'Just days after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray addressed a rally demanding the eviction of “Bangladeshis and Pakistanis” staying in India, his party workers have already formed a vigilante group. They have been going door to door, demanding that people show them their documents and reporting “suspicious persons” to the police. The party workers are calling this – an illegal act of criminal intimidation and an invasion of privacy – their “contribution” to the city police...'
'Shocking incident reported in the city while Bajrang Dal activists went ahead and destroyed a mall’s assets in Gachibowli area. Till now, no arrests have been made by the police. People say that security failure on Valentine’s Day in Hyderabad. A group of persons affiliated to right-wing Bajrang Dal were seen destroying Valentine’s Day decorations in a mall located in Gachibowli area of Hyderabad. Amidst slogans like ‘Valentine’s Day Band karo’ and ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ were raised by them...'
'In 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party hired several advertising agencies for media buying during the Lok Sabha election season. The tasks of the agencies included buying space in small and medium newspapers—classified according to circulation—to publish the BJP’s advertisements. Between September 2019 and February 2020, employees from three newspapers told me that the advertisement release orders, or ROs, they received from the BJP-employed agencies had glaring discrepancies.
'According to the JCC, the latest incident involving two unidentified persons was reported from outside gate number 5 of Jamia Millia Islamia. A statement by the committee claimed that one of them was wearing a red jacket, and they were on a red scooter. No one was injured, the statement said...'
'A video from a pro-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) meeting held by the Akhand Bharat Sangarsh Samithi (ABBS) has emerged online in which youngsters can be heard shouting hateful slogans. "Jamia ka kabar khodenge bharat ma ke chaati pe" (Jamia, your grave will be dug on Bharat Mata's chest) and "Thok ke denge azaadi" (We will shoot and give you freedom). These slogans were made against AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, JNU students, Jamia students and Kanhaiya Kumar--all of who are vehemently opposed to the Citizenship Amendment Act brought in by the BJP...
'A shot was fired outside the Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi on Sunday night in the third such incident in four days at an anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protest in the capital. Two suspects, one of them wearing a red jacket, came on a scooter and opened fire outside Gate No. 5, the Jamia Coordination Committee that is participating in the protest against the amended citizenship law said. No one was injured, they said...'
'Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Saturday joined a series of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders appearing to suggest the use of bullets as a means to get dissenters on board. He made the remark in an election rally in poll-bound Delhi while referring to those who allegedly pose a threat to the annual Kanwar yatra of Shiv devotees. Those who do not listen to words will surely understand the language of the bullet, he said...'
'Two days after a teenager shot a protester in the Indian capital, another firing has been reported at an all-women sit-in site in the city against a controversial new citizenship law. Police said no protester was wounded after a man fired a gun at New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, the epicentre of nationwide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which critics say violates India's secular constitution and is anti-Muslim...'
'...The incitements by Anurag Thakur, Amit Shah or Yogi Adityanath are not simply dictated by the demands of a local election. They keep the party and its base united and energised. They give a vicarious sense of masculinity to the party — something that now thousands of youth, without a future or any social basis of self-esteem now find appealing. The ability to cross all moral limits in speech and discourse is also a kind of test of party loyalty. This is what makes a true BJP man. This is what is rewarded.
'Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party allegedly openly threatened a Congress MLA on Tuesday during a pro-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) rally in Mangaluru which was also attended by Rajnath Singh, reported News18. Speaking in the Tulu language, the men are dressed in saffron head-gear and allegedly shouting slogans of “chopping up Muslims”, with one of the protestors reportedly threatening to “behead” and beat up Congress MLA UT Khader...'
