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Pro-AAP video blogger associated with Dhruv Rathee caught spreading fake audio on Pulwama attack

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Pro-AAP video blogger associated with Dhruv Rathee caught spreading fake audio on Pulwama attack

The Pulwama terror attack has brought forward the burning issue that over and above fighting the enemy across the border, we have the enemy within, which is equally dangerous, to fight. A man associated with the pro AAP video blogger Dhruv Rathee who regularly floats conspiracy theories was caught spreading fake audio clip on Pulwama attack, claiming that the Pulwama attack was an inside job.

In a Facebook live post by Dhruv Rathee’s associate Avi Dandiya shared a dubious audio clip which he claimed to be that of a conversation between Home Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP President Amit Shah and an unidentified woman could be heard discussing a ‘plot’ for the terror attack which claimed lives of 44 CRPF soldiers on February 14. The video with over a million views is now deleted, but Avi Dandiya’s claims were picked up by various Pakistani websites to use against India.

Avi Dandiya story picked up by The News, Pakistan

The News, Pakistan described him as a former worker of the BJP who has ‘stepped forward’ alleging his former party of being responsible for the Pulwama attack.

The Post, Pakistan, used the fake audio clip shared by Avi Dandiya as ‘proof’ that the Pulwama attack was an inside job

Amusingly, a week before he released the fake audio clip, he ran a poll on Twitter asking his followers whether Pulwama attack was an inside job or an ‘outside job’.


84% of the 164 votes which he garnered voted for Pulwama being an inside job.

Read also: Congress supporting abusive troll claims Pulwama was an inside job by India

However, AltNews has found that Dandiya had mischievously edited parts of old interviews of Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah and added the voice of the unidentified lady to make it appear as if they are conspiring the Pulwama attack.

The audio clip was created by taking parts of old interviews/audio clips of politicians and using them out of context to make it appear like a conversation. Just let it sink in that someone spent time and energy going through thousands of interviews and video clips to find relevant portions to produce a fake audio clip which was then used for Pakistani propaganda that the Pulwama attack was carried out on the behest of the BJP.

Who is Avi Dandiya?

Indian media has mainstreamed Avi Dandiya by giving him legitimacy and screentime which was used to give credibility to the fake audio clip he shared. In a ‘discussion’ on the PNB scam, ABP News described Avi Dandiya as a ‘diamond trader’ in March 2018.

ABP News describing Avi Dandiya as a ‘diamond trader’

A video uploaded by ETV Rajasthan describes him as a Dallas-based man who was leading some cleaning initiative.

Avi Dandiya ETV Khas Mulakat

He was also seen interacting with Acharya Pramod, a Samajwadi Party supporting ‘Sadhu’ who had claimed that the Kerala floods happened due to beef consumption.

Samajwadi Party supporting Acharya Pramod with Avi Dandiya

Dandiya had also been mainstreamed by pro-AAP video blogger Dhruv Rathee who invited him on a debate on demonitisation.

Dhruv Rathee with Avi Dandiya

Dandiya regularly collaborates with Rathee to spread propaganda through videos.

Facebook Live collaboration between Avi Dandiya and Dhruv Rathee

Meanwhile, Avi Dandiya’s Facebook page describes him as someone who has a ‘sea of knowledge about your own nation (India)’.

Avi Dandiya does not believe in awards.

Avi Dandiya is a one-stop destination for all information regarding India. His ‘comprehension of activities’ about India will ‘not only leave you amused but spellbound’. Dandiya forgot to add the portion where he also resorts to spreading fake audio clips aimed to create a panic situation in the nation he knows so much about. When he’s not busy making propaganda videos on Facebook, he doubles up as a ‘jewellery designer’ based in Texas.

Dandiya is an Arvind Kejriwal supporter and describes him as ‘Bhagat Singh’.


He also believes that if Pakistani PM Imran Khan wishes to be the Arvind Kejriwal of Pakistan, it will take a lot of effort and honesty.


Dandiya also likes to give Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan suggestions on how he could increase his stature in such sensitive time between the two nations.


He also likes to spread pro-Pakistan fake images.


In the above image, he tried to say that the file picture of Wing Commander Abhinandan is actually an ‘after’ picture of him after the Pakistanis brutally beat him up. That after brutally beating him up, Wg Cmdr Abhinandan posed happily with his assaulters.

