BJP leaders' hate speech removed from internet
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New Delhi: Reports have surfaced that a lot of content, whether videos or news articles, particularly on riots and hate speeches, derogatory comments against Muslims, Christians and other minorities allegedly made by BJP leaders have been removed from internet.
At several occasions in the last four years of the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, articles or stories that go against the interests of the government or ruling party or its politicians have been taken down from the internet by the media.
The shocking revelation was made by a research by a team of eminent civil rights activists that recently launched “Dismantling India, A Four Year Report” on the Modi government.
They claimed that during data search for compiling the report, they found that most of the news articles that went against the government are also no longer available on the internet.
According to them, online videos and articles pertaining to hate speeches by BJP leaders have mysteriously disappeared from the websites or video streaming portals where they had once been. They particularly pertain to riots, hate speeches or derogatory comments against Muslims, Christians, Dalits and women by the BJP leaders.
On the occasion of report release, renowned civil rights activist and founding member of ANHAD (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy) Shabnam Hashmi said, “There is very organised cleansing process of the internet which is happening. You wouldn’t find those speeches of Mr Modi in YouTube because they were removed even before 2014 general elections. What he spoke during Gaurav Yatra which is full of venom has been removed. Now they are removing articles, editorials which are against Modi, BJP and RSS.”
'Dismantling India’ states that 28 sitting MPs and MLAs of the BJP had hate speech cases against them – this is the highest number across political parties.