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Similar to other mainstream media that acts as a spokesperson for jihadis to whitewash their atrocious conduct, The Indian Express also shifted the blame for the unrest onto Hindus rather than those who truly unleashed terror on the streets.

The Laura Loomer controversy at the India Today Conclave increasingly looks less like spontaneous journalism and more like a carefully staged spectacle that conveniently shifted attention away from the original question: why she was invited in the first place.

While those opposed to the scheme say that it is a ‘ploy’ to construct a temple on the parkland, the CEO of Noida Authority, Krishna Karunesh, said that the land in question is a “facility land” which can be used for various purposes, including community centres or religious sites.

Varsha Gandikota serves as the Co-coordinator General at the Progressive International (PI), an international organisation that mobilises leftist activists and groups globally. “The Progressive International launched in May 2020 with a mission to unite, organize and mobilise the world’s progressive forces,” PI’s website states.

Clearly, there is a coordinated echo chamber that has been recycling the same old, and most importantly, debunked anti-Hindu propaganda to whitewash Islamist extremism and violence. These attempts to delegitimise OpIndia’s exposure of anti-Hindu violence in Leicester, by recycling the same tropes have been ongoing since 2022.

The demolition of illegal structures in Rajkot’s Jungleshwar area has sparked a debate between humanitarian concerns and legal enforcement.