Dandiya’s theories are in line with the deplorable conspiracy theories and caste politics the Leftists have floated in response to the Pulwama attack.

also: Dhruv Rathee speaks the same language as the terrorist who killed 40 CRPF jawans in Pulwama attack

After PM Modi’s diplomatic victories post Balakot airstrikes, ones who derided him for his foreign visits are nowhere to be seen

Ashish Shukla
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After PM Modi’s diplomatic victories post Balakot airstrikes, ones who derided him for his foreign visits are nowhere to be seen

I want to bring you a capsule of jibes and insults smeared on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and name them who mocked his foreign visits so in his second term, you remember them for poisoning your mind.

These are politicians, media houses, academicians and intellectuals who ought to be ashamed but never would now that the Pulwama aftermath has shown the world standing as one behind India against Pakistan sponsored-terrorism.

No UN Security Council resolution, no US armada parked in the Indian ocean, no China steamrolling our north-east happened even as India made airstrikes deep in Pakistan–not in war but in peacetime.

This was Modi’s finest hour and a vindication of his time and method on foreign trips even as these disgusting forces never lost a chance to haul the prime minister through the coals.

There were RTIs on who were the individuals who accompanied Modi on his foreign tours; how much it cost the nation (Shekhar Gupta); how much gifts he received. Newspapers reported with glee that Modi’s visit had cost the taxpayers upwards of Rs 2000 crores – even as this entire sum was not even 1 per cent of the Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) that these tours brought to the nation. For example, in 2017-18 alone, India received nearly 62 thousand million dollars as FDI. If the investment from UAE was $255 million in 2013-14, it went up to $1,050 million in 2016-2017, a rise of more than 300 per cent! (Rajdeep Sardesai compared expenses on Modi’s foreign tours with Manmohan Singh to show the former in poor light).

There were even RTIs on whether the expenses on clothes Modi wears is borne by taxpayers before it was revealed that the PM spent on it from his pocket. Remember Sagarika Ghose making a phoney allegation that Modi’s shawl was a Louis Vuitton—before the company clarified it was not in the business of making shawls).

When Modi gifted Bhagwad Gita to Shinzo Abe of Japan, the Congress spokesman Sanjay Jha tweeted: The ferocious communal cat is out of the bag, officially! (Who’s to tell him that Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu or Shinzo Abe wore their religious affiliations in public with pride). Nobody praised Modi for his thoughtfulness as Xi Jinping got a Gita in Mandarin; Abe in Japanese and Obama a very special Mahatma Gandhi version with a Khadi cover. Akhilesh Yadav saw his visit to a mosque in Singapore during Ramzan as a bid to “appease” the minority. Kamal Nath viewed it as an attempt to “fool the nation.”

Modi evoking Gandhi on foreign trips was seen by Ramachandra Guha as an attempt to match Gandhi globally; Mamata Banerjee slammed him for his frequent foreign trips; Sashi Tharoor said Modi’s photo-ops abroad were tiresome.

Some of the reactions were outrageous – Sample Sitaram Yechury: “Forget bringing back black money from abroad, bring back the PM”; Or Raj Thackeray: In sequel to Bajrangi Bhaijan, Salman Khan would bring Modi back; Or Anand Sharma: We are concerned about his whereabouts; Or Derek O’ Brien: Please grant a visa to the PM to come to Rajya Sabha; Or Shatrughan Sinhamocking his Rwanda visit: Thoughtful of you to have gifted 200 cows (there) to a village.”

Mainstream journalists, as usual, were downright silly. Sankarshan Thakur doubted if Modi indeed visited Seine river during his trip to France (MEA duly flashed a picture to him); Mihir Sharma waved a picture showing Modi without a headphone in a conference in France (before netizens told him of a thing called ear-plugs. Barkha Dutt went hard about a certain Sajjan Jindal arranging Modi-Nawaz Sharif liaison. She claimed the two leaders met in the “privacy of Jindal’s hotel room.” The fact is it happened at a SAARC retreat. (journos feel terrible that Modi doesn’t take him on foreign visits—a matter on which Manmohan Singh, for example, was exceptionally accommodating.)

Remember what Congress made of Modi’s “hugplomacy”? (It’s another matter that Rahul Gandhi hugged Modi without provocation in the Parliament). They even brought out a sneering video.  Rahul Gandhi thought Modi was on a foreign tour spree because “bans on him are now lifted.” Digvijay Singh put it down to Modi’s love for tour-dals.

