12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Myth 17: Gujarat Government did nothing to help the victims
Posted on July 7, 2010 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: We have already seen the steps taken by the Government to quell the violence, and in saving the lives of the victims- for example in Sanjeli, Bodeli and Viramgam areas of Gujarat. Hindus were also saved by violent Muslims in many places in Gujarat- like in Jamalpur on 1 March 2002, and in Modasa [...]
Read More..>>Myth 16: A pregnant woman’s womb was ripped open and fetus was taken out
Posted on May 18, 2010 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: Dr J S Kanoria who carried out the post mortem of the woman, Kausarbanu, on 2 March 2002 found that her womb was intact, and that she had died of burns suffered in the riots.
Weekly India Today dated 5 April 2010 reports:
“Significantly, in March 2003, the SC had stalled [...]
Myth 15: Narendra Modi gave free hand to rioters for 3 days
Posted on May 24, 2009 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: This much-repeated nonsensical allegation is baseless. Narendra Modi frantically called the Army units to Ahmedabad on February 28- as per the report of The Hindu the next day. India Today weekly’s report ‘Chronology of a Crisis’ on this topic in its issue dated 18 March 2002 also proves this beyond doubt.
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Myth 14: Sangh Parivar organisations like VHP organized the riots
Posted on May 24, 2009 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: Out of Gujarat’s 18,600 villages, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had units in 10,000 villages at the time of the riots of 2002. If it had wanted- it could have easily organized retaliatory riots in many of these 10,000 villages. Instead-only 40 out of the state’s 18,600 villages saw riots. VHP General Secretary Dr [...]
Read More..>>Myth 13: Narendra Modi said-“Every action has equal and opposite reaction”
Posted on May 24, 2009 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: Balbir Punj writes-“Blatant myths and fiction have lacerated the facts on Gujarat. The Times of India (March 3) reported Modi’s much-publicised misquote of Newton’s third law—”Every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. In fact, the CM had never said such a thing and no other paper except for Times of India [...]
Read More..>>Concocted Lies And Myths By The Media
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
By now we have seen much of the reality of the post-Godhra riots. The entire media continues to concoct white lies on this subject. In this chapter, let us see some of the malicious lies circulated by the media, NDTV in particular, and company.
Myth 1: 2,000 Muslims were killed in the Gujarat riots
Myth 2: Muslims [...]
Myth 1: 2,000 Muslims were killed in the Gujarat riots
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: As per figures given by the Union Minister of State for Home Shriprakash Jaiswal, who belongs to the Congress Party, in Parliament on 11 May 2005, 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed in the riots, 2548 people were injured and 223 people were missing. The report placed the number of riot-affected widows at [...]
Read More..>>Myth 2: Muslims were ‘butchered’ in Gujarat
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: Undoubtedly, Muslims were killed in one-sided attacks in many places in the state- like in Naroda Patiya, Gulbarg Society, Naroda Gram, Sadarpar and other places- but by and large- the riots were not one-sided- and Muslims were hardly the cattle hiding from the slaughter house. As we have seen in a couple [...]
Read More..>>Myth 3: Whole of Gujarat was burning
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: Out of the state’s 18,600 villages, 240 municipal towns, and 25 district headquarters, only 60 places saw riots. If one includes the two big cities of Ahmedabad and Vadodara, by the wildest stretch of imagination, only 2 % of the state can be assumed to have been burning. Only 40 out of the state’s [...]
Read More..>>Myth 4: The Gujarat police turned a blind eye to the rioting
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media
Fact: Even though the situation was terrible, the police performed its work extremely efficiently. The police force was woefully insufficient. Uday Mahurkar reports for India Today (18 March 2002):
“Ahmedabad has a police force of 6,000, including 1,500 armed personnel. In addition, the entire state has just four companies (530 jawans) of the Rapid Action Force [...]