'Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, released a nearly 22-minute long video on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens. This was even shared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called it a “lucid explanation’ and said that Jaggi provides “provides historical context, brilliantly highlights our culture of brotherhood.
'...The NPR, and the planned NRC it is linked to, are enormous data-gathering exercises, and will give the government access to personal information about everyone living in this country. This information can then potentially be used as the government (and therefor ruling party) pleases – whether to deny people citizenship, as many are afraid will happen, or to target voters in different areas based on demographic analysis. This, clearly, is the kind of data the Modi government likes. But there is plenty of data the ruling regime does not like.
'How has Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed popular, amid all that has happened in the country for the past five years? From demonetisation and job losses to a failing economy and an agrarian crisis — a large section of the Hindi TV media has played an immense role in watching out for the government. Anchors work as cogs of a well-oiled PR machinery whose sole aim is to praise the leader, while actively delegitimising any criticism that comes his way.
'“No leader probably anywhere in the world is as obsessed with social media as Modi is, he even gets a detailed list of which social influencer has tweeted what about him every evening,” claims a former government official. Every prime-ministerial tweet is vetted by more than one individual before being officially “cleared”, each tweet is aimed at shoring up Modi’s stature as the country’s tallest leader.
'The number of government assurances made in the Lok Sabha that have remained unfulfilled increased by 300% between the 15th and 16th Lok Sabhas, showed an analysis of Parliament data by IndiaSpend. These assurances include an array of subjects, ranging from the offer of information on custodial deaths to the impact of demonetisation and attacks on journalists.
'On December 22, PM Narendra Modi, addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election rally in Delhi, outrightly rejected the existence of detention centres in India. This, as noted by many, is far from the truth and is a plain lie. Modi was addressing this rally in the national capital, which has been witnessing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR). Modi declared that the “Congress and urban naxals have created this whole narrative of detention centres and it is a lie. Lie. Lie.
'The Jharkhand assembly elections results suggest that the aggressive and extensive campaigning done by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party leaders Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath did not work in the party’s favour. According to media reports, in total the three leaders addressed as many as 32 election rallies in different parts of the state during the assembly election campaign. However, the BJP’s election performance suggests these rallies did not always serve their purpose...'
[A very brave and powerful editorial from Deccan Herald.] 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on Sunday in which he spoke on a number of topics like the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Register of Citizens and detention centres for illegal migrants was marked by much misinformation, ambiguity and even falsehood.
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Two recent stories involving children and the anti-CAA protests may have caught your attention: an 8 year old was amongst those killed taking part in the protests; and a video of two young boys went viral - wearing BJP hats, they chant a slogan about shooting "traitors", namely protestors. (We have not linked to this video, since these children are victims too). This prompted us to look back at recent articles we tagged "children". What did we find? The nature of articles we archive means that naturally it was grim. The links are to specific examples, but there are many more.
'“They are falsely saying that I will take away people’s rights,” Modi said at Ramlila Maidan. “In fact, I am just giving more people rights... Muslims who are from India have nothing to do with the CAA or NRC,” Modi continued. “They will not be put in detention centres. There are no detention centres in India.” Several reports have exposed how detention centres are being constructed in different parts of the country – from Karnataka to Assam...'