None of the newspapers or opposition made a fuss about Rahul Gandhi often disappearing on foreign tours secretly. In 2015, he went on a trip to 4 southeast nations for 60 days;  when Congress stitched an alliance with JD (S) in Karnataka, he promptly disappeared; indeed the joke is that the scion of Gandhi dynasty mostly lived abroad till 2014 and only visited India for summer vacations.  Most of such foreign jaunts were secrets: though it all changed when he began the “serious exercise” of interacting with global thinkers, technocrats and politicians (like in the US last year). The joke though is that the conferences were of “artificial intelligence.”

Lalu Yadav termed Modi as an NRI; Pinaryi Vijayan viewed his Israel visit as an alliance with a terrorist nation; Kejriwal, as usual, couldn’t have remained silent; but don’t be surprised that Chandrababu Naidu zipped his mouth on the matter—the Andhra Pradesh CM is notorious for his foreign visits.

Did you ever hear these odious forces praising Modi for making Saudi Arabia release 850 Indian prisoners in one go? Or that India is one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world? How much increased foreign exchange earnings it has brought: the easing off visa process; e-visa profusion etc? Did they praise Modi for the balancing act he managed between traditional rivals such as Saudi Arabia and Iran; US and Russia; Israel and Palestine?

But don’t you think all are silent even in the aftermath of Pulwama and Balakot. Arundhati Roy is condemning Modi for “internationalizing” Kashmir issue. Roy calls India’s actions “reckless.” Kejriwal, of course, hinted that Pulwama was staged. The less said about Mehbooba Mufti or Omar Abdullah the better. None of them would point that Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) invited India even if it meant rebuking Pakistan.

Modi is right: from being anti-Modi, similar forces are now anti-India.

Karnataka: Rebel Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav resigns, might join BJP soon

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Karnataka: Rebel Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav resigns, might join BJP soon

Umesh Jadhav, one of the four rebel MLAs of Congress in Karnataka, has resigned from the party. According to reports, Jadav has submitted his resignation to KR Ramesh Kumar, the speaker of Karnataka assembly.


Though the reasons behind his resignations are yet to be announced, it is being speculated that he will soon join the BJP and will be their MP candidate from Kalburgi constituency in the upcoming general elections against Congress stalwart Mallikarjuna Kharge. Jadhav has been particularly opposed to the functioning of Kharge’s son Priyank, who is the social welfare minister of Karnataka.

Jadhav is a two-time MLA from the Chincholi constituency. He has been in the news in the recent weeks when four Congress MLAs, namely Ramesh Jarkiholi, Umesh Jadhav, Mahesh Kamitalli, and B Nagendra had missed the Budget session in the Karnataka assembly defying the party whip. They had also missed the Congress legislative party meeting.

Following their absence even after the party whip, CLP chief Siddaramaiah had announced that he will approach the speaker to take strong action against them. On February 11, Congress had sought their disqualification under the anti-defection law.

Umesh Jadhav was removed as the chairman of the warehouse corporation. The JDS-Congress coalition had alleged that the BJP is trying to bring down the government. Congress had 80 MLAs in the 224 seat Karnataka assembly.

The Congress-JDS coalition has been a ride full of turmoil and mistrust. Many of the senior Congress MLAs have reportedly being upset over denial of cabinet berths and lucrative posts. JDS, despite having only far fewer MLAs, holds much of the power and sway in the government.

When the truth of ‘Aman Ki Asha’ was exposed in the Mecca of it: Barkha Dutt’s show

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When the truth of ‘Aman Ki Asha’ was exposed in the Mecca of it: Barkha Dutt’s show

Ever since the Balakot airstrikes by India against Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps, the ‘Aman ki Asha’ brigade, spearheaded by Barkha Dutt, is in top-notch form. For some odd reason, as soon as news surfaced that India had penetrated deep inside Pakistan territory to strike at terrorists, instead of revelling in the fact that there were a few terrorists less in the world, the quintessential pseudo-liberal cabal started hankering for peace, playing the nuclear card and hoping for talks between India and the neighbouring terror nation, Pakistan. Hashtag #SayNoToWar trended on Twitter, while #SayNoToTerror became a “Right-wing conspiracy”.

