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Security Agencies Put On Alert After Bangladeshi Illegal Immigrants Caught Holding Fake Indian Passports

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Tamil Nadu police have issued a security alert following the discovery of Bangladeshis holding Indian passports obtained through illegal means. They tried to pass themselves off as natives of West Bengal to obtain identity documents. Some had reportedly planned to go abroad while others were caught indulging in drug peddling and other illegal activities.

According to reports, security alert has been issued by the Tamil Nadu police after illegal immigrants were found possessing Indian identity documents like Aadhar and passports. Investigation revealed that these were Bangladeshis who infiltrated India by claiming to be natives of West Bengal. The Hindu reported that the state police unit had issued a security alert as some of the illegal immigrants were found to be involved in criminal activities.

As per the findings of the police department, a sizable number of them have settled down in Tamil Nadu in recent years and most of them reside in Tirupur, Coimbatore, Erode, Chengalpet, Kanchipuram, Tiruvallur and Chennai. They told people that they were from West Bengal and found employment in construction and other businesses prevalent in these cities with the help of local ‘agents’ , the report says.

After finding jobs they used fake credentials showing them as natives of West Bengal and obtained identity documents such as Aadhar, voter id, etc and used them to even open bank accounts and get Indian passports. It is feared that they are availing government aid using these identity cards. Some of these foreigners are involved in drug peddling, circulating fake currency and other criminal activities. Police fear that they possess a threat to the country’s internal security.

The Hindu quoted a senior official as saying that the Director General of Police has issued instructions to Commissioners and Superintendents of all cities to locate illegally staying Bangladeshi immigrants in places under their jurisdiction and take action against them as per law. The report quoted him as saying, “A majority of the illegal immigrants are in the 20-35 age group and vulnerable to brainwashing by extremist elements. It is possible that they could be recruited by terrorist organisations to execute their evil designs”.

Last month a Bangladeshi national trying to pass off as a Indian was caught by immigration officials in Coimbatore airport. He had a valid passport and Aadhar card but officials became suspicious as the address mentioned in both documents was in Kolkata. He gave contradictory answers during the investigation and was caught when the officials asked him to sing the national anthem. He has illegally entered Bharat through West Bengal and worked in Tamil Nadu as a tailor till 2020. Later he went to UAE and returned to Coimbatore with the hopes of settling down in the state.

It becomes clear from such recent incidents that Bangladeshi nationals prefer to settle in areas where people from the North are in majority to hide themselves better. It is unknown whether TN police is looking at it from this angle, but these illegal immigrants could be fomenting trouble in the society through criminal acts turning Tamils against North Bharatiyas. A negative sentiment against the latter, stoked by power hungry politicians, prevails in the state as it is. With such criminals on the loose it will make matters worse for even those who earn a honest living in the state.

(With inputs from Hindu Post)

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Jain University Students Skit Draws Flak For Targeting Dalits, 6 Students Suspended And SC/ST Case Filed

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Following reports that students at a private educational institution staged a skit allegedly insulting BR Ambedkar and the Scheduled Caste community on 8 February 2023, Karnataka Higher Education Minister CN Ashwath Narayan has ordered an investigation and sought a detailed report.

The development comes despite the fact that police have filed a FIR. Police have charged the principal of the Jain deemed-to-be university, the dean, the event organisers, and the student performers under IPC section 153A and the SC and ST (prevention of atrocities) Act, 1989, in response to a complaint filed by the social welfare department.

On 6 February 2023, Jain Deemed to be University hosted its college fest Samyog- Jain University Youth Fest. One of the Samyog events was “Mad Ads,” an event to advertise imaginary products along the lines of humor along with playfully making fun of other colleges participating in the same.

‘The Delroys Boys,’ a theatre group from Jain University’s CMS, performed the skit. The performance featured a lower-caste man attempting to date an upper-caste woman. To allegedly spark humour, the makers renamed BR Ambedkar “Beer Ambedkar” and used several problematic phrases such as “Why be Dalit when you can be D-Lit.”

It should be noted that the performance script went through several rounds of approval before being enacted on stage. The same insensitive script was performed by the same contingent on February 5th at another college fest sponsored by Under25 in Bengaluru.

The video of the college skit has gone viral on social media platforms. The offensive behavior displayed during the “Mad advertising” competition has been condemned by Dalit organizations.

On February 11, 2023, Bengaluru police tweeted, “FIR (CR No 0032/2023) has been registered under the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 at Siddapura PS. Further investigation is underway.”

