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A potential political masterstroke? Union Cabinet approves 10% reservations for economically weaker sections: Reports

K Bhattacharjee
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A potential political masterstroke? Union Cabinet approves 10% reservations for economically weaker sections: Reports

The Narendra Modi government has potentially conducted a political ‘surgical strike’ after its losses in the Assembly Elections in 2018. As per reports, the Union Cabinet has approved 10% reservations for the economically weaker sections among the Upper Castes in government jobs and education.


The proposition would require a constitutional amendment to increase the cap on reservations to 60% from 50%. The government reportedly plans to bring an amendment in the Parliament tomorrow.

Although some reports suggest that the 10% reservations will be for people from the General category, thus indicating that it will be open to people from all religions, the overwhelming consensus appears to be that only Upper Castes will be eligible for it.

The move by the NDA government gathers special significance as it was widely speculated that Upper Caste anger over the SC/ST Act amendment bill led to BJP’s downfall in Madhya Pradesh. It was speculated that Upper Caste disenchantment with the BJP led to its demise in the state.

The move for 10% reservations is likely to woo back people from the Upper Castes who had deserted the party. Their support will be absolutely essential to secure a victory in the elections this year.

Reservations for Upper Castes has been demanded in the past by other political parties as well. BSP supremo Mayawati has also demanded reservations for the poor among Upper Castes in the past.

There is another speculation that has been doing the rounds that the Samajwadi Party and the BSP decided not to form a pre-poll alliance with the Congress so that ‘Janeudhari Hindu’ Rahul Gandhi’s party could cut into the BJP’s Upper Caste vote. Now that the BJP has moved for 10% reservations for them, it will be interesting to see the extent to which this political move succeeds.

If the reservations are announced by BJP, the Congress party would be caught in a very difficult position. It cannot oppose the move because if it does, it will lose the Upper Caste vote and if it supports, the BJP will still gain from it. From the perspective of politics alone, it is a potential masterstroke by the BJP.

The move for reservations for poor people from the Upper Castes also reveals what we can expect from the BJP in the next few months. In his interview to ANI, Prime Minister Modi exalted the contributions of the middle class towards the development of the nation. The middle class is another section of the population that is believed to be disenchanted with the BJP.

Narendra Modi had listed all the schemes and policies that his government had undertaken to benefit the middle class. But again, words are unlikely to sufficient in themselves. Therefore, it appears extremely likely that in the next few months, we can expect the NDA government to announce concrete benefits to woo back the middle-class voters.

With this move, we are finally reaching the slog overs of political drama. BJP President Amit Shah has time and again emphasized the importance of the 2019 General Elections for the BJP and it appears the government will now go all out to ensure its victory.

P Chidambaram being interrogated by ED in INX media case

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P Chidambaram being interrogated by ED in INX media case

Former Union Mister and Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram is being questioned today by the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged involvement in the INX media money laundering case. He was also questioned by the agency in the same case on December 19 last year for eight hours.

According to reports, the Congress veteran leader appeared at the ED’s office at around 11 am today.


Last month, the Delhi High Court had extended the interim protection to Chidambaram from arrest and granted anticipatory bail ’till January 15. However, he was instructed by the court to cooperate with agencies in the case.

Both P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram are accused in the INX Media scam which involves charges of bribery and lobbying in granting foreign investments worth Rs 300 crores to INX Media. INX Media was later known as NewsX, it was owned by Peter and Indrani Mukherjee of the sensational Sheena Bora murder case. ED had initiated a probe on the basis of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s FIR. Chidambaram is accused of misusing his power as the finance minister to grant INX Media an FIPB clearance.

Karti was arrested by agencies last year in February for allegedly lobbying for the Mukerjees, in order to get FIPB clearance from Finance Ministry, which at the time was under his father. The ED had also attached properties and bank deposits of Karti Chidambaram worth around Rs.54 crores in connection with the case, in October last year.

Meanwhile, the CBI and other agencies are also probing a similar case involving Chidambaram and his son, the Aircel-Maxis scam. The CBI is probing alleged irregularities in grant of FIPB approval in Aircel-Maxis deal, while the ED is probing alleged money-laundering related to the deal.

Purushartha means manhood? Dear Liberals, it’s time you rise above your mickey

K Bhattacharjee
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Purushartha means manhood? Dear Liberals, it’s time you rise above your mickey

In another case of remarkable incompetence by the mainstream media, The Telegraph has claimed that Union Minister Smriti Irani questioned Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s “manhood”.

In reality, however, Irani said no such thing at all. She said that BJP President Amit Shah had reached his position through his own ‘Purushartha’ while Rahul Gandhi became the President of his party due to his mother’s blessings. The Telegraph translated ‘Purushartha’ as ‘manhood’.

The Telegraph just misinterpreted the Hindi word ‘purusharth’ which means hard work, to manhood! And anyone with minimal knowledge of Hinduism is aware that ‘Purushartha’ does not mean manhood but quite literally refers to the “objects of human pursuit” or the goals in life. In Hindu philosophy, there are four Purusharthas: Dharma (righteousness, duties), Artha (economic prosperity), Kama (pleasure, love) and Moksha (transcendence from the cycle of death and rebirth). Smriti Irani, quite clearly, means that Amit Shah became the BJP President through his own personal conduct and the dedication through which he has pursued the goals in life while Rahul Gandhi owes his position to the dynasty.

It just shows that the elitists in The Telegraph not only know the basics of Hindu but are so detached from the cultural ethos of the Indian nation that they fail spectacularly to translate even a word as well known as ‘Purushartha’.

The Telegraph, it appears, is far too engrossed with genitalia and sexual connotations, consistent with liberals at large. A certain Bollywood actress could not look beyond her vagina, Lutyens have oversimplified the complex rituals of Sabarimala and claim the traditions is just about menstruation and now we have The Telegraph which translates ‘Purushartha’ to ‘manhood’.

It’s unsurprising considering the fact that in the world of liberalism, liberation has become synonymous with sexual freedom and gender. Sexuality has become such an intrinsic part of the ideology that liberals start finding sexuality and gender identity in things that has absolutely nothing to do with it.

For instance, when the Army Chief said the circumstances were not conducive for women in combat roles, he implied that there are certain logistical issues that have to be dealt with first. But all the media could see was discrimination against women on the basis of gender.

The obsession with sexuality has reached a point where the entirety of the crux of liberal ideology is based on sexual freedom and gender identity. The reason why The Telegraph translated something as sacred as “Purushartha” as manhood is because sexuality is all they can think about. They cannot look beyond it, their very political identity depends on it.

There are consequences of such an obsession with sexuality and sexual freedom of course. There comes a point when you do not know where to draw the line. For instance, there was this journalist who argued that bestiality should be legalized as homosexuality has been. Then, of course, there are liberals who believe the demonization of paedophilia infringes upon the ‘sexuality of children’ and oppresses paedophiles. Such things are bound to happen when sexuality is the central focus of your existence. According to the liberal worldview, unless you are at liberty to have sex with goats without any consequences, you are just not free enough.

And of course, we have liberals like Ashok Swain who are using such atrocious translation to attack the Union Minister. And in the process, they are making extremely sexist and disgusting remarks.


The innuendos in Swain’s tweet is not lost on anyone. But liberal feminists will ignore it, tolerate it and even participate in it as Smriti Irani is a conservative woman who does not buy into their madness.

Such an obsession with sexuality has far more terrible consequences than a mere mistake in translation. For instance, as we have reported earlier, an eleven-year-old ‘drag-kid’ was dancing at a gay bar and men were throwing money at him. Of course, we cannot help but feel disgusted by it. But in the liberal world, the child is merely ‘expressing’ his real identity.

The Telegraph would perhaps have not made that mistake had liberals been a little less obsessed with sexuality. Translating ‘Purushartha’ as manhood is frankly extremely embarrassing.

We have documented The Telegraph’s incompetence in the past as well. In August last year, the propaganda outlet had published a report with a headline that suggested that the victim of mob lynching, a Kanwariya, was actually the perpetrator. Then, the outlet twisted Narendra Modi’s travel expenses without even comparing it adequately with Manmohan Singh’s. The outlet has spread misinformation about Smriti Irani in the past as well.

Jamshedpur : Violent clashes between two groups after a child’s kite fell in Muslim area

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Jamshedpur : Violent clashes between two groups after a child’s kite fell in Muslim area

A bizarre incident of intolerance was reported by Dainik Bhaskar, from Burma Mines area in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in which a small fight between children over a kite took a communal shift. Two factions came face to face pelting stones at each other, reportedly, damaging over half a dozen mud houses in the area and injuring over fourteen people including women.

