14-Sep-1989, a usual morning for Pandit Tika Lal Taploo, fondly known as Lalaji, a staunch nationalist, social worker, swayamsevak & BJP (J&K) vice president.
This is about the fateful day when it all triggered the 7th exodus of #KashmiriPandits.
A 59 yrs old senior lawyer by profession, Lalaji was heading to work at High Court. As soon as he stepped out of his residence at Bhan Mohalla Srinagar, he saw a crying little girl of a Musl!m neighbor. Lalaji took the child in arm, walked through next door to her mother
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& inquired friendly. The mother said the child is crying for some stationery stuff. Lalaji affectionately handed over a bill of Rs.5 to the child & headed back to his work.
He could barely walk a few meters when he was confronted by three men with wrapped faces.
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One of them approached Lalaji, took out his weapon, and pulled the trigger. 8 rounds fire non-stop pierced Lalaji's body, leaving him dead on spot almost outside his home. The spinechilling day light murder of popular & fierce Hindu leader shook entire region. 4/
Objective- hit the backbone of resistance, rest will follow the fate.
Thousands of ppl across identities attended the tearful funeral of beloved leader, including then BJP pres LK Advani & others.
Some M radicals stone the processesion, some kept the shops shut in respect. 5/
Lion-heart Lalaji was known for his ethics, courage & integrity, has been jailed many times before, including a tortuous term during the Emergency.
Lalaji knew the threat to his life so he left his family in Delhi & came back to Kashmir on 8th Sept.
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On 12th Sept he did not just escape an attack at his residence but challenged back attackers by coming openly out of the home.
He stood rock-solid in front of J!had!sts, fought bravely and that's what made him to top in the hit-list & first among lacs of KPs.
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As per a news report that time, notorious terror!st Javed Ahmed Mir a.k.a Javed Nalka was suspected to be behind Taploo's murder. Nalka, who shot 4 IAF officers and during Yasin Malik's jail in the early 90th, became de facto leader of the JKLF. 8/
Few weeks later on 4Nov Justice (rtd) Ganjoo was shot dead & in a month on 8Dec, Rubaiya Sayeed d/o then HM Mufti Md Sayeed abducted by JKLF in exchange for imprisoned one. With incompetent leadership in J&K, the events kept unfolding till genoc!de & exodus of KPs in jan'90. 9/
Lalaji was a strong nationalist and probably the last upright Hindu leader in the valley. He knew what was coming but didn't leave his ppl alone & never surrendered to J!hadis. Wish, there were more Tika Lal Taploo in that time of govt.
A heartfelt tribute to martyr Lalaji🙏 10/
In this scene of #TheKashmirFiles Anupam Kher is carrying picture of Tika Lal Taploo (encircled).
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The similar MO followed by KhaIistani terror¡st by assassinating Lala Jagat Narain, strong Hindu leader in Punjab that time.
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That was also September, and popular leader fondly called Lalaji.
Check out who is the guy acted in Rahul Gandhi's PR video and casually sought for ₹25000 crores of unsecured loan from government.
Manish Bhardwaj, 12th pass* / dropped out, belongs to a typical businessman and politician's family, born with silver spoon.
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Public profile says Manish is MBA from Amity Uni. as per a "paid" article (advertisement) in Fobes India, Manish rejected concept of school and never believed in formal education thus dropped out after 12th standard.
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Family-
Father Narendra Bhardwaj is businessman, MD of Foxsky, associated with Congress for 35yrs at capacity of various positions.
Sister Dolly Sharma is INC Spox and Ghaziabad's loksabha 2024 candidate who lost by margin of 3 lakhs votes.
Start with first- Behere — an AAP supporter (read diehard Modi hater)— and his brilliance⬇️
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Behere once donated ₹25,000 to Saket Gokhale, convinced that Gokhale was “fighting” the so-called fascist regime on his own.
His hate for Modi was so blinding that he fell for it without a second thought.
He regretted it.
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A while later, Smart-ass Behere dared to ask Gokhale what had been done with his donation.
Gokhale flatly refused to give any accountability — said he might use the funds for “sustenance.”
Late night in Noida, a plainclothes police team crept into the dark lanes of Nahal- a locality notorious for sheltering criminal elements.
Target: a 24-year-old young auto-theft kingpin - Qadir.
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Acting on a tip-off, the team approached quietly, hoping to make a silent arrest. But fate has written something else for all the characters in this story.
As soon as cops approached and he sensed the trap, Qadir raised an alarm (read SOS) hysterically.
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Within seconds, Nahal came alive and a mob of "unidentified locals" swarmed in, hurling stones offering a great resistance to the arrest of their local hero.
Amid the chaos, Qadir's man opened fire, hitting Ct. Saurabh Kumar straight in the head.
A mysterious wave of killings has struck key terrorists linked to the terror attacks on Indian soil. Many of them were knocked down deep inside Pakistan.
Hamdard (Rooh Afza maker) claimed that "each glass that you enjoy contributes to the nation building".
This claim is disputed. Let me tell you why!
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To start with Hamdard is a WAQF property since 1948. The owners made some arrangement of keep the company & family running and the part pledged to the God.
The arrangements were made in the name of (a) Khandani Income and (b) Quomi Income
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After reserving 1/8 part (ultimately for muwwalis caretakers) of
Khandani Income is for personal (family) needs 1/4th and rest for community). Net net 75% as WAQF charity. In fact Hamdard has taken tax exemption on this Quomi income part.
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