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against the state government and demanded security for traders and compensation for Friday's victims of
violence. (Times of India 19/8/12)
Mail appeared after bid to disrupt COVA’s event (26)
HYDERABAD: The nefarious email began circulating after the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad
(VHP) activists tried to disrupt COVA's joint Independence Day celebrations of India and Pakistan at the
Exhibition Grounds in Nampally on August 14. Even while the function was on, right wing activists,
charging the organisers with planning to hoist the Pakistan national flag, tried to gatecrash the venue of
the celebrations but the police arrived on time and detained them. When asked the reason for their
demonstration, Bajrang Dal city president B. Bharat Vamshi claimed that they received a tip-off from
school students about the Pakistani flag being hoisted at the meeting. He alleged that the organisers had
distributed pamphlets in some schools about hoisting of the Pakistan flag.However, organiser of the
meeting and COVA executive director Mazher Hussain refuted the allegations. “It’s only a prize
distribution ceremony for school and college students. These celebrations are being organised in different
cities of India, Pakistan and across the globe to pray for peace and friendship in the region. No flags of
any country were hoisted or displayed anywhere. Some people want to create trouble with an ulterior
motive,” he said. (The Hindu 20/8/12)
VHP blames Centre (26)
New Delhi, August 21 2012: In reaction to the recent Home Ministry's report about Pakistan being the
source of sms and mms threats to North East people, VHP leader Pravin Togadia today accused the
Centre and Assam State Government of diverting the issue. Speaking to NE reporters in New Delhi, the
VHP leader said that there may be a Pakistani role in the threat but it is not possible without a hand in
India. "No one circulates sms from Pakistan, it may origin from there but circulation is form local people
here in India," he said. The VHP leader also said that infiltrators, were actually listed in the national
census registry for purpose of vote bank. He said, " there is a need to check the 1951 registry record and
see if they are listed in voter list, if not send them back, they have no right to live in India" . On the people
fleeing Pakistan recently, Pravin Togadia said " the Hindus who fled Pakistan are refugees , they came to
India due to persecution, in the case of Bangladesh , they came to invade" .(Manipur E-Pao 22/8/12)
20% of banned hate sites put up by Hindu groups (26)
NEW DELHI: The clamour over Pakistan fanning communal passions in India through social networking
sites has missed a crucial detail. Around 20% of the web pages — blocked by government agencies —
were uploaded by right-wing Hindu fundamentalists seeking to polarize the country on communal lines. In
these posts doctored images or videos showing alleged atrocities against tribal Bodos by Muslims have
been tagged with provocative captions and point to extremist Hindu groups trying to fish in troubled
waters to target minorities and fan tensions. Sources in agencies involved in scanning internet and
blocking inflammatory web pages say several posts had pictures or videos of Tibetans self-immolations in
protest against Chinese occupation. These posts were, however, captioned as atrocities against
"Assamese Hindus" by "illegal" migrant Muslims. "Several images had been cropped in a way to obliterate
the background that could have revealed the actual context of the pictures," said an official. Agencies
have also found clues indicating a large number of SMSs that spread panic among the northeast Indians
living across the country were also generated by fringe Hindu groups. The panic led to a mass exodus of
people from the north-east from several cities, including Pune, Bangalore and Chennai. "Everyone is
trying to ride the Assam conflict bandwagon for their own parochial and political gains. Right-wing Hindu
groups have played a major role in spreading panic among the north-easterners," said the official. Their
portrayal of all Bodos as Hindus is also inaccurate as some are Christians. Sources said days before the
exodus from Bangalore began, rabid SMSs about killing of four persons from the north-east and a fatwa
being issued against people from the region started doing the rounds. These messages are suspected to