IndiaNewsWatchMay 17, 2024

‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India

For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways. Atul Dev writes.

#AmitShah #NarendraModi #BJP #GujaratRiots #GujaratPogrom #HarenPandya #JudgeLoya #RSS #HumanRights #hindutva #india

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/amit-shah-narendra-modi-right-hand-man-india

‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India

The long read: For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways

The Guardian
IndiaNewsWatchSep 18, 2023

Vajpayee Govt Didn't Object to UK Report That 2002 Riots Were 'Pre-Planned', Cops 'Told Not to Act'

The minutes of an April 16, 2002 phone call between former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh and his UK counterpart reveal the BJP-led government only protested the leak of the report and its claimed death toll. No criticism was made of the UK report's critical observations about the role played by the Gujarat police and by political organisations connected to Modi in the anti-Muslim violence.

https://thewire.in/diplomacy/exclusive-vajpayee-govt-didnt-object-to-uk-report-that-2002-riots-were-pre-planned-cops-told-not-to-act

#gujarat #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #NarendraModi #BJP #VHP #diplomacy #vajpayee #JaswantSingh #JackStraw #UKForeignOffice #BBCDocumentary #AntiMuslimRiots #RBSreekumar #SanjeevBhatt #HarenPandya #modi #muslims #hindutva #GujaratPolice #HinduMobs #india

Exclusive: Vajpayee Govt Didn't Object to UK Report That 2002 Riots Were 'Pre-Planned', Cops 'Told Not to Act'

The minutes of an April 16, 2002 phone call between former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh and his UK counterpart reveal the BJP-led government only protested the leak of the report and its claimed death toll. No criticism was made of the UK report's critical observations about the role played by the Gujarat police and by political organisations connected to Modi in the anti-Muslim violence.

The Wire
ShaswatJan 5, 2020
Attacks in JNU appear to be manufactured and minutely timed to shut JNU sinedie and thus quell #JNUProtests on fees and #CAA_NRC_Protests #JNU's #HarenPandya moment?
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@MamataOfficial https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/jnu-students-attacked-inside-campus-by-abvp-activists/article30486246.ece
https://twitter.com/SwayamShaswat/status/1213862031872278534
JNU students attacked inside campus by ABVP activists

A video of a bleeding JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh was posted on Twitter while the JNUSU claimed in a statement that a large number of ABVP activists had entered the campus