Hatred & Bias Run Amok in Modi’s India

With thousands of farmers on roads and months of ongoing protests, the Republic of India seems beyond retrieval and the clapped-out Modi government is making fumble decisions to control the situation with unjust arrests and forceful blocking of Twitter accounts.

Striving to control ongoing social trends in support of the farmers, the Indian government threatened Twitter to block the suspected accounts.

The government maintained that the posts have been spreading misinformation in the country.

American social networking site received the notice of non-compliance that threatens the executives with seven years of jail and whooping fines.

The Modi government had demanded to block hundreds of accounts as it alleged those to be backed by Pakistan.

As per the Indian Minister of Communications and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, “We respect social media a lot, it has empowered common people. However, if social media is misused to spread fake news, and violence then action will be taken”.

The mounting pressure on the microblogging site from the Indian government resulted in a temporary shut down of around 97% of the accounts flagged for spreading fibs.

Earlier, while suspending around 500 accounts, Twitter maintained that it has not blocked the accounts of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians as it can violate their right to free expression.

Similarly, an unjust arrest of a comedian, Munawar Faruqui, took place following a complaint by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

BJP objected that the comedian made offensive remarks about Hindu deities during a show.

Munawar was granted interim bail after spending more than a month in jail while a number of prominent figures called out in his support.

However, on the other side, former Indian opener Wasim Jaffer had to put forward an explanation after his resignation as Uttarakhand coach following the allegations against him.

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Jaffer, while addressing in a virtual press conference, maintained that it has been very sad to give an explanation for such allegations.

“It’s the lowest one can go. These allegations of me being communal and giving this communal angle is sad,” said the former opener.

1. I recommended Jay Bista for captaincy not Iqbal but CAU officials favoured Iqbal.
2. I did not invite Maulavis
3. I resigned cos bias of selectors-secretary for non-deserving players
4. Team used to say a chant of Sikh community, I suggested we can say “Go Uttarakhand” #Facts https://t.co/8vZSisrDDl

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 10, 2021

Waseem Jaffer was alleged of pushing undeserving players and communalizing the team.

Further allegations include that Jaffer had invited a Muslim cleric to the ground and changed the team chant that hails Hanuman.

Apart from all the bungle attempts by the Modi government to control the ongoing situation, the Indian government seems to have no control over mounting international pressure.

Besides the support shown by Rihanna and Susan Sarandon, the host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, explained the ongoing farmers’ protests in the capital of India.

In a segment titled If You Don’t Know, Now You Know, the host presented a condensed report on the reasons farmers are protesting and how the Modi government is trying to handle the situation.