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22 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
In a case which Poop India & others have reported as a "love jehad" case in Bareilly, UP & BJP attacked police station: the alleged "victim" has boldly asserted she's an adult, married the man she loves, told BJP men to back off.
. @sharmarekha the woman in this Bareilly case is a victim of violence against her autonomy by BJP men. Why won't @NCWIndia act to support her, her husband & his family, all victims of a patriarchal communal hate crime? Why no action on media calling a love marriage, #LoveJehad?
BJP RSS language of "love jehad" translates to mean: a) We treat women as property of communities b) We wage war on women's autonomy to decide who they love, marry c) We hate Muslims d) We want Manusmriti (with its caste based laws governing love) to replace India's Constitution
Will @bareillypolice get suspended for using batons to disperse violent cadres of ruling BJP? Batons must be reserved only for Opposition?! Imagine, if it was rights activists who had gheraoed a thana, godi anchors wd be calling them terrorists & calling for them to be shot dead!

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24 Oct
. @thirumaofficial quotes anti women stuff the Manusmriti says. @khushsundar & BJP twitter erupts in outrage, gets case filed against him. Folks, he's only QUOTING the Manusmriti! If you want to get offended, perhaps you should get offended at the Manusmriti?
That said, imho, it is far more necessary to discuss how Manu mandates that women be treated as property to be controlled by men (that's the quote Yogi A chose to amplify in his writing), than to cite shock value bits that imply he "treats women like prostitutes".
Manu continues to have power in the 21st century because across communities & ideologies, even among those who politics is anti Manuvad, the violence against women's autonomy (especially sexual autonomy) is rampant.
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20 Oct
Hey @sharmarekha - what on earth is a "love jehad" case? Any case in which a Muslim man and Hindu woman are in love? How dare you remain in your chair as @NCWIndia chief & use a term that a) treats women as property of communities b) hates Muslims? You bring shame to NCW.
Dear @sharmarekha - I have researched the so-called "love jehad" claims extensively (written a whole book about it) and am yet to find a SINGLE case where such claims have been vindicated. Please tell us a single case where the "crime" of "love jehad" has been proved.
In my book #FearlessFreedom @PenguinIndia, I profile the courageous women who have had to take on bigots like you, who sadly head courts and women's commissions and ministries. Remember the supposed Meerut "love jehad case"? It turned out to be a love case, they're married now.
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18 Oct
Comrade @Dipankar_cpiml addressing a PC at Muzaffarpur, Bihar in support of the alliance and @cpimlliberation candidate, the young activist Aftab Alam. ImageImage
Comrade Aftab has worked for flood relief and people's welfare and rights, and justice in Bihar for a decade and a half - @Dipankar_cpiml
NDA leaders have no answer to the people's questions about jobs & welfare & migrants' rights. They're trying to divert by fear mongering about the Alliance and CPIML's presence in the Alliance, in particular. Why this desperation?
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17 Oct
Thread on the @adrspeaks PC yesterday on alleged "criminal candidates" in Bihar elections. I will explain why ADR's methodology is unprofessional, inaccurate and non-transparent. It equates activists falsely accused of crime (Delhi riot probe style) with criminals-turned-netas
The @adrspeaks released a graph showing that 100% of @cpimlliberation MLAs declared criminal cases. CPIML wears those criminal cases against MLAs as badges of honour, because they are obviously false, punishment for standing with the poor, read: cpiml.net/.../12/no-excu…
Criminal cases do not imply guilt, they show that the ruling regime and administration has filed cases against you, cases which are often false & motivated. The @adrspeaks report does not mention this fact.
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6 Oct
In the discussion jostled by @rahulkanwal on @IndiaToday
I wasn't allowed to comment on the discussion re PFI. I wanted to say: there are at least two caste & Hindu supremacist radical outfits based in Western UP and Hathras itself: Savarna Parishad & the Hindu Yuva Vahini.
The anchor should have questioned the fact that "literature" cannot be "suspicious", cannot be grounds for arrest, least of all of a journalist. If Savarna Parishad or HYV or Hindu Janjagran Samiti (accused in blasts) can move freely to any village in India why not PFI?
All the violence seen in Hathras has been on part of caste supremacists: who raped, fatally injured the victim, their men in uniform burned her body to destroy evidence, besieged her family, HYV chief the UP CM paid @ConceptPR_India to spin narrative to paint the victim as liar.
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5 Oct
We need to ensure the movement for #JusticeForHathrasVictim is sustained. It must be an anti caste, anti patriarchy, anti Manuvad movement. Come join us in burning effigy of Manuvadi UP CM, & his Manuvadi article opposing reservations & supporting women's slavery to men.
This is a screenshot from Yogi's article which was on his website from 2014 to 2017, taken down after he became CM. It attacks SC ST OBC reservations. Article title "Matrshakti, Bhartiyata ke sandarbh mein"
Another screenshot from Yogi's 2014 article, where he says women will become demons if they do "men's work" (he implies being an MLA or MP is men's work, since he is arguing against women's reservations). Note, article is not on website but its 404 error footprint still is!
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