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Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti get in a nasty fight over BJP, authorities forced to house them separately: Report

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Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti get in a nasty fight over BJP, authorities forced to house them separately: Report

Former Jammu & Kashmir CMs Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who have been placed at Hari Niwas Palace under preventive detention, allegedly got into a nasty spat centred on BJP. The two have been placed at the government guesthouse after their detention last week by the administration. The fight between the two former chief ministers allegedly got so stormy that the authorities were forced to shift them to separate houses, reports Times of India.

The ministers reportedly got into an argument on who allowed BJP to find a foothold in the Valley. “Both were accusing each other of getting BJP into Jammu and Kashmir. At one point, Omar shouted at Mehbooba, taunting her and the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for aligning with BJP between 2015 and 2018,” an official of the hospitality and protocol department said on condition of anonymity.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti allegedly retaliated to Omar Abdullah’s barb with her distasteful riposte. “She reminded Omar that his father Farooq Abdullah had an alliance with BJP under Atal Behari Vajpayee. She told him loudly, ‘You were even junior minister for external affairs in the Vajpayee government’,” the official said.

She allegedly went on to blame Omar’s grandfather Sheikh Abdullah for J&K’s accession to India in 1947.

On realising that the argument between the two was taking a serious turn, the authorities concluded that separating them would be the best option, the official said.

While the administration shifted Omar to what he described as “a splendid hut” owned and maintained by the forest department in Chesmashahi, at the foot of Mahadev Peak, Mufti remained at Hari Niwas Palace.

Both the leaders had been detained by the Jammu and Kashmir police as a preventive measure on August 5. They, along with several political leaders of the state were already under house arrest since the previous night. The government had taken these precautionary measures to prevent any law and order situation as the separate status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir was withdrawn by abrogating provisions of Article 370 and abolishing Article 35A on August 5. The government also bifurcated the state into two union territories, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

An order addressed to Mehbooba Mufti by the executive magistrate of Srinagar had said that activities of Mehbooba Mufti are likely to cause serious law and order situation and breach of peace of tranquillity of the state. The order also said: “it appears that the former CM and others are about to meet and proceed in a procession, which will create further law and order problems”. It was speculated that Mufti was trying to leave her residence to arrange a protest.

After the presidential order changing the state’s status was tabled by Home Minister in Rajya Sabha, Mehbooba Mufti had posted a series of tweets strongly opposing the move. She had claimed that with the Articles gone, the accession of Jammu and Kashmir had become null and void. Omar Abdullah had also issued similar statements in media.

Meanwhile, the officials confirmed that the former CMs, among the 100-odd leaders of mainstream political parties who were detained, were being provided food “in accordance with the jail manual and their status”.

If Hindus try to settle in Kashmir, they should not be alive for a single moment: Pakistan endorses genocide on live TV

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If Hindus try to settle in Kashmir, they should not be alive for a single moment: Pakistan endorses genocide on live TV

An ‘intellectual’ from Pakistan has endorsed genocide against Hindus in Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370. A video has gone viral in which self-proclaimed Pakistani intellectual Tariq Pirzada, who often willingly participates in Indian channel debates presumably for extra money, can be seen instigating Kashmiri Muslims to resort to genocide against Hindus if they settle in Kashmir. He further added that Indians have illegally ‘occupied’ Kashmir just like Jews occupied Palestine.

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“If any Hindu tries to settle down in Kashmir, we Pakistanis appeal to the Kashmiris to not allow Hindus to be alive for even a single minute. The Indians have occupied your lands (Kashmir) similar to Jews, who have occupied Palestine. The situation in Kashmir is far worse than Palestine,” said Tariq Pirzada.

Pirzada went to advise the Pakistan establishment that they should now openly support the secession of Kashmir from India. Further resorting to war-mongering, Pirzada stated that he was hopeful that Pakistan Army will support the Kashmiris on the ground in their fight against the Indian state following the abrogation of Article 370.

Following India’s historic move to strip Article Article 370, which granted a separate status to Jammu and Kashmir state and a subsequent bill aimed to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories, Pakistani establishment seems to have lost their mental balance as they are now pushing Kashmiri Muslims to resort to committing genocide against Hindus.

