Generally, I don’t bother about
so-called launderers. But, my attention was drawn to an ‘expose’ by Prakeek
Goel yesterday late night. I read the ‘well researched’ article today morning.
Since, the writer uses me as a hook to hang his thin story, I thought it
necessary to respond to his charges clinically, as briefly as possible.
Before I demolish his laundry, I
would like to point out that he is trying to move the entire debate away from
Left-Church nexus in Tribal belts to instigate them to violence, to create
hatred among them against their Hindu roots, deracinate their minds and their
efforts to strike at the roots of governance, stop development to keep poor
innocent tribals under their violent thumbs. I will first cut through his untruths
then return to this battle of narrative that these left-anti-Hindu
anti-national forces are waging.
Prateek’s story is about an
approximately 8 minute news story on a Times Now on the face of it. He claims
that since I was called for a phone interview by Times Now, I have connection
with the story. He questions Times Now running a clip with the logo clearly
showing the source is Newsbharati. Apparently, the channel didn’t claim it was
their clip. He has problem that the videos were made by Mumbai Tarun Bharat.
Does he have any problem if Tarun Bharat has no problem and wishes to use
Newsbharati’s reach in non-Marathi, out of Maharashtra belts to broadcast their
field report done with meticulous efforts?
He then goes onto claim that I am
regular writer on Newsbharati.com, whose clips were run by Times Now, hence, I
control Newsbharati. Since, I am a RSS member, his conjecture is that RSS is
running this web portal. First, RSS has no designation nor does it believe in a
term called ‘ideologue’; it’s a Communist concept. Should I assume that Prateek
is a Communist? Since, he has done so much research on me, doesn’t he know that
I am invited to all major TV channels regularly, specially English news
channels? Do I lose my right to express my opinion on Times Now on phone
because it is a story about lynching of Hindu Sadhus in Palghar? Or does Times
Now lose its right to invite anyone of its panel for debate or phono reaction
and must seek permission from ‘liberal’ people like Prateek? I also write for
The Print, The Quint etc, does it mean all these are owned by RSS or controlled
by people like me? Shekhar Gupta and Raghav Behl will be either rolling in the
aisles laughing or rolling their eyes heavenwards!
Like a true Leftist, Prateek charges
“the channel used clips out of context and
'relied on a website that made factual errors” and moves on. As a launderer, it was his duty to show the dirt, that is,
factual errors. But, he just spits and runs. Since, Prateek did some homework,
I too did a bit of a homework though I am not an expert in these matters. I
found a Facebook post of his - https://m.facebook.com/newslaundry/posts/prateek-goyal-discusses-the-excesses-by-security-forces-in-chhattisgarhs-korsegu/2044878708935408/
Here he blames the police for excesses on Naxals in Jharkhand area. Is
he a Naxal sympathiser or supporter? On what basis does he give clean chit to
Naxals? He needs to be more careful while throwing his missiles around.
The central peg on which his entire story is hung is that the
Newsbharati talks of an FIR purported to be from Son Police station and that
there is no place called Son in Palghar. Granted. Can he show one place where
Newsbharati’s published reports and videos have said that the FIR is from Son
police station? No, sir. I tried hard. But, his entire story is based on this single
word! Please mark the video and the Newsbharati story and call out.
His second charge is that police FIR doesn’t talk of a “Conspiracy”
angle. Poor Prateek does not know Marathi obviously. So, let me advise him to
go to page 3, para 2 of the FIR which clearly says ‘kat rachala’ – which
in plain English means – Conspiracy was hatched. Let me add another fact. Even
the PCR of First Class District Magistrate notes that there was a conspiracy. Newsbharati
has details if he requires.
He questions the report in Newsbharati about ambush of Maharashtra
Police in Chisda village in this area a few days back. Well, should I believe
his telephonic call with his friendly neighbourhood policemen or the official
report? The article in Newsbharati says, “according
to the official release issued by Dr. Apurva Sharma, SDM/RDC of Union Territory
of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (No. ADM/COLL/CC/2010/PASA/72
Silvassa, Date 30/04/2020) two persons namely, Suraj Lahanu Zimme, (22) and
Jagadish Chandu Rathad, both residents of Patilpada, Chisda, Khaanvel had led a
mob of 200-300 people to ambush a Maharashtra Police bus on 16/04/2020.”
He claims to have talked to a police officer who tells him
that there is no Naxal angle to the lynching. Is a police officer allowed to
give away investigation details to a journalist? How did he get this
information? The case is still under investigation, can an officer disclose
anything to anybody, that too a journalist on phone? If it was done, how does
Prateek have this kind of reach in Palghar? What relations does he have with
scores of Church and Left organisations to have this grip on local law and
order machinery? Did Harish Rathod
actually say that "the incident cannot be even remotely connected
with Naxals?" Did Atul Kulkarni actually talk to Newslaundry?
It is amusing that he dismisses the
report of The Wire that the killed Sadhus were tribals, not outsiders, in a
single line. Clearly, it was a deliberate attempt by The Wire to save the skin
of the local Left and Church axis. This clearly was a manufactured lie and
having been caught, they silently removed it and gave back their Hindu dharma
and UP residence to those poor departed Sadhus.
Naturally, the Left ecosystem won’t allow his integrity to question The
Wire! But, same Prateek builds an elaborate report on a single word ‘Son’
police station and denying the conspiracy angle.
Prateek questions the line of
argument of Newsbharati about Left –Church hate campaign of instigating hate
among tribals by telling them how they are not Hindus, how Hindu Gods are not
their gods, telling them not to burn Ravana effigy as he was their God and a
tribal; while truth is tribals sided with Bhagwan Ram, while Ravana was a well
read, very powerful Brahmin. Yes a Brahmin whom the entire Left eco-system hates.
The tribal teacher in the video clearly explains how their entire social life
is woven around their Hindu identity.
Is it fake news if Newsbharati report
showed parallels between the modus operandi of Naxals elsewhere and the
multiple movements in Palghar belt? Would he deny that like true Naxals, fringe
Left has labelled two villages in Patthalgadi style? Did theNewsbharati report
say, they killed Sadhus? No, it talked of the atmosphere created, something that
the tribal teacher talked of.
This brings me to the central issue
of this entire exercise of the seemingly Left Naxal sympathiser Prateek (as per
his own publicly available information) to deflect from the larger social angle
of spreading disaffection among tribals and create smoke screens of technical
speed breakers against serious investigation.
Does he want to block any investigation into his friendly NGOs, many of whom
also get funds from overseas under FCRA and may be using them for the purposes
that probably are not for the purpose they were sent for? Does he wants to hide
the fact that many of the promoters have networks from Kerala to Delhi, from Rajasthan to Central India to North
East, from Delhi to UK and USA if CBI gets into the case? We, the Indians need
to be wary of these hit jobs by the sympathisers of Breaking India forces of
every possible shade present in our social life.
Ratan Sharda
8th May, 2020
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