Mainstream Media seems to have up the ante against Youtubers?
YouTubers And Influencer Arrest Sparks Debate on National Security and Free Speech in India https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6by6_CM5Y1k CNN-News18. The rise of influencers like Jyoti Malhotra, accused of being a Pakistani asset, highlights a troubling trend in India's media landscape. As disinformation spreads, the government faces pressure to hold these figures accountable, raising questions about sovereignty and national security.
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the circus of unchecked youtubers and so-called influencers has mutated from harmless entertainment into a festering threat to the indian republic.
The likes of Ranveer Allahbadia shocked us all as he wallowed in sleaze under the guise of podcasting and Dhruvrati hurt Sikh sentiments in a reckless grab for views and just when we thought that this desiccated ecosystem couldn't unravel further another youtuber and influencer Jyoti Malhotra yes the lady on your screens seen at different places with nawaj sharif's daughter mariam sharif or at the border or in pakistan
or at the pakistan high commission iftar parties this woman jyoti malhotra has been arrested because she is an alleged pakistani asset
yes an alleged pakistan groomed influencer what began
as a democratization of media has become a sewer of disinformation narcissism and foreign manipulation
worse these individuals answer to no one despite holding sway over the minds
of an entire generation jyothi is in an alarming case she was weaponized
by the pakistan state to sway public opinion in islamabad's favor here in this country and to get the unsuspecting public
to take a benign view of pakistan as if pakistan was a benefactor and not an exporter of terror let me run you
through why she has been arrested viewers and you'll be shocked she was arrested
by the civil lines police in Haryana and booked under the official Secrets Act and the BNS she was developed as an asset as part of Pakistan's anti-India
information warfare strategy during a visit to Pakistan in 2023 Jyoti was honey trapped by Hassan Ur Rahim allies Danish and official in the Pakistan High Commission Jyoti
traveled with Danish to Indonesian resort island Bali Danish introduced
Jyoti to several park-based ISI intelligence officials. She's accused of communicating with them through WhatsApp, Telegram and Snapchat.
Jyoti allegedly kept in touch with her Handler, Danish after the Pahalgam attack also.
That's when viewers you remember the government came out with a strict advisory saying that please cease all communication, all
interlocution with Pakistanis, but she kept on. Jyoti made a video in which she attempts to blame India
and the Pahalgam victims for the carnage. Investigators focusing on unearthing if Jyoti was part
of a larger pro-Park influencer spiring. This is what now the thrust of the investigation is pointing towards.
At least two arrested from Punjab have been accused of leaking sensitive information and photographs of the army
and air force bases to the isi jyoti was also brainwashed so compromised
she even dehumanized the victims of palga blaming them for their own carnage
and not the park train terrorist viewers can you imagine that and also imagine how many
of her followers would have been misguided into doubting their own government that is indian government as it was preparing to hold pakistan to
account first listen to jodh may government ki hi nahi but her us nagari ki responsibility hai
ki joh ghoom ne jata hai joh jis ko watchful ho na chahiye security mein
janti hu ki kashmir mein har zhre zhre pere chappe chappe pe security hoti hai itne army ke itne police
Now viewers, Jyoti represents only one end of the spectrum but the government is also cracking down another strata
who also push a false narrative that gives Pakistan an edge in the propaganda,
disinformation war against India. All this under the cover of democratic rights and their own status.
Fortunately, that hasn't stopped. The fact that these people are in very influential positions hasn't
stopped the center from, for instance, cancelling the oci card of an academic based in the united kingdom citing her alleged
involvement in court anti-india activities unquote this is nitisha kaur who teaches politics and international relations
at the university of westminster in london has been hypercritical of alleged rights violations by the indian state in jammu and kashmir in the aftermath of the 2019 decision to abrogate article 370 here
influence viewers here influence in this particular case many think borders
on insurgency non-influence but insurgency the less said the better about
In this, there's Congress party's Manish Shankarayan, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti,
who also have been accused of exerting a blatantly Park
skewed toxic influence on public discourse and for generating sympathy for pakistan others from this group like ncmp which is a national conference member
of parliament aga rahula are also He was also accused of pitting Kashmiri Muslims against non-JNK domicile Indians.