The devastation that swept the Pakistanis following India’s audacious move has caused them severe humiliation, pushing them to reveal their inherent genocidal tendencies against Indians, especially Hindus.

Pakistan, which has a history of butchering Bengalis in East Pakistan, the native Baloch in Baluchistan and Pashtun tribe in their Northern frontiers, is now attempting to inflate the hatred against Hindus, the contempt which already exists in the valley.

In the 1990s, the terrorist state of Pakistan had joined hands with the local Kashmiri terrorists to commit genocide against the Kashmiri Pandits. With the loss of face in Kashmir, Pakistan has been trying to commit a similar genocide against Hindus by inciting the local population to pick up arms against the Indian state, particularly Hindus.

Earlier, a large number of Pakistanis were taken aback by the Indian government’s decision to abrogate of Article 370, resorted to hate-mongering and exposed their genocidal tendencies in social media.

Shockingly, the fear-mongering and hate campaign of Pakistani got resonance in the India’s so-called secular-media, as some of them toed the Pakistani establishment line to keep the pot boiling in Kashmir. A clip from the controversial news channel NDTV was used by Imran Khan’s party in Pakistan to portray that Kashmiris were unhappy about the effective abrogation of Article 370 and were eager to express it.

Not only that, Pakistanis anchors are using Indian politicians’ opposition to Jammu and Kashmir’s separate status ensured by Article 370 and the bifurcation for governance efficiency in their shows to afford credibility to their bluster.

Pakistani news channel Geo TV also showed objections held by the Congress politicians and other opposition leaders repudiating the central government’s stand vis-a-vis Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani news channel showed Congress senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s proclamations that BJP had murdered the constitution of India.

Bangladesh says cattle smuggling from India reduced by 96% in the last few years

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Bangladesh says cattle smuggling from India reduced by 96% in the last few years

Cattle smuggling has been a lucrative form of illegal trade along the India-Bangladesh border and becomes particularly prolific as the festival of Eid comes closer. However, there has been a sharp fall in the number of cattle illegally smuggled to Bangladesh from India.

Data revealed last month at an inter-ministerial meeting in Bangladesh chaired by minister Ashraf Ali Khan says that the cattle smuggling along the 4096-km India-Bangladesh border has come down by over 96 per cent.

Due to the persistent efforts of the BSF along the border, and due to the self-sufficiency in meat production attained by Bangladesh, the cattle imports and the illegal entry of sacrificial animals from neighbouring India and Myanmar have dropped considerably, confirmed officials in Bangladesh.

Cattle smuggling has dropped almost by half since 2016. Detailed figures reveal that in 2016 about 1,28,440 cattle heads were seized, while the figure dropped to 83,378 in 2017 and 51,592 cattle heads in 2018.

Moreover, earlier, the number of illegal entry of Indian cows was 2.4 to 2.5 million annually, however, reportedly, only 92,000 cows had entered Bangladesh in 2018.

The effective crackdown on cattle trade in the country is believed to have affected this illegal trade. Nevertheless, this vicious cycle of cross-border cattle smuggling along the India-Bangladesh border has snowballed into a major challenge for the BSF which always remains on the receiving end.

Last month, in one of the cruellest method of cow smuggling, the BSF had recovered cows with IED (improvised explosive devices) tied around their necks. The IEDs were allegedly aimed at the BSF troops who would try to intercept the cow smuggling and catch the smugglers. A fortnight prior to this, a BSF jawan had lost his hand after cattle smugglers from Bangladesh hurled bombs at him.

However, the border districts of West Bengal are only the portals of the illegal trade to Bangladesh. Cattle smuggled through all over the country reportedly are smuggled through the porous India-Bangladesh border in Bengal and other eastern states. The five districts Bengal from Sunderbans to Malda, spanning over 915 km of Indo-Bangladesh border, see most of the smuggling.

In a similar incident, two Muslim cow smugglers had mowed down a police constable, Prakash Meshram and injured two others after they tried to stop these cattle smugglers near Warora in Maharashtra earlier this year.

Mukesh Ambani announces India’s biggest FDI deal, free HD LED TV and 4K set-top boxes for Jio Fibre subscribers

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Mukesh Ambani announces India’s biggest FDI deal, free HD LED TV and 4K set-top boxes for Jio Fibre subscribers

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani made several landmark announcements while addressing the shareholders at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of the company. He presented a future roadmap of the company across several sectors such as oil, telecom, software, retail etc.

