Thread by @journalistreyaz

1) THREAD on positive cases found from the people who attended #TablighiJamat gathering in #Nizamuddin, and the high decibel REACTION of the people.

2) Below I have attached screenshots of news reports of a Sikh Guru who might have spread the Corona-virus as he held religious gatherings, a celebrity singer who has definitely spread the virus in a party and has tested positive already....

3) Rich and powerful who returned home and roamed around the city, and foreigners who came to India as tourists or for work, and have all tested positive and unintentionally (or foolishly) spread the virus.

4) None of them were either vilified or abused, or any FIR has generally not been registered against them (except Kanika Kapoor).

But of course, you need villains to put the entire blame of the pandemic and hide your failure.

5) Who can be better villains than Muslims, daadhi topi wala hai toh aur bhi achha hai.

The said congregation of Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamudin Markaz took place on 10 March(days before the lockdown was announced).

6) Was there any government order before that day that prohibited such gatherings???

If the situation was so serious, it is government failure that they did not announce the lockdown earlier or had any systemic regulations in place.

7) If at all infected foreigners were roaming around the country, it shows how careless the central government has been as all airports' security and emigration come under them.

Was their screening process so lax that suspected people could get inside the country so easily?

8) As late as 13 March Helath Ministry said Corona is not really an health emergency in thr country (check attachment). In fact, on 22 March people were asked tali bajao, thali bajao by the PM while school and colleges were shut a week or so ago.

9) Of course, these all do not matter because you are anyway prejudiced and were just looking for an opportunity to blame Muslims for the spread of the virus.

10) Of course, these all do not matter because you are anyway prejudiced and were just looking for an opportunity to blame Muslims for the spread of the virus.

11) It was the protest site earlier, and for days old Videos of Muslim localities from Kolkata to Delhi are being shared on social media to misconstrue that Muslims are not following the lockdown.

12) This is not to suggest that people in Tablighi Jamaat were right, probably they should have refrained from such gatherings. But when the government was sleeping, can we really blame them?

13) The problem was also the way lockdown was announced and so even at the time of the lockdown, ober 1000 people were there in the markaz (there are always good number of people), and like migrant labourers they were trapped too.

14) In fact, as these attachments would show even authorities knew about them and even gave them permission to buy vegetables for such a big gathering.

15) They were as ignorant and foolish as Kanika Kapoor, those foreign tourists or Indians coming back from foreign trips are.

16) But the reaction to Tablighi Jamaat only proves how inherently prejudiced you people are. So you can continue with your diatribe and play antakshari once again on the national channel once you are done blaming and vilifying us Muslims.

17) This @thewire_in article tries to comprehensively put every detail on #TablighiJamaat controversy.

Questions Remain About How Delhi's Nizamuddin Became a Coronavirus Hotspot thewire.in/government/del…