Published 21:52 IST, August 14th 2019
Negativity Gang exposed: Kashmir their latest agenda in non-stop campaign to run India down
Certain usual suspects when it comes to pouring scorn on the activities and achievements of India were unable to carry out a similar undertaking to their full capacity on Wednesday when the Press Club of India in New Delhi barred them from screening videos and showing pictures they claimed to be from Kashmir amid the ongoing situation in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A.
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Certain usual suspects when it comes to pouring scorn on activities and achievements of India were unable to carry out a similar undertaking to ir full capacity on Wednesday when Press Club of India in New Delhi barred m from screening videos and showing pictures y claimed to be from Kashmir amid ongoing situation in aftermath of abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A.
On eve of India's 73rd Independence Day, attempt to run down India's Kashmir integration which comes at a time when a devious fake news campaign is being run by Pakistan is hardly surprising given that same people have regularly and unfailingly resorted to negativity against country.
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Listed below are a few instances when y have resorted to anti-India campaigning:
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Kavita Krishnan
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) leader and activist Kavita Krishnan, who was present at Press Club of India when she was barred from screening her documentary, has continuously ruled negatively on social media over Indian matters, most recently being on abrogation of Article 370 and Kashmir's integration in India, but also sparing tweets over past few weeks on PM Modi's 'Man Vs Wild' episode, Harbhajan Singh's tweet celebrating India's Chandrayaan-2 launch, and German envoy's visit to RSS HQ.
Vimal Bhai, NAPM
Vimal Bhai, leader of National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), has repeatedly offered negative commentary against country. From rubbishing India's prowess in Chandrayaan-2 launch to UAPA Bill and Kashmir issue, Vimal Bhai on at least 7 different issues has spoken against India on social media in last 40 days.
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Jean Drèze, ecomist
In past 4 months, ecomist and activist Jean Drèze has run India down at least on 4 different occasions. From alleging that Indians are "misemployed" to saying that democracy is "shrinking", Jean Dreze has left stone unturned in criticising India in international discourse. Having been a part of 4 different anti-India campaigns in past 4 years, Dreze is tably same man who in vember last year shunned India’s UNSC permanent membership aims by saying “It is mostly privileged classes that are thinking in those terms. I don't think rickshaw-wala cares if India has a seat at UN Security Council.". From pro-Yakub Memon petitions in 2015 to protests in favour of alleged Urban Naxals in 2018, Jean Dreze is an ever-present at such protests.
Maimoona Mollah, CPI(M), AIDWA
A leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a part of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), Maimoona Mollah has attempted to pour cold water over abrogation of Article 370 multiple times in past few days. She was an active campaigner against Triple Talaq law, saying re was " urgency" and was among those who took to streets in December 2018 over castist matters, claiming without any significant substantiation that "Dalits have increasingly become vulnerable under government" and accused Bajrang Dal and RSS of sidelining values that are held sacred in constitution.
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