The biggest announcement defying all the talk of economic slowdown was the announcement of India’s largest foreign direct investment deal ever. Mukesh Ambani informed that Saudi Aramco will acquire a 20% stack in the oil-to-chemicals (OTC) division of Reliance Industries at an enterprise valuation of $75 billion. Aramco also signed a long-term supply agreement with RIL, and will supply 5,00,000 barrels of crude oil per day to Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery. Saudi Aramco is one of the largest oil companies by revenue in the world, and is estimated to be most profitable company.

Reliance will create a special purpose vehicle comprising of the twin refineries in Jamnagar and its petrochemical business, where Aramco will pick up 20% stack.

The Reliance Chairman also announced the much-awaited commercial launch of the Jio Fiber service, the wired broadband service of Jio, which will be launched on 5th September. He said that minimum speed on the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service will be 100 mbps, and it will go upto 1 gbps. He mentioned that the minimum speed is higher than the average broadband speed in the US at 90 mbps. The tariff for Jio Fibre will range from ₹700 to ₹10000 per month. Apart from broadband internet, Jio Fibre will offer free voice calls to any Indian mobile and fixed-line operator, while unlimited internet calling to US and Canada will be available at ₹500 per month.

Jio fibre services will be bundled with Jio HomeTV service. Mukesh Ambani also announced that those consumers who subscribe to Jio Forever Plans, the long-term annual plans of Jiio Fibre, will get an HD/4K LED TV and a 4K set-top box free as a welcome offer. Complete detail of tariff and terms and conditions of the service will be announced on 5th September. Jio Fibre was announced in August last year and at present, it is available as a preview service in select cities. Mukesh Ambani informed that the Jio wireless service is already 4G+, and it is ready for 5G services.

Isha and Akash Ambani demonstrate Jio set top

He also introduced a disruptive service in the entertainment sector, Jio First Day First Show. Under this service, new movies will be available on Jio TV on the same day they are released on theatres.

Reliance also announced several enterprise services and announced a tie-up with tech giant Microsoft in this regard. Jio and Microsoft will set up new cloud data centres in India, and both will jointly offer Microsoft’s flagship Office 365 service to enterprise customers, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said via video conference during the RIL AGM. Microsoft will bring its Azure Cloud platform to Jio Network. “Together, we will offer a comprehensive technology solution from compute to storage to connectivity and productivity for small and medium size businesses everywhere in the country”, Nadella said. He added that the partnership will launch new data centres in India.

Mukesh Ambani said that that the company will support startups by offering cloud technology and connectivity for free. 80% of investments by start-ups go into cloud solutions, Jio will provide that connectivity free to all start-ups in India, he said. Startups will be able to sign up on Reliance Jio website to avails this service. He also informed that Jio will offer connectivity plus application services to small and medium businesses at ₹1,500 per month, which is one-tenth of the current market rate.

Talking about the retail business of Reliance, Mukesh Amani announced the launch of New Commerce, and retail partnership platform. New Commerce will transform unorganised retail into organised retail, and it is meant to revolutionise 3 crore kirana stores in India. He said that percent point of sale solution is integral to Reliance Retail’s business strategy, which is a $700 billion business opportunity.

Making an important announcement, Mukesh Ambani said that he supports PM Narendra Modi’s call to develop Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, and the company is ready to help people in these regions in all their developmental needs. He informed Reliance will announce developmental initiatives for the region in the coming months.

Mukesh Ambani presented an ambitious future of the company, saying he is confident of growing at 15% per year over the next 5 years. He also said that RIL has set a target to be a zero debt company within the next 18 months, and Jio and Retail will be listed within the next 5 years.

Does Pakistan realize they are also the laughing stock of the Muslim world?

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Does Pakistan realize they are also the laughing stock of the Muslim world?

This just in. The Saudis are going to invest in a 20% stake at an enterprise value of $75 billion and it’s going to be India’s biggest FDI deal.

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The Saudis are smart. They are rich. They know how to stay rich. And they want to get richer.

That’s why they invest in India.

Meanwhile, Pakistan, the self appointed protector of the Muslim world, is trying to make a mark by starving itself of tomatoes after cutting off trade with India.