India, however, stood firm. It thwarted the misadventure of Pakistan where they tried to attack our military installations in response to us flattening their terrorist camps and when Wing Commander Abhinandan was captured by Pakistan, India refused to negotiate. Instead, it hammered Pakistan on the Line of Control, refused to let Pakistan create ‘Kandahar like passions’, and eventually, per the Geneva Convention, Imran Khan was forced to release Abhinandan.

Even in this scenario, for the peaceniks, Imran ‘Taliban’ Khan was the hero. Not the Indian state for refusing the budge. But Imran Khan, the chap who has expressed his Taliban sympathies multiple times. Leading the ‘aman ki asha’ cavalcade, was Barkha Dutt.

As soon as the news surfaced, the first reaction of Barkha Dutt was to thank and appreciate Imran Khan and then hope for de-escalation. Of course, she ignored the fact that India’s fight was against terrorism. That Wing Commander Abhinandan’s return doesn’t blur the fact that Pakistan continues to bleed India with “non-state actors”.


As an afterthought, she did mention that India’s key concern was terrorism. However, according to Barkha Dutt, ‘it was time to leave it up to the diplomats’.


Barkha Dutt is a journalist who was earlier even praised by Hafiz Saeed, the chief terrorist of Pakistan and has been a part of track-2 meetings with Pakistan in the past. It was thus amusing that Pakistan’s nefarious designs were exposed on her show, in the Mecca of secularism and ‘aman ki asha’.

In a brand new show hosted by Barkha Dutt, ‘This is Us’, Squadron Leader Wing Commander MS Grewal (Retd) exposed Pakistan and delivered a deathly blow to the ‘aman ki asha’ gang, that wishes to paint the people of Pakistan as doves of peace.


Squadron Leader Wing Commander MS Grewal (Retd) was a prisoner of war in Pakistan during the 1971 war. He had escaped Pakistan’s captivity after a year in prison. He said that Pakistani civilians are worse than the Pakistani army and are deeply anti-Hindu.

He said that out of the several pilots who laid their lives down during the 1971 war, there must have been some who were killed in the same fashion that Pakistan civilians attacked Wing Commander Abhinandan. He said that anti-Hindu sentiments are deeply ingrained the psyche of Pakistanis and that in the video released by Pakistan, it was evident that the civilians were baying for blood, while, thankfully, some army personnel came and warded them off.

He said that when he was a POW in Pakistan, very often he was told that Hindus never ruled India and in fact, it was the Mughals and then the Britishers took over. Civilians hate Hindus, he said.

What Squadron Leader Wing Commander MS Grewal (Retd) said points towards a greater malaise not only of Pakistan but also of Indian ‘aman ki asha’ gang. The ‘aman ki asha’ gang has always maintained that Pakistani civilians want peace and harbour affection for India. They have often reiterated that the conflict between India and Pakistan is political and diplomatic, and not that of Jihad against India.

However, with Squadron Leader Wing Commander MS Grewal (Retd)’s statements, that myth stands shattered. The average Pakistani civilian harbours a deep hatred for India and Hindus alike. For average Pakistan, Indians are ‘Kuffars’ who need to kneel before the believers and Jihad against the ‘non-believer’ is the only way forward.

It is time that India and Indians acknowledge that the issue at hand is not only political in nature but also of deep religious indoctrination that diseases the Pakistani psyche. Unless India acknowledges this simple fact, the war against terrorism or the pursuit of peace would be futile. The fact that this revelation happened in the Mecca of ‘aman ki asha’, was simply poetic justice.

At least four Jaish terrorists arrested between 2014-17 were trained in Balakot terror camp struck by India’s airstrikes: Report

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At least four Jaish terrorists arrested between 2014-17 were trained in Balakot terror camp struck by India’s airstrikes: Report

India’s ‘non-military pre-emptive strikes’ against the Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camps deep inside Pakistani territories may have killed a huge number of Islamic terrorists who had intended to inflict terror on the Indian Soil. Interestingly, an Indian Express report suggests that at least four terrorists caught in the last fours years were all trained at Balakot.

According to the report, at least four Islamic terrorists belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad, who was caught by the Indian security officials between 2014-17 were trained at the terrorist camps of Balakot. All the four terrorists, who belong to Pakistan, has revealed to the security forces that they were all trained at Balakot and sent to either Afghanistan or Kashmir.

Waqas Mansoor, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan who was arrested by security forces in 2014-15 has reportedly revealed that he was trained along with 100 other youths in Balakot. “Mansoor was active in the Valley since 2007 and told us that 40 terrorists who were trained with him were sent to Kashmir while the remaining 60 were sent to wage war in Afghanistan,” a top government official was quoted in the report.

