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CAA हिंसा के आरोपियों को पीस पार्टी ने बताया 'शहीद', काले दिवस के रूप में मनाई बरसी

CAA हिंसा के आरोपियों को पीस पार्टी ने बताया ‘शहीद’, काले दिवस के रूप में मनाई बरसी

हाइलाइट्स: मेरठ में सीएए हिंसा में मारे गए आरोपियों को पीस पार्टी ने दिया शहीद का दर्जा पीस पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं ने हिंसा की बरसी को काला दिवस के रूप में मनाया मारे गए लोगों के परिजनों का आरोप- आज त‍क किसी अधिकारी ने नहीं ली सुध निखिल शर्मा, मेरठमेरठ में एक साल पहले 20 दिसंबर को नागरिकता संशोधन कानून (सीएए) कानून के विरोध में हुई हिंसा का जिन्न एक बार फिर बोतल से बाहर निकल आया है। रविवार को…

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Muslims across Uttar Pradesh said that Hindutva elements were carrying out “deliberate and targeted violence” with a vengeance, more often than not in connivance with and the active participation of the police. The affected people alleged police provocation in several instances.

Naseer Khan and Asif, who own Sameer Mobile Galaxy at South Civil Lines in Meerut, near Meenakshi Chowk, the epicentre of the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, on December 20, gave a detailed account of how the police looked the other way while “tilak dharis” looted their shop in broad daylight. “In view of the prevailing situation, we closed the shop and went home early that day. At around 3:30 p.m., a well-wisher called us to inform us that some goon elements were ransacking the shop. When we rushed to the spot, we saw a mob had broken into our store and was looting mobile handsets and other electronic gadgets. They broke our laptops,” recalled an anguished Naseer Khan. He was in a state of shock at the police’s nonchalant approval of communally motivated attacks. His brother Asif said: “When I pleaded with the policemen to intervene, they beat me. They cooperated with the rioters.”

The brothers have been camping at the Civil Lines Police Station to have a first information report (FIR) registered against the miscreants, many of whom they have identified. The police have refused to entertain any complaint. “They told us that unless we omitted reference to Hindu right-wing groups and mentioned in our complaint that the attackers could not be identified, they would not register an FIR,” said Naseer Khan. He estimated his loss at around Rs.7 lakh.

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Population control bill must to retain Hindu’s majority status: Giriraj Singh - india news

Union Cabinet minister Giriraj Singh repeated his demand for a legislation to control India’s population during an event organized in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Sunday and said that if a law to control the population was not enacted, the Hindus will become minorities in India.Singh, who is known for his strong pro-Hindutva views, however, didn’t spell out the details of this legislation he has proposed on several occasions.“Population control bill is the need of the hour,” he said, and added that some localities in the state of Uttar Pradesh had lost their “Hindu” origin names to “Muslim” ones due to the community’s population increasing faster than that of the Hindus.Singh was addressing hundreds of listeners at the even named ‘Dharm Samvad’ at the Chaudhary Charan Singh University organized in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act by Sanskritik Gaurav Sansthan and Sanskar Bharti.Giriraj Singh said he was not a Hindu hardliner and said ‘Jo kattar hai, unse meri takkar hai’, meaning, “I am opposed to the radicals”. Elaborating further, he said “When I talk about Hindus, people call me a hardliner but when Salman Khurshid (Congress leader) visits Shaheen Bagh (anti-CAA protest site in Delhi led by the Muslims) and talks about Muslims, he is considered a secular.”Singh described the Centre’s move to abrogate Section 370 to take away Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and its separate constitution, as a “correction of the mistakes” made by the previous governments.Referring to monuments built by the Mughals in India, he said, “The Red Fort was built by robbers.”Commenting on the Centre’s decision to amend the citizenship act, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a leader “who cares about the natives of India unlike Nehru who didn’t do much while Indians suffered.”Former dean of the law department of CCS University Chitra Singh, too, addressed the event and claimed the protests at Shaheen Bagh were sponsored by money power.“Women sitting in Shaheen Bagh know nothing about the CAA. They are getting paid to sit there,” she said. Read the full article

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Anti-CAA protests: Lucknow court grants bail to 12, including Sadaf Jafar, Darapuri Priyanka visits families of those who allegedly faced police excesses in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar. Read More : Anti-CAA protests: Lucknow court grants bail to 12, including Sadaf Jafar, Darapuri Courtesy : The Hindu - National

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In Uttar Pradesh, police bias and the scale of violence against the minorities are plumbing new depths

— Harsh Mander, December 30, 2019

Uttar Pradesh is in the throes of what is fast becoming a gravely culpable crime against humanity. It may not be an exaggeration to say that the Chief Minister has declared war on the minority communities of his State, inciting and encouraging his police forces to unleash upon them an unlawful and brutal reign of terror.

It is not as though police bias and violence against the minorities is unusual in communal violence. On the contrary, as I have often maintained, communal violence cannot sustain for more than a few hours unless it is actively encouraged by the state and the police. But it accomplishes this, most of all, by culpable inaction; by deliberately standing by as mobs attack minorities. Often the police inflict grievous hurt on a disproportionately large number of minorities, in firing while dispersing mobs.

But what we are witnessing in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh is the police force itself becoming the riotous lynch mob. I have handled, as district officer, the 1984 anti-Sikh pogrom and the violence resulting from the movement to demolish the Babri Masjid. Since I left the civil service, I worked closely with the survivors of the Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar (U.P.) carnages, and the earlier communal massacres of Nellie (Assam) and Bhagalpur (Bihar). What is unfolding in U.P. is on a scale and with a methodological deliberateness which I have not witnessed so far outside Kashmir and the North-East — touching a highly dangerous new low.

Devastation in Minutes

I walk through many Muslim homes in U.P., my eyes clouding, my heart sinking in shame, witness to their ruin after a rampage of hate by men in uniform. Cars and scooters are overturned and burned, television screens and washing machines smashed, cash and jewellery looted, crockery, even toys shattered, a lifetime of a family’s belongings devastated in minutes, the family inconsolable. I have borne painful witness to these scenes too many times, in 1984, 2002, 2013. The difference in U.P. is that the marauding mob which mercilessly wrecked home after home of its Muslim residents was police personnel in uniform.

The accounts of the families were chillingly similar. Homes of relatively wealthy families were typically selected for the police carnage; probably led there by police informers. Hordes of policepersons would descend on the house, sometimes 40 or even 60 in number. Some included civilians, others did not. They banged and broke down doors. They beat with their batons old people, women, even children, if they tried to block their way, pleading for mercy. They shouted the most vulgar slurs. A frequent taunt was: Here, take the Azadi you ask for.

It is with the same communal war cries that armed policepersons attacked students in Aligarh Muslim University, vandalised mosques, raided a madrassa in Muzaffarnagar, and set fire to shops and businesses owned by Muslim persons.

Thread From the CAA

Many households reported that policepersons said their houses were now “ours”, because the law will ensure that they leave for Pakistan. It was evident that the policepersons commonly believed that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, or CAA, 2019, would complete what the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh regards to be the “unfinished tasks” of Partition — namely forcing Indian Muslims to exit to Pakistan. A senior police official in Meerut is caught on camera asking Muslims to go to Pakistan, and questioning their loyalty to India.

Women and children showed us their baton wounds. Even the very old were not spared. Teenaged boys were among those rounded up by the police and held illegally for days. Government hospitals were unwilling to treat them if they reported that the injuries were inflicted on them by policepersons.

As in most corners of the country, people spilled onto the streets to protest the CAA. It is only in U.P. and coastal Karnataka that these protests have turned violent. At the time of writing, nearly 20 people have died in these protests in U.P. There are reports that in some places, protesters turned violent, although they claim that the rage of the rioters was spurred by police attitude and action.

But the violence by the police against the rioters is entirely disproportionate, without following the prescribed protocol of warning, and gradual escalation of violence. Instead, videos show police shooting above the waist, often in hot pursuit through narrow lanes where there are no protests or crowds.

Most of those who bear the brunt of the attacks are very poor working-class men, whose families insist had nothing to do even with peaceful protests.

Deep Scars

The police registers literally thousands of “unnamed” police complaints in several cities with high Muslim populations. They use this to detain Muslim people at will, and as a weapon to silence anyone who may complain or testify against the police. People are scared to speak to anyone holding a camera, and if they do, they cover their faces. There is an intense sense of terror among the entire Muslim population in urban U.P., the men dreading being charged with grave crimes; the women of attacks to their homes. Large parts of Muslim settlements have emptied out.

Through all of this, there is call for revenge, from the highest political levels, followed by even more brutal police raids and assaults. Muslim people have received notices to pay high damages for alleged destruction of public property (which includes even police batons broken while beating people) — without any judicial finding, as required by law, to prove their responsibility for destroying the properties.

Disturbing Complicity

And as news begins filtering in of the outrage of police rampaging in U.P., the unrepentant Chief Minister issues a triumphalist message of self-congratulation from his official Twitter account: “Every rioter is shocked. Every demonstrator is stunned. Everyone has been silenced after seeing Yogi Adityanath government’s strict actions.”

What U.P. is witnessing is the utter debasement of high public office. Senior civil servants, of the police and magistracy, have most shamefully abdicated their constitutional duties in service to a war of hate launched by the Chief Minister. The war of hate against the minorities in U.P. has shades of what the Kashmiri people have endured for three decades, with security forces raiding and rampaging their homes and beating and rounding up innocents. The Chief Minister hand-picked to lead India’s most populous State, is emerging as as a mascot of hate. He is guilty of nothing short of crimes against humanity — acts deliberately committed as part of a widespread systematic attack directed by a government against an identifiable part of a civilian population.

As the rest of the country is heady with protests against laws and policies which divide people based on their religious identity, the Muslim people of Uttar Pradesh are today wounded — this time almost beyond healing.

Harsh Mander is a human rights worker, writer and teacher

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“How Long Will the World Remain Silent While the ‘World’s Most Wanted Criminal, Fascist, Extremist Modi’s Regime’ Indulges in State Terrorism?”

— Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

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RT @AskAnshul: General Bipin Rawat criticised violence in anti CAA protests Liberals: Who's he to talk about this? Meerut SP Akhilesh N Singh said 'Go to Pakistan' to radicals who were chanting Pakistan Zindabad Liberals: How dare he say that? Freedom of Speech is only for Tukde Tukde Gang

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‘Jungle Raj in UP’ Yogi justifies Police killings

Lucknow: First it was university students, now amidst nationwide protests against the government’s crackdown on civilians protesting against the CAA-NRC-NPR with UP alone accounting for 5 deaths from Meerut, CM Yogi justified police’s action.

“Every rioter is shocked. Every demonstrator is stunned. Everyone has been silenced after seeing Yogi Adityanath government’s strict actions. Do whatever…

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'Go to Pakistan': Meerut cop tells anti-CAA protesters, his senior says 'showed restraint' [ad_1] 'Go to Pakistan': Meerut cop ... #anticaa #cop #meerut #pakistan #protesters #restraint #senior #showed #tells

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CAA protests: Fury, grief grips Meerut after December 20 violence leaves 5 dead https://ift.tt/2Sy7EEQ

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Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Turned Back From Meerut Meerut: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were turned back from Meerut on Tuesday where they had gone to meet the victims of the anti-CAA protests.

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CAA प्रदर्शन-हिंसा में मारे गए लोगों के परिजन से मिलने पहुंचे राहुल-प्रियंका, पुलिस ने वापस लौटाया

