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He has sprinkled salt on our wounds: Kashmiri Pandits slam Ghulam Nabi Azad for exonerating Jihadis for the exodus

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He has sprinkled salt on our wounds: Kashmiri Pandits slam Ghulam Nabi Azad for exonerating Jihadis for the exodus

All India Kashmiri Samaj has condemned the statement of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad who had tried to exonerate the Jihadis for the exodus of Kashmir Pandits by blaming the then governor Jagmohan for the same.


Yesterday, the Congress leader had said that prime minister VP Singh was coerced by the BJP to send Jagmohan as the Governor of the state to facilitate the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley. He appeared to give a free pass to the Islamic jihadis who intimidated and killed scores of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley, forcing them to leave their homeland and become refugees in their own country.

All India Kashmiri Samaj, an organisation of the Kashmiri Pandits living outside Kashmir, has condemned Ghulam Nabi Azad’s statement in a strongly-worded statement. The organisation says that the theory of holding Jagmohan responsible for the exodus was propounded by separatists and Jihadists and their sponsors, as part of a well-though disinformation campaign.


AIKS says that the objective of this campaign is bail out Kashmiri Jihadis and their supporters who actually threw the Pandits out, to shift the blame from Farooq Abdullah government in Jammu & Kashmir and the central government at that time, and also to get support of left / liberal / secular / Congress to give legitimacy to the campaign of Kashmiri Jihadis.

The statement says that Jagmohan was targeted because of his action to clean up the area around Turkman gate of Delhi, which was predominantly habituated by Muslims. Jagmohan was the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi at that time. Blaming him served the purpose of the Congress party, as it helped them to protect their vote bank. And the media bought this theory without questioning, as media is dominated left-liberal elements, AIKS says.

The statement also highlights the fact that Jagmohan had taken charge as governor of the state on 18 January 1990, and he could reach Srinagar on 19th due to poor weather, but the warning to Hindus to leave the state was already issued and a large number of Pandits were already killed by Jihadis before that. When Jagmohan had taken charge of the state after the resignation of Abdullah government, the exodus of the Pandits had already started.

AIKS had said that Azad’s statement has served the purpose of sprinkling salt on their wounds. They have added that no matter how many lies he speaks to serve his narrow political interests, the truth will always prevail.

Amit Shah meets NSA Ajit Doval, other senior security officials, crucial cabinet meet to discuss Kashmir situation tomorrow

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Amit Shah meets NSA Ajit Doval, other senior security officials, crucial cabinet meet to discuss Kashmir situation tomorrow

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is meeting National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Intelligence Bureau chief Arvind Kumar, Research Analysis Wing’s Chief Samant Goel, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other officials today amid a massive security build-up in Kashmir.


Reportedly, the top-level meeting is taking place amidst intelligence reports hinting at Pakistani terrorists making multiple infiltration attempts to launch an attack similar to the one in Pulwama in February.

The Indian security establishment pre-empting a terrorist attack has deployed a large number of security personnel in the state and tourists and pilgrims on Amarnath yatra have been asked to leave Jammu and Kashmir immediately.

The Indian Army has successfully foiled Pakistan Army’s BAT (Border Action Team) attempt on the night of July 31 and August 1, 2019, in the Keran sector, killing at least five to seven intruders.

Meanwhile, a Union Cabinet meeting has been called at the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg at 9:30 AM on Monday to discuss the Kashmir situation.

As Armed Forces take control of security situation in Kashmir, ‘journalist’ Faye D’Souza attempts to demonise them

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As Armed Forces take control of security situation in Kashmir, ‘journalist’ Faye D’Souza attempts to demonise them

As the Indian Armed Forces foil infiltration bids by the Pakistani sponsored Jihadi terrorists, the Indian “liberal-secular” media industry seems to be unhappy about Indian Army’s pre-emptive operations in Jammu and Kashmir.

A tweet by Faye D’souza, a TV ‘news’ show anchor claiming to be ‘journalist’, clearly exposes how secular media will demonise and slander Indian Armed Forces and stand behind the pro-Pakistan Kashmiris, whose only aim is to bleed Indians.

In her tweet, Faye D’souza, who has a complicated relationship with the facts has resorted to fear-mongering by insinuating that there was something terrible happening in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. “Thoughts, prayers and love to the people of Kashmir. You are not alone,” said D’souza, attempting to set a narrative to depict Indian Armed Forces as an aggressor in the state. 