The incident took place over an argument two days earlier in which a child living in the Burma Mine Seva Ashram went to the Muslim Basti to acquire his kite which had fallen in that area. Another child, dwelling in the Muslim basti got into an argument with the previous child over the kite. One of the children tore the kite in rage. This led to a tiff between the two. In an attempt to defend their children, the respective families got into an altercation.

Due to police intervention, though the differences between the families appeared to be sorted, two days later the quarrel resurfaced and took an ugly diversion. The respective communities got into a brawl, damaging properties, pelting stones and injuring several in the process.

As per the report, incidents of communal outrage are not new in the Burma Mines area of Jamshedpur. Previously too, several such incidents have been reported from this area. People from both communities regularly file police complaints against each other.

Sanjay Bhandari, Christian Michel and Eurofighter: Time Rahul Gandhi answers why he is really against the Rafale Deal

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Sanjay Bhandari, Christian Michel and Eurofighter: Time Rahul Gandhi answers why he is really against the Rafale Deal

For a long time now, Rahul Gandhi has been asking questions on the Rafale deal. He has been asking why Modi has given Anil Ambani ₹1,30,000 crore / ₹1,00,000 crore / ₹ 30,000 crore, which is obviously false as Reliance share in offset business in Rafale deal is only around ₹800 crore. He is asking why Reliance with no experience in aviation has got the Rafale deal which is also wrong because Reliance is not making the jet or any of its parts. All the questions the Congress president is asking the government are based on pure fiction, with no basis in truth. But now the time has come to reverse the table, and for Rahul Gandhi to answer some questions himself.

The question that Congress must answer is what is the real reason behind Rahul Gandhi opposing the Rafale deal? The Rafale jet was selected by the previous Congress government after an extensive evaluation, there is no question about the quality of the product being purchased, there is not even any allegation that Dassault paid bribes to win the deal, which is usually the case with defence deals from Bofors to AgustaWestland, then why this relentless attack on the deal?

In the past week, the government has made some serious allegations on why Rahul Gandhi is attacking the Rafale deal. On January 2, while participating in the debate on Rafale in Lok Sabha, Arun Jaitley had said that “there is a speciality about UPA in decision making, that is if the aircraft being selected is not the one whose commerce you have dealt with, then delay the transaction, make it impossible”. At another point, when Congress MPs were flying paper planes in the house, Jaitley said that this is being done in memory of the Eurofighter deal. With these comments, the finance minister was clearly hinting that while the bidding process for the MMRCA was going on during the UPA government, a parallel backroom deal was going on with Eurofighter for probable bribes. Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon had entered the final round of bidding, among the initial 6 contenders, but eventually, Rafale was selected in 2012 on technical parameters.

Earlier also, there were rumours that Rahul Gandhi had met Eurofighter officials during one of his trips to Europe. This was just before Rahul Gandhi started making allegations over the Rafale deal.

Indian Air Force needed new fighters on an urgent basis due to depleting squadron numbers. The process for purchasing 126 MMRCA had started in 2007, Rafale was finally selected as the winner in 2012, but still, no contract was signed by the government with Dassault for the purchase of the jets. Why it was not done? Was there attempts to scuttle the deal and award the contract to Eurofighter? It is time Rahul Gandhi answers these questions.

The new developments in the AgustaWestland bribery investigation have made these questions even stronger. According to reports, two middlemen who received kickbacks in the VVIP chopper deal also strategised for Eurofighter in the MMRCA deal. A document recovered during the raids at Italian middleman Guido Haschke’s residence and offices has revealed that Christian Michel and Guido Haschke were working on a plan to ensure that Eurofighter wins the deal to supply 126 aircraft to India and scuttle the Rafale deal. The middlemen had discussed the need to engage a bureaucratical and political navigator in India, which was a requirement to win defence deals during the long history of Congress rule in India. It says that the person to be engaged must be close to Defence ministry, key bureaucrats and the minister, the prime minister, the finance minister, and the Leading Family. Apart from talking about engaging with bureaucrats and politicians, the document also suggests lobby with three Air Force officials.

This is the second scam where the name of a Family has emerged. In the AgustaWestland case, a note found with Christian Michel mentions that “Fam” was paid  €15-16 million, in a scribbled list with other abbreviations like “AP”, “Pol”, “Bur”, “DG Acq”, “AF” etc. During the interrogations, Christian Michel has taken the names of “Mrs Gandhi” and “the son of the Italian lady”. The link between Michel and the Gandhi family and other leaders in the Congress party is well known and goes back to decades. In fact, Christian Michel’s father Wolfgang Max Richard Michel was a consultant for AgustaWestland for the Indian territory, and he was close to the Gandhi family. According to CBI, Wolfgang knew Indira Gandhi since 1970s. Christian got the contracts in Indian establishment, including the ‘leading family’, thought his father.

