BJP lifts now ANHAD’s photo for its “Kashmir Bachao Divas” ad
Submitted by admin4 on 22 August 2010 - 8:02pm
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: BJP did it again. Guess what? It is another instance of blatant misuse of photo of a secular organization by the party for the propagation of its communal ideology. This time, it used ANHAD’s photo without its permission in its “Kashmir Bachao Divas” ad.
The BJP lifted illegally a photograph of an ANHAD demonstration on Kashmir issue,held on July 8, 2010 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, and misused it in its advertisement on “Kashmir Bachao Divas” in the Indian Express on August 20, 2010 and Navbharat Times on August 21, 2010.
Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD) is an organization which works for the defense of democracy, secularism and justice.
Lifted photos in the past also
Interestingly this is not the first time that BJP has been involved in such activity.
The Gujarat Government of BJP lifted a photo by TwoCircles.net of Muslim girls learning computer in Azamgarh Shibli College, and misused that photo for its advertisement on “Muslim Shining Campaign in Gujarat”, presenting the girls as belonging to Gujarat, in ads appeared in Patna dailies on June 10, 2010. It was in the context of Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi’s participation in the BJP National Executive meet in Bihar’s capital.
Any one can notice the similarity between the photos of demonstration by ANHAD and the BJP banner and its advertisement. In fact not only the people participating in the ANHAd demonstration but even its slogans and placards are clearly visible in the BJP ad and banner.
Ideological bankruptcy of BJP
“It represents the total ideological bankruptcy of the BJP which uses the Anhad photograph with slogans ‘10,000 Missing in Kashmir who is responsible? Stop Killing Innocent People in Kashmir’, while having a diametrically opposite understanding about the issue,” said Shabnam Hashmi, Managing Trustee, ANHAD
Talking to this correspondent she highlighted the game of duplicity often played by the party in the past.
“Interestingly in the past, the BJP has illegally lifted photos. For instance that of girls from Azamgarh from TwoCircles.net, and which the party tried to pass off as the photo of Muslim girls from Gujarat.”
“The demonstration, whose photo was misused by the BJP, highlighted the fact that the policies of Kashmir and Delhi governments are resulting in the … [ Expand ]alienation of the people of the state who have been suffering violations of their civic rights for years. This is in total contrast to the stand of the party on the issue,which is unconcerned about the plight of the people of Kashmir and looks at the issue as a law and order problem and calls for even more severe repression by the use of security forces,” she further added.
Demanded public apology
In a letter written to BJP president Nitin Gadkari, she has demanded BJP to issue an advertisement of equal size in all the newspapers in which this advertisement has appeared apologizing for the use of that photograph and stating therein that Anhad and the persons who are shown in the photograph have nothing to do with the BJP.
Will take legal action
If the BJP doesn’t apologize publicly then ANHAD will take legal action against the party.
“If we do not receive a satisfactory answer within one week we will be at liberty to take further action in accordance with law,” she added.
If people think, that all this will stop the BJP from using duplicitous means to propagate communal ideology; who knows there might be few surprises for them in future.
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ETHICS - BJP does not know its meaning
Neither does BJP nor RSS and its allied organizations know the meaning of Ethics. Well what they have done should defnitely be expected of them. The world knows very well that they do not practice what they preach publicly. They only practice what they preach privately. They preach nothing other than hatred & terrorism. The RSS & its allied organizations have penetrated into the very fabric of the great nation called India which has the capacity to be the super power of the world.
I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to the RSS & their sister organizations including BJP, Bajrangdal, Shivsena, ABVP, Abhinav Bharat, etc to remove hatred from their agenda and preach religious tolerance. Just because the Christians and Dalits and Muslims have not reacted so far for the attrocities you are committing that does not mean they will never react. Kindly stop working on your hidden agenda of framing the minorities in false cases when people affiliated to your organizations are the ones who are committing attrocities. God save us Hindus who are not involved in your crooked organizations from being the soft target.
I would also like to appeal to the other religions to exercise religious tolerance. If ever you are at the receiving end, please do not take law in your hands. Try to find a peacefule solution. This in my opinion is the only way that we can strengthen the very fabric on which we can build a strong nation. The day we feel the pain immaterial to who ever is hurt, that is the day we can claim to be human beings.
Today the human being has fallen in ethical standard so much that if you call a human being a DOG, it is not the insult to the human being it is an insult to the DOG. Let's work towards making the world a better place.
The only way you can make the world a better place is by making a change in your personal life. Hence I will try from my side to follow the highest ethical standards possible. I hope each & every citizen of the nation joins hands with me in making the world a better place to live.
Jai Hind!
- Aman
BJP's latest goof-up FOOLING its supporters
BJP’s has cloned another photo for it’s “Kashmir Bachao Diwas” after the recent GOOF-UP of using photo of a Muslim Girl learning computer at Azamgarh Shibli College for their “Muslim Shining Campaign in Gujarat” prior to Modi’s visit to Bihar. Here is a copy of a report that was published on June 14, 2010:
http://www.twocircles.net/2010jun14/modi_ad_girl_comes_out_addresses_med...
This latest GOOF-UP of using ANHAD acronym for ((Action now for harmony and democracy)) picture of their worker’s protest, BJP “does not” REALIZE it is engaged in:
ANOTHER NEFARIOUS and HEINOUS ACT of DECEPTION (ANHAD)
I wonder WHETHER or NOT Azamgarh Shibli College launched a case against BJP for UNAUTHORIZED use of their Photo?
If, Shabnam Hashmi let-go this opportunity against BJP’s latest goof-up, then MAN-EATER Bhajpa is likely to become bolder in future by FOOLING its VOTERS / BLIND SUPPORTERS.
By REPEATEDLY engaging in DECEPTIVE tactics, it fully suits when people address BJP as:
Badii Jhoothi Party
Badnaam Jhoothi Party
Brahmana Jaati Party.
An Indian
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