Essentially, such tweets serve the purpose of furthering the Pakistan narrative of projecting the Indian State and the Indian Army as the aggressors in Kashmir. The propaganda that the “crackdown” in Kashmir is against average Kashmiris and not limited to Pakistan sponsored terrorists, stone pelters and infiltrators from the rogue nation is one that is aided by such tweets.

It is not just limited to Faye D’souza alone. Suhasini Haider, a ‘journalist’ at the controversial left-wing newspaper The Hindu, also indulged in misleading people and creating panic in the state of Jammu and Kashmir when she claimed that the Government of India said it cannot protect the Amarnath yatra. Haider twisted the facts pertaining to the recent advisory given by the centre asking Amarnath yatra tourists to move out of Jammu and Kashmir following a security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.


As security forces have been successful in neutralising security threats emanating from Pakistan and within the Kashmir, Suhasini Haider seems to be upset. The frustration within a certain section of journalists is understandable as access to sensitive information has been impossible in the present security apparatus of the state, thanks to Narendra Modi government.

Shockingly, neither of these ‘journalists’ have even posted a single tweet supporting the Indian Armed Forces for carrying out operations in Jammu and Kashmir to neutralise Pakistan sponsored Islamic terrorists.

It is also rather disquieting to know why their heart only bleeds when victims belong to the Muslim community. Interestingly, these ‘journalists’ do not share any sympathy for the Kashmiri Pandits, who have been raped, butchered and subjected to genocide by the same Kashmiris whom they are supporting now.

Pakistan refuses to accept bodies of intruders killed by Indian Army along LOC while trying to infiltrate into India

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Pakistan refuses to accept bodies of intruders killed by Indian Army along LOC while trying to infiltrate into India

Pakistan has refused to accept the bodies of the 5-7 Pakistani intruders who were killed by the Indian Army after they had tried to infiltrate into the country. After a successful operation, the Indian Army had offered Pakistan Army to take over the dead bodies of their five to seven Pakistan BAT army soldiers and terrorists.

The Indian Army had offered to approach the Pakistan Army with a white flag and offered them to take over the dead bodies for last rites of the dead terrorists and Pakistani soldiers.

On Saturday, the Indian Army had successfully foiled the attacks by the Pakistan army’s Border Action Team (BAT) on forwarding post in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, killing at least five to seven Pakistani intruders.

Border Action Teams (BATs) are small units made up of Pakistani special forces and militants who conduct raids across the Line of Control (LoC).

However, this is nothing unusual. Pakistan has in the past too refused to accept the dead bodies of the terrorists and infiltrators. In 2018, Pakistan had refused to accept the bodies of two armed intruders who were killed during a firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Jammu and Kashmir on October 21.

Pakistan following its old line of disowning and refusing to take back its own people had refused to accept the dead bodies of its soldiers during the Kargil war also, even though the Indian Army had offered them to take back the remains of their soldiers.

India had then charged Pakistan with doing “great disservice to the families of their soldiers and to the traditions of armed forces everywhere” by its continuous and callous refusal to accept the bodies of Pakistan Army regulars killed in the Kargil operations.

“It is clear that Pakistan is fully aware of the identities of these bodies but it does not wish to acknowledge this fact as it would immediately expose its army’s involvement in Kargil,” an external affairs ministry spokesperson had said then.

AAP MLA and aide beaten up with slippers during raid on ration shops after being caught allegedly for demanding bribes

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AAP MLA and aide beaten up with slippers during raid on ration shops after being caught allegedly for demanding bribes

A video has surfaced in which AAP MLA Pankaj Pushkar and his aide are seen being assaulted by a group of people led by a lady on the road in Timarpur’s Nehru Vihar area in New Delhi on Saturday. A lady can be seen hitting the MLA and alleging that the MLA was asking for a bribe.

In the video, a person can be heard saying, “Vidhayak ji rishwat lete hue pakde gayen, unke saath mein jo the ……(unclear) mang rahen the”. Roughly translated as (The MLA was caught asking for a ransom, his aides we also asking for …. audio unclear) Meanwhile, a lady can also be heard saying “chor saale”.

The MLA, Pankaj Pushkar who represents the Timarpur Assembly constituency and his officer-in-charge were allegedly attacked during a raid conducted by a team led by Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain on two ration shops.

