"Kasam Ram ki khate hai, hum bhi Raavan marenge." Raavan here is @BhimArmyChief . Here's what's happening in #Hathras a year after a Dalit girl was gang-raped and 'forcibly' cremated in the dead of the night by UP Police. Stay with me. #Thread
The man in yellow scarf is Pankaj Dharvaiyya, chief of Rashtriya Savarana Parishad, who had last year threatened to kill Bhim Army Chief Chandrasekhar Azad in police presence. The video had gone viral. He had then taken out a rally in support of the four Thakur rape accused.
A year later, he is out on bail and threatening to kill again. Two days back Bhim Army Chief Chandrasekhar Azad visited the Dalit family who has been living under CRPF protection since a year. Dharvaiyya didn't approve. So he reached the village but was not allowed.
Later, an FIR was lodged against him and few of his aides for attacking a Bhim Army member. So he decided to take out a rally to the police station where hundreds joined in support. That's where he raised this slogan. "Pehle bhi Raavan maara tha, ab bhi Raavan marenge."
Later, he tweeted saying he won't go to jail over a false FIR but will rather go to jail after finishing every symbol of Dalit politics. And guess what who sent me all this information? He himself.
In another video, Dhavraiyya said, "Whatever happened to the girl in #Hathras was wrong but Azad can't do Dalit-Savarna politics here. The girl was not the source of income for her family but the four Thakur men were. Think about the family who lost their source of income."

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28 Sep
Probe Ordered Against Senior UP Bureaucrat Over "Conversion" Allegations. Why? Because he was 'preaching' Islam.

Are we still living in the India where propagating one's religion is a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT?

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From Umar Gautam to now an IAS officer, the police has not been able to provide any proof of forced conversion or links with terror groups except their claim that these people "preached Islam." Someone go read Article 25(1) please!
This report says:
The videos shared on social media appear to show Iftikharuddin seated on a chair in a room with 10-15 other people, all of whom are sitting on the ground. The 106-second video purportedly shows him preaching the virtues of Islam as his audience nods their heads.
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Yesterday, the IT cell circulated a context-less interview of this Hindutva leader #NarsinghanandSaraswati who lost his cool when he got to know we are from The Quint. More on that later in the thread. First, some facts from the ground.
thequint.com/videos/dasna-g…
The IT Cell claimed that the Muslim boy was a thief and "deserved to be beaten up" based on Narsinghanand's interview.
1. In the interview, Narsinghanand's only cites suspicion which is spun as gospel truth.
2. Do they have any proof to back their claims? ..Contd.
...Neither Narsinghanand nor his followers could provide any proof to back their claims.
3. Was he present at spot? No.
4. Why he claimed he was a thief? According to him, "activities of Muslims in the area" have led to "suspicion".
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Petrol bomb hurled near the protest site in #ShaheenBagh by two unknown men on bike around 9.30 am today morning. The protest has been curtailed to only a symbolic one with not more than 5 people present at a time to follow #JantaCurfew @TheQuint
Some more petrol bombs seized by the police in the lane next to the protest site.
#ShaheenBagh has moved to a symbolic protest now. The entire site was sanitized. 5-7 women will be sitting at a certain distance to keep the movement going. But the entry/exit points have been shut & an appeal has made to follow #JantaCurfew and help govt combat #COVID19outbreak
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