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3 years of Modi govt: All is rosy in Imaginary India, who cares for the lynched when trolls rule?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All you see is garbage strewn around, cows and more cows and ATMs running out of cash but BMKJ!
Ranjona Banerji
There are two very distinct views on India right now. The first says that India has never done better and if life is not perfect yet, it soon will be. The other says that India has never been worse and the very idea of India is in peril.
If you look out of your window anywhere in India, the chances are that it looks pretty much the way it has always done. In this season, it is hot, dusty, garbage strewn here and there, construction debris lying around, uneven pavements, hanging wires, stray cattle, ATMs running out of money and so on. We all know where we are, why pretend it is otherwise?
But pretending is much easier than facing reality. Therefore many people on social media believe that an artist’s impression of how a bus station in Rajkot is going to look is the bus station itself, even if the foundation stone has barely been laid. Others, including Paresh Rawal, a famous actor who is also a BJP parliamentarian, read a diabolical invented interview with writer Arundhati Roy, which has been reposted through various dubious websites, and decide that she deserves to be tied to the front of an army jeep in Kashmir to deter stone throwing youths because she is evil and anti-national.
Once you pretend that any city in India looks like Singapore and all Indian villages look like those in the Cotswold, that India’s economy has never done better, that demonetisation ticked every box it was supposed to and caused no losses, then why should a digital illustration of something that does not exist or a false interview from a dubious source be so hard to believe?
The world of “fake news” is real and everyday on the internet. Sometimes, even legitimate newsrooms fall for totally invented pieces of news. WhatsApp, though it is unfair to blame the medium itself, is nonetheless rampant with all sorts of invented gunk, reminiscent of those endless “forwards” when email first began. Most of those re-circulated old jokes and even older prejudices. Now we have the same hatred peddled more frequently and evidently with more damaging effect.
It does not take long for invented “news” to heat up all those biases and start an upsurge of hate and violence on social media. That of course is the intention of fake news. And it provides ballast to trolls and abusers on the internet to target all those who do not agree with them.
It is increasingly difficult in one of the two Indias to stand up for due process or rule of law without getting abused or dubbed anti-national. The army major who tied a citizen of India to his jeep to deter “stone-pelters” in Kashmir is a hero and anyone who stands up for the rights of the man used as a human shield is disrespectful of the army and practically guilty of treason.
Much worse, of course, is the official silence on the collapse of rule of law in various Indian states. Mobs are dispensing “justice” and killing and thrashing people practically at whim. The incident in Jharkhand, where four men were beaten to death on suspicion of being kidnappers while the police watched, is not just horrific – it is frighteningly symptomatic of the other India. Mere lip service is paid to these crimes by politicians in power, while tears are shed for victims of terror attacks in other countries by the prime minister. BJP spokespersons condescendingly inform us that the prime minister cannot speak on every subject – the very argument the BJP mocked when the Congress used it for Manmohan Singh.
Meanwhile, in the first India, threats of rape on social media are seen as defendable examples of freedom of expression. Bollywood singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s Twitter account is suspended because of a rape threat he made to a student. This is not Bhattacharya’s first offence and he has been picked up by the police for his online behaviour. In solidarity, Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam closes his Twitter account, to stand up for Bhattacharya’s apparently inalienable right to threaten rape.
Yes, all is really going well in Imaginary India. Enjoy the bus ride from that station that doesn’t exist.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Revanth Reddy to be next Telangana Chief Minister, swearing-in on December 7
Reddy has been credited for the Congress party’s thumping victory in the Telangana state elections. He was the face of the Congress’s winning campaign.

The Congress party announced Telangana Congress Chief Revanth Reddy will be the next chief minister of the state on Tuesday. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said the swearing in ceremony is going to take place on December 7. The Congress party did not reveal whether there will be one or more deputy chief ministers and what role senior leaders from Telangana will have in the government.
Reddy has been credited for the Congress party’s thumping victory in the Telangana state elections. He was the face of the Congress’s winning campaign. Revanth Reddy is a Lok Sabha MP and a two time MLA. He represented the assembly of undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2009 and later in Telangana assembly in 2014.
