A propaganda report by Newslaundry journalist Smita Sharma attempted to whitewash the violence against Hindus in Bangladesh and even slander India while being on a government junket.
She lauded a post by Sultan Mohammed Zakaria, which contained misleading videos of Indian dams to claim that India released water from the Dumbur Dam causing floods in Bangladesh. Interestingly, this very post, which Farhana Sultana called a “spot-on analysis” was debunked by DW News.
Bangladesh is in debt to five Indian power companies for more than $1 billion which provide electricity to it, and power supply can be cut if payment is not made
Apart from trying to blame India for the Bangladesh floods, the CNN article also whitewashed the ongoing religious persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh as it tried to ‘intellectualise’ it as targeted political violence meted out on Hindus for backing Sheikh Hasina.
Despite being an alumnus of NIT Silchar, Sadat Hossain Alphi did not have qualms about equating Indians with dogs. Maisha Mahjabin reacted to his disturbing post with a heart emoji.
OpIndia analysed the names of 100 teachers who were labelled 'anti-hijab' by the 'Odhikar Sochetan Shikharti Samaj'. We found that at least 21 of them are Hindus while 5 are Christians.
Zafar Sobhan was unable to explain how the 'minority' Muslim population in India surged from 9.84% in 1947 to 14.09% in 2011 despite supposed 'lack of safety' while the Hindu population in Bangladesh has been on a serious decline.