It's good that @AltNews calls OpIndia a "right-wing propaganda website", not a news website. The tragedy is that this rag's #Islamophobic agenda is no different from several Indian news platforms and journalists who/that were once respected and reliable. altnews.in/gopalganj-boy-…
It takes a particular level of evil to play around with a grieving father's words to claim that he alleged a communal angle to his child's death, as OpIndia seems to have done, especially during a pandemic. More details in an earlier report by @thewire_in thewire.in/communalism/bi…
A word of appreciation for Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey who took the trouble to do a nearly half hour FB live today to explain details of this drowning and dispel rumours of a communal angle to this death. Please watch this video. @bihar_police @IPRD_Bihar m.facebook.com/IPSGupteshwar/…
Follow-up: I am adding to this thread because I gather from my mentions since last night that OpIndia/Sangh supporters are trying to confuse the public while targeting the Bihar DGP because he tried to dispel claims that there is a communal angle to this drowning. (Contd)
Some Sangh trolls are claiming that Bihar DGP #GupteshwarPandey in his Facebook live supported a local SHO who misbehaved with the victim's family. This is false. Listen to Pandey's FB live yourself - I have shared it above. Alternatively, re-read the @AltNews article. (Contd)
. @AltNews says: "In a Facebook Live on May 17, DGI of Bihar police #GupteshwarPandey informed that Kataiya SHO Ashwini Tiwari has been suspended." Trolls know the public are busy, they count on us seeing their tweets & not having time for this article or the FB live. (Contd)
That's just one of the games being played here. Please be aware of the larger game being played too: is this an effort to divert attention from India's migrant crisis that has drawn global attention? Please do not fall for propaganda. Please avoid propaganda websites. (Contd)
Please avoid mainstream media houses that act as PR arms of the government instead of questioning them. Please support the wonderful journalists in the mainstream media who continue to highlight the tragedy of our poor workers despite pressure from various quarters. (Contd)
A communal divide at any time is terrible, but can you imagine what this could mean during a pandemic? #GupteshwarPandey & the news platforms busting fake news are trying to calm nerves & avoiding communal tension. Don't fall for those trying to light fires & fan flames instead.
See this screenshot. The propaganda website that started it all has now backtracked and is trying to blame the victim's father, just because the #Bihar police have filed a case against them for their misinformation (details of the case in the @thewire_in article above).
Please also read this thread by @Pooja_Chaudhuri of @AltNews 👇🏾
Final tweet for this thread: Yawn! This silly taunt 👇🏾 has not worked for the 11 years I have been on Twitter, so why do you think it will silence me now? 🙄 If you really want to hurt my feelings, call me a "Sanghi PR agent", and I challenge you to say that with conviction 😄
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