According to officials, Mansoor was involved in two major attacks in the Valley. First, in March 2009 when he was part of a group of terrorists that attacked Army personnel at Lolab near Kupwara, where four army personnel had died. In June 2009, Mansoor was involved in another attack in which six Armymen had died. “Mansoor, upon his return to Pakistan in 2010, joined Lashkar and was trained at LeT’s center in Mansera,” officials added.

The Indian Express report suggests that the Jaish terrorists had undergone different training courses. The terrorists were trained with a three-month advance combat course called Daura-e-Khas and an advanced arms training course called Daura-Al-Raad, officials said.

Another Jaish terrorist identified as Abdul Rehman Mughal alias Raja who was arrested in 2016 had said during interrogation that every terrorist sent to Kashmir was given a code name. According to officials, Mughal’s code name was Romeo and he was tasked to set up training camps in Kashmir. Mughal had also revealed to the authorities that to become a ‘Fidayeen’ or suicide attacker, one has to express willingness and submit it in writing to the camp commander.

Another Pakistani terrorist Nasir Mohd Awain, who belongs to Attock in Pakistan and arrested in Kashmir in 2014, had said during the interrogation that the Balakot camp had over 80 trainers. He was involved in an attack on Radio Kashmir in 2003 in which one CRPF personnel and one BSF personnel were killed, said officials.

The officials reportedly revealed that another terrorist, Mohd Sajid Gujjar, a resident of Sialkot in Pakistan who was involved in an attack on November 3, 2015, at an Army camp in Tangdhar had also received training at Balakot. Gujjar along with Rizwan, Hussain Pathan and Muivah had attacked the Army camp. Gujjar was arrested, while the other three terrorists were killed. “All of them were Pakistani nationals who trained with Gujjar at Balakot camp and infiltrated into the Valley together,” the report cites a senior official saying.

Indian Air Force’s Mirage 2000 fighters had destroyed multiple terrorist camps deep inside Pakistan to avenge the death of soldiers in the Pulwama terror attack. The Indian Air Force had carried out the pre-emptive attack to destroy the terror camps operated by the proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad. It was reported that the IAF jets had pulverised terror camps in Balakot (Pakistan), Muzaffarabad (PoK) and Chakoti (PoK) in the well-planned strike involving a fleet of IAF jets and other military jets.

Kerala coast on alert, fishermen asked to watch out for terrorists and submarines

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Kerala coast on alert, fishermen asked to watch out for terrorists and submarines

As Pakistan is desperate to attack India following the terror strikes against Jaish camps in Balakot, the Indian security apparatus has been on high alert to avert any terror attacks. To augment the existing alertness, the Kerala Fisheries Department has also asked the fishermen to watch out for ‘submarines’ and to ‘report any kind of suspicious activities duly to the agencies concerned’, reports the New Indian Express.

Reportedly, the state government has issued an advisory after receiving intelligence inputs that the terrorists might choose the sea-route for retaliation. The state government has also asked to keep vigil on any suspicious movement in the coastal areas. “It was based on the alert provided by agencies concerned that we issued an alert of this kind,” said S Mahesh, Fisheries Deputy Director (Ernakulam).

The report, citing sources in the Indian Navy, says that the alert issued is a general kind for strengthening the coastal security mechanism and is meant for the Kadalora Jagratha Samithis, Indian Coast Guard, Kerala Coastal Police, Marine Enforcement Department, and Fisheries Department.

Amidst growing tensions between India and Pakistan, Indian Armed Forces appear to be battle-ready for any escalation or attempts by the Pakistani establishment to inflict terror on Indian soil. Just yesterday, the Indian Army successfully conducted live drills of Anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) indicating the preparedness of the Indian Armed Forces to face any eventualities.

India had carried out ‘non-military pre-emptive strikes’ against the biggest training camp of JeM in Balakot. In the operation, a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for suicide attacks were eliminated.

Following the airstrikes, Pakistan had attempted to attack Indian military establishments before Indian airforce intercepted to thwart their attacks. India had lost one MiG-21 Bison after it shot down one of Pakistan’s F-16. There have also been continuous ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the line of control in Jammu region.

