Asianet Suvarna news shows Indian Muslim's figures with Pakistani flag while reporting on population
Bengaluru: A viral video clipping of a news program aired on Kannada news channel, Asianet Suvarna set off firestorm on social media after it allegedly depicted Indian Muslims using a Pakistan flag, during its reportage on the EAC-PM report.
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), which in its study titled "Share of religious minorities: A cross-country analysis," claimed that the Hindu population in India experienced decline, while Muslim population witnessed significant growth.
The program hosted by the channel’s Head of news and programs and senior Anchor Ajit Hanumakkanavar, was seen doing a detailed discussion on the EAC-PM report. A pictograph chart displaying data from the report on the percentage share of population Hindu’s and Muslims was aired, in which the Hindu's were depicted using the Indian flag while the Muslims were depicted using a Pakistan flag.
The videos of the viral clipping are supposedly removed from the network’s official social media handles.
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) recently published a study that analyzed the shifts in religious demographics across various countries from 1950 to 2015. According to the findings, India's Hindu majority population experienced a decline of 7.81 per cent during the 65-year period.In contrast, the Muslim community in India witnessed a significant increase of 43.15 per cent within the same timeframe.
Meanwhile, Independent Think tank, Population Foundation of India (PFI) has expressed deep concerns about media misrepresenting data from the EAC-PM report on religious minorities' share in populations. They highlighted the broader demographic trends, including declining decadal growth rates among Muslims and converging fertility rates between Hindus and Muslims and also called for media houses to present accurate and contextual presentation of data.
Here is a video clip.. pic.twitter.com/hVpiX995hl
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Pakistan flag for Indian Muslims.
This is how @AsianetNewsSN and its Anchor Ajit Hanumakkanavar portrayed 20 crore Indian Muslims while discussing the EAC-PM report. Hope organisations in Karnataka register a complaint against the Anchor and… pic.twitter.com/OVFB8MAoF5
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Kangana Ranaut shown black flags in Himachal's Lahaul and Spiti, BJP files complaint with CEO
Shimla, May 20: Actor Kangana Ranaut, BJP candidate from the Mandi parliamentary constituency, was shown black flags by local people and Congress workers at Kaza in Lahaul and Spiti on Monday.
The Himachal Pradesh BJP filed a complaint with the state chief electoral officer (CEO) demanding transfer of election officials and an investigation into the incident as both the BJP and the Congress were given permission to hold rallies adjacent to each other.
The Congress workers raised anti-Kangana slogans - "Kangana, go back, Kangana Vangana nahi chalegi". They were apparently enraged over her remarks on Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in April last year.
Ranaut had tweeted a meme featuring the Dalai Lama that said, "The Dalai Lama receives a warm welcome at the White house". The photoshopped picture in the tweet showed the Dalai Lama sticking his tongue out with US President Joe Biden with a comment - Both of them have the same illness, definitely they could be friends.
Following this, a group of Buddhists staged a dharna outside her office in Mumbai.
Later she apologised saying she didn't mean to hurt anyone, and it was a harmless joke about Biden being friends with the Dalai Lama.
Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Jai Ram Thakur, who had accompanied Ranaut to Kaza to campaign for the BJP, on Monday alleged that the Congress workers tried to disturb the meeting of the BJP and pelted stones on their carcade while they were returning.
Talking to reporters, he said, "It is unfortunate that for the first time, permission was given to hold a parallel rally at the venue to the Congress where prior permission was already granted to the BJP to hold the rally.
Efforts were made to disturb our rally and the Congress workers raised shameful slogans, stopped our carcade and pelted stones, injuring one person."
Thakur added that they go for campaigning all over the state but such things have happened for the first time, which shows "frustration" of the Congress and they would take up the issue with the Election Commission.
Later, in a complaint filed with the Himachal Pradesh CEO, BJP state office secretary Parmod Kumar Thakur said the Congress workers allegedly tried to illegally restrain the political procession and even pelted stones and demanded an investigation into the incident.
"The district administration granted permission for organising a political meeting to the Congress adjacent to the place already scheduled to hold a political meeting of the BJP at Kaza under undue influence of the state government in utter violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC)", he said.
In the complaint, the BJP demanded the immediate transfer of election officials from Lahaul and Spiti and said giving permission to both the parties at the same location at the same time was a "big lapse" on the part of the Election Commission "in spite of the fact that permission to the BJP was provided first and the officers involved in this act are biased against the BJP, and free and fair elections are doubtful under the circumstances."
Lahaul and Spiti SP Mayank Chowdhary told PTI that workers of both the BJP and the ruling Congress came face to face but there was no clash and no person was injured. However, one worker sprained his leg, he added.
Bhishan Shashni, Congress election coordinator for Lahaul and Spiti claimed that the Congress workers were peacefully protesting but a large number of people, who were hurt by Ranaut's remarks about the Tibetan spiritual leader, joined the protest.
Earlier, Congress candidate from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat Vikramaditya Singh had asked why Ranaut did not visit Spiti and returned from Reckong Peo alleging that she was afraid she would be shown black flags for her remarks against the Dalai Lama.
