

Taking cognizance of the matter, the Uttar Pradesh government filed an FIR on June 15 against Twitter for failing to flag the video with unverified claims as ‘manipulative’ and lack of action.Īlt News co-founder Zubair, Rana Ayyub, The Wire, Salman Nizami, Maksoor Usmani, Sama Mohammad and Saba Naqvi have also been booked for spreading misleading and fake news. On the very same day, Ghaziabad police uploaded a video apprising of the case giving relevant details and kept the social media users updated with the development thereon. The left-leaning brigade rushed to communalise the incident of personal animosity to defame the ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant whch is held sacred by Hindus. This Facebook live had got the ball rolling for the so-called secular liberals who lapped up the video to peddle their favourite ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ narrative. Facebook live video by Umed Idris used by ‘liberals’ to communalise a petty fight to defame ‘Jai Shri Ram’ Using extremely abusive and crass language, the SP leader had issued open threats to Hindus who he claimed had attacked Abdul Samad.

Umed Pahalwan Idris, who was seen doing most of the talking on behalf of the victim, gave the incident a communal spin by claiming that Hindus attacked Samad. Interestingly, when the Samajwadi leader did a Facebook Live video on June 7 alongside Ghaziabad assault victim Abdul Samad, he castigated Hindus for beating up the elderly victim, chopping off his beard and forcing him to chant Jai Shri Ram slogans. Umed Idris asserted that he did not know that there were Muslims also amongst the assailants. The dates of Navratri vary each year depending upon the Hindu Lunar calendar. Shardiya Navratri starts on the pratipada or first day of the lunar month of Ashwin.


There are five known types of Navratri falling in a year, out of which Sharad Navratri or Shardiya Navratri is the most significant one. Today is the first day of Navratri and it marks the auspicious occasion of Shardiya Navratri or Sharad Navratri. The nine-day festival of Navratri is here which celebrates the victory of good over evil by Goddess Durga. Dr Chandra also stated that his son Punit Goenka, who will continue as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ZEEL and the newly merged entity, can be removed if the board members or the shareholders desire so.
