A woman from Marol woman was threatened by an Aarey 'activist' from NGO Vanashakti for writing a Facebook post that supported the Mumbai Metro Construction project.
On 9th January 2018, Republic TV reporter, Shivani Gupta. She was heckled, harassed, humiliated with lewd gestures, to a point where she had to be escorted out of Jignesh Mevani’s ‘hunkar rally’ under police protection. The NBSA wants Arnab Goswami to apologise for calling the goon a goon
Continuing to attack the EC and the Modi government, Rahul Gandhi said that these people will have 'consequences in the future' and that he 'won't allow Indian institutions to be crushed'.
Chandrababu Naidu threatened the BJP lawmakers and said that he would not allow them to 'move freely' in Andhra Pradesh if they continue to defend the Modi government
Mehboob also suggested that the move was political. He stated, “The whole world knows about the current position of the BJP, therefore the Modi government took this step.”