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Other counter measures announced by Pakistan to India’s move on Article 370 include : muted Eid celebrations today, watering down their own independence day celebrations on Aug 14 and observing “black day” on Aug 15. Other ideas on the table include “unsubscribing” Indians on Youtube. This is not a joke. Actually, it literally isn’t. I suspect several Indian “liberal” youtubers might lose a lot of subscribers if Pakistanis go ahead with their threat.

In the meantime, as Pakistan has cut off a trade with India and deprived itself of tomatoes, the smart Saudis have invested billions of dollars.

The message from the world is clear : nobody takes Pakistan seriously, least of all the Muslim world. The Pakistanis are at liberty to make fools of themselves.

In the last few years, we have seen a definitive change in the attitude of the world towards India. India  can now pull off surgical strikes across the LoC, or even airstrikes on terrorists across the border and no nation dares object. This is partly due to the realization that Pakistan has nothing to give anybody except terrorism. The other part is due to the large and forever growing economic influence of India.

The indifference of the Muslim world would sting Pakistan that much more. Because they like to talk about being the only nuclear power in the Muslim world. And imagine how the Muslim world looks up to them for protection.

Would you believe that the Pakistani Air Force tried to intervene in the 1974 Yom Kippur War between Israel and its Arab neighbors? Neither Israel nor the Arabs even noticed their presence.

So that’s what Pakistan is. Sort of like Spiderman. You know, if Spiderman couldn’t run fast, couldn’t climb buildings nor had any other kind of superpower.

Fifty years ago, in 1969, a weak India led by Indira Gandhi had begged to join the OIC, the international organization of all nations in the Muslim world. This humiliating episode ended with India being refused entry at the insistence of Pakistan. In fact, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, King Hussein of Jordan and the host King Hassan of Morocco jointly apologized to Pakistan for even considering having Indians around. In their apology to Pakistan, they blasted us Indians as crafty and conmen.

Now I am happy that India never joined the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). And I am ashamed that we were humiliated and sent out, called crafty and conmen. Everything about that episode was a disaster.

What a difference fifty years have made. Among many other things, Narendra Modi has ensured that the Muslim world siding with India over Pakistan has avenged that humiliation.

Wrestler Babita Phogat and father Mahavir Singh Phogat take plunge into politics, join BJP

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Wrestler Babita Phogat and father Mahavir Singh Phogat take plunge into politics, join BJP

The famous wrestler Babita Phogat along with her father Mahavir Phogat have officially entered the political fray by joining the BJP today. The move comes at a time when Haryana state elections are just months away.


Wrestler Babita Phogat and her father Mahavir Singh Phogat joined the saffron party in presence of the Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.

A three time Commonwealth gold and silver medalist, Babita’s entry into BJP will boost the party’s prospects in the state elections in Haryana, which are due later this year. The Amir Khan starrer blockbuster ‘Dangal’ movie was based on the life of Mahavir Singh Phogat and his daughters’ achievements in the field of wrestling.

Phogat sisters along with their father have long admired PM Modi for his bold decision-making ability and have even supported the government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

Babita Phogat recently took up the cudgel for CM M L Khattar who came under vicious attack by a section of media and opposition parties for his comments about the sex ratio in Haryana. “He has not made any statement that is offensive to our sisters and daughters. I urge the media not to misinterpret his statement,” said Ms Phogat, according to ANI.

Shobhaa De wrote article advocating ‘plebiscite in Kashmir’ under influence of Pakistani establishment, reveals Abdul Basit

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Shobhaa De wrote article advocating ‘plebiscite in Kashmir’ under influence of Pakistani establishment, reveals Abdul Basit

In an interview with one Pakistani blogger Farhan Virk who calls himself a part of ‘Team IK’ (Team Imran Khan), the former Pakistani High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit has revealed that he managed to influence ’eminent’ journalist Shobhaa De to write an article on Kashmir in the aftermath of terrorist Burhan Wani’s death.

The relevant bits of the interview can be watched here:

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The article Abdul Basit was presumably referring to, was written by Shobhaa De in July 2016. The article was titled ‘Burhan Wani is dead but he’ll live on till we find out what Kashmir really wants’. The article could only be accurately described as serving as a defence for Kashmiri Jihad. De even calls for a referendum on the matter, a pivotal Pakistani talking point.

