Kodagu: Twitter users launch campaign against hate-mongering woman for Facebook posts, demand arrest
#ArrestHatemongerVindhya top-trending in Karnataka
Kodagu: Twitter users on Tuesday evening launched a campaign user named Vindhya Poonacha for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Muslims and Prophet Mohammed from her Facebook profile.
The users highlighted the issue and shared the screenshots of her Facebook posts wherein she was seen criticizing and making hateful remarks that would hurt the sentiments of the Muslims. Soon, the hashtag demanding her arrest was trending in Karnataka.
Several users tweeted and demanded her arrest using #ArrestHatemongerVindhya. Some also shared pictures of a police complaint filed against her by the local youths to the Madikeri Cyber Cell.
Vindhya reportedly hails from Kodagu District and the netizens made sure that they tagged the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Kodagu District in all their tweets to bring the issue to the notice of the authorities.
The users also questioned the hesitation of the police department to arrest the accused and called on authorities to immediately arrest Vindhya and others who spread hate through social media.
At the time of posting of this report, the hashtag was trending on top in Karnataka with nearly 4000 tweets within hours of the kick-starting the campaign.
The users also criticized and alleged that the Police inspector at Kushalnagar Police Station had refused to file an FIR against the accused when he was approached, the users have also sought action against the cop for his act.
Why police department hesitation to arrest such hate mongers who openly creating communal tension.. coorg for peace @DCKodagu@KodaguSp @CybercrimeCID #ArrestHatemongerVindhya pic.twitter.com/T510cXBz4f
— Sonu (@Sonu06479612) June 2, 2020
Darkness cannot drive darkness; Light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; Love can do that.
— Danish Ahmed (@ImDoctorDanish) June 2, 2020
Dear Officials Please takecare of this HateMoneger with the Love of Law
We Believe in the Love of LAW@kodaguSP @DCKodagu @cybercrimecid @MediaTSI#ArrestHatemongerVindhya
Please have a look at the highly offensive posters she has put up on facebook. What gives people the audacity to do this in public spaces? She is anti Muslim& a liar
— Dr. Sylvia Karpagam (Don't communalise a pandemic) (@sakie339) June 2, 2020
Arrest her for disturbing communal harmony@kodaguSP @DCKodagu @cybercrimecid @MediaTSI#arresthatemongervindhya https://t.co/YROMqbxnYN
When they went to file a case against Vindhya, the Inspector of Kushalnagar said that if her address was given then FIR will be done. If we want to find her exact details of address, then why do we need police and SPs ??
— Ansar Bellare (@Ansar_Anz10) June 2, 2020
@kodaguSP @cybercrimecid
#ArrestHatemongerVindhya
Is there a new law for Cyber Police Madikeri n Kushalanagar Police Station ? They r trying to protect a hatemonger but on whose order n pressure? People of karnataka demanding fr the arrest of a hatemonger Vindhya@DCKodagu @KodaguSp @CybercrimeCID #ArrestHatemongerVindhya
— Ikku (@IkkuIndian) June 2, 2020
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Kamal Haasan-led MNM opts out of TN Assembly poll race, extends full support to DMK & allies
Chennai (PTI): Actor-politician Kamal Haasan's MNM, a constituent of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, on Tuesday announced that it would not contest the April 23 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu.
The number of seats DMK offered and the 'suggestion' that MNM nominees should contest under DMK's Rising Sun symbol are not acceptable, the party said.
MNM founder chief Haasan declared that his party will not fight polls but extend unconditional support to all the candidates of the DMK-led alliance and the move was hailed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin as "magnanimous decision setting aside self-interest with dignity and prioritise the welfare of Tamil Nadu."
"I don't know how to express my gratitude to him. His decision has deeply moved me," Stalin, who is the president of the DMK, said and thanked Haasan. He requested "brother Kamal Haasan" to campaign across Tamil Nadu for the April 23 polls.
Haasan, who called on the chief minister and conveyed his decision on Tuesday evening, said in a statement: "In today's difficult political environment, the number of seats that they (DMK) have promised to give us and the suggestion that we should contest under the Rising Sun symbol are not acceptable to the members of the MNM and to me."
Haasan said in politics, election is only a part and it is not final; there is no 'full stop' in politics.
The MNM joined the DMK-led alliance during the last parliamentary election for the good of the nation. "We worked hard for the alliance's success. As a result, the voice of Makkal Needhi Maiam was heard in the Rajya Sabha. From that day till today, we have maintained the alliance dharma without giving up our uniqueness," he said.
The chief minister and other leaders in the DMK "behaved with love, respect, and friendliness" towards him during the seat-sharing negotiations for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
"I fully understand that there is justification for it on their part. In an environment where communal forces are scheming in every way to somehow capture Tamil Nadu, the overall chance of victory of the alliance is paramount. And it is justified," Haasan said.
But the bond of MNM members with the party's "torch" symbol is emotional because it is not just a symbol for them but is their "identity." "I cannot and will not ignore the feelings of my workers who have been travelling with me for the last nine years without any gain," he said.
The decision to abstain from poll fray was "not sacrifice but a duty" and through this he has planted the seeds of a new political civilisation. "Proudly rejecting what the chief minister lovingly offers is also a form of love," he said and added that he gave up the seats for the progress of Tamil Nadu, and for the formation of a Dravidian Model 2.0 government which was the need of the hour.