The video was shared by Akali Dal MLA, Manjinder Singh Sirsa who alleged that the AAP lawmaker was assaulted as he was asking for ransom from the ration shopkeepers.


During a press release, the AAP MLA said, “The incident took place at around 11.30 am when Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain raided two ration shops in the locality.”

“After the team found discrepancies in the ration shop records, the owner and the family members of the shop recklessly beat up MLA Pankaj Pushkar and his office in-charge Devesh Kumar,” the lawmaker added in the release.

A complaint has been filed by Pankaj Pushkar against the people who assaulted him.

This is not the first time an AAP member has been beaten up or assaulted by a mob. The party supremo himself was assaulted on May 4, 2019, by a person in Delhi’s Moti Nagar area during his election roadshow for the Lok Sabha 2019 elections. However, later it was revealed that the assaulter was an AAP supporter.

In 2014, too, Kejriwal was attacked several times when he was campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections.

A few months ago, Kejriwal was attacked with chilli powder. However, the lawyer of the accused person had stated that the attack was orchestrated by AAP leaders. Recently, rumour had surfaced on social media that Arvind Kejriwal has been beaten up by his own MLAs in his residence.

Irshad goes on Kanwar Yatra with Hindu friends, Muslims say ‘against religion’, thrash him and his father

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Irshad goes on Kanwar Yatra with Hindu friends, Muslims say ‘against religion’, thrash him and his father

In a shocking incident, Muslim youth Irshad, a resident of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh was beaten black and blue by his own community members after he had joined his Hindu friends for Kanwar Yatra.


Reportedly, Irshad had attended the Kanwar Yatra along with his Hindu friends. He had travelled to Haridwar and returned to a Lord Shiva temple in his village to offer the holy water he had brought from river Ganga. This was not the first time that Irshad had participated in such Kanwar yatras. The locals have confirmed that he has been taking part in Kanwar Yatra from a long time now.

As he returned back from Kanwar yatra to his village Badka of Baraut tehsil in Baghpat, he was allegedly beaten and his family was attacked by a group of people. On Wednesday night, a group of men reached Irshad’s house in Barka village and began assaulting him. When his father Ikramuddin tried to intervene, he was attacked as well. Both Irshad and his father have sustained severe injuries in the attack.

“I had gone to Haridwar to get water, when I came back, people of my community objected, saying it is the against religion,” said victim Irshad.

According to reports, workers of Hindu Jagran Manch reached Baraut Police Station in the Baghpat district and filed a complaint in the matter demanding strict action against the perpetrators.

The Police has filed an FIR against a Muslim man named Zakir Ahmad under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) 452 (House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint).

Meanwhile, Ramanand Kushwaham DSP of Baghpat said, “There was no issue of Kanwar or bringing water, it was a personal dispute between neighbours. A complaint about brawl has been received, the case is being registered.”

Last year, a similar incident had occurred in Baghpat after a Muslim man named Babu Khan was brutally assaulted at a local mosque by Muslim community after he had participated in the ongoing Kanwar Yatra and offered water to Lord Shiva.

Honey trapping job? Pakistan’s ‘military owned’ media house looks for ‘females’ to ‘attract and communicate’ on Social Media

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Honey trapping job? Pakistan’s ‘military owned’ media house looks for ‘females’ to ‘attract and communicate’ on Social Media

The Pakistan Army has long deployed less than admirable methods to bleed India with a thousand cuts. From funding and supporting terror activity in Kashmir, to engaging in spreading propaganda and misinformation on social media and in the mainstream media at large. It has often been seen that Pakistan has also indulged in ‘honey trapping’ officers of the Indian Army in attempts to extract information from the soldiers.

Now, a curious job opening seemed to be posted on the website of the Fatima Jinnah Women University. The requirements of the job were rather curious.

To quote from the website, the job posting said, “Military owned media house is looking for a Social Media Specialist (FEMALE) to attract and interact with targeted virtual communities and networks users”. 

When checked, the official website of Fatima Jinnah Women’s University indeed has this unique job opening posted on their official page.

There are two aspects of this job posting that are interesting.

  1. That Pakistani Army owns a media house
  2. They want a ‘female’ Social Media Specialist to ‘attract and interact’ with ‘targeted virtual communities’ and ‘network users’.

While the rest of the requirements are rather mundane, it is intriguing that a “media company” owned by the Pakistan Military in conducting this exercise.

