Rahul Gandhi to visit poll-bound Madhya Pradesh Saturday
Morena/Jabalpur, Oct 5 : Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a day-long tour of Madhya Pradesh Saturday, during which he will attend an event organised by a tribal organisation and also address a public meeting.
Gandhi will tour Morena and Jabalpur in what will be his third visit to the poll-bound state in less than 20 days.
He will arrive at Gwalior in the morning by a special plane and later, leave for Morena in a helicopter. He will address a meeting of the Adivasi Ekta Parishad at the Ambedkar Stadium in Morena, a party spokesman said Friday.
A large number of people under the banner of the Adivasi Ekta Parishad have embarked on a foot march from Gwalior on October 2 (Gandhi Jayanti), seeking land rights for tribals and farmers. The march will conclude in New Delhi.
"We have embarked on a foot march from Gwalior on October 2 for Delhi. The Congress president will arrive at Morena tomorrow to listen to our problems and to tell us how these problems will be solved in the event of his party coming to power at the Centre," Adivasi Ekta Parishad's national convener P V Rajgopal said.
"This is the Ekta Parishad's third yatra from Gwalior to Delhi," he added.
Rajgopal said the parishad had sent an invitation to the Congress as it is the main opposition party. Gandhi accepted the invitation and is coming to address the agitators.
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath and the party's state-level poll campaign committee chairman Jyotiraditya Scindia will be present on the occasion among others.
After this, Gandhi will go to Jabalpur, perform "Narmada puja" at the Gwari Ghat and embark on a roadshow from the Bandria Tiraha (tri-section) to the Abdul Hameed Tiraha, the spokesman said.
Congressmen have put up posters, banners and set up nearly 100 temporary stages on both sides of the eight-km-long roadshow route.
Gandhi will also address a public meeting at the Raddi Chowk in the city, the spokesman added.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in view of the Congress chief's visit.
Gandhi had earlier visited Bhopal and Rewa-Satna in the Vindhya region. Morena and Jabalpur fall in the Chambal and Mahakaushal regions respectively.
The Assembly polls in the state, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in power since 2003, are due by the year-end.
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Mohd Zubair files police complaint over doxxing, death threats, communal targeting on social media
Bengaluru: Noted fact-checker and Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair has filed a formal police complaint with the Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Bengaluru, seeking urgent action against social media users who have allegedly disclosed his residential address, phone number, and other personal details online. The complaint also accuses them of issuing veiled threats, inciting mob violence, and targeting him on communal grounds.
Zubair, known for debunking fake news and misinformation, stated in his complaint that he has been subjected to repeated online abuse and threats due to his work. He particularly highlighted a tweet by the handle @Cyber\_Huntss, posted on May 12, 2025, at 12:27 PM, which suggested delivering pork to Zubair’s house, an act clearly intended to insult his religious identity. Though the tweet was later deleted, Zubair has submitted screenshots along with the archived version of the tweet in the complaint.
In addition to this, Zubair named two other users, @AmirLadka and @nationfirst1223, who allegedly posted images containing his PAN card number, phone number, and address, further amplifying the threat to his personal safety. Screenshots of these tweets have also been attached to the complaint. The tweets were reportedly accompanied by comments encouraging others to save the information before it was deleted, implying a deliberate and coordinated act of doxxing.
“This is the second time such an incident has taken place,” Zubair wrote in his complaint, recalling a similar episode in April 2023 where he had previously reported @Cyber\_Huntss for sharing his personal address along with communally charged language. That earlier complaint was acknowledged by the police (Reference No: 527/2023) but was eventually closed with a 'C Report', which Zubair terms as unjustified.
The current complaint argues that the recent leaks of personal information are not isolated incidents but part of a sustained campaign to incite violence against him. He stated that his Muslim identity has been specifically targeted, pointing to the references to pork, an item forbidden in Islam and called the attacks part of a larger pattern of communal intimidation.
Zubair urged the authorities to register an FIR under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including Sections 196, 197(d), 351, 352, 353 and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act, 200. He also requested police protection for himself and his family, citing serious concerns for their safety.
In a parallel post on X (formerly Twitter), Zubair wrote, "People have leaked my home address and mobile number and have threatened to send pork to my address. There are already life threats against me. This isn't the first time. The same person in 2023 had sent pork to my address and shared the shipping address on Twitter. I have filed a complaint before @DCPEASTBCP. Trust that @CPBlr @DgpKarnataka takes this threat seriously at least this time. Last time when I filed a complaint, the FIR was closed after a few months." Zubair also tagged CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar in his X post.
People have leaked my home address and Mobile Number and have threatened to send Pork to my address. There are already life threats against me. This isn't the first time. The same person in 2023 had sent Pork to my address and shared the shipping address on Twitter. I am have… pic.twitter.com/GJAhrWuCBg
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 12, 2025
Here are the tweets by right wing sharing my personal address and Mobile number. There's a threat to me and my family staying at that address. pic.twitter.com/MU0HYNhfnJ
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 12, 2025
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— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 12, 2025
Zubair concluded his complaint by warning that failure to take timely action would not only put his life in danger but also embolden perpetrators and create a chilling effect on other journalists and fact-checkers working to counter misinformation.