As the probable involvement of ‘the family’ in these deals is not enough, there is another angle, the involvement of defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari, who is close to Robert Vadra. During a raid by Income Tax department, sensitive defence ministry documents were found at his offices. Bhandari is currently living in the UK, while he is wanted by authorities in India. According to reports, a file related to the purchase of 126 jets had gone missing from the defence ministry and it was later found on the road. It is alleged that Bhandari had stolen the file. It is alleged that Bhandari used to photocopy crucial files and passed on to defence contractors that he had links with.

These new revelations point towards a vested interest in Rahul Gandhi trying to scuttle the Rafale deal. In fact, even after Rafale was selected as the winner of the bid, then defence minister A K Anthony wanted the selected of Rafale as lowest bidder to be re-examined. Arun Jaitley has said that there was tremendous pressure on A K Anthony to cancel the Rafale deal.

Why the deal was frozen after the Rafale was selected in a long process which started and ended when Congress was in power. Was defence minister A K Anthony pressurised to scuttle the deal? Is the attack on Rafale influenced by Eurofighter? Rahul Gandhi must answer these questions.

Rajasthan: 2 cow smugglers arrested and 2 are on run as a pickup vehicle carrying 4 cows seized

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Rajasthan: 2 cow smugglers arrested and 2 are on run as a pickup vehicle carrying 4 cows seized

The Rajasthan Police has seized a vehicle carrying four cows while it was on its way from Dotana to Jaroli in Rajasthan. Tijara Police arrested two cow smugglers while the other two managed to flee away. On Sunday morning at around 11:30 am, police head constable Mohanlal and Vijay Singh acting on the specific information put a blockade at a short distance past the Jaroli bus-stand. After a while, a pick-up car carrying 4 cows emerged which was stopped by the police and the cattle rescued.

Speaking to OpIndia, the police confirmed that while the two sitting in the cabin were arrested, the other two jumped in the adjoining fields and ran away. The police rescued 2 adult cows and 2 calves from the pick-up car. The cattle were reportedly being smuggled to Haryana. The two caught were identified as Rakesh Meghwal (300 and Ramchandra Meghwal (50) from Rewadi and Kotkasim districts respectively. On interrogation, the two revealed that the cattle were being smuggled from the Kotkasim to an abattoir in Haryana for slaughter.

The other two who are absconding in the case were identified as Khalil and Bicchi from Jaroli district. As the head-constable Mohanlal stopped the pick-up car for questioning, Khalil and Bicchi allegedly jumped in the nearby field and escaped the place of incident. Police have filed an FIR under section 5, 6 and 8 of the Rajasthan Bovine Animal Act against Ramchandra, Rakesh and the remaining 2 absconders. Police are on a lookout for them. The rescued cows and calves were sent to a Gaushala.

In December 2018, a similar case of cow smuggling and slaughter had surfaced. In the Tijara area of Alwar district, police raided Nisar named man’s house in the Arandka village and recovered flesh and skin of the cows. The police found 4-5 suspects in the nearby field sprinting away. When police went there they found about 20-22 kgs of beef lying down and cowhide of 5-6 cows from the well in the nearby field.

Alwar region in Rajasthan forms part of Mewat region which cuts across Rajasthan and Haryana. We have earlier reported that Mewat is a hotbed of organised crime, cattle smuggling, illegal Rohingyas and mob violence.

Patna High Court rejects Tejashwi Yadav’s petition challenging the govt’s order to vacate his bungalow

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Patna High Court rejects Tejashwi Yadav’s petition challenging the govt’s order to vacate his bungalow

The Patna High Court has rejected RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s petition challenging the Bihar government’s order to vacate the bungalow that was allotted to him when he was appointed the Deputy Chief Minister of the state during the Mahagathbandhan government. Tajashwi has been claiming that it is a case of a political vendetta by the current Bihar government.


A division bench of Chief Justice A.P. Sahi and Justice Anjana Mishra rejected his appeal challenging the order of a judge dated 6th of October, 2018. The single-judge order had rejected Tejashwi’s appeal against the government order to vacate his bungalow.

