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1n Yesterday at 3pm I was asked by @IndiaToday to join this programme. Having been to #ShaheenBagh on 2 previous occasions, I refused on the grounds “the crowd is too hostile & violence prone”. Note @pradip103 was physically assaulted & now @raghav355 & @shantanug_ were almost..
2n lynched. Understand: the snippets shown to you to convince you this is a peaceful are carefully edited. Yesterday @IndiaToday diverted the camera, the moment the assault on @raghav355 & @shantanug_ began. Why? I have always maintained #ShaheenBagh is a violent jihad nursery...
3n moreover note how the false “progressive” face of these trainee terrorists is projected. Watch these three understudys of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. They speak fluent English & know all the buzzwords. Ask yourself how does a low income area like #ShaheenBagh
4n produce such fine products given the abysmal indian education system? These aren’t residents, they’re imports dolled up in the hijab to protect their identity. historically VIOLENCE is and has always been the way muslims & rural communities extract political concessions....
5/5 in India. this is because in India violence is democratised like all preindustrial societies & the dysfunctional state does not have the monopoly on violence. I deeply shocked that @IndiaToday not just covered up the assault but also didn’t provide protection to its guests
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