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From Welfare to Expulsion: Bihar’s MCC period rhetoric turns citizenship into a campaign weapon

Three formal complaints filed during the Model Code of Conduct period—against Union Ministers Giriraj Singh and Nityanand Rai, and BJP MP Ashok Kumar Yadav—combined with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Siwan speech, reveal a pattern of communal and exclusionary rhetoric that blurred the line between campaign promise and state threat

‘UPSC Jihad’ is prime example of virulent Islamophobia: Petitioner in Sudarshan News case

The petitioner filed a rejoinder to the counter affidavit filed by Sudarshan News, and stated that the channel failed to address the statements made in the show which amount to hate speech

Hate speech demeans a community’s right to live with dignity: Jamia students in SC

These students had earlier approached the Delhi High Court and had managed to get a stay in August on broadcast of the show

SC restrains Sudarshan News from telecasting “UPSC Jihad” show, calls it ‘insidious’

The court orally remarked that it was thinking of appointing a committee for suggesting standards for electronic media

Delhi violence: Facebook skips hearing before Committee on Peace and Harmony

Facebook India representatives refuse to appear before Delhi Legislative Assembly’s panel probing the company's alleged role in the February 2020 communal violence

Is BJP’s Kapil Mishra above the law of the land?

Mishra wants Umar Khalid to be hanged; seems confident of continued patronage and protection for himself

Twitter bids good riddance to bad rubbish!

Social media major takes down former IPS officer Nageshwar Rao's offensive tweet about the death of Swami Agnivesh

Former IPS officer’s insensitive comment on Swami Agnivesh’s death: New low for the Right-wing

Mere hours after the demise of Swami Agnivesh, right-wing hate mongers began sharing an ANI tweet maligning the memory of the social activist.

Dear Mark Zuckerberg, time to speak up against hate speech on Facebook

An open letter to the Facebook boss, asking him why he refuses to mute perpetrators of hate and murder on is platform, especialy in India

Centre allows Sudarshan News to air controversial #UPSCJihad show

Suresh Chavhanke has promoted the show Bindas Bol, as an ‘expose’ on what he terms as ‘infiltration’ of Muslims in the Civil Services

CJP calls out Sudarshan News’ hate agenda; moves NBSA

The complaint is about the highly criticised promotional trailer of the show questioning the number of Muslims in bureaucracy

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