Last month, authorities had reached the bungalow to carry out the eviction order amidts opposition of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s party. The Police were greeted with a poster when they reached the bungalow for eviction. The poster stated that the matter is currently being heard in the Court and therefore until a judgment is delivered, no action should be taken by the administration in this regard.

Leaders of the current BJP-JD(U) government in Bihar have asserted that Tejashwi must vacate the bungalow as he is no longer the Deputy CM. Now that the Patna HC has given its verdict on the matter, it appears that Tejashwi has no choice but to vacate the bungalow.

Rahul Gandhi’s propaganda busted: HAL says ‘orders in advance stages’ and ‘cash position expected to improve’

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Rahul Gandhi’s propaganda busted: HAL says ‘orders in advance stages’ and ‘cash position expected to improve’

Amidst the cacophony of lies spouted by Rahul Gandhi over the Rafale deal, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Sunday, came out with a clarification, putting all speculations to rest. HAL took to Twitter to assert that ‘the orders for 83 light combat aircraft and 15 light combat helicopters were in ‘advanced stages’.

In the middle of reports suggesting that HAL was forced to borrow money to pay salaries to its employees, the state-run aerospace major clarified that it had taken an overdraft of Rs 962 crores to meets its current requirements and that, with the anticipated collection up to March, its cash position is expected to improve.


With this one Tweet, HAL seems to have busted two lies that were doing the rounds and were being used by Rahul Gandhi to target the Modi government.

On January 6th, Times of India had published a report that said not a single rupee had accrued to HAL of the Rs. 1 lakh crores that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had spoken about in the parliament. Rahul Gandhi proceeded to use that report to target the Modi government.


Rahul asserted that the Raksha Mantri had lied in Parliament to “defend PM’s Rafale lie”. However, in this regard, Nirmala Sitharaman came all guns blazing with documentary proof.

Nirmala Sitharaman retaliated to Rahul’s tweet by tweeting that he should “start from ABCs” and read the complete report before commenting on it. She furthered “It’s a shame that the president of @INCIndia is spreading lies and misleading the country. HAL has signed contracts worth Rs 73,000 crore are in the pipeline. Will @RahulGandhi apologise to the country… and resign?”

In order to back her claims, Sitharaman also put out details of the contract awarded to HAL since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014.


Interestingly, even in the screenshot shared by Rahul Gandhi, it is clearly mentioned that the projects are in the “pipeline”. When the projects are indeed in the pipeline, one must ask not only Times of India but even Rahul Gandhi how the money can accrue to HAL before the projects have been passed.

HAL, in its tweet, has clarified the same asserting that orders for LCA Mk1 A (83) & LCH (15) are in advanced stages.

Another report had claimed that HAL had taken a Rs. 1000 crores loan to pay salaries and that the PSU is suffering from a lowest cash crunch in 17 years. Rahul Gandhi quoted that news and against trained his guns against the Modi government. He asserted that Anil Ambani has Rafale while HAL’s best engineers and scientists have no money for salaries.


HAL responded in its tweet saying that it had drawn and overdraft of Rs. 962 crores to meet immediate needs and the situation was expected to get better.

Rahul Gandhi has failed to realise that when he relegates every issue of HAL to the Rafale deal, he scores a self-goal considering during the Congress regime, Dassault deal had not gone through at all. HAL has been struggling for the longest time and Mallikarjun Kharge led PAC has itself said that HAL has problems with inefficiency. Perhaps, after decades of being in power, Rahul Gandhi would do well to question what his government did for HAL rather than questioning the signed contracts worth 26570.8Cr (Between 2014 and 2018) and contracts worth 73000Cr are in the pipeline during the Modi regime.

Son of senior Congress leader arranged kickbacks, Christian Michel maybe charged under Official Secrets Act: Report

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Son of senior Congress leader arranged kickbacks, Christian Michel maybe charged under Official Secrets Act: Report

AgustaWestland’s alleged middleman Christian Michel, who is currently under judicial custody and is being interrogated by CBI and ED, might be charged under the Official Secrets Act, a report in the Economic Times has stated.

On Saturday, the Enforcement Directorate, which has interrogated Michel during the 14-day custody, had produced him in court. Seeking his judicial custody to be extended, the probe agency had submitted that Michel may flee if released.

The Patiala House Court has extended his judicial custody remand till February 26.

As per reports, Michel has admitted during interrogation that he did not only lobby on behalf of Agusta but had received money from other defence deals as well. It is alleged that he routed the money through Hawala.

As per reports, the key issue being investigated by ED is how Michel attempted to exclude TATA and HAL from the competition and tried to mask the deal as a British deal. He is believed to have obtained inside information from various sources and misuse them to swing the deal in Agusta’s favor, for which he might be charged under the sections of the OSA.

It was revealed earlier that Michel had inside information of the movement of files pertaining to the Agusta deal and had allegedly even mentioned in his communications to Giuseppe Orsi, Agusta’s CEO, that the PMO has ensured the deal faces no obstacle. His communication with Giuseppe Orsi has also revealed that Michel had insights into the working and meetings of the Cabinet Committee for Security (CCS).

Michel is also being accused of sending documents pertaining to critical details of internal security meetings, CCS meetings and movement of files in the PMO abroad to AugustaWestland’s CEO and others.

Michel is accused of receiving kickbacks to the tunes of 24.25 million euros and 1,60,96,245 pounds from the AgustaWestland deal.

As per the ET report, though Michel is yet to name the beneficiaries of the chopper deal kickbacks, the CBI and ED have unearthed the in-flow of large sums of money to Michel. The role of a senior Congress leader’s son, who ‘arranged’ the transactions too is being allegedly probed.

Michel is reportedly being made to write down his answers and the names of persons who he was in contact with. ‘Mrs. Gandhi’s’ name has popped up in the list, written in Michel’s own handwriting, claimed the ET report.

KRBL, a Basmati Rice Exporting company is also being probed as Gautam Khaitan, a lawyer who is a co-accused in the case, was the joint director of the company from 2007 to 2013. ED sources have reportedly mentioned that the proceeds of the kickbacks and bribes were being laundered through Rawasi Al Khaleej General Trading, a subsidiary of KRBL. KRBL had reportedly denied receiving kickback money or laundering it.

If ‘liberals’ are concerned about Muslims, why would they not publicise this WEF report on beef consumption?

Ashish Shukla
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If ‘liberals’ are concerned about Muslims, why would they not publicise this WEF report on beef consumption?

While Muslims are poisoned every day by ‘liberals’, newspapers and the party of their choice, Indian National Congress, saying that the Centre is out to get the beef out of your dinner table, that cow-slaughter houses are being shut down indiscriminately, that even cattle sale had been restricted, there is a compelling reason for you to not oppose but support the Modi government on the matter.

The latest scientific report from the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos asks beef consumers to cut down on its consumption and improve their life-span by 5 to 7%. Red meat means higher cholesterol and blood pressure, both of which can lead to heart disease and stroke, and deliver few benefits by way of fibre and potassium. Beans and Peas are excellent alternatives to beef.

This is not Hindu propaganda but a scientific report by Oxford Martin School commissioned by the WEF. Beef requires 23.9 kg of CO2 to produce 200 kcal of food, but plant-based alternatives like beans, peas and nuts emit less than 1kg of CO2 for the same amount of nutrition. While beef accounts for around 25% of total food-related greenhouse gas emissions, it’s plant-based alternatives could reduce emissions from food by nearly 25 per cent.

With the world’s population expected to swell to 10 billion people by 2050, the unabated demand for beef could have a catastrophic impact on the environment and human health. “It will be impossible to sustainably satisfy the world’s future demand for meat,” WEF managing director Dominic Wughray said in a statement.

English newspapers, barring Hindustan Times, haven’t covered this WEF report in the January 4, 2019 editions. That’s because you see, they hate cows but love its’ beef. That is the reason why you have extensive coverage when a beef festival is organized in Hindu-baiting Pinaryi Vijayan’s Communist government in Kerala, or when Youth Congress leaders publicly slaughter a cow in public. An Indian Express today gives a screaming headline against stray cattle menace but have not a line on three BJP workers stabbed in Kerala on its front page.

Dubious historian Ramachandra Guha happily posts his picture of having a beef lunch with the tweet: “After a magical morning in Old Goa we had lunch in Panaji, where since this is a BJP-ruled state, I decided to eat beef in celebration.” They use you—Muslims of India—to get to Hindus whom they hate.

If they indeed were concerned about Muslims, this scientific report against beef consumption by WEF which has made headlines worldwide, wouldn’t have been spiked by English mainstream newspapers. Have these ‘liberals’ told Muslims why McDonald and Dominos pizza worldwide don’t serve beef?

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