Myth 12: The photo of Qutubuddin Ansari is genuine
Posted on May 22, 2008 - Filed Under 12-Concocted Lies and Myths by the media |
Fact: This photo is reproduced here in this book on page 92. This photo has been used repeatedly to tarnish the name of BJP, VHP and the Bajrang Dal throughout India. The victim, Qutubuddin Ansari, is seen pleading for mercy to the rioters. Later he is shown in Kolkata, living happily on the help given by the West Bengal government which is of the CPI (M) and Left parties. questions that arise, and which were aptly raised by the RSS chief K S Sudarshan in his speech in Nagpur on 4th
October 2003 are:
1-If Mr Qutubuddin Ansari was seen pleading for mercy to rioters on the first floor of a building, how is it that no rioter is seen in the photo?
2-How and why did the rioters leave him alive and not kill him?
3-How was the photographer allowed to take the photo by the rioters? Why did they not attack him?
4-How, at least, did the rioters not destroy his camera if they would have left both Ansari and the photographer alive?
And I add a couple more:
5-Can the photographer, Mr. Arko Datta of the Reuters, explain any of the above questions?
6- Can Mr Ansari answer any of the above questions and other questions which may be raised on this issue now that he lives happily in Kolkata?
This tale of lies and myths is unending. It can go on and on and on. We will, however, need to conclude this chapter here itself. An enterprising writer would do well to compile an encyclopedia of these media lies on the entire Gujarat scenario. He can start with media lies on Godhra, on concocting imaginary ‘provocations’ for Godhra, the lies concocted on the post-Godhra riots-such as the extent of the riots, the number of people killed, the imaginary tales and stories of unnamed victims, the rapes and murders of innocent people, etc etc. And he can conclude with the media’s malicious reporting during the Gujarat Assembly elections of December 2002 when the media was the Congress’ pillar and tried to defeat the BJP. The BJP, which suffers the maximum damage from these lies, has unwisely allowed the media to escape the courts for one-sided, malicious lies.
November 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
basically I m a man with liberal thoughts.I hate all fundamentalist wheather he is a hindu,mohammaden and christian.we all are made by that ALMIGHTY GOD.In the house of glass no one is safe.I’ld like to repeat the lines of a famous Urdu poet- Jalte ghar ko dekhne wallon phoos ka chappar aapka hai, aapka hai, peeche peeche tej hawa hai aage mukkaddar aapka hai. Uske katl pe mai bhi chup tha mera no.ab aaya, meere katl pe aap bhi chup hai agla no. aapka hai. That stats that if you are silent when your neighbour’s house is burning then next is yours(sooner or later).And when my neighbour was killed,I was silent the very next no. is of mine (sooner or later)
November 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 am
yes but the raping of muslim women, that too gangraping a pregnant women makes me feel sick int he guts,,,they are our sisters too,,what difference does commmunity make? arent they humans too dont they have the same role of a mother sister or a daughter? arent they our sisters too,,,?
October 8th, 2008 at 3:48 am
Problem with most Hindu is that they condemn the acts of violence by Muslim extremist though these Hindus are no different from them. I was in Gujarat and Maharashtra for more than 2 years since 2006. I saw the extent of prejudice and hatred the Hindus there spew against any community, may it be Muslims or Christians. The way the majority of Hindus in these states think is unthinkable. It makes me sick. I think the cannibals are more civilized than these Hindus.
September 30th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Good, you don’t read the pseudo-secular media.
Because the Times Of India, believes Qutubuddin Ansari, the tailor, was pleading for mercy before a rampaging mob.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1971508.cms