Firstly, it is hilarious in itself that a media company would be owned by an Army. The Pakistan Army seems to indulge in all activities other than soldiering for their nation. The Army in Pakistan has massive commercial interests ranging in billions of dollars, from running media houses to manufacturing breakfast cereal.

Secondly, considering Pakistan’s history in indulging in ‘honey-trapping’, the job opening posted by the university for a military-run media house becomes even more significant. The keywords used in the job opening appear to fit the bill for the same.

Honey-trapping in an enemy exercise where the enemy nation tries to lure Army officers with catfish accounts or female accounts on social media, or otherwise, into a relationship. Thereafter, they subtly proceed to extract sensitive information that can then be used by the enemy nation against the target nation.

Recently, Army Jawan Ravinder Kumar Jadav was arrested by the police for leaking sensitive information to ISI. He was allegedly honey-trapped by a woman who posed as a captain in the nursing corps of Indian Army. The woman was suspected to be an agent of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and had reportedly honey-trapped at least two personnel and an army aspirant in the last 15 months.

The investigation had revealed that this woman had approached the men she trapped on Facebook through fake profiles. The suspected ISI agent used Indian numbers for WhatsApp through which she interacted with the three men.

Recently, the Indian Army had identified 100 men who they suspected had already been compromised and had passed on sensitive information to ISI after getting honey-trapped. These men were put under intense surveillance.

The Army believes there is a pro-active enemy conspiracy to use social media to profile, segregate and trap personnel in uniform and seek details which compromise national security.

Recently, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat had instructed Army personnel to exit WhatsApp groups. In view of the recent reports of a woman linked to Pakistan’s ISI agency luring and honey-trapping Army personnel, the Army has brought in measures to regulate the use of social media.

While ISI and the Pakistan Army indulges in regular propaganda, this job posting on the website of the Fatima Jinnah Women University, which is funded by the Punjab Government (Pakistan) might just be another attempt at recruiting women for honey-trapping Indian officers.

Indian Army offers Pakistan to accept dead bodies of infiltrators killed along the LOC, Pakistan yet to respond

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Indian Army offers Pakistan to accept dead bodies of infiltrators killed along the LOC, Pakistan yet to respond

On Saturday, the Indian Army had successfully foiled the attacks by the Pakistan army’s Border Action Team (BAT) on forwarding post in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, killing at least five to seven Pakistani intruders. After a successful operation, the Indian Army has now offered Pakistan Army to take over the dead bodies of their five to seven Pakistan BAT army soldiers and terrorists, who were killed by Indian Army after they had tried to infiltrate into the country.

The Indian Army has offered to approach the Pakistan Army with a white flag and offered them to take over the dead bodies for last rites of the dead terrorists and Pakistani soldiers. However, the Pakistani Army is yet to respond.

Border Action Teams (BATs) are small units made up of Pakistani special forces and militants who conduct raids across the Line of Control (LoC).

The Indian Army had launched a counter-attack against Pakistan Border Action Team (BAT) near Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir. During the operation, at least four bodies belonging to Pakistan Army’s Special Service Group (SSG) commandos or terrorists were seen in close proximity of an Indian post in the sector.  The Indian Army had continued its search operations and attempts to recover these bodies.

Indian Army foils infiltration bids by Pakistan, Bofors deployed at LOC to counter misadventures by the rogue state

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Indian Army foils infiltration bids by Pakistan, Bofors deployed at LOC to counter misadventures by the rogue state

The Indian Army has been put on a high alert to crush any Pakistani infiltrations along the Line of Control (LOC). The Indian Army has deployed Bofors howitzers to counter any misadventures by Pakistan army to push in infiltrators.

“Bofors guns have been used to hit at military targets inside the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) where terror camps are being aided and abetted by the Pakistan Army,” sources in the Army said.

According to the reports, the Army officials have said calibre escalation does take place during such ceasefire violations where each side aims to ensure its moral ascendancy and domination over the LOC.

“However, the Indian Army ensures that targets are only military and terrorists who are supported by the Pakistan Army,” they said.

Indian Army has successfully foiled Pakistan Army’s BAT (Border Action Team) attempt on the night of July 31 and August 1, 2019, in the Keran sector, killing at least five to seven intruders.

“In the last 36 hours, there have been a number of attempts by Pakistan to disturb peace in the Valley and target Amarnath yatris. A Border Action Team (BAT) attempt was made on one of the forward posts in Keran sector,” said a statement issued by the Army.