Several people were found protesting outside the CMS campus of Jain University. Police have gathered around the location. A complaint has also been made against this skit performance by a Dalit activist from Mumbai.

Dalit organisations in Karnataka and Maharashtra have condemned the disrespectful references to Ambedkar and the jabs at the scheduled castes, calling them an insult to the entire community.

In this case, all six students involved in the incident were suspended.

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Man Hacked To Death At Coimbatore In Broad Daylight, Opposition Attacks DMK Over State Of Law & Order

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A 24-year-old man was hacked to death near the Combined Court Complex in Gopalapuram on Monday (13 February 2023) morning, a day after a person accused in a murder case was hacked and shot to death in Coimbatore.

G. Gokul of Kavundampalayam has been identified as the deceased. According to police, he was involved in a murder in 2021. When he arrived at the court with his friend Manoj (27), a five-member gang assaulted him with machetes, according to police.

The gang attacked the duo on the road leading to the court complex’s back gate while members of the public and lawyers stood nearby. The road was tense as the men chased and assaulted the victims with their weapons. Videos of the assault are being circulated on social media platforms. While four of the assailants walked off with weapons, one man was seen fleeing on a motorcycle. Manoj was admitted to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital while Gokul died on the spot.

According reports, Gokul was one of the suspects in the December 2021 murder of a 22-year-old youth near Saravanampatti in Coimbatore. Gokul and his accomplices chased V. Sriram alias ‘Kurangu’ Sriram, a resident of Sampath Street in Rathinapuri, with weapons in Anjugam Nagar near Chinnavedampatti and hacked him to death after pursuing him on motorcycles for nearly 5 kilometres.

The murder of Gokul on Monday is believed to be retaliation by the opponent gang.

V. Balakrishnan, Commissioner of Coimbatore City Police, told journalists that five special teams have been formed to apprehend the assailants.

R. Sathyapandi (31) of Arapalayam in Madurai, a murder case accused who worked for a realtor in Coimbatore, was hacked and shot by a group of men on Sunday at Uppilipalayam. Around 7 p.m., a group of five men converged on Sathyapandi near a private college on Nava India Road in Pappanaickenpalayam. They hacked and shot Sathyapandi as he ran for his life. He died as a result of two shots and multiple cut injuries.

Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai came down heavily on the DMK government for the break down of law and order in the state. He said,” Yesterday alone, two murders occurred in Coimbatore in public and in the court complex. Not only that, but also gun culture has started growing in Tamil Nadu. The state’s law and order has been in shambles since the DMK took power. Murder and robbery have become more common across the state. The police have their hands tied. There is an unsafe situation for the police themselves.”

He added,”The incompetent DMK government has sent all the ministers to the Erode East by-election mission and created an unsafe situation for the lives and property of the people of Tamil Nadu. I urge the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, on behalf of the BJP, to focus on law and order, which is the basic duty of the government, and to take strict measures so that the public can live without fear.”

Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami too lambasted the DMK government while listing down a spate of crimes that has happened recently pointing out at the plight of law and order in the state

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NIA Arrests Bengaluru Software Engineer, Al-Qaeda Links Suspected

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with Karnataka’s Internal Security Division arrested a suspected terrorist with links to Al-Qaeda  from Bengaluru on Saturday (11 February 2023).

Arif, a software engineer by profession, is a resident of Uttar Pradesh. He was allegedly in touch with Al-Qaeda terrorists for the last two years.

He was arrested in a joint operation with Karnataka ISD, according to an NIA source.

Arif had come under the radar of security agencies when he dialled several terrorists in India. He was also trying to contact other terrorists based out of India.

Arif was allegedly in touch with terrorists over the Internet for more than two years and wanted to fly to Iran and Afghanistan to join the Islamic State (IS).

Reports also note that he has already travelled to Syria.

The agency has seized his electronic gazettes and is trying to find out with whom he was in touch and what he was planning.

He was being questioned by officials of the NIA and ISD, sources added.

(With inputs from The New Indian)

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Maharashtra: Imtiyaz Sexually Assaults Ex-Girlfriend, Forces Her To Lick His Spit As Punishment For Breaking Up

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A 22-year-old man named Imtiyaz Chaudhary was arrested by the Kashimira police at Mira Road in Maharashtra for assaulting and raping his estranged girlfriend.

The accused had reportedly recorded the act and was using it to blackmail her. The incident reportedly took place on January 29.

According to reports, Imtiyaz committed the crime angry over the victim breaking up with him. She had reportedly severed ties with him after he refused to marry her because of her faith.