Pakistan violates ceasefire yet again, Indian army retaliates effectively

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Pakistan violates ceasefire yet again, Indian army retaliates effectively

On one hand, Pakistan tries to portray itself as the torchbearers of peace by saying how the country does not want war, on the other hand, Pakistan continues the ceasefire violations at the LoC.


As per reports, the at around 3 am on Monday morning, Pakistan violated ceasefire in Akhnoor sector which was effectively retaliated by the Indian Army. The firing eventually stopped at 6:30 am. Earlier on Sunday, Pakistan had violated ceasefire along the LoC in Srinagar’s Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir. On Sunday, too, the shelling from across the border reportedly started at around 3 am. Prior to that, Pakistani troops had violated ceasefire along the LoC at Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

In fact, just hours after the ‘peace’ initiative of the release of Wing Commander Abhinandan, Pakistan killed civilians owing to ceasefire violations in Poonch, Kashmir. A 9-month-old baby and a 5-year-old child, siblings and their mother were killed in the shelling.

The rampant ceasefire violations indicate that the ‘peace gesture’ of returning Wing Commander Abhinandan to India was extremely farcical. And that he was returned only due to international conventions and the pressure built on them by the Indian government. While Pakistani Ministers are floating Imran Khan as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, his army is busy killing children and infants.

BSP led with maximum number of candidates with criminal cases in 2017 UP Assembly elections: Election Watch report

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BSP led with maximum number of candidates with criminal cases in 2017 UP Assembly elections: Election Watch report

According to a report published by National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 36% of the total number of MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly have declared criminal cases against them. 26% of the MLAs have serious cases pending against them including cases related to murder and attempt to murder etc. The report had analysed 402 MLAs out of a total of 403.

The report shows that Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fielded the maximum number of candidates with criminal cases pending against them in the 2017 UP Assembly elections leading with 38%. BSP also has the maximum number of MLCs (33%) having criminal cases pending against them followed by SP having 24%.

It also gives data about the criminal records of candidates fielded by political parties in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. As per the report, CPI(ML)L was the leading party in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections having fielded 55% candidates from Uttar Pradesh with pending criminal cases. CPI(ML)L was followed by SP with 46% candidates and BSP with 44% such candidates.

The report also gives out the details of the financial assets of candidates from Uttar Pradesh who contested in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It reveals that out of total 1259 Lok Sabha candidates form Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, 413 i.e. 33% were millionaires compared to 17% millionaire candidates in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. There were only 111 women candidates which made out only 11% of the total number of candidates.

PM Modi launches “Made in Amethi” AK-203 rifle manufacturing facility, development projects in Rahul Gandhi’s home turf

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PM Modi launches “Made in Amethi” AK-203 rifle manufacturing facility, development projects in Rahul Gandhi’s home turf

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Amethi in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday and launched a Kalashnikov rifle manufacturing facility, the proposal of which was cleared by the NDA government on February 14, 2019.

Ahead of his visit to Amethi, which is Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s home turf, PM Modi said he was “looking forward to being among my sisters and brothers of Amethi today.” This was Modi’s first visit to the constituency of Rahul Gandhi after becoming the Prime Minister.

Eying at the development of Amethi, Centre had cleared a proposal to set up a new plant at Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, for the joint production of 7.47 lakh AK-203 rifles, which is an updated version of the legendary AK-47 rifle. This decision comes after the Narendra Modi government had signed a deal for procuring 72,400 SIG716 advanced assault rifles for the Indian Army’s infantry from the US-based M/s Sig Sauer.

The joint venture is in response to Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s Request for Information (RFI) for procurement of 6,50,000 assault rifles of 7.62×39 mm calibre under ‘Make in India’ program.

The Indo-Russia Rifles Pvt Ltd is a joint venture between India’s Ordinance factory and a Russian firm. Termed a milestone in Indo-Russian cooperation, the Korwa Ordinance Factory will manufacture the latest series of the iconic Kalashnikov rifles. The ordnance factory was set up in Amethi in 2007 itself, but it did not see any major production. During his speech, PM Modi said that production was supposed to start in 2010, but the then government could not even decide what to produce in the factory. He said that promise was for 1500 jobs but only 200 persons got jobs.

Russian president Vladamir Putin had sent a message on the occasion of launching the rifle factory, which was read out by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Putin said that “the new joint venture will manufacture world famous Kalashnikov assault rifles of the newest 200 series and eventually will reach full localization of production. Thus, the Indian defence-industrial sector will have the opportunity to fulfill the needs of national security agencies in this category of small arms, resting upon advanced Russian technologies.”

