asterix Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 A prominent Indian journalist critical of Hindu nationalist politics has been shot dead in the southern state of Karnataka, police say.Gauri Lankesh, 55, was found lying in a pool of blood on her doorstep in the city of Bangalore.She was shot in the head and chest by gunmen who arrived by motorcycle. The motive for the crime was not clear.The most high profile Indian journalist murdered in recent years, Ms Lankesh was buried with full state honours.The chief minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, was among those who attended the funeral.There were also protests against her killing in several Indian cities, including the capital, Delhi. Indian reporters are being increasingly targeted by radical Hindu nationalists, activists say.In the last few years, journalists seen to be critical of Hindu nationalists have been berated on social media, while many women reporters have been threatened with rape and assault.Ministers belonging to India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have also openly attacked journalists, using terms like "presstitute" (a mix of press and prostitute) to describe them. Gauri Lankesh, was known by many simply as Gauri. She edited a weekly newspaper and was known as a fearless and outspoken journalist. She was known for her secularist criticism of right-wing and Hindu nationalists, including members of the BJP.She worked for The Times of India and later ran an independent newspaper, Lankesh Patrike, along with her brother Indrajit for several years. The newspaper had been founded by her father, P Lankesh, a left-wing poet and writer.After a split with her brother, she left to start several publications, including her own newspaper Gauri Lankesh Patrike.Award-winning filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh was her sister. Ms Lankesh had returned home in her car on Tuesday night and was opening the gate when the attackers shot her, police said. She died on the spot.Officials said they suspected she had been under surveillance by the gunmen. An investigation has been opened.Her killing follows several assassinations of outspoken secularists or rationalists in recent years, including scholar Malleshappa Kalburgi, anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, and author-politician Govind Pansare.The watchdog Reporters Without Borders said that radical nationalist journalists have targeted other writers, with online smear campaigns and threats of physical reprisals."With Hindu nationalists trying to purge all manifestations of 'anti-national' thought from the national debate, self-censorship is growing in the mainstream media," the group said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41169817 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 2 days old news..Mods, merge the two threads with the title from new thread...it is more apt.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 https://twitter.com/BJP4India/status/905783829029306368 https://twitter.com/ShefVaidya/status/905451877000667137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Kar Police's idea of an investigation of a high-profile murder: Ask public for any clues.. This is how they have investigated Kalburgi's murder as well. Meanwhile INC VP is engaged in throwing allegations at BJP RSS without any proof, as does most of MSM. This is how elections are fought by INC! http://www.deccanherald.com/content/631930/gauri-lankesh-murder-police-urge.html Edited September 7, 2017 by coffee_rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 So the narrative changes to how demonetization killed Gauri before naxalism did.. way to go seculars GoldenSun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gauri-lankesh-murder-bjp-issues-legal-notice-to-ramchandra-guha-for-alleging-rss-role-in-crime/articleshow/60465478.cms Quote NEW DELHI: The Karnataka BJP Yuva Morcha on Monday sent a legal notice to renowned historian Ramachandra Guha for alleging that its ideological mentor, the RSS, and the party had a role in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.In the legal notice, the Yuva Morcha demanded Guha issue an unconditional apology in the next three days, and also refrain from making such comments. Failure to comply with the aforesaid instructions will ensue the initiation of a civil and criminal prosecution against him, the notice stated."If Ramachandra Guha does not apologise, our party will initiate a legal process and take this to the court. Not just Guha, we are observing everyone who makes such comments, and notices will be issued to them, too," said Karnataka BJP spokesperson Ashwath Narayana.After the murder of Lankesh, Guha had claimed that the RSS was behind the recent killings of activists and journalists and blamed the BJP government for sowing the seeds of intolerance in the country."It was likely that Gauri's murderers came from the same Sangh Parivar from which the murderers of Pansare, Dabholkar and Kalburgi came... The ruling dispensation in Delhi has created a climate of hate and intolerance," Guha had said. Slap a defamation suit on this loonie bin. Even Ram Jethmalani will not be able to save his congi ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts