Thursday, March 3, 2016

Just some fresh thoughts from today's news stories on JNU row

Kanhaiyya Kumar is just out on bail and the media has already started demanding an apology from Mr. Modi and his government. Well, Mr. Modi got a clean chit from the court, did they apologize then? Can anyone else not see double standards here?

The court has mentioned in clear terms in its order that the slogans shouted in JNU in the said rally were beyond limits of freedom of expression. Why is the media not telling this to us? The court has also mentioned that the sloganeering in JNU on the said evening, which also included "Indian Army murdabad", can hurt the sentiments of the families of the martyrs. Why is the media silent on this?

Much as I strongly condemn the doctoring of the video, it appears that as per logic of the media, we should forget the presence of Kanhaiyya Kumar in the rally evidenced in at least 5 other videos, just because 1 video was doctored. I would like to know what Kanhaiyya Kumar was doing at the centre-stage of the Pro-Afzal rally when the slogans were being shouted. Reciting poetry? He had booked the venue citing purpose as 'poetry recitation'. This was the poetry that was being recited over there.

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