The police said that the victim had been in a relationship with Imtiyaz since 2021, but she stopped responding to the accused’s calls and messages after he refused to marry her. This apparently enraged Imtiyaz, who called up the victim and asked her to meet him at a hotel named Kashimira lodge on Mira Road. The accused threatened to circulate private photographs and videos of the woman if she failed to turn up. Scared at his threats, she agreed to meet him on January 29.

Imitiyaz Chaudhary allegedly sexually assaulted her at the hotel and began spitting on the floor of the room forcing her to lick it in order to torment and punish her for breaking their relationship.

Later, the accused released the victim on the condition that she will not tell anybody about her ordeal and not approach the police. He threatened her with death if she didn’t comply with his demands. The woman, however, went to Kashimira police station with a friend and a social activist and reported the assault.

Based on the victim’s statement, the Kashimira police registered an FIR against Imtiyaz Chaudhary on February 1, 2023, under sections 376 (rape), 377 (sodomy), 354-B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.

“After learning that an FIR had been registered against him, Imtiyaz switched off his mobile and has been on the run. He sometimes switches on his cell phone and has been continuously changing his location. He is active on social media. Our team has been chasing him, and soon we will arrest him,” a police officer from Kashimira police station had said before the accused was arrested.

“We have traced the accused and are in the process of arresting him. The statements of the hotel staff have also been recorded,” another police officer from Kashimira police station was quoted as saying.

(With inputs from OpIndia)

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CPR Appointed Jharkhand Guv, La. Ganesan Becomes Nagaland Guv

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Former BJP leader from Coimbatore, CP Radhakrishnan, has been appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand. Ramesh Bias who was earlier Jharkhand Governor has been transferred as Maharashtra Governor.

CP Radhakrishnan had served as the former state president of the Tamil Nadu BJP. The senior BJP leader has been associated with the RSS and BJP since he was 14 years of age. He was elected to the Lok Sabha twice in 1998 (with a margin of 1,50,000 votes) and 1999 (with a margin of 55,000 votes) from Coimbatore.

In the 2014 general elections, CP Radhakrishnan secured 3,89,000 votes from the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency without the support of either DMK or AIADMK and reached the second position. In 2019, he got 3,92,007 votes coming second again.

La. Ganesan who was earlier appointed Manipur Governor has been transferred as Nagaland Governor. La. Ganesan had earlier served as a member of Rajya Sabha. He is an RSS ideologue and has served the BJP in various capacities. He has served as the National Secretary and then as the Vice President of BJP at the national level before heading the party’s Tamil Nadu unit.

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Is Vijay Sethupathi Antagonizing Sri Lankan Tamils Again In Farzi?

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Disclaimer: Spoilers ahead about Farzi series

After ‘800’ movie controversy, actor Vijay Sethupathi has been caught yet again portraying Sri Lankan Tamils in a negative light in his recently released web series.

Farzi is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language black comedy crime thriller television series about counterfeit money created, produced and directed by Raj & DK. It stars Shahid Kapoor, Vijay Sethupathi, Kay Kay Menon, Raashii Khanna and Bhuvan Arora. The web series was released on Amazon Prime OTT on February 10th.

The Farzi web series is set in the same universe as Raj and DK’s The Family Man. Soon after the release of Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni’s The Family Man 2’s trailer, the web series landed in trouble as it ended up upsetting a certain section of people who felt that the show is trying to portray Tamil people in a negative light. The show is accused of misrepresenting the Eelam Tamil community in Sri Lanka and the LTTE organization.

Some people even wanted the show to be banned. According to them, the show contains insults and insinuations against Tamil rebels and also portrayal of Tamil people.

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In this situation, actor Vijay Sethupathi, who plays a special task force officer in the recently released web series Farzi, gives a lead in the series that he might act in the future series of controversial web series Family Man.

In Farzi episode 4, Vijay Sethupathi, who plays Michael, speaks with Ajit (Vijay Vikram Singh) and Puneet (Aritro Rudraneil), who work as computer engineers in the TASC (Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell) of the Family Man web series.

He asks,”Do you have a lighter?” After lighting his cigarette using Ajit’s cigarette, Michael asks,” Is Tiwari (Manoj Bajpayee-lead actor of Family Man) here?”. As Ajith and Puneet work in a secret agency (TASC) and do not want to reveal their identity to a stranger Micheal, they will act as if they do not know Tiwari. Later, Michael departs, telling Puneet, “Tell Tiwari that Michael said hi.”

As the director gives a clear lead, this is a clear indication that Michael (Vijay Sethupathi) already knows Tiwari (Manoj Bajpayee) and will be sharing the screen in the future.

In another episode of Farzi, Tamil actor Udhay Mahesh who plays the role of ‘Chellam Sir’ in Family Man, will give intelligence input to Michael (Vijay Sethupathi) about the right hand of leader of counterfeit currency Mafia.

In another episode, Michael (Vjay Sethupathi) will try to prevent the entry of a ₹20000 crore ‘Super note,’ a type of perfect counterfeit note, into India. Michael will inform his teammates that the counterfeit currency mafia will attempt to bring the ₹20000 crore currency notes into India via Sri Lanka, and that security in Rameshwaram must be increased.

While there are numerous points of entry into India via Tamil Nadu, one must understand why Vijay Sethupathi directed his teammates to beef up security at Rameshwaram. Rameshwaram is the first point of entry for Sri Lankan Tamils fleeing to India as refugees.

Several films have depicted Sri Lankan Tamils as drug smugglers and precious item smugglers, and with the proceeds they used to fund LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) groups. Fringe groups in Tamil Nadu like Naam Tamilar, Tamil Desiya Periyakkam and others have always been opposed to portraying Sri Lankan Tamils as smugglers.

One such movie in which Sri Lankan Tamils were portrayed as smugglers is the actor Dhanush starring ‘Jagame Thanthiram’. In this movie, Sri Lankan Tamils will be shown as smugglers and the proceeds will be used to fight gangsters in the United Kingdom.

The film received criticism from both Indian Tamils and Tamils living abroad for stereotyping Sri Lankan Tamils as smugglers.

And this attempt by Vijay Sethupathi showing Rameshwaram as the entry point of counterfeit currency is seen as the direct attack on Sri Lankan Tamils.

It should also be noted that the Trichy special camp has recently been in the news, as its inmates, particularly Sri Lankan Tamils, have been linked to the international drug mafia, and several inmates have been raided and arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

Vijay Sethupathi And ‘800’ Movie Controversy

The film, titled 800, was marred by controversy due to Vijay Sethupathi’s casting as Muthiah Muralitharan, who is thought to have supported the Sri Lankan government during the civil war with the LTTE.

Following the outrage of Tamil nationalists and a section of Tamil Nadu’s film personalities and politicians, actor Vijay Sethupathi had decided to withdraw from th biopic of the Sri Lankan cricketer.

Though Muthiah Muralitharan tried to explain his case, claiming that he never treated Eelam Tamils with disrespect citing his own Tamil origin, many point to footage and news reports indicating the cricketer’s seemingly supportive stand for Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the island nation’s then President who was the wartime defence secretary, and other remarks made near the end of the civil war.

In Tamil Nadu, film personalities such as Bharathiraja, Ameer, Thamarai, and Cheran, as well as a state minister, Kadambur C Raju, urged Vijay Sethupathi to withdraw from the project “considering Tamil people’s sentiments.”

Several people have questioned Vijay Sethupathi’s ethnicity, as he is from the Telugu-speaking Naidu caste. They claimed that because he is not Tamil, actor Vijay Sethupathi will not understand the feelings of Tamils.

The Hypocrisy

It should also be noted that prior to the release of Farzi, a fan club allegedly affiliated with Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi had posted racist and xenophobic wall posters throughout Madurai district, urging native Tamil Nadu people to boycott North Indians. No clarification or a condemnation came from Vijay Sethupathi.

After the image of anti-North Indian posters went viral in social media, many netizens questioned Sethupathi fans who had pasted anti-North Indian posters, given that their favorite actor is now appearing in a slew of North Indian Hindi films such as Mumbaikar, Jawan, and Merry Christmas.

In addition, Vijay Sethupathi’s new Hindi web series Farzi, in which he co-stars with Shahid Kapoor, has already been released.

So, Vijay Sethupathi will go in search of better opportunities and work with Hindi folks to mint money. Many Tamil people work in different states and different countries.

What if they start to boycott Tamils? Are the anti-North Indian posters a ploy to shift focus away from his controversial portrayal of Tamils?

Vijay Sethupathi’s Quest For A Hit Film

Though Vijay Sethupathi’s films have been marred by controversy, the alleged actor is trying hard to deliver a hit film, as his last hit as the lead actor was ’96,’ which was released in 2018.

His flop films as a lead actor since 2018 include Seethakathi, Sindhubath, Sangatamizhan, Laabam, Thuglaq Darbar, Annabelle Subramanium, Kadaisi Vivasayi, Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal, Maamanithan, and DSP.

These films turned out to be not only financial disasters but also many of them were pathetic in storyline.

Is Vijay Sethupathi deliberately choosing controversial scripts now to find his lost footing?

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Ignorance Or Hit Job? Dravidian Stockist Journos Peddle Misinformation About Repo Rate Hike

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Another Dravidian Stockist journalist spread misinformation about the Repo rate hike, attempting to emotionally provoke people and conceal the DMK’s rate hike affecting textile industries.

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the key policy rate, the repo rate, or the rate at which the RBI lends funds to banks, by 25 basis points to 6.50 percent on Wednesday (9 February 2023) in an effort to contain retail inflation. The RBI decision is expected to increase the cost of all external benchmark-linked (based on the repo rate) loans immediately.

It should be noted that the interest rate cycle is closely related to the economic or trade cycle. In theory, movements in interest rates should mirror the economic cycle. If the economy is growing strongly and inflationary pressures increasing – Central Banks will increase interest rates to slow down the economy and prevent inflation. If the economy enters into recession with falling inflation and rising unemployment – Central Banks will cut interest rates to provide an economic stimulus to try and increase the rate of economic growth.

Following the rate hike, the DMK IT wing and DMK supporters masquerading as journalists spread misinformation about the rate hike. In one such attempt, Puthiya Thalaimurai journalist Niranjan Kumar said, referring to the rate hike, “Let the dream of buying a house remain a dream till the end.”

Lakshmi Subramanian, the senior correspondent of The Week, is the latest Dravidian Stockist journalist spreading misinformation about the Repo rate hike. On Friday, she took to Twitter to spread misinformation about the rate hike. She stated, “The interest rate on a home loan is 11%. You will not have a good life,” and attempted to incite people’s emotions against the BJP.

Though increasing interest rates to control inflation is a normal procedure, and central banks all over the world are doing so, a journalist who should know better is using it as an emotional tool to spread misinformation about rate hikes.

Also, in the United States, which has lower average inflation than India, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates from 0.25% to 4.75%, a 4.5% increase from the low during the COVID pandemic. However, the RBI raised interest rates from 4% to 6.25%, an increase of only 2.25% from the COVID low, demonstrating that the BJP government has effectively controlled inflation in comparison to the US.

During the previous Congress regime, the interest rate hike cycle saw a peak of 9% in July 2008 and 8% in January 2014.

Several users also questioned Lakshmi Subramanian on where she obtained her home loan, as many banks offer home loans starting at 8.5%, raising the question of whether she actually has a home loan or just said it to insinuate hatred against the BJP.

Several users stated that they, too, have a home loan and do not pay the 11% interest rate. Home loans are typically the least expensive of all loans because banks have the authority to seize the property if the borrower defaults. With the RBI Repo rate at 6.25%, the cheapest of all loans, the home loan, cannot be 11%, as stated by Dravidian Stockist journalist Lakshmi Subramanian.

Some Twitter users claimed that Lakshmi Subramanian’s tweet was a ploy to divert attention away from the power tariff hike faced by Tamil Nadu’s textile industry and that the Erode East which is going for the by-election is known for its textile industry. They claimed she tried to save the DMK government, which is facing its first by-election.

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Unchallenged Muslim Representation In AP’s Hindu Majority Constituencies

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In a democracy, everyone has the right to vote regardless of caste, creed, religion and language. But political parties identify voters based on caste and religion to estimate their chances of victory and apply the same formula for the selection of candidates. The ultimate goal of parties is to come into power by making their candidates win.

But in contravention to the above-said political formula in Andhra Pradesh, the two key constituencies where one group has been in the majority for more than 30 years, the minority group is taking over the power, which shows how weak the Majority vote bank is. Though Hindus are the majority in those two assembly constituencies, there is not a Hindu MLA for more than 30 years, and many times, Hindu candidates did not even contest. One is Guntur East Constituency, the closest urban area to the state capital. The other is the Kadapa Constituency, which is also famous as ‘Devuni Gadapa’ (the Entrance of the Tirumala God’s Premises ) in the Rayalaseema region.

K. Sivananda Reddy was elected from the Congress party in 1989 and can be remembered as the last Hindu MLA of the Kadapa Assembly Constituency. In the 1994 and 1999 elections, Telugu Desam Party’s candidate, DR. S.A. Khaleel Basha, was elected MLA. After that, Ahamadulla Mohammad Syed from the Congress party won as MLA in the 2004 and 2009 elections, and Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari from YCP won in the 2014 and 2019 assembly elections successively. In the 2019 assembly elections, only Muslim candidates from significant parties like Telugu Desam and YCP contested this constituency.