“One of the most advanced rifles in world AK-203 will be made in Amethi. It will be made by a joint-venture of India and Russia. I express my gratitude to my friend President Vladimir Putin, this venture was made possible in such a short time by his support,” PM Modi said addressing the rally.

Taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi’s promise to set up mobile phone and other factories in every place where he addresses rallies, Modi said some people keep talking about ‘Made in Ujjain, Made in Jaisalmer’, ‘Made in Baroda’ in their speeches, but nothing is actually done. On the other hand, now made in Amethi Kalashnikov riffles will be available for Indian armed forces. He said that in future, Amethi will be known for the modern rifle factory. Lakhs of rifles will be made from this facility in Amethi, and will strengthen our security forces, PM Modi added.

Apart from this, the Prime Minister also unveiled several development projects in power generation, education, health and manufacturing sectors. These projects will directly benefit the Amethi region, he said. The prime minister added that developmental projects in Amethi were facing several bottlenecks, and those bottlenecks are now being removed. He said that now projects will be operationalised, which will provide employment to people.

Interestingly, under a similar initiative taken by the BJP government, a village in Amethi had gone completely digital with access to over 200 government services at the click of a mouse. But interestingly this initiative has been taken not by the Congress President but by the Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani who has been instrumental in reducing Rahul’s victory margin in Amethi from some 3.70 lakh votes in 2009 to 1.07 lakh in 2014.

With Modi led NDA Government working relentlessly towards the holistic development of the Nation including areas which are predominantly Congress’ realm, the decreasing Congress admiration in Amethi and Rae Bareli has been evident.

Hoardings stating that Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will “fizzle out” in Uttar Pradesh was seen in Raebareli. “Toot jaega danka, fuss (fizzle out) ho jaengi Priyanka,” stated the hoarding at Canal Road in Raebareli.

Even today during Modi’s speech, when he had talked about Congress trying to block the Rafale deal, people had started shouting “Rahul Gandhi chor hai”.

Rahul Gandhi, who, for all this while has hardly missed an opportunity to take pot shots at the Prime Minister, had made assertions that in another 10-15 years, Amethi would develop so quickly that when people talk of the city-state of Singapore and California in the United States, they would talk of Amethi in the same breath.

Little did the people then understand that probably, judging by the current scenario, the Congress president was making such attestations solely depending on the development schemes the BJP government has been planning and implementing, not only in Amethi but all across the nation.

Prime Minister Modi in Amethi: People of Amethi are going to write a new history

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Prime Minister Modi in Amethi: People of Amethi are going to write a new history

After addressing a rally at Gandhi Maidan, Patna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Amethi, the constituency of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, to inaugurate and lay down the foundation stone of various developmental projects including the launch of Kalashnikov rifles manufacturing factory. Addressing the public meeting in Kauhar, Amethi, Modi greeted the people of Amethi in the regional style saying, “Jai Ram Ji ki! Aur Aap logan k haalchaal kaise hain?”. He thanked people for coming in such large numbers.

He said that Amethi is a good example of the slogan of ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas’ given by the BJP during the 2014 Lok Sabha Election.


Modi announced that the AK-203 rifle, one the most advanced rifles in the world, will now be manufactured in the ordinance factory in Korba in a joint venture with Russia. He thanked the President of Russia Vladimir Putin for the collaboration and said that these rifles will be of great help to our security forces in fighting terrorists and naxals.


Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi Modi said that people keep delivering speeches around the world promising made in Ujjain, made in Jaipur, made in Jaisalmer things but they failed to deliver this promise in Amethi. Attacking the Congress, PM Modi said that the factory in Korba was set up to manufacture modern rifles but its full potential was never utilised.


Criticising Rahul Gandhi on the issue of unemployment in Amethi, Modi said that people who preach sermons about unemployment could not provide employment to the people of Amethi.  Modi also mentioned that fact that no bullet-proof jackets were provided to our soldiers between 2009 to 2014.


He launched a scathing attack on the Congress Party over the Rafale issue saying that despite the Supreme court judgement and the CAG report giving a clean chit to the government they are raising questions about it and that is only because they did not get any commission in this deal.

Concluding his speech Union Minister for the work done by her in Amethi and also President of Russia. He also praised Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharam for the decisions taken by her during the recent war-like situation between India and Pakistan.

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