakistan refuses to claim body of infiltrator after Indian forces foil the infiltration plan at Attari

A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) troops near the Attari border on Wednesday. In a flag meeting which was immediately called by the BSF to enlightened the Pakistani rangers of the infiltration bid, the Pakistani border personnel were asked to claim the body. As per reports, they refused.

The Pakistani intruder was trying to cross the border through railway track near Attari when a BSF personnel caught him. The intruder was seen moving towards the gate number 103 near the zero line fence at Attari. He was warned by the BSF but the intruder allegedly did not pay heed to BSF’s warnings.

As the intruder kept on moving, he was shot down by BSF jawans on duty.

The Pakistani intruder has been identified as Gulnawaz.

The top officials on duty, including BSF deputy inspector general (DIG), Amritsar sector, JS Oberoi, were immediately informed about the incident.

The BSF troops thereafter launched a search operation near the Attari railway gate and its nearby areas.

Pakistan has an old habit of disowning and refusing to take back its own people. Following its old line, Pakistan had on August 4 also refused to claim the bodies of the 5-7 Pakistani intruders who were killed by the Indian Army after they had tried to infiltrate into the country.

After a successful operation, the Indian Army had offered the Pakistan Army to take over the dead bodies of their five BAT soldiers and terrorists.

The Indian Army had offered to approach the Pakistan Army with a white flag and offered them to take over the dead bodies for last rites of the dead terrorists and Pakistani soldiers but the terror state refused to do so.

During the Kargil war also, Pakistan has shown similar apathy to its own soldiers and refused to take back the dead bodies of its soldiers despite the Indian Army’s repeated requests.

India had then charged Pakistan with doing “great disservice to the families of their soldiers and to the traditions of armed forces everywhere” by its continuous and callous refusal to accept the bodies of Pakistan Army regulars killed in the Kargil operations.

“It is clear that Pakistan is fully aware of the identities of these bodies but it does not wish to acknowledge this fact as it would immediately expose its army’s involvement in Kargil,” an external affairs ministry spokesperson had said then.

HDFC Bank issues clarification with regards to rumours about the ‘Deposit Insurance Cover’

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HDFC Bank issues clarification with regards to rumours about the ‘Deposit Insurance Cover’

With reference to an image of a passbook being circulated on social media, leading private sector bank HDFC has issued a clarification that appears to have sent some of its customers in a tizzy. An HDFC passbook image with details of the bank’s ‘Deposit Insurance Cover’ printed saying that deposits in the bank up to Rs 1 lakh is insured is doing the rounds on the social media websites.


The printed message read, “The deposits of the bank are insured with DICGC and in case of liquidation of the bank, DICGC is liable to pay each of the depositors through the liquidator. The amount of this deposit is up to Rs 1 lakh within 2 months from the date of claim list from the liquidator.”

Read: PMC Bank assures that interests of depositors will be protected, preparing fresh balance sheet to present a true picture

Responding to a tweet posted by a user who uploaded the image and insinuated that the bank is indulging in white-collar thievery, HDFC Bank issued a clarification stating that the information was not new and had been inserted as per a June 22, 2017 RBI circular.

The statement issued by the bank said, “This pertains to information about the deposit insurance cover. We would like to clarify that the information has been inserted as per RBI circular dated Jane 22, 2017 which requires all Scheduled Commercial Banks, all Small Finance Banks and Payment Banks to incorporate information about ‘deposit insurance cover’ along with the limit of coverage upfront in the passbook.”

The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) is a fully owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India which provides for protection of Rs 1 lakh per depositor for deposits in commercial banks, regional rural banks, local area banks (LABs) and cooperative banks, and rest of the deposit amount is relinquished in the unusual case of a bank failure.

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