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13 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Modi govt officially endorses Republic TV's hate:

In April, I filed a complaint with Ministry I&B against Arnab Goswami's Republic for communalizing the Palghar incident & openly inciting communal tensions.

His statements were a clear violation of @MIB_India guidelines.

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Goswami made it a Hindu-Muslim issue by saying:

"Would Sonia Gandhi have been quiet if Muslim preachers or Christian saints had been killed instead of Hindu sants?"

Note that NONE of the culprits in the Palghar incident were Muslims.

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Arnab further said:

"Sonia Gandhi is quiet today, but I think she feels happy that Hindu sants were killed in a state where Congress has a stake in the govt. She will send a report to Italy that she is getting Hindu sants killed in Maharashtra."

BLATANT COMMUNALIZATION

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Now, after 6 months, Modi govt decides to finally respond to my petition seeking action against Republic for violating Ministry I&B's guidelines on communal hate speech.

Guess what?

Modi govt says his comments were all legal & acceptable while disposing the petition.

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Arnab Goswami's hate speech isn't merely that of a deranged toxic man.

It's a state-sponsored agenda happening completely with the endorsement of the Modi govt.

While we all knew this, the Modi govt has now made its backing to Republic's hate speech official.

#NewIndia.

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