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Did You Know? INC President Malikarjun Kharge Is A Victim Of Razakar Violence, Lost Mother And Sister

By
The Commune
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Since its inception, the Congress party has resorted to Muslim appeasement politics in the name of secularism. So much so that, the Congress party has today come to be known as a Muslim party, with the Muslims voting en-bloc. The 2023 Karnataka elections is a testimony to this phenomenon.

Congress leaders go out of the way to appease the so-called minority community sometimes at the cost of Hindus. This includes incumbent party President Mallikarjun Kharge.

But did you know that Kharge himself is a victim of Razakar Violence?

Who Are The Razakars?

The Razakars, the private militia of the Majlis-e-Itihadul Muslimeen (the pre-cursor to today’s AIMIM) headed Kasim Razvi, was sanctioned by the Nizam of Hyderabad to crackdown a civil uprising that was in favor of joining the Indian Union.

The Razakars, at the behest of the Nizam, went on a rampage going village after village plundering, kidnapping and murdering people. After getting the green signal from the Nizam, they started an ethnic genocide of Hindus in rural Telangana. The Bhairanpally massacre though not much spoken about remains etched in the consciousness of the people living in the region.

Kharge Lost His Family Members To Razakar Violence

Mallikarjun Kharge was born in 1942 in Varavatti village of Bhalki taluka in Bidar district to a Dalit family. His father’s name was Mapanna and mother’s name was Saibavva.

The incident happened in 1948 when Kharge was just 7 years old. Parts of what is today known as ‘Hyderabad Karnataka’ in which modern day Bidar falls, faced the wrath of Razakars. Bhalki, like several other villages up to Maharashtra, was under siege of the Razakars.

Mallikarjuna Kharge in an interview had narrated the story of his mother’s death in his childhood that would make one teary-eyed. He said that when he was playing near his house and his father was working in the agricultural field, the Razakars set fire to their tin shed house. Kharge lost his mother and sister to the fire set off by the Razakars while he himself had a narrow escape.

Apparently, Kharge and his father were left alone in the family, and no one came forward to give them shelter in the surrounding villages due to the fear of the Razakars.

In an interview to News 18, Priyank Kharge, the son of Mallikarjun Kharge said “My grandfather was working in the fields when a neighbour rushed to tell him that the Razakars had set their tin-roof home on fire. The Razakars were attacking every village in sight. They were a four lakh-strong army and were acting on their own as they did not have a leader. My grandfather rushed home, but could only save my father, who was within his arm’s reach. It was too late to save my grandmother and aunt who died in the tragedy.”

According to Priyank, his father and grandfather hid themselves in a dense shrubbery fearing for their lives. They then proceeded to meet their grandfather’s brother serving in the Army in Pune. However, he had gone to Gulbarga (Kalaburagi today).

Mallikarjun and his father went to Gulbarga and started life afresh there. Kharge’s father took up a job at a textile mill called MSK Mills.

This is the tragic story albeit less known story of the current Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

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Islamic Org Above CBFC? Special Screening Held For Fundamentalist Muslim Org To Decide If Farhana Movie Is Anti-Islam

By
The Commune
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State functionaries of an Islamic organization are given a special screening of the film Farhana to decide whether it is anti-Islam or not, resulting in others questioning whether they are a constitutional body to do so.

Even as the dust settles on The Kerala Story, a Tamil film has ruffled the feathers of Islamists, with the Islamist Organisation calling for a ban on Tamil Film ‘Farhana’.

Directed by Nelson Venkatesan, Farhana is a thriller film starring Aishwarya Rajesh in the lead role. Producer SR Prabhu and SR Prakash Babu have jointly produced the film under the banner ‘Dream Warrior Pictures’.

The film is about a young married Muslim woman who works as a customer support executive in the corporate world but suddenly gets her life overturned when she unwittingly gets into the phone sex chat industry.