The condition of Hindu politicians belonging to significant parties in the Guntur East constituency is even more awful. For the past 37 years, the major parties have not even issued MLA tickets to Hindu candidates in the Guntur East constituency during assembly elections, even though Hindus are in the majority population. The area, which was the Guntur-1 constituency from 1955 to 2009, became the Guntur East constituency with some minor changes through the Parliament and Assembly Constituencies Redistricting Act of 2008.

In the 1983 assembly elections, NT Rama Rao of the Telugu Desam Party offered an MLA ticket to Umar Khan Pathan, and he won that election. Since then, it has become a trend for the main political parties like Congress and TDP to offer tickets to candidates from the Muslim community.

Following the political tradition, in the assembly elections held in 1985, the Telugu Desam Party gave a ticket to Sheikh Syed Saheb, while the Congress fielded Mohammed Jani. Both also stood as MLA candidates from Congress and TDP in the 1989 elections. Mohammed Jani from Congress and Ziauddin from TDP stood as MLA candidates in 1994 and 1999 assembly elections. In the 2004 elections, Sheikh Shubhani of Congress won against Ziauddin of TDP.

In the 2009 assembly elections, the newly formed Praja Rajyam Party adopted the same policy. Like Congress and TDP, their party also fielded a Muslim candidate in the election. In the 2014 election, Maddala Giridhar Rao contested from TDP but was defeated by Mustafa Sheikh of YCP by a narrow margin. The Janasena party, formed in 2019, has also fielded a Muslim candidate in this constituency. Indira Congress candidate Lingamshetty Ishwar Rao, who won against Janata Party candidate Abdullah Khan Mohammad in 1978, is still remembered by the people as the last Hindu MLA of Guntur East Constituency.

 

Clearly, political parties, who estimate their votes caste-wise and religion-wise, field their candidates accordingly to gain political gain and win the elections. But here, in the case of Guntur East and Kadapa assembly constituencies, it is noteworthy that the main parties are not even giving tickets to Hindus, who are in the majority. It is because of their lack of unity as they are divided by party & caste, and as a result, a majority vote bank is not developed.

If this situation continues and the same policy spreads to other assembly and parliament constituencies, there may not be representatives representing Hindus. And Hindus may not have political power. Power aside, at least not the opportunity.

(This article was originally published in Nijam Today and has been republished here with permission.)

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Union Health Minister Exposes DMK MP TR Baalu’s Half-Truths Regarding AIIMS Madurai

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The Union Health Minister once again exposed in parliament the DMK leaders’ false claims about AIIM Madurai.

DMK MP and party’s Parliamentary leader TR Baalu raised questions regarding AIIMS Madurai in the ongoing session of the Parliament.

DMK MP TR Balu asked Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya in his question: “I have two pertinent questions about the Ministry of Health. How many colleges are operating without infrastructure, and how many colleges has the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for but has yet to start?”

While Baalu did not mention ‘Madurai AIIMS’ in his question, Mandaviya assumed he was asking about it because the DMK and its alliance partners in the state have repeatedly claimed that the central government has failed to fulfil its promise to build an AIIMS in Madurai despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone in 2019.

Responding to TR Balu’s question, Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “Politics can be done on any issue. The politics which is being done here are misdirecting from the question regarding Madurai AIIMS. The classes for students at Madurai AIIMS have already begun; just the infrastructure is not present. Why are you giving the wrong information to the people of Tamil Nadu?”

He elaborated on the reasons for the delay and the status of work, saying that the state government did not allot land on time, which has resulted in cost escalation, and that the project was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), but Japanese officials were unable to visit the site for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. He also stated that the Modi government has already allocated ₹1900 crore for the project and that the tendering process is currently underway.

The Health Minister also stated that the DMK MPs were making a hue and cry because he had taken action against colleges which did not have proper infrastructure and faculties.

The video, which includes a Tamil translation of the conversation between Union Health Minister and DMK MP TR Balu, was shared by Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai in order to expose the DMK’s lies about AIIMS Madurai. He criticized DMK saying, “For DMK Partymen, personal business interests always take precedence over public welfare. Hon Minister of Health Thiru @mansukhmandviya avl tears apart the attempt of DMK MP TR Baalu trying to misguide the people of TN, as usual in Arivalayam style!”

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