

{"id":22232,"date":"2018-11-09T16:55:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T11:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=22232"},"modified":"2018-11-10T00:44:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T19:14:48","slug":"tajinder-bagga-bjp-office-bearers-rally-for-journalist-who-supported-sikh-massacre-in-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/tajinder-bagga-bjp-office-bearers-rally-for-journalist-who-supported-sikh-massacre-in-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Tajinder Bagga, BJP office bearers rally for journalist who supported sikh massacre of 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been an outpour of right-wing support for Jagrati Shukla after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/lok-sabha-tv-journalist-jagrati-shukla-calls-for-extrajudicial-killings-in-kashmir-yet-again\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suspension<\/a> of her handle by Twitter for violating its rules against hateful conduct. The\u00a0role played by BJP office bearers in garnering support for Shukla has, however, raised concerns about the party&#8217;s real position on the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide.<\/p>\n<p>BJP had publicly committed to bring the perpetrators of the riots to justice. It was, therefore, shocking that several of its office bearers tweeted in support of an individual who had infamously claimed that Sikhs deserved to be massacred.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22247\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-3.11.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-3.11.24-PM.png 691w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-3.11.24-PM-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-3.11.24-PM-356x364.png 356w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-09-at-3.11.24-PM-410x420.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shukla, who has posted hateful content <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/lok-sabha-tv-appoints-journalist-who-called-for-genocide-in-kashmir-and-supported-1984-sikh-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the past as well<\/a>, had her handle suspended by Twitter for a tweet calling for the extrajudicial killing of Kashmiri protestors. Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga, BJP Mahila Morcha\u2019s Social media in charge Priti Gandhi, Delhi High Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/prashant-patel-umrao-fake-news-compilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prashant Patel<\/a> and\u00a0National IT Head of BJP Kishan Morcha, all tweeted in support of Jagriti Shukla and helped trend the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ISupportJagratiShukla&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ISupportJagratiShukla<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01-1024x988.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01-696x672.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01-1068x1030.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-210809_01-435x420.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shukla seems to have a morbid fascination for genocide, killings and murders. Other than justifying the anti-Sikh riots, she had also called for genocide in Kashmir. In a 2016 tweet, she had called for \u201cpopulation and pest control\u201d by killing \u201c\u2018em all\u201d in the Kashmir Valley. She later added that they could start by killing Kanhaiya Kumar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181109_163310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181109_163310.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181109_163310-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/IMG_20181109_163310-356x220.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many Twitter users followed by Prime Minister Modi tweeted with the hashtag #ISupportJagratiShukla to express outrage over the suspension of her twitter handle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01-1024x928.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01-696x631.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01-1068x968.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/11\/Screenshot_20181109-212047_01-463x420.jpg 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Expression of support to such an individual by a Congress office bearer would have led to a massive outrage among BJP with right leaning TV channels holding debates and calling for apology from the party president. Does BJP endorse the public support extended by its office bearers to an individual who has called for a genocide in Kashmir and justified the massacre of Sikhs in the 1984 riots? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been an outpour of right-wing support for Jagrati Shukla after the suspension of her handle by Twitter for violating its rules against hateful conduct. The\u00a0role played by BJP office bearers in garnering support for Shukla has, however, raised concerns about the party&#8217;s real position on the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide. 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