As soon as the teaser of the film was released, some Islamic organizations opposed the film, demanding a ban on the film. At this juncture, a statement was issued by the producer that the film was not made to hurt people of any religion.

Dream Warrior Pictures’s press statement said that it has been functioning with great social responsibility and work ethics. “Our films have spoken about religious harmony, social unity, and love. But the controversies created by a few people about Farhana, which has been duly censored by the government body, has pained us greatly. Farhana is not against any religion or their sentiments,” the company said.

The statement came at a time when several Islamic outfits opposed the movie’s release. Indian National League (INL) party leader ‘Tada’ J Abdul Rahim claimed that the movie was against Islamic beliefs. TADA Rahim said that he lodged a complaint against the movie with the Chennai police commissioner’s office in the second week of May. On April 25 TADA Rahim filed a complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner to ban Farhana saying that the teaser of the movie depicts a Muslim woman who does sex work across the world wearing a burqa. He urged the police to ban the movie.

In this situation, several theatres that screened the film Farhana, which was released on Friday, were forced to cancel the screenings due to protests from Islamic fundamental organizations.

Meanwhile, due to safety threats, police security has been provided at the residence of actress Aishwarya Rajesh, who played the lead in the film Farhana.

According to reports, the film’s producers attempted to screen the film to a protesting Islamic fundamentalist organization in order to pacify them and sought their approval for further screening.

In this context, Tada J Rahim, the chief of the Indian National League Party, confirmed on Twitter that state and district-level leaders were given a special screening of the film Farhana. He added, “Our functionaries who watched the film said that Farhana is not against Muslims.”

Several people on social media questioned the authority of these functionaries of Islamic fundamentalist organizations being given a special screening to certify a film that had already been certified by the CBFC. They questioned whether they were an extra-constitutional body with the authority to decide on every film.

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10 Reasons Why BJP Lost Karnataka

By
Anantha Narayan
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The 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections saw Congress emerge victorious with 135 seats pushing the BJP to a distant second with 65 seats. This is a decisive verdict given by the people with the Congress crossing 43% vote share, a good 7% more than the BJP.

Although the BJP has managed to retain its 2018 vote share, this is the worst ever performance shown by BJP election juggernaut in recent years.

There are many reasons for Congress’s win – heavy anti-incumbency, strong regional leadership, consolidation of tribal and Muslim votes, its 5 ‘guarantee’ manifesto, Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra through Karnataka, and so on.

But it is important to see why the BJP lost. Here are a few reasons:

1. The party has started believing its own mythology. ‘Modi hai toh mumkin hai’ is a great slogan. But to believe he can win any election is a stretch.

2. PM Modi is out of touch with reality. He keeps count of 91 slights and he thinks that matters to the voter. But the only number that matters to the electorate is the household income.

3. The BJP backed the wrong horse. Basavaraj Bommai does not have the pull to deliver a state. He can at best win his seat. BJP has failed to cultivate a strong face in Karnataka after Yediyurappa.

4. Hindutva has its limits. It may work in Coastal Karnataka but not in the entire state. Dialing up religious fervor might get counter productive in a state that prefers plurality.

5. Corruption can still swing elections. If people feel the leaders are making money when they are not, corruption can bring down governments.

6. Modi factor varies from state to state. His pull in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh is way above Karnataka. What worked in the two states may not work elsewhere.

7. BJP’s campaign was below par. It lacked punch. Contrast it with the single-minded ‘40% commission sarkara’, PayCM, campaign of the Congress. The BJP was on the defensive from day 1.

8. The Big Three leaders took some rash calls in candidate selection. You can’t jettison MLAs wholesale and expect them to stay with you.

9. Double Engine Sarkar has ran out of steam. BJP needs a new theme for every election. Templates and toolkits have their expiry dates.

10. Arrogance doesn’t pay. The voter likes his leaders to be humble. When they lose their sense of balance, a rude shock or two is given to bring them back to senses.