At one point in the conversation, Basit mentions, “One of the challenges I had faced was how to find a journalist who we can convince to write a good article on behalf of us, advocating a referendum in Kashmir. Then I found a lady, Shobha De…”

The headline of Shobhaa De’s article

She wrote, “Let’s see if the present government has the guts to go ahead with a referendum to resolve the Kashmir crisis once and for all. Let’s end the lingering pain in the region and allow Kashmiris to live in peace, with the dignity and harmony they are entitled to.”

Excerpt from article by Shobhaa De

Shobhaa De also attempts to put the Indian security forces and the terrorists of the valley who pelt stones and indulge in rampant terrorism on the same pedestal. She also doesn’t hesitate from using words like ‘martyr’ for Burhan Wani, even in passing, thereby subtly peddling Pakistan’s agenda.

Excerpt from article by Shobhaa De

Shobhaa De completely ignores the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley. She also fails to appreciate the entrenched racism and religious bigotry, the Kashmiri Muslim analogue to White Supremacy, that motivates Kashmiris to wage Jihad against the Indian state.

Watch: Eid celebrated peacefully across Jammu and Kashmir even as vested interests continue to fearmonger

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Watch: Eid celebrated peacefully across Jammu and Kashmir even as vested interests continue to fearmonger

Despite fear-mongering and negative campaigning by media and individuals with vested interests, the festival of Eid is being peacefully celebrated all throughout Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir police DGP Dilbag Singh has stated to the media that the festival is being celebrated peacefully and with full fervor. He has stated that in all areas of Kashmir valley, people have been flocking to their local mosques, security norms have been relaxed and there are no restrictions on people gathering in Mosques.


Dilbag Singh also asserted that there have been no incidents of violence or stone-pelting in the valley. As per reports, over 10,000 people have offered Eid prayers peacefully in Baramulla alone.

In Rajouri, Eid prayers have been offered in Mosques where Muslims have gathered in large numbers. Police have stated that restrictions were relaxed two days prior so that people could shop and make arrangements to celebrate Eid.

Media reports also show visuals from Mosques in Kashmir where Eid prayers and gathering of Muslims have been going on without any violent incidents.


In Srinagar, people have gathered in Mosques in large numbers and Eid prayers have been conducted peacefully.


Journalist Aditya Kaul posted a video with a view of the city from a top vantage point. He shared that no violence or any untoward incident has been reported so far from the city and Eid prayers have been conducted peacefully.


Many people, including political leaders, media portals and individuals with vested interests have been indulging in blatant fear-mongering and spreading of misinformation regarding the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. EX-IAS officer and neo-politician Shah Faesal had threatened India of violence and revenge for stripping Article 370. He had tweeted that no Eid will be celebrated till the ‘insult is avenged’.

Freelance protestor and JNU’s leftist fearmonger Shehla Rashid has also been trying very hard to spread negativity about the Kashmir issue claiming that she is unable to speak to her mother.

Despite rampant attempts by many to spread fear and negativity, people in Kashmir seem to be celebrating Eid with positivity and hope. It is indeed a sad spectacle that a section of people who live and earn their livelihoods in India, calling themselves Indian citizens, have been mirroring the propaganda peddled by Pakistan over the Kashmir issue.

Former editor accidentally reveals how a reporter quit job after he was forced to do anti-Modi story

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Former editor accidentally reveals how a reporter quit job after he was forced to do anti-Modi story

The Media Rumble is an annual conclave that is organised by Newslaundry and Teamwork Arts. The aim of the conclave is to discuss the news and media industry. This year, it was held on 2nd and 3rd August in Delhi, at the India Habitat Centre. In one of the segments of The Media Rumble, Vinod Kapri, who was the former editor of TV9 Bharatvarsh accidentally admitted that one of his reporters had quit his job after he was forced to do anti-Modi stories.

The question that was posed to Vinod Kapri at The Media Rumble, was whether the media today is subverting democracy by its coverage. In response, Vinod Kapri said that it is often said there is pressure from the Modi government’s side to skew the media narrative, however, such pressure has always been there from all governments. However, now the issue is, according to Kapri, that journalists in the newsroom are ‘already in pressure’ even before the government says something. He says that the “pressure” is not so much from the government but from the journalists themselves.

