The legality of this order is doubtful. In Babri judgement SC said “A finding of title cannot be based in law on the archaeological findings which have been arrived at by ASI..." ASI has acted as a midwife to all kinds of Hindutva lies, no one expects objectivity from it 1/n
|@AIMPLB_Official and Masjid Committee must IMMEDIATELY appeal before this order & get this rectified. ASI is only likely to perpetrate a fraud & history will be repeated as was done in the case of Babri. No person has any right whatsoever to change nature of a masjid 2/n
It is clear that the people who committed the "egregious criminal act" of demolishing Babri Masjid have been emboldened & will not stop at anything to take India back to violence of 1980s-90s & constant bickering over fictitious "history". 3/n
| @PMOIndia is required by law to enforce Places of Worship Act 1991 which prohibits conversion of religious place. He must find courage to intervene. Many were patronising us with talk about "closure" when we expressed our disappointment about Babri. Where are you all now? 4/n
As witnesses to the excavations carried out by ASI in Ayodhya in 2003, the authors detail the many irregularities and outdated methods they observed. They also refer to the objections they filed regarding some of the procedures followed by the ASI n/n epw.in/journal/2010/5…
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| @MamataOfficial's celebrated poll strategist is speaking his fact-free mind here. Instead of introspecting on how she allowed majoritarian communalism to take root in Bengal, he chooses to scapegoat Muslims for her failures. Muslims are 27% of the state BUT... [1/n]
....have only 6% govt jobs, only 11% of students in higher education are Muslims & 80% of rural Muslims earn less than ₹5k. 6 worst performing districts on healthcare have a Muslim population share of more than 25%. But their share in prison population is 37%. [2/n]
People in Malda, Murshidabad, etc have to drink arsenic contaminated water. These are fruits of "blatant appeasement". The Left's mistreatment of Muslims is recorded by Kundu & Sachar Committee. Their most famous land reforms didn't reach Muslims. 3/4th of them are landless [3/n]
On 30 April 2002, as Gujarat was burning & victims were still in camps, Lok Sabha was discussing a motion to condemn Gujarat pogrom. @MamataOfficial voted against it & for BJP
Did she sell off Gujarat's victims for a price, for free or for a ministerial position?
Only criminal gangs divide up territories between themselves & attack each other when someone enters. Since I'm not part of this criminal syndicate, it's natural that @MamataOfficial is rattled
You can't buy people who have no Gotra. You can't scare people who know no fear 2/n
Apart from saying "BJP aajayega", what exactly have you done for Bengal's Muslims?
15% of Bengal's Muslims are outside formal education (3rd highest after UP & Bihar)
80% live on less than ₹5000
38.3% in rural Bengal earn ₹2500
More than 3/4 Muslims have no land
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Spoke in Lok Sabha to oppose the Demand for Grants of Ministry of Education because there have been no steps in 6 years to improve the state of education for Muslim minorities or to reduce their drop out rate. The literacy rate of Muslims is 68.5% vs the national rate 74.04% 1/n
Muslim female literacy rate is 62% vs overall rate of 65.44%. @EduMinOfIndia data says that Muslim enrolment in primary & higher education is only 13.14%. #AISHE says that there are only 19.5 lakh Muslims in higher education. This is only 5.23% of total enrolment 2/n
|@PMOIndia patronisingly wanted to give Qur'an in one hand & computer in another to Muslims. But 2018-19 data says only 16% Muslim households have computers which is 2nd lowest. Only 32% households have internet also the 2nd lowest, only 38% have ability to operate a computer 3/n
Our MANY traditions are already celebrated & we're also recognised for our modern achievements: being one of only former colonies that's striven to be secular republic despite men like him. Sangh is allergic to secularism because it wants us to be seen as a majoritarian state1/n
Secularism is part of Basic Structure of Constitution. It's reflected in various parts of Constitution. “Liberty of thought belief faith & worship” is part of Preamble, as are fraternity & equality. Articles 14 19 22 25, 26, 29 & 30 are all reflection of our secular tradition 2/n
Sangh speaks of secularism with a forked tongue. On odd days they say that India is secular because majority of Indians are secular. On even days they say that secularism has prevented global recognition of our traditions. We're secular because of our Constitution 3/n
THREAD showing @DelhiPolice's "impartiality" & professionalism in investigating Delhi pogrom of 2020. An Order dated 8.07.2020 advised officers to take “due care and precaution” to avoid “Hindu resentment” while making arrests. 1/n
Of nearly 1750 people arrested in connection with the pogrom, over half are Muslim even though they were affected disproportionately. In @DelhiPolice charge sheets, almost 70% name Muslims as perpetrators, even in cases when only Muslims were victims. 2/n theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
Sole breadwinner Faizan charged under draconian UAPA for crime of selling SIM card. Spent months in jail, lost his job, his family stricken with panic, fear & social stigma. @DelhiPolice was so "impartial" that Delhi HC saw no option but to grant bail thequint.com/news/india/del… 3/n
THREAD: You slashed 1024 crores from the Minority Affairs budget. The ministry's Budget Estimate of Rs 5,029 crores was slashed to Revised Estimate of Rs 4,005 crores. The cut comes to 20.36 percent in the current year. [1/n]
As per revised estimate, the allocations have been reduced by Rs 75 crores for Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students, Rs 25 crores for free coaching scheme, Rs 8 crores for interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies [2/n]
2 cr have been slashed for support for students clearing Prelims of UPSC/SPSCs. The cut for the educational schemes comes to Rs 110 cr. For skill development & livelihood schemes, allocations have been cut by 175 cr, including Rs 60 crores for skill development initiatives [3/n]