Tag: Madhya Pradesh

Police, Bajrang Dal and the Making of Anti-‘Love Jihad’ Squad in Madhya Pradesh

A Bhopal gym turns into a flashpoint as cops and Hindutva groups push communal claims, banning Muslims, in the name of ‘love jihad’.

MP diverted SC/ST welfare funds for cow welfare, atrocities against Dalits reported across country

In Gujarat Dalit youth beaten for posting picture on Instagram wearing a safa and sunglasses, Dalit teen forced to drink cow urine in UP and anti-Dalit slogan raised in JNU

Farmer leaders detained in Madhya Pradesh, made to sit at police stations, saw police raids at night- attempts to stop farmers from joining protest...

A petition against "obstructive actions" of the Union and State governments have been filed in the Punjab and Haryana HC, another rural and industrial strike by farmers announced for Feb 16

Eve of Ram temple inauguration sees “clashes”, planting of saffron flag atop Church

Incidents reported from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, all states ruled by the Bharatiya Janta Party 

Madhya Pradesh: District after district polices Christmas celebrations, children can’t dress like Santa Claus without “parent permission”

Signalling a rigid control on school celebrations, Madhya Pradesh that recently elected one more time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the state, district collectors first in Shajapur, then Ujjain districts have issued written orders strictly policing Christmas celebrations

Madhya Pradesh: One day after BJP’s victory, Muslim homes and meat shops demolished

Just a day after the chief minister Mohan Yadav took to office, reports of homes of Muslims and allegedly “illegal” meat shops being demolished have arisen from the state.

Madhya Pradesh: loudspeakers in religious places, plans to ban open sale of meat

The new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh was sworn in on December 13th, following which a slurry of new changes are being brought, some of which include a ban on loudspeakers for religious gatherings in public at selected timings.

Madhya Pradesh: Dalits villagers, including women, attacked by dominant caste group over cutting of tree

Dalit villagers were assaulted and brutally attacked for objecting over trees being cut in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district.

Why hard Hindutva cannot be defeated by soft Hindutva

In a recent interview with The Indian Express, senior Congress...

Madhya Pradesh: Hate speeches mar the state election campaigns

In the forthcoming state assembly elections on November 17, the ruling party indulges in hate-filled and divisive speech

Two journalists each killed in MP & Telangana, a free press under threat: Report

An uncomfortable political consensus across the political divide can be seen from this 50-page investigation by Free Speech Collective on the state of free speech in Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana –all of whom face state elections from tomorrow

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