What pressure the Modi government might be exerting on the media, was an unsubstantiated claim by Kapri. However, in the process of answering the question, he did reveal that one of his journalists had quit his job after he was forced to do anti-Modi coverage.

In The Media Rumble segment, Vinod Kapri said that while the Prime Minister was in Varanasi right before the 2019 elections, during a meet of the reporters of TV9 Bharatvarsh where the editorial line of the channel’s coverage was being discussed, Kapri had told his team that they would only be covering the state of the Ganga, or how the conditions of roads were, or the condition of the PM’s adopted village. He had, according to him, asked his reporters not to report the Prime Minister’s visit to temples during his visit to Varanasi.

Vinod Kapri then said that while the entire team was on board with the slant of the reportage, one journalist from the team raised an objection that the direction that Kapri was insisting on was an agenda against the Prime Minister. Kapri says that he tried to convince the reporter that they were only showing the truth and not running any agenda, however, the report quit the next day because he did not want to be a part of biased coverage against the PM.


In The Media Rumble segment, Vinod Kapri then says that the problem in the media industry is more from within than the pressure from any government.

However, while Vinod Kapri says that the journalist left his job because he was asked to do “good journalism”, a cursory glance at what TV9 Bharatvarsh was covering when the Prime Minister was in Varanasi reveals a different story.

While during his Media Rumble speech, Kapri said that they wanted to do journalism based on truth and not cover Modi’s visits to religious places, one video by TV9 Bharatvarsh reveals that their slant was decidedly anti-Modi as the video is about a man confronting supporting on why they choose to chant ‘Har Har Modi’ when ‘Har Har’ is supposed to be used for Lord Shiv.

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The agenda was also clear when TV9 Bharatvarsh published a video while talking to Muslims and how they see PM Modi. The views were obvious. While Kapri says they wanted to stay away from religious angles, they repeatedly peddled the anti-Modi narrative.

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The anti-Modi slant in the media has always been rather apparent. It was only recently revealed by a senior journalist in his book that sweets were distributed at the Doordarshan office when PM Modi (then Chief Minister of Gujarat) was denied a visa for the United States of America. ABP had also censored a clip of an interview with PM Modi where he had slammed the channel for blacking out a press conference by Arun Jaitley where he had, on the basis of OpIndia expose, spoken of the dubious land deals by Rahul Gandhi.

After getting endorsement from Congress leader P Chidambaram, IAS-turned-politician Shah Faesal threatens ‘revenge’ against India

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After getting endorsement from Congress leader P Chidambaram, IAS-turned-politician Shah Faesal threatens ‘revenge’ against India

After sliding into irrelevance, former IAS officer-turned-politician Shah Faesal on Sunday attempted to incite violence and threatened that he would not celebrate Eid until ‘the last bit of insult is avenged and undone’.

A frustrated Shah Faesal threatened to seek revenge and warned the people of India that he would not celebrate the Eid until he avenged the ‘insult’ meted out to him following the historic abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories.

“There is no Eid. Kashmiris across the world are mourning the illegal annexation of their land. There shall be no Eid till everything that has been stolen and snatched since 1947 is returned back. No Eid till the last bit of insult is avenged and undone,” said Faesal.


Interestingly, the revengeful statements of Shah Faesal come just after Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram had praised him while trying to insinuate that the abolition of Article 370 was “the biggest betrayal” perpetrated against the Kashmiris by the Indian government.

As Congress is parroting the narrative of Pakistan by questioning the Indian government on the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, elements like Shah Faesal seems to have found a new opportunity to gain some foothold, by fear-mongering and spreading negativity.

With the situation in Jammu and Kashmir returning to normalcy, the ‘liberal-secular’ media, Pakistan backed propagandists, some political parties in the country were found to be upset. The cabal had tried to incite the people of J&K making them believe that abrogation of Article 370 was against their rights and goodwill. The liberal industry was expecting some blowback by Kashmiris in response to the abrogation of the unjust article and bifurcation of the state.

However, the people of the newly formed UT have perceived abrogation and bifurcation as a golden opportunity to become a part of India’s growth story, and are now welcoming the Government of India’s (GoI) decision.

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