Mehbubha Mufti, for example, has said viewers, Jammu and Kashmi Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's call to revive the Tulbul navigation
project amid ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan is deeply unfortunate. Our people deserve peace as much as anyone else, weaponizing something as essential
and life-giving as water is not only inhumane but also risks internationalizing what should remain a bilateral matter imagine
viewers this is the view of a mainstream politician in this country that has been embraced by not only the bjp but also the india bloc
in the past the bjp of course learned their lessons but not so much the india bloc views can you believe it
so blood can flow but pakistanis must get their water we must dehyphenate draw false moral equivalence there's money shankarai
of yours congress leader serving till today we are living he says with the consequences of that partition is that the unresolved question
of the partition reflected in the terrible tragedy in Pehalgaam on April 22nd.
Can you believe it viewers? He's linking some absurd, absurd, completely
off the wall happenstance to use it as a justification
for Pelga whose side are these people on Aga Rahula he said quote which is being
or what is being called tourism it's not that in my view this is a cultural invasion it's happening by purpose and by design
and a particular set of people are being brought intentionally by design and for specific
activities which are executed as part of a cultural invasion if you please viewers so Indians who are going to Jammu
and Kashmir enriching the people there are invaders cultural
invaders India needs to make this malign ecosystem accountable viewers the sooner
we do it the better it is there is no longer this is absolutely no longer about influence.
This is about sovereignty now, it's become a question of sovereignty and let's open this up tonight. Let's put some fundamentally straightforward questions.
You know I don't beat about the Bush viewers. Sayyad Asad Dabbas, let me bring him in straight. Sayyad Asad Dabbas, I know people like you talk about human rights.
You talk about human rights, you talk about freedom of expression free speech all of this to justify all sorts of stuff now i want to
ask you are you also part of that league and i have to ask you this question very straightforward question it's very very simple
that wants to make the question of peace or aman into a tamasha sir.
And hide behind that to push all sorts of narratives. I want you to tonight take a position saying that people like this, these influencers,
these politicians should be excommunicated. They should be isolated.
The election commission should take away their right to contest elections,
their political parties should be ...be made accountable for the statements
of these people. Would you be willing to go that fast, sir? I hope you will. Tonight.
Rahul, I have always believed if there is great power... ...there is great responsibility and equal accountability the league
that I belong to sir is my beautiful country of India Bharat that is Hindustan the fact
of the matter is we saw three political leaders Mehbubha Mufti we also Ruhullah
and we also saw Manish Shankar Iyer. Coming to Mehbooba Mufti, let me take all three sitting ducks one by one.
Mehbooba Mufti was a former ally of the Bhartirajanta party. Bhartirajanta party who previously previously called her anti-national,
but they were in cahoots. Why? Because they wanted to rule to govern Kashmir. But all guns blow.
It went flat and they had to derail the same. Coming to Manish Shankar Iyer, it was Mr Rahul Gandhi who took a step
and suspended him when he made comments against the Honourable Prime Minister of our country, Narendra Modi ji.
The fact of the matter is now coming to these so-called influencers like the Jyoti Malota that we see.
The only way to deal with spy espionage is iron hands.
There is no other way to go. And the message with Operation Sindur has Let me quickly step in.
No, Mr. Abbas, one second. I am glad even I will endorse the latter part.
But look, when you have politicians, when you have politicians who give
such a wide berth by turning into quasi-insurgents, look at Nitisha call for example.
What does she represent, sir? Do you agree with her or disagree Do you believe article 370 when it was abrogated,
there were a large number of people in Jammu and Kashmir whose human rights were violated. I want to ask you sir, do you accept that statement?
With respect to Natasha Call, my stand has been absolutely clear that anybody who speaks against my country has absolutely…
I want you to tell me, sir, do you agree with the sum and substance of what she has said about Article 370 and the abrogation of Article 370?