Instead of focusing on what went wrong, we see over-enthusiastic BJP fanatics blaming the Karnataka people for their choice.

At the same time, a message is circulating among BJP supporters in which they are consoling themselves by claiming, “BJP lost by less than 100 votes in 29 constituencies and lost 23 seats by less than 200 votes. Altogether BJP lost 52 seats by very wafer-thin margin.”

This is absolutely false. We double-checked the results and discovered that only about 10 seats were won with a margin of around 1000 votes. 10 seats out of 224. Let that sink in. And one of these seats was won by BJP by 16 votes after much drama.

Circulating rubbish and not focusing on the real reasons can only hurt the BJP’s cause. It’ll be great if the cadres and leaders do some soul-searching. The Karnataka election was a shocker by Amit Shah’s high electoral standards.

It is high time the BJP wakes up and smells the coffee in the land of coffee!

(Anantha Narayan is a mining engineer turned management grad turned salesman turned copywriter turned entrepreneur turned consultant turned columnist. He is also the son of a former BJP National President.)

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What TNM & Congress-Friendly Media Won’t Tell You About Bengaluru’s Jayanagar Recounting

By
The Commune
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From the very beginning of the election a few leftist and Congress-friendly media outlets acted like propaganda vehicle for Congress’ Jayanagar candidate Sowmya Reddy giving her undue coverage and hailing her as a messiah.

However, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged the ‘prestigious’ seat in Bengaluru after a close fight with the Congress. BJP’s CK Ramamurthy defeated Congress leader and sitting MLA Sowmya Reddy by a narrow margin of just 16 votes in the Jayanagar constituency. The Congress workers held a protest as they alleged misuse of government machinery to favour BJP Candidate Ramamurthy.

Immediately, leftist media outlets like The News Minute pounced on the ground to peddle a rhetoric that the BJP, particularly Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya was interfering with the counting process.

They had amplified the Congress’s claims that Tejasvi had barged and was present inside the counting booth with phone.

But this rhetoric against BJP peddled by TNM and the likes has been disputed by people who were at the counting centre.

The seat was expected to be a close contest with either of the candidates winning with a small margin.

According to Surabhi Hodigere, as the counting of votes progressed, Sowmya Reddy was leading of a mere 160 votes, which was prematurely celebrated as a victory by Congress party. However, there was no certificate of victory issued by the EC authorities.

As the margin was very close, a rule from the Election Commission Handbook was effected into force, which states that if the possible victory margin is less than the total number of postal ballots, then there should be a mandatory re-verification of all postal ballots.

Credits: Surabhi Hodigere

The Handbook of Returning Officer clearly mentions that even if no candidate requests for recounting of votes, the Returning Officer is mandated to conduct it.

This recount gave lead for BJP by 16 votes. But only one recount is possible according to the rule book. However it was widely misreported that three or four rounds of recounting happened on the behest of BJP leaders which many say is a totally fabricated lie.

TNM in its report of “what transpired at the counting centre” did not mention that Sowmya Reddy’s father Ramlinga Reddy and the Congress party had descended on the counting booth as early as 5.30pm. Three types of recounting – total numerical tally, VVPAT tally matching and re-verification of postal votes – was done because of Congress leader Ramalinga Reddy. Apparently few votes were deemed invalid on frivolous grounds on the insistence of Ramalinga Reddy.

According to sources, Tejasvi Surya and now-former Revenue Minister R. Ashoka of BJP came to the counting centre much later after coming to know that Congress party had barged in and put the officers under duress.

By 7 PM, Congress and BJP cadres came down in huge numbers leading to commotion. Congress leaders from other areas ended came to Jayanagar, threatened officials and caused havoc in an place.

DK Shivakumar and his brother DK Suresh came to the counting centre at around 8 30 PM and the latter was seen threatening the police personnel deployed who prevented him from barging in.