Reportedly, four bodies possibly of Pakistan SSG commandoes or maybe some of the terrorists, have been seen on own side of Line of Control in close proximity of Indian posts. The Indian Army has continued search operations and attempts to recover bodies are being continuously interfered by Pakistan troops deployed in the area.

“These activities by Pak establishes Pak’s complicity to terror activities and disrupt peace in J&K. In the last 36 hours, Pakistan has desperately attempted to revive terrorism and push terrorists from JeM and other groups”, an official said.

KP genocide: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad exonerates jihadis, peddles the “Governor Jagmohan did it” theory

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KP genocide: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad exonerates jihadis, peddles the “Governor Jagmohan did it” theory

Congress has often displayed its unmitigated disdain for the Kashmiri Pandit (KP) community living in exile in their own country for almost 3 decades now. Congress has, in the past, outrightly denied the KP exodus and held pusillanimity of the community responsible for their own eviction from the state of Jammu of Kashmir.

Today, amidst the chaos gripping the valley, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad stirred a hornet’s nest by making a controversial remark demeaning the sacrifices made by the exiled KP community. Azad stated that the then Prime Minister of the country, VP Singh was coerced by the BJP to send Jagmohan as the Governor of the state to facilitate their exodus.


Azad appears to give a free pass to the jihadis who intimidated and killed scores of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley. These jihadis were primarily responsible for the migration of the KP community.

Kashmiri Pandits who lived tell the tale say that provocative slogans such as “We want Kashmir, without the men but with KP women” and others were raised by the instigators against the KPs to instill fear among them. This consequently forced them to flee the ancestral land where they had been living for centuries. Kashmiri Pandits were accosted by these jihadis, their homes ransacked and their women raped and men murdered.

The militant cadres of Pakistani based terror groups, JKLF, Hizbul and members of local militia actively participated in hunting down the Kashmiri Pandit residents in the Valley as large sections of local population extended their support to the Jihadis targeting the KPs. A systematic attempt to effect demographic change in the valley was in progress as Kashmiri Pandits were ruthlessly eliminated from the very land they belonged.

There are countless first-hand accounts of the organised genocide being meted out on Pandits available on the Internet. In one such account, genocide survivor Vikas Raina lays bare his horrendous gut-wrenching tale of how masked Jihadis pumped 12 bullets into his father’s chest just because they were Kashmiri Pandits.

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Amidst such an agonising turmoil, it was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Jagmohan Malhotra’s timely intervention that saved lives of lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits by rescuing them from the Valley besieged by zealots baying for their blood to the safer places in other parts of India. Jagmohan is hailed by many Kashmiri Pandits for evacuating them and their remaining family members from the Valley that was gradually descending into the clutches of Islamic militancy.

However, Ghulam Nabi Azad proceeded to undermine the tragedy befell upon the Kashmiri Pandits by holding their saviour in the dock. By saying that Jagmohan was responsible for the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, Azad not only exonerates the Jihadis of their horrifying crimes but also insults the tribulations endured and sacrifices made by the Kashmiri Pandits.

This is not the first time that Azad has expressed his contempt for the hardships suffered by Kashmiri Pandits. According to journalist Aditya Raj Kaul, in 2014 GN Azad prodded him to ask him about Jagmohan, just to slam the BJP.


The incident demonstrates the blithe insensitivity Azad attaches to the matter of Kashmiri Pandits’ exodus. A profoundly traumatising experience of a community that was deliberately targeted and evicted was reduced to a petty political issue by Azad. For Azad, the significance of the entire KP exodus incident lies in slamming the BJP for insisting Jagmohan’s appointment as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir while turning a blind eye to the atrocities committed by Jihadis in connivance with a substantial section of the local population.

By holding Jagmohan accountable for the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, Azad attempts to cast the hero of the incident as a villain while exculpating the real culprits who perpetrated unimaginable enormities on Kashmiri Pandits and dragooned them to fled their dwellings. Azad considers the sanguinary genocide a myth as he continues to deny its occurrence.  Azad had previously uttered that Kashmir is a paragon of communal harmony, effectively whitewashing the Kashmiri Pandit genocide and encouraging the Islamic militancy in the Valley that endeavours to see Jammu and Kashmir as Islamic entity seceded from India.

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