चैतन्य भारत न्यूज मेरठ. नागरिकता संशोधन कानून (CAA) के खिलाफ हो रहे विरोध-प्रदर्शन और हिंसा में मारे गए लोगों के परिजनों से मंगलवार को कांग्रेस महासचिव प्रियंका गांधी और पार्टी के पूर्व अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी मिलने पहुंचे। लेकिन दोनों के शहर में प्रवेश करते ही पुलिस ने उनके काफिले को रोक लिया। पुलिस ने उन्हें धारा 144 का हवाला दिया और आगे नहीं जाने दिया। इसके बाद राहुल गांधी और प्रियंका गांधी वापस दिल्ली लौट गए हैं। (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); फोन पर हुई बात और ��ौट गए राहुल-प्रियंका जानकारी के मुताबिक, मंगलवार दोपहर जब राहुल गांधी और प्रियंका मेरठ बॉर्डर पर पहुंचे तो परतापुर थाने के पास ही पुलिस ने उन्हें रोक दिया। इस दौरान पुलिस ने उन्हें धारा 144 का हवाला दिया और किसी राजनीतिक गतिविधि ना करने का हवाला दिया। फिर राहुल ने पुलिस से पूछा कि क्या आपके पास कोई ऑर्डर है? हालांकि, फिर भी उन्हें मेरठ में प्रवेश नहीं करने दिया। जब उन्हें अंदर नहीं जाने दिया तो दोनों नेताओं ने गाड़ी में बैठे हुए ही मृतकों के परिजनों से बात की। दरअसल कांग्रेस नेता इमरान मसूद मेरठ में मृतकों के घर पर ही मौजूद थे। उन्होंने ही राहुल और प्रियंका की बात करवाई। We asked the police if they have any order, they didn't show us any order but they told us to go back: Shri @RahulGandhi #हत्यारी_भाजपा pic.twitter.com/y9rjQikFDz — Congress (@INCIndia) December 24, 2019 मेरठ में चार लोगों की हुई मौत बता दें नागरिकता संशोधन कानून (CAA) को लेकर मेरठ में काफी विरोध-प्रदर्शन हुआ था। इस दौरान काफी ज्यादा हिंसा भी हुई थी जिसमें गाड़ियों की तोड़फोड़ और पत्थरबाजी की गई थी। इसी हिंसा में मेरठ में चार लोगों की मौत हो गई थी। इसके बाद प्रियंका और राहुल मृतकों के परिजनों से मुलाकात करने के लिए मेरठ गए थे। Shri @RahulGandhi & AICC GS Smt. @priyankagandhi were stopped outside Meerut by the Police. They offered to travel in a group of 3 people, however, they were still stopped. They were on the way to meet families of victims of the violent anti-CAA protests in UP. #हत्यारी_भाजपा pic.twitter.com/3i2R5uoMhs — Congress (@INCIndia) December 24, 2019 कांग्रेस ने साधा निशाना जब राहुल और प्रियंका को शहर में प्रवेश नहीं करने दिया तो यूपी कांग्रेस प्रदेश अध्यक्ष अजय कुमार लल्लू ने इसका विरोध किया। उन्होंने कहा कि, 'दोनों नेता परिजनों से मिलने के लिए अकेले जा रहे थे, इस दौरान प्रशासन चाहे तो उन्हें अपनी देखरेख में ले जाता। लेकिन ये प्रशासन कांग्रेस पार्टी से डरती है और इस तरह की बहानेबाजी कर रही है।' ये भी पढ़े... राहुल गांधी ने रेप को लेकर दिया ऐसा बयान, महिला सांसदों ने किया हंगामा, अनिश्चित काल के लिए कार्यवाही स्थगित प्रियंका गांधी के घर में घुसने वाली गाड़ी का पता लगा, कांग्रेस नेता के बेटे की थी कार नागरिकता कानून पर बवाल, विरोध में सत्याग्रह पर बैठी कांग्रेस, सोनिया-राहुल-मनमोहन ने पढ़ा संविधान का प्रस्तावना Read the full article

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Two weeks after anti-CAA violence, kin of Meerut victims still to get autopsy reports - lucknow

The families of two of the five people killed in Meerut in violence during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests on December 20 have accused the authorities of denying them their post-mortem reports.“My family is still struggling to get the report,” said Imran, whose brother, Mohsin, was among the five killed. He added they sought former Congress lawmaker Imran Masood and Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Choudhary’s help but nothing happened.Naushad, uncle of Asif who was also killed in Meerut on December 20, said local police have told them they are yet to get the report in this case too.“We approached our councillor, former councillor, city Congress president and many other leaders over the past 10 days to get the report but nothing happened,” said Naushad’s neighbour, Muhammad Waseem.Meerut city Congress president, Zahid Ansari, said the families of some victims met him to seek his help in getting the reports. “They are living in fear,” he said.Ansari said the kin of five were reluctant in visiting police stations, fearing they could be implicated in false cases. He accused police of depriving citizens of their legal rights and trying to conceal their “wrongdoings”.Some residents alleged police were not providing the reports because all deaths occurred due to bullet injuries and they fear they could face court cases.Anees Ahmad, a lawyer who is part of a Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind panel formed to provide legal aid to people detained in the aftermath of the anti-CAA violence, said police have claimed protesters were using firearms and some people died of bullet injuries. “...it is possible that the post-mortem examination reports may reveal a different story, which is why police are dragging their feet in providing the reports.”Additional director general (Meerut zone) Prashant Kumar said anybody can take post-mortem examination reports through a set procedure. “They should meet the SSPs of their respective districts and demand the post-mortem examination reports.” Read the full article

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Rahul, Priyanka Stopped from Entering Meerut to Meet Kin of Deceased Anti-CAA Protesters Rahul Gandhi said the police did not show them any order for stopping them and told them to return. via Top Politics News- News18.com

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Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra Stopped from Entering Meerut to Meet Kin of Deceased Anti-CAA Protesters

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra Stopped from Entering Meerut to Meet Kin of Deceased Anti-CAA Protesters

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Rahul Gandhi said the police did not show them any order for stopping them and told them to return.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stopped by the police outside Meerut on Tuesday. Meerut (UP):Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were on Tuesday stopped by police from entering Meerut on their way to meet the families of those…