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FIR Registered Against Bhojpuri Singer Neha

By LokMarg 7th July 2023

An FIR was registered at the Habibganj Police Station in Bhopal against the Bhojpuri Singer Neha Singh Rathore, on Friday, that allegedly showed RSS workers in a bad light in connection with the Sidhi urination case, according to the police.

Habibganj Police Station in-charge Manish Singh Bhadoriya told ANI, “Yesterday, a person named Suraj, filed a complaint at the police station against the Twitter account named ‘Neha Singh’ stating that a meme was put up by the account holder connecting RSS workers with the urine case.”
The folk singer had posted a controversial tweet on her Twitter handle. In this, the person wearing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh dress was seen urinating on the other person sitting in front of him.

“We have registered a case against the Indian Penal Code section 153. We will seek information about the account holder from the Twitter company. Whether the tweet was put up by the account holder itself or any other person, it will be clarified after an investigation,” added Bhadoriya.

Actually, Neha Singh Rathore had posted a post on her Twitter handle in which she talked about ‘MP Mein Ka Ba’ on the lines of her famous song ‘UP Mein Ka Ba’. This post was shared on social media through a meme, which is now creating a ruckus.

Singer has been accused of creating enmity between the RSS and the tribal community in the FIR lodged.

Significantly, a video went viral on social media, on Tuesday, in which a man, identified as Pravesh Shukla, was seen urinating on the face of a tribal man. After that, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had taken cognizance of the matter and ordered strict action, including imposing NSA (National Security Act) on the accused. (ANI)

MP: Student Punished For Raising ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ Slogan In School

By LokMarg 3rd November 2022

A teacher allegedly punished a student for raising a slogan of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ after the school assembly at Christ Senior Secondary School in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh.

The incident occurred on Wednesday. It, however, came to light on Thursday after the family members and a few social organizations staged a protest in front of the school campus.
The victim student, Shivansh Jain said, “After the national anthem I raised a slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, in the meantime, Justin sir came, he asked me to come out of the line and said, “what are you saying, go to the Father”. After that, my Hindi teacher came and said to meet the class teacher. When I met the class teacher, she said that I should raise it at home”.

“After that, I reached the classroom. One of my classmates has been chosen as vice-captain of the red house on which my class teacher, Jasmeena Khatun said that one boy is making the class proud and I am tarnishing the class’s name. After that, ma’am made me sit on the ground for the next four periods,” he added.

Shivansh’s mother said, “He came back home and locked himself in a room. He did not eat food and started crying. After that, he narrated the entire story, following which I told the entire incident to his father.”

On the other hand, the principal of the school, Father Thomas said that the boy has not raised it for patriotism, he has raised it as fun. A disciplinary committee meeting will be arranged and then the matter will be decided upon.

Nevertheless, the school management has issued a circular and has declared that such incidents will not be repeated in the future. ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ will be pronounced after the national anthem.

Guna ADM Virendra Singh Baghel said that a few social organizations and a few parents protested in front of Christ Senior Secondary School alleging that the student was punished for raising the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogan. On their complaint, a probe is underway and an FIR would be registered soon. (ANI)

Delhi Police Register FIR Against The Wire Over Malviya’s Complaint

By LokMarg 29th October 2022

Delhi Police have registered an FIR against ‘The Wire’ after BJP leader Amit Malviya registered a complaint alleging that the news website “forged documents with a view to malign and tarnish” his reputation.

Malviya, who is head of BJP’s Information and Technology Cell, had filed a criminal complaint against The Wire and its top editors with the Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) on Saturday.
In his complaint, the BJP leader sought registration of FIR under sections 420, 468, 469, 471, and 500 r/w 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

In FIR names mentioned are The Wire, its founding editors Siddharth Vardarajan, Siddharth Bhatia, and MK Venu, and Jahnavi Sen, deputy editor and executive news producer.

The complaint said FIR should also be registered against the Foundation of Independent Journalism and other unknown persons “for the offenses punishable u/s 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 468 (Forgery for purpose of cheating), 469 (Forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 471 (Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record.), 500 (Punishment for Defamation) r/w 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860”.

The complaint to Delhi Police said that “the accused persons have with common intention conspired to maliciously defame the complaint and the BJP by spreading false news to the public”.

The matter pertains to Meta stories which were “retracted” by The Wire. It retracted the stories after Meta and various other experts pointed out critical flaws in their reporting.

Amit Malviya had alleged in a statement on Friday that on October 6, 2022, The Wire published a report claiming that Meta (the parent company that owns Facebook and Instagram) had removed an Instagram post within a few minutes of it being uploaded by a private account namely “Cringearchivist”. The report claimed that the company regularly colludes with members of the BJP in removing content deemed unfavorable to the party.

He further said that on October 10, 2022, the news website went on to claim that “I was the nodal point, interfacing between the party and Meta, for said censorship activity, having been bestowed certain “XCheck” and other privileges by the company”.

“As per the report, this status had bestowed on me the following powers overriding any filters, algorithms, vetting, verification or any other checks and balances within the company,” Malviya said.

He alleged that the report went on to cite alleged internal correspondence of Meta to justify its claims, alleging had used said privileges to take down a total of 705 posts to date.

“On October 11, 2022, Meta’s Communication Head, Andy Stone, issued a categorical denial and stated that the documents presented by ‘The Wire’ in its report were fabricated’ and that the “Xcheck” status had been mischaracterized. Once Meta issued this statement, ‘The Wire’ should have at the very least paused its coverage of this issue and commenced an internal audit. Instead, on the same day, it went on to publish yet another malicious report claiming to have accessed further internal emails of Meta employees, namely those exchanged between Andy Stone and his team, purportedly trying to effect a coverup,” he had said in a statement on Friday.

He had stated that The Wire publicly apologized to its readers on October 27 and retracted the stories about “XCheck” and Meta after scathing public scrutiny and the exposure of significant fabrication of dates, times, and content in its alleged “proof”.

“However, even while retracting the story, The Wire’ refrained from apologizing to me, despite maligning and tarnishing my reputation and causing serious harm to my professional career. My role requires me to vociferously advocate the BJP’s point of view on national issues, across platforms,” he had said.

“This role is based on trust and camaraderie, between me and my interlocutors across platforms and more importantly with the public. However, The Wire’s stories have vitiated the atmosphere and severely dented relationships and trust built over the years for me to carry out the functions of my responsibility,” the BJP leader added.

Stating that The Wire and some unknown persons entered into a “criminal conspiracy” with the intent to “malign and tarnish” his reputation, he said that the news portal “deliberately” inserted his name into a story, and “fabricated” evidence to “implicate” him.

“This also undermines the democratic and informed choices that the public makes, through a carefully calibrated campaign of disinformation and calumny, and does irreparable harm to the democratic right of dissent,” he had said.

The complaint to the police also said that The Wire “with the help of such fabricated and false stories tries to attract viewership on its website wherein readers are requested to donate money in the name of “true and independent journalism”.

Malviya, who is also BJP’s co-in charge for West Bengal, had said on Thursday that he will sue the news website for damages.

“After consultation with my lawyers and seeking their advice, I have decided to file criminal and civil proceedings, against ‘The Wire.’ Not only will I be setting the criminal process in motion but I will also sue them in a civil court seeking damages as they forged documents with a view to malign and tarnish my reputation,” Malviya had said.

Last week, The Wire formally retracted its Meta stories “after conducting an internal review of the technical source material used, with the help of external experts”.

The Wire said it is also conducting a comprehensive editorial review of the internal editorial processes “which resulted in the publication of these stories in order to identify and plug any and all shortcomings”. (ANI)