Liberals allergic to Hindu genocide facts [ Karnataka, India]

[Reported as seen]

The ‘Aryavarth Express’ front-page article based on facts was not tolerated by many. The article read, “Genocide of Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists under Islamic Rule needs to be recognized.” On Friday, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) stirred a controversy after its statements on a Bengaluru-based newspaper were misunderstood as comments on the content of the paper.

The newspaper was distributed freely on the train purely for its promotional purpose.
Gopika Bashi was offended after spotting the newspaper on the train and reading a fact that she wanted to call it a “blatantly propagandist publication” on Twitter, she demanded to know why a copy of the paper was on every seat of the Bangalore-Chennai Shatabdi Express and asked how IRCTC is allowing this, tagging the official Twitter handle of the corporation.

Journalist Rohini Mohan called the newspaper a ‘rag’ and said that it spread fake news.

Following the outrage on Twitter, IRCTC deleted the tweets. The Railway Ministry said that IRCTC’s tweet was only regarding the distribution of the newspaper and not on the content of the paper, and as it had created misunderstanding, it was deleted.

“Why are pro-Hindu voices being curtailed in the name of some warped idea of secularism of these blue ticks,” one person asked tagging the Railway Minister.

Some commented how it shows freedom of speech and expression is only for some, as IRCTC has effectively banned the newspaper inside trains, even if it was distributed as inserts with other papers.
If some people of this country cannot tolerate facts then what is the news that the ‘approved regular newspapers’ should deliver?

Pamphlets of various campaigns are always distributed with newspapers as inserts, and IRCTC or any other bulk purchasers of newspapers had never complained about them, and didn’t label that as ‘unauthorized distribution’. Therefore, the comments were unnecessary, and hence were taken back.