The only people inside the counting centre at this time were Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy and BJP candidate CK Ramamurthy. The recounting process was done to the satisfaction of both of them post which CK Ramamurthy was declared the winner.

 

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The Man Who Technologized Indian Democracy And Made Elections Tamper-Proof

By
S Kaushik
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Tamil Nadu has given the world significant democratic inventions. After all, this is a land where decentralization of power and local self-governance was in practice hundreds of years before it became a buzz word for today’s governments, world bodies and think-tanks.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the people of this land have democratized democracy itself by coming up with unique election mechanisms.

During the Chola era, there was a system called the “Kudavolai” system through which members of the village assembly known as the ur or the sabha were elected. The village was divided into 30 wards and each ward representative were elected through a democratic process.

Names of the contestants from each ward were written on a palm leaf, put into a pot and shuffled. A child picked up palm leaves one by one from the pot in front of the temple. Persons whose name tickets were picked up by the child were declared elected.

This was a significant democratic process invention in those times.

Cut to post-independent India. The year was 1957 and Indians were voting in the second Lok Sabha elections. Back then, state and Lok Sabha elections were held simultaneously.

The Matihani Assembly in Bihar’s Begusarai District saw supporters of Congress leader Saryug Prasad Singh stopping people from electing rival Communist candidate Chandra Shekhar Singh. Though technically this isn’t rigging, it is popularly recalled as the first instance of booth capturing an election.

Rigging involves forceful capturing of a poll booth by party workers and casting fake votes in the names of those registered as voters. This became a regular affair in the 1970s and 1980s as the number of parties and candidates multiplied so much so that in 1989, the Representation of the People Act, 1951 was amended to include booth capturing as an offense punishable by law. This also prompted Indians in the government machinery to think of a scalable solution that will solve this problem and they knew that only technology could do that.

And so a team was set up at the Bharat Electronic Limited, with a talented electronics engineer from Tamil Nadu named S. Rangarajan supervising the design and production of a machine that will solve booth capturing and rigging forever – the EVM.

This Rangarajan was none other than famous writer that every Tamil would know of – Sujatha. Sujatha in his memoir Katradhum Petradhum (The things I learnt and received) details how EVM is tamper-proof.

EVM is essentially a Hitachi microcomputer. Its control program is written in Read-Only-Memory (ROM). By definition, it cannot be overwritten or tampered. It accurately records and tallies each vote against a serial number of the candidate.

An EVM is designed with two units: the control unit and the balloting unit. These units are joined together by a cable. The control unit of the EVM is kept with the presiding officer or the polling officer. The balloting unit is kept within the voting compartment for electors to cast their votes. Both these machines have no bias embedded inside it. There is no networking component in the EVMs, it is impossible to manipulate them remotely.

EVMs were used for the first time in the general election in Kerala in May 1982 and since then questions have been raised over its credibility.

An LDF candidate filed a writ menu to stop EVM use. After Sujatha’s demo in judge’s chambers, it was allowed. The same LDF candidate who filed a complaint had won. “Electronics won” wrote Sujatha!

But the losing INC candidate filed a case in the Kerala High Court raising concerns about EVMs, which he lost. He appealed against the High Court’s verdict in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court vouched that the machine was tamper proof but the prevailing laws in 1982 did not allow for EVMs to be used in elections and hence struck down the elections.

Rajiv Gandhi gave useful advise- to introduce a delay in the machine after a vote was cast, so that “mass fraud voting” can be prevented. But despite its accuracy, 1.5 lakh machines from Japan were left unused in collector offices as there was no law in place to enforce its use.

When doubts were raised over the accuracy and security of the machine, Sujatha wrote a detailed article explaining how robust and tamper proof it was.  He said “That is one invention I shall be as proud of as my writings.”

The Election Commission has time and again assured that the EVMs are “unhackable”. Yet, whenever the Congress or Opposition loses and election, they allege threat to democracy levelling allegations about EVM foulplay. This is not just an insult to the Indian scientists and technicians who have built an indigenous product but also amounts to insulting the people. By questioning EVMs, they are undermining the will of the people. But all these allegation disappears when they win. Then it becomes not just their victory but a victory of democracy.

This hypocrisy itself is testimony to the sanctity of EVMs.

(Kaushik is a political consultant.)

(This article has been developed based on inputs given by Tamil Labs.)

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DMK, Congress Leaders Give Fodder For Secessionist Forces, Push For “United States Of South India”

By
The Commune
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The 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections saw Congress emerge victorious with 135 seats pushing the BJP to a distant second with 65 seats.

As soon as the trend of Congress winning became clear, many of their leaders along with DMK were found calling for a separate “United States of South India”.

Padma Priya, state deputy secretary of the DMK’s environment wing, with a secessionist undertone, posted an image of India with South Indian states in a different color. The image showed 5 South Indian states namely Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Telangana, and Karnataka as the United States of South India. She further added that the idea is yet to be proven.

While congratulating the Congress on its performance in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin stated with a secessionist undertone that the “Dravidian Landmass” is free of the BJP. In his tweet, MK Stalin said, “Congrats INCIndia on spectacular winning of Karnataka. The unjustifiable disqualification of brother Rahul Gandhi as MP, misusing premier investigative agencies against political opponents, imposing Hindi, and rampant corruption have all echoed in the minds of Karnataka people while voting and they have upheld the Kannadiga Pride by teaching a befitting lesson to BJP’s vindictive politics. The landmass of the Dravidian family stands clear of BJP. Now let us all work together to win 2024 to restore democracy and constitutional values in India.”

Following the defeat of the BJP, TNCC working president Mohan Kumaramangalam proclaimed that South India is finally “free”.

Dhivya Marunthaiah, a Youth Congress leader from Tamil Nadu too pushed the separatist narrative.

These utterances by DMK and Congress leaders on “United States of South India” gains credence in light of Rahul Gandhi’s emphasis on India not being a nation but a loose “union of states” like the European Union.

Rahul Gandhi on several occasions (in Parliament and abroad) has challenged the idea of India as a nation saying that India is a union of states which runs on a ‘partnership’ by means of negotiations.

During the election campaign as well, the Congress pushed a divisive narrative and even called for establishing a “sovereign” Karnataka.

By aping the DMK, the Congress is pushing a dangerous rhetoric that will only add fodder to secessionist forces who are salivating for India to balkanize.

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DMK Leaders Spread Fake News About Annamalai

By
The Commune
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DMK MP Senthilkumar and DMK IT Wing Deputy Secretary Isai circulated a fake news card claiming that only 10 votes were cast for the BJP in one of the booths where BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai campaigned.

The counting of votes for the crucial Karnataka Assembly election 2023 began at 8 a.m., with the BJP confident of proving the exit poll results wrong, the Congress hoping to get more seats than projected and secure a comfortable majority, and the JD(S) appearing to be ready to play kingmaker.

The BJP took an early lead over the Congress, which included postal ballots as well, but the Congress quickly reclaimed the lead from the BJP once EVM counting began. The Janata Dal (Secular), whose leader HD Kumaraswamy has stated that it is “not in demand,” will not be able to play the “kingmaker” role, as Congress appears to be on its way to securing a comfortable majority on its own. Meanwhile, BJP leader and CM Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat and stated that the results would be scrutinized to determine what went wrong for his party. DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, Karnataka’s CM hopefuls, thanked the Gandhis as the Congress crossed the majority mark.

In this situation, DMK leaders and cadres have been spreading fake news and offensive content since the morning in order to celebrate the Congress victory.

In one such attempt, DMK MP Senthil Kumar and DMK IT Wing deputy secretary Isai distributed a fake news card under the name of News7 Tamil, claiming that the BJP received only 10 votes in one of the booths where Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai campaigned.

Despite News7 Tamil’s clarification that the news was not published, both DMK leaders did not delete their tweets.