Reddy started his political career with the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS. In 2007 he was elected as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) as an independent candidate. Later Reddy joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from Kodangal constituency in 2009.
He quit the party after he found involved in an alledged bribing scandal. He joined the Congress party in 2017 and was appointed as the TPCC chief in 2021. The 54 year old leader earned many critics within the party ranks after he changed the style of functioning as a state Congress chief.
He was projected as a big stage leader and addressed many high ticket rallies in the campaigning for the assembly elections. Reddy is known to take on KCR and his family in his speeches and interviews. In a historic win the Congress party defeated the K Chandrasekhar Rao led (BRS) government as it crossed the majority mark by winning 64 seats in Telangana. The BRS trailed with 38 seats, while the BJP improved its 2018 tally by winning eight seats. The AIMIM won 7 seats, while the CPI could manage only one seat.
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Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi shot dead at his home in Jaipur; horrifying murder captured on camera
The men can be seen firing at Gogamedi repeatedly in the 20-second video, even after he had stopped moving.

The right-wing leader of the Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi, drank tea with the men who killed him at his Jaipur home first. In a terrifying footage of the incident, the accused was seen sitting next to Gogamedi before shooting him, taking him by surprise. He was close-range shot at least five times, the last bullet going right through his brain.
The commander of the fringe outfit can be seen on CCTV staring at his phone when the individuals seated across from him got up and opened fire. The gunmen opened fire on him after seeing one of his guards attempt to stop them.
They (the attackers) sat with Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi for at least 10 minutes before shooting him, according to police.
The men can be seen firing at Gogamedi repeatedly in the 20-second video, even after he had stopped moving.
Reports state that the incident happened at approximately 12:30 PM today. After being hurt and being taken to a hospital, Gogamedi and two of his friends were informed that the well-known Rajput chieftain had passed away.
Unseen on the footage, one of the attackers was killed by the crossfire. According to the authorities, the other two escaped in the motorbike of two guys they had threatened with pistols.
One of the Goldy Brar gang members has taken credit for the killing. We accept complete accountability for the killing of Sukhdev Gogamedi, Rohit Godara Kapurisr said on Facebook. He said the incident was sparked by Gogamedi’s used to support their enemies.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and several governmental agencies in the nation are looking for Canadian mobster Brar. The Punjabi artist Siddhu Moosewala’s murder is another reason he is wanted.
Gogamedi was a member of the Rajput Karni Sena, the group that had organised the demonstrations against the Bollywood film Padmaavat. Later, under the leadership of Lokendra Singh Kalvi, he broke away from the group and started his own group in 2015.
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Watch: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his family enjoys a meal at a restaurant in Bhopal, video goes viral
Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed his joy over the experience and said he felt really good among people and said they were all one family. He said he felt happy while having food. The video has gone viral on social media and has got 451,200 views.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday was seen enjoying a meal at a restaurant in Bhopal. A video circulating on social media shows the chief minister being accompanied by his family members where he celebrated a child’s birthday. He expressed his joy over the experience and said he felt really good among people and said they were all one family. He said he felt happy while having food. The video has gone viral on social media and has got 451,200 views.
Large number of comments started coming on the viral video. One user said CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had no VIP culture and this was the main reason the people of Madhya Pradesh loved him so much.
One user Rohit Dev said Shivraj Singh Chouhan was full of simplicity. He prayed may God bestow happiness and good health on him and his loved ones.
One user Param PCS joked the digestive system of CM Chouhan is very strong as he has eaten the entire Congress party in the state elections and is now enjoying his dinner. One user Debashish Bose said that Shivraj Singh Chouhan is a true family man and he always manages to take out time for his family out of his busy schedule.
One user said Atul Swami was of the opinion that Shivraj Singh Chouhan is a grass root politician.
One user said the media should let Chouhan eat peacefully. One user Avinash Kumar said what peaceful state is Madhya Pradesh. He said one could not imagine such a thing in Bihar.
Another user was curious to know the name of the restaurant.
One user said Chief minister’s family was enjoying their like a common man. One man even joked that CM Chouhan should not drink Coca Cola. One person was of the opinion that CM Chouhan is a very cool person.
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