Do you agree with what the Congress has said, for example, about the CA? Because this is what creates this ecosystem, when the Congress
or some other political parties talk about issues in a divisive, polarizing manner, a large number of others get their cues.
These people are not just doing things randomly they are preaching to
an ecosystem so i want to i want you to answer the fundamental question do you agree
that ca was an assault on the rights of muslims yes no so i've been absolutely clear
with my stand of ca when it comes to uh our country my stand has been sacrosanct the fact of the matter i want you to tell me
that ca was not an imposition and discriminatory towards indian
muslims just tell me that i'll move on i don't want to waste my time sir it was discriminatory on the basis that the law
of the land in the constitution was made keeping religion article 370 viewers was also similarly discriminatory
in their book now when political no hankin when political mainstream voices like abbas or the Congress or the PDP or several other political parties go out there
people like Jyoti Malhotra and others Natasha called etc.
think think that they have the free space to go out there and say all of these views.
The allowance begins with a political class. Now, if I ask Mr. Abbas to
saying no no no article 370 was a violation of the spirit of the constitution ca was similarly a spirit no no violation
of the spirit when the supreme court has come and presided over at least
and nobody has lost their citizenship after ca came into so i want to ask you i want to ask people like you were you misleading you know
you're an influencer sir why shouldn't you be brought to book for misleading the public the ca has been put into place it happened a year back
name me one muslim that lost his citizenship sir i was on your show on your previous channel in where i said that ca is not about taking citizenship
but it is about giving citizenship the only bone of contention with CA with the Muslim community
and the class has been that the law of the land was made a secular land with religion in mind.
This is the problem viewers so you see when you suddenly say well no hang on Pradeep Bhandari would you like to respond to him
because this is the problem. Viewers when influencers will speak the language of separatists.
No no there is no then there is a problem. People like me are held to account. No no one second people like me hang on hang on people
like me are held to account we are held to standards but influencers are not and in the name of free speech viewers they
peddle propaganda fake news invalidated facts and they masquerade as truism in this country.
Rahul influencers speak the language of separatists because Rahul Gandhi speaks the language of Pakistan and that is the political fuel
that this ecosystem gets. On this very day, Mr. Rahul Gandhi yet again has been quoted
by the pakistani media on his comment on the statement of minister
of external affairs shri jai shankar when congress party treats enemies as misunderstood friend this is what happens and this entire ecosystem which you were speaking
about gets the fuel from Mr. Rahul Gandhi led ecosystem. So, I here charge Mr. Rahul Gandhi directly responsible
for fueling this sentiment in this country, in this fringe. Please allow me.
In the Tukde Tukde gang which was in Jainu, who was the political protagonist? It was Mr. Rahul Gandhi.
Who is the right now the political protagonist for Pakistan in the post-operation Sindhu,
when the entire world is celebrating India's victory, it is Mr. Rahul Gandhi. Once it happens, it is a coincidence.
Twice is happenstance but when it thrice it happens, it is enemy action let me just quote you a certain instance this is not
for the first time this has happened mr. Rahul Gandhi because I believe till the time you do not cure that none
of this will happen today it is Jyoti Malhotra, Armaant tomorrow it might be somebody else because all of them will have this political shield from the congress party go back after
independence rahul you are an extremely avid reader of history what did mr jawala nehru do mr jawala nehru opposed
and And refused nuclear technology at that time which was given by Mr. K by the United States of America.
Mr. Nehru was followed by Ms. Indira Gandhi who two months after Operation Smiling Buddha said that she wanted to give the nuclear
technology to pakistan and mr rajiv gandhi believed in nuclear disarmament when china already was a nuclear power
and pakistan was enriching uranium so till the time the congress party continues its separatist pro pakistan stand continues to question
our forces continues to peddle the chinese in the pakistani narrative you will have these influences on the likes of let me ask that
having this fuel to go forward and pedal an anti-india narrative. Mr. Ravi Srivastava, when the ecosystem talks about dialogue,
you give oxygen. You give oxygen to people who think they are now part of some back channel.
They will land up for iftar parties at the Pakistani High Commission. And when the media, people like me question Indians who fraternize
with the Pakistan, Pakistani diplomats, etc., at their High Commission for iftar,
you accuse us of being hawks, you accuse us of being jingoistic,
you accuse us of being the saboteurs of peace, of dialogue, of aman. When we call for, for example,
complete cessation of what is known as this cultural
the idea of india because you are militating against the free flow of ideas etc etc etc i want you to take a position tonight and say you were wrong
and that all ties people to people People should be snapped with Pakistan.
Because this is what happens. Good evening, Rahul. First of all, let me tell you that we should talk
about the enemy within. The enemy within is these Jyoti Malhotra's are
just the pawns in the hands of those people. Can you or me get any military secret or defense operation?
No, sir. Never. What are you saying, sir? Why Jyoti Malhotra could get it?
Who are the people behind Jyoti Malhotra? What is he saying? Who are the people providing this?
who are the people who are percolating this who are the real enemies as far as the politics so she is not a real enemy it's the others
who are the real enemy she is only a face what do you mean she is a a face she's
a collaborator she's only a face she's what do you mean she's only a face
she's a collaborator this is exactly on your show how gaddari against the
there was a famous terrorist excuse me excuse me sir one second sir
he was a maths teacher's son caught in the conflict we were headmaster burhanwani
by this logic you see burhanwani is a porn he's only a face yeah you see
poor kasab he was an impoverished youth who got sucked into it you see a whole brigade
of people viewers tomorrow will be given a free pass because they are only incidental trial will prove it oh what is he trying to
say what do we have to prove we should let her go kasaab dig kill people point blank
so sir but many people said including a lot of other people who came out and said that it is an rss ki shajish and many others said he's only a pawn
which he perhaps was but that didn't make him any less no excuse me sir please no i object here rahul a collaborator
in terror activities whether it is giving he or she's giving intellectual cover to a terrorist is equal one second let
me just ask a simple question tonight one second one second sir i'm just asking a simple question of you mr srivastava please will you define
mani shankar ayya mehbuban mufti aga rahula As
Insurgents Yes or no? No they are not They are not
No they are not Is there There is something called intellectual insurgency in this country. Sayyad Abbas was clever. And these are intellectual terrorists.
One second, one second, one second. Sir, no, no, hang on, hang on. Now just why would you say that an individual who sits on Indian soil
and says that, look, the people who died in Pehelgaam didn't die
because of hatred. But an unfinished question that dates back to pre 1947 what do you call
those people sir that's a nonsense so then then then tell me that was
the that was the view of money shankar why are you not suggesting now then why are you saying that that he is not an intellectual insurgent
in this country, peddling a narrative? See, if somebody speak his own mind,
then where is the question of calling him insurgent? Speak his mind.
Isn't he an intellectual insurgent? He was not. He was not. So you can ask for the dissolution of your country.
Why could you not prove and hang it till late? Okay, okay. One second, Rajas Sethi. Five seconds. Let me bring in Rajas Sethi.
You see all these people all these people are activists no no one second they're
activists they represent a stream of very evolved absolutely i am
in my senses that there was no to play-to-play gang in this country there was no to play-to-play gang in this country there has been no to
play-to-play gang so when half a side faces a political party what will you call that political party He asked, when an intellectual backs the Pakistan,
will you not call that intellectual as an intellectual terrorist? When hundreds and thousands of people in the middle of Mumbai take the janazah
of a terrorist, what do you call them. These are intellectual terrorists. That's what they are.
You carried Masood Azzar to Afghanistan, sir. You carried Masood Azzar. Sir, do you know the circumstance?
We have murdered Masood Azzar's entire family and we will also get the head of Masood Azzar, my dear friend.
Don't worry about it. Okay, let me just carry in Rajat. One second, Mr. Sethi. Look, I don't want this to become a cacophonous debate, viewers.
We have to separate the wheat from the We cannot go around creating exceptions anymore, Rajat Sethi, for people who constantly undermine
the national interest and pass it off as opinion. Because today, that particular individual has a massive reach.
Yes. This is no longer about people talking amongst themselves in a seminar room to 10 people their voice gets
amplified then their voice gets picked up by our enemies and then made viral people listen to it impressionable minds view these videos
rajat seti this is a completely different level we are talking about tonight and here we have people who can't call these people out for what they are insurgents now you imagine someone
sitting in kashmir will say No, no, no. You see the money. No, hang on. You know, they'll say that the water, for example,
why are we stopping water for Pakistanis? There's some communities who even paraded in the streets of Calcutta, batting that.
Sir, Mr. Jai Shankar is the hero of the park media today. You see this statement there.
He's a hero of the park media because Rahul Gandhi misinterpreted his statements and made him one outcome come to that in just a few moments
one second he said it he said it oh come on sir please don't be so
don't be so petty tonight no no no one second I'll come back we are having a separate debate on this so hang Hold your fire, sir.
Hold your fire because I know where you're going with this. On your show it's very difficult to hold fire, Rahul. One second. Rajat Sethi, quick response.
Well, Rahul, I don't have a response to Mr. Shivastav's delusional world view. He can live in his delusion world view, good luck to him.
See the problem that we are facing is a 98-2 problem. 98 % of this country thinks how a rational nationalist mind should
be. How do you deal with clowns like Natasha Call? You can go out and cancel their OCI, they'll crib,
they'll continue to write articles in influential dailies and try and craft a narrative against India.
How should we do? And therefore, I have personally put in a thought, is a compulsory military service going to be a response that all Indians,
no matter what region, colour, community that you come from, you need to have a compulsory one-year military training the way Israel does.
Can we do it at that scale of ours? Maybe, maybe not. Otherwise, what else can we do?
It is individuals like yourself, Rahul, who are articulate, who have written such phenomenal books. You need to start writing and shaping the narrative globally
and countering what the Natasha calls of the world are trying to do. There is no other answer to these absolute anti-national elements that are growing
and festering in our country. When I used to study at IIT, I can tell you. We used to go and visit JNU campuses.
Back in those days also they used to talk about our own parts of our own country in ways that Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Nagaland.
Those are the same lines that today Bangladesh chief advisor is talking about. So, you know, you try and create these fault lines
in our country only to be used by our anti-national forces around the world. They will use it, they will scavenge on it.
But these idiots who do not understand the seriousness of what they are saying and writing, how do you deal with them?
That is the real challenge. We need permanent solutions for this. I agree with you but only up to the point I don't want to call these people idiots.
They are not bumbling fools. Let me tell you, Rajat, they are playing to a particular plan.
And that plan has been... Look at what happened during the Kisan Andolan Viewers.
Look at what happened during the Kisan Andolan. Political parties from the opposition went to these Kisan people.
One of them was the Aam Admi Party with pizzas and God alone
knows what else food blankets they spend time there and who is turned
against the same Kisan viewers the Punjab government who runs the Punjab government it's the AAP this is a low-level intellectual insurgency
that is being wielded against this country viewers and the people who are doing so flit in and out of the mainstream and into the
you have to tell me a very specific thing let me ask you this let me first quote this person that that is being called tourism is not
that in my view this is a cultural invasion now the national conference shares power
with the congress party it's an influential member of the india bloc the india bloc other parties the ubt shift sena the ncp
of sharat power the tmc the The DMK, the Congress, the Samajwadi Party,
the RJD have no problem with this statement. What would you call this group of people who think
that tourists are cultural invaders? What would you call this group of people who think that tourists are cultural invaders, what would you call them in my book they're hate-mongers what would you call them I agree
with it so then tell me sir why is Aga Rahula why is the National Conference still part
of the India bloc? That's not for you to answer.
That is not for you to answer. And in fact, if you are talking about India bloc... Should he be? Should he be? A few days above?
Should he be? A few days above Cheddaa. Lambram wasn't sure whether India have walk is still in state. Oh, come on. So let's not trivialize this debate.
You know what I'm getting at. I want you to tell me why is there silence? Now hang on, hang on. If there was an individual within the BJP who came out and said
for example that you see in the state of Uttar Pradesh anyone that is coming from any other state is a cultural invader what would your reaction have been sir
or there have been people in the BJP who have said for example that Islamic people are cultural invaders and they continue.
They continue to be militating against our Hindu culture. What do you call them sir? You call them bigots.
Yes or no? And you say action should be taken. Here you are saying ask those other people.
Where is the activism sir? Why aren't you coming out and saying that the Congress party is wrong to be
in alliance with the NC? Didn't I say as much that they are hate mongers.
So then tell me sir if they are hate mongers does that make the Congress? What does that make the Congress?
A party that is communal because its silence speaks louder than its words? Would you agree?
What what I think you are trying to say here is this is the same national conference which was in alliance with BJP.
Now the Abdullahs, Omar Abdullah was a minister in Vajpayee talk. But anybody in NDA speaks the line and language of NDA my dear friend.
In NDA you abrogate article 370, in UPA you say Pakistan Zindabaad.
That is the difference Ashutosh Ashutosh my simple question in Rahul I believe these are hate.
One second let him finish you can respond yeah Ashutosh, Ashutosh Mishra please finish your statement so what
about raise your response go ahead for first responses what what about them okay
no you are scutting the more important issue no I'm asking you this is the only issue the issue here is that why are political parties getting away
with their anti-national stance that's your question no that's not my question
sir my question is if there are political parties that are giving wide berth to bigotry what does that make them if not communal answer
that question would you agree silence on aga rahula means that the congress is communal.
It plays the politics of appeasement. It has a problem with Hindus. Yes or no?
When I hear you talking about politics of appeasement i am reminded
about that bjp minister in madhya pradesh who was saying
that colonel sophia koreshi is sister of pakistani terrorists this talk
about appeasement and vote politics is itself sure
that the person who's talking about that is spreading criminal dictating and djpr is the main culprit because
if you remember jyotar as Well Rahul first to call the state, well Rahul you come,
I believe that hate is a too small a word. I will get called an anti-national communal because the birth of communist politics
in this country happened because of the Congress Party. Post-independence, Max, I was listening to my dear friend.
I was listening to the Ashutosh, you made a charge against the BJP.
Allow me to respond. Okay, you made a charge against the BJP. There is a minister and I've tweeted against this minister.
Pradeep Bhandari. They are saying that look, I mean if anyone Is playing the communal card, the appeasement card It's the BJP So everything is fair in love
and war Well first of all we are waiting for the Supreme Court To take a decisive action That is point number one on the minister's part Ashutosh,
please let's go back to history the birth of communal politics has been congress party maximum communal rights in this country has taken place
during the time of congress party as per all the reports the country's safest
in the last 10 years vis-a-vis what it was in the time of Congress party. So, the Congress's agenda is to pitter Hindu against the Muslim.
Our agenda is not that. This is where if you see the maximum innocent life lost in the riot has been during the time of the
Congress party. Everybody remembers the infamous Calcutta riots. Everybody remembers the number of riots which took place during Nehruji's time.
Everybody remembers the Muzaffar Nagar riots. And for them, communal bigotry secularism this is Okay.
I want to... Before I move on to second part, viewers, before I move on to... One second, gentlemen, before I pivot to the second part of this show,
which is related in a sense, viewers, I just want to repeat what I said. India needs to make this malign ecosystem accountable, viewers.
This is no longer about influence. It is about sovereignty and the way we define our sovereignty.
Let me tell you, we are at that point of inflection. This is gone completely out of hand.
We don't know anymore who is doing what to what end.
Because there is complete anarchy. And you know why, viewers?
Because people are taking democracy for a ride in this country under the garb
of freedom of expression. This is an example, viewers.
This is an example of people crossing the Rubicon, the point of no return.
What are we going to do about it? That's the question. Are we all going to sit here and attack each other,
not allow for consensus? Or are we going to rise to the occasion and see this for what it
is? An intellectual insurgency. Viewers, let me tell you there's no polite way and I'm going to go to second part