Senthil Kumar, a DMK MP, realized he had spread a fake news card. However, he went on to spread another lie, claiming that the BJP received only four votes in the booth where Annamalai campaigned, rather than ten.

What’s The Truth?

Congress candidate Babasaheb D. Patil emerged victorious in Kittur Assembly constituency bagging 77,536 votes. BJP’s Mahantesh Doddagoudar came second with 74,543 votes.

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Dravidian Model: DMK’s Padma Priya Pushes For “United States Of South India”

By
The Commune
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Padma Priya, State Deputy Secretary of DMK’s environment wing, posted a tweet with separatist undertones pushing for a “United States of South India”, in light of Congress’ win in Karnataka.

The Congress emerged victorious in the recently concluded Karnataka Assembly elections bagging over 136 seats.

Padma Priya in a cryptic tweet, shared a picture the showing the 5 Southern states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana – with bold letters quoting as ”United States of South India”

Her comment gains credence with Congress’ win in Karnataka as Rahul Gandhi himself has repeatedly questioned the idea of India saying that India is not a nation but a “union of states” based on negotiations.

About Padma Priya

Padma Priya is a YouTube beautician-turned-social activist-turned-politician who jumped ship from Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam to DMK.

Padma Priya has been accused of spreading false information. In 2020, she gained notoriety for her monologue against the draft Environmental Impact Assessment, where she made baseless claims about the consequences of the policy. Around this time, she also released a video demanding the release of Perarivalan, a convicted terrorist responsible for killing former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, indicating her loyalties and intent.

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“Morally Bankrupt, Intellectually Challenged”: PTR’s Own Words Attacking Rajini Comes Back To Haunt Him

By
Vallavaraayan
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DMK Minister PTR Palanivel Thigarajan is known for being haughty and making below-the-belt remarks against anyone whom he disagrees with.

This one time he had took to abusing Superstar Rajinikanth as well, albeit indirectly. He had called Rajinikanth as “a man who is desperately trying to regain his fading glory”.

Now this same comment has come to haunt PTR back with his portfolio changed from Finance to Information Technology. PTR was sacked from the Finance portfolio and moved to Information Technology and Digital Services. Thangam Thennarasu was given Finance, Planning, Human Resource Management portfolios that were earlier handled by Palanivel Thiagarajan. The move was seen as a setback for both the PTR and DMK as it comes following the leak of PTR’s purported audio in which he accused MK Stalin’s family of amassing more money in one year than the previous generation.

Poking fun at the new DMK Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan’s, actor Rajinikanth fans said, quoting PTR’s own statement, that “PTR is desperately trying any means to regain fading glory.”

When PTR Attacked Rajini

On 5 August 2019, the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre abrogated Article 370 and 35A that gave special status to Jammu & Kashmirin order to fully integrate the region with the rest of India.

Superstar Rajinikanth had lauded the move and the manner in which it was effectively done without any untoward incident.

“My heartfelt congratulations for your Mission Kashmir operations, sir. The way you conducted it, hats off, especially the speech you delivered in Parliament, fantastic sir, fantastic.”, Rajinikanth had said and also compared the Modi-Shah duo to Krishna-Arjuna of the Mahabharata.

On the other hand film actor Vijay Sethupathi had called the move “undemocractic” adding that reports from Kashmir are causing him a lot of pain. Sethupathi quoted rabid separatist anti-Hindu demagogue EV Ramasamy Naicker and said that people should be let to decide for themselves.

“This is against democracy. Periyar had said earlier itself that people themselves should decide on their problems and issues. Can I interfere in the affairs of your house? It is you who live there and know what is best for you. I can be concerned about you, but cannot impose my decisions on you. These are two different things,”, Vijay Sethupathi said when he was in Australia to attend a film event.

The article about Vijay Sethupathi’s comments was covered by leftist Dravidian Stockist media outlet The News Minute (TNM) which was shared on Twitter by Shabbir Ahmed (who back then was with Times Now and is now with TNM.

Sharing Shabbir’s tweet, PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan said “I salute #VijaySethupathi for his clarity of thought, humanity, and the courage to speak, while so many are silenced by fear.”

In a sly jibe at Rajinikanth, PTR further went on to say “A clear contrast to the morally bankrupt, intellectually challenged, pseudo-Hindu, yesteryear Star, desperately trying any means to regain fading glory”.

When Karunanidhi Praised Rajini

A netizen with the Twitter handle named Sivakumar (@tn2point0) had back then drew the attention of PTR to the late DMK patriarch’s comment about Rajinikanth. As his tweet went viral, he was blocked by PTR.

Not once but Karunanidhi had praised Rajinikanth multiple times in multiple stages. He had called Rajinikanth as a man with a pure heart, who doesn’t act in real life and a person who hasn’t abandoned his conscience.

“Both our hearts are intertwined. With that heartful feeling, I say this. I thought about the reasons for his success. Is it his acting? It is not just his acting. Is it his passion towards art? It is not just passion. Is it his hardwork? It is not just his hardwork. Is it his energy? It is not just his energy. Then what else is the reason for his success? Not just in cine or art world, he occupies the hearts of Tamil Nadu people including me. It is because, despite so many great victories, even if such victories keep piling into a mountain, despite a sea of such victories, he is humble. He is not a man who considers those victories as his victories. A man who considers himself to be the reason for all victories is bound to fall down. A man who considers his victory to be that of people’s, he will further accumulate more victories. Our beloved Rajinikanth comes in the second category of people.”, Karunanidhi says in the above speech.

The above quote is very much applicable to PTR, who often indulges in self-aggrandizement boasting about his dynastic privilege and flaunting his educational and professional background, considering himself to be the most genius person while deriding others.

PTR’s own words laden with venom has come back to haunt him. It is PTR who is now being seen as morally bankrupt and desperately trying any means to regain his fading glory, given that he is still being subservient to Stalin’s family for the sake of power.

(Vallavaraayan is a political writer fighting Dravidian Stockists)

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TNM Tries Hard To Brush Away The Reality Of Love Jihad Through Stray Secular Stories

By
Anand Krishna
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The Kerala Story has been a constant buzz since its release. During the time when certain topics were ‘cancelled’ outrightly by the ‘Left-Liberal’ intelligentsia of Lutyens Delhi, one could never muster the courage to put these topics in to public debates whether in the name of creative freedom or realistic concerns. The appeasement politics practiced until not so long ago tend to keep a lid on these issue in the name of minority protection.

It seems that wind is blowing in a different direction now. But hashtags spurn out by leftist intelligentsia these days seems to ignore these facts and are trying hard to counter dispensation of truth at any cost. The art of ignoring the truth manifests itself in many ways but the truth has a unique character, one can ignore it or twist it but truth cannot be eradicated.

Ever since the release of the ‘The Kerala Story’ the leftist media mafia are trying hard to spin the narrative surrounding the movie, one such attempt has been the recent article that was published in ‘The News Minute (TNM)’.

Demolishing The Propaganda 

Even though it may seem harmless at first, TNM has been working tirelessly to put out a narrative masking it as an alternative to ‘The Kerala Story.’ In the introduction to the article TNM author states that it is their initiative to highlight stories of communal harmony and unity from the state of Kerala and highlights a documentary called ‘Malappuram Beyond Tales.’ The documentary revolves in the Malappuram district of Kerala, district with highest Muslim population in the state. 

The 23-minute documentary starts in Thunchan Parambu in Tirur and shows how a group of Muslim men band together to serve free drinks and milk to youngsters attending the Vijayadashami festival.

The programme then moves on to Shobha Parambu’s Sree Kurumba Bhagavathy temple, where the head priest is customarily nominated by the patriarch of a Muslim family. The ceremony in which the priest is appointed is also led by Bappu Haji, the title given to the eldest member of a Muslim family. This practise is still going on.

The following Malappuram narrative takes us to Thirunavaya’s lotus farms. The lotuses grown by Muslim farmers are sold to temples here, and the story then goes on to describe how the Valancherry Moonnakkal Juma Masjid provides free rice to the populace.

These are some excellent examples of communal harmony and there is no disputing that fact but the problem arises once these examples are put out as an alternative to the movie The Kerala Story.

Kerala has been always an adobe of communal harmony and there are historical records to back it. Kerala always welcomed refugees and minorities with open hands and has helped them to assimilate in to Indian culture. Jews who were prosecuted by Romans were given shelter by the Hindus in Kerala, Christianity was allowed to flourish here and it is interesting to also note that the first mosque outside the Arab world is in Kerala.

The common thread connecting all these stories are the secular nature of Hindus in Kerala and their mentality to protect the minorities. The saga of using love as a means for proselytising by Jihadists is a well-documented fact just like the above-mentioned instances of communal harmony.

TNM in this article blatantly tries to brush aside the truth behind ‘Love Jihad’ by dressing it with the stories of communal harmony instead of trying to discuss a real social issue called Love Jihad. Truth should not be countered with another truth. The only way to go about it is to accept both are real and healthy discussion can take place. Instead of that what we are witnessing in TNM article is ‘Liberal Cannibalism’ or ‘Cancel Culture.’

How Malappuram Became Muslim-Majority

Malappuram was once a Hindu majority district in Kerala, India. However, the demographics of the district have changed over time, and today Muslims make up over 70% of the population.

There are several factors that have contributed to this change, including the Moplah rebellions and the invasion of Tipu Sultan. The Moplah rebellions were a series of violent uprisings that took place in Malappuram and other parts of Kerala in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During the rebellion many Hindus were killed or displaced. Tipu Sultan was a Muslim ruler of Mysore who invaded Malappuram in the 18th century. Tipu was a devout Muslim, and he was intolerant of other religions. He destroyed many Hindu temples and forced Hindus to convert to Islam. As a result of Tipu’s invasion, many Hindus fled Malappuram and settled in other parts of India.

The Moplah rebellions and the invasion of Tipu Sultan had a profound impact on the Hindu community in Malappuram. The rebellions led to the deaths of many Hindus, and the invasion led to the destruction of many Hindu temples. There are many Hindu temples in Malappuram that have been destroyed or damaged over the years by Muslims in the district. Some of the most notable examples include, the Thirunavaya Temple, which was destroyed by Tipu Sultan in 1789, Manjeri Temple was destroyed by the Moplah rebels in 1921 and these are only a few examples. As a result of these events, the Hindu population of Malappuram declined, and the district became a Muslim majority. Today temples in Malappuram are outnumbered by mosques.

The Hindu community in Malappuram is small and are outnumbered by Muslims. According to the 2011 census, Muslims make up 70.24% of the population of Malappuram, while Hindus are only 20.21%. This is a significant change from the 1901 census, when Hindus made up 57.8% of the population and Muslims made up only 26.6%.

In addition to Love Jihad, there have also been several instances of forced conversions to Islam in Malappuram. In 2017, for example, a Hindu woman named Hadiya was forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man. Hadiya was eventually able to return to her family, but the case highlighted the issue of forced conversions in Kerala.

In order to correct a wrong, one must first admit it but it seems that post the release of The Kerala Story the TNM gang has been trying hard to divert the attention from the issue of Love Jihad.

There is completely no wrong in portraying the stories of harmony from Kerala as the ‘Gods own country’ is famous for its secular and welcoming nature but no society is perfect and when someone courageously exposes the hidden snakes lurking under the secular façade, one should not cancel it in haste but debate the truth behind it patiently. 

(Anand Krishna is a Kerala-based lawyer and columnist.)

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