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Arambai Tenggol incites various reactions among the locals in Manipur’s capital city: fear, enthusiasm, hatred, and anger. However, through visuals of guns combined with peppy music on social media—the militant group has captured the minds of the youth. The group used social media to spread its influence and radicalise young Meiteis. Read on!

PM Modi's Claims On "Wealth Redistribution" In Congress' Manifesto Are Misleading

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on 21 April, in Banswara, Rajasthan, claimed:

• The Congress manifesto says that if they were to assume power, they would carry out a comprehensive survey of all assets in the country, including the gold owned by women, particularly tribal women, with the intention of redistributing assets equally.

• The assets would be collected and distributed to “those with more kids”, implying the Muslim community.

Does the Congress manifesto talk about “wealth redistribution” as PM Modi claims?

Nowhere in the Congress manifesto is the term "wealth redistribution" mentioned. Neither does it discuss surveying the assets of Indians or calculating the gold and silver belonging to tribal women or seizing assets of government employees.

How true are PM Modi’s claims on the Muslim community’s population growth?

BOOM’s Nidhi Jacob analysed data from the National Family Health Survey between 1998-2021 (latest available). It shows that fertility rates of Muslims, as well as those of other religious groups in India, have been consistently declining over the years.

Read the full story to know what the numbers say.

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Bullets And Beats: How A Radical Militant Group Wooed Manipuri Youth

🔖 Flexing with guns: Dylan, a young activist, was driving through the peripheries of Imphal, when he spotted his 18-year-old cousin dressed in black attire, holding a gun. The 18-year-old had joined the forces of Arambai Tenggol. Dylan was shocked even as his young cousin walked up to him to seek blessings.

Arambai refers: to "poisoned darts" used by warriors, and Tenggol refers to a troop or platoon in Meitei language.

Social media & radicalisation: As the internet returned to Manipur, the Arambai Tenggol was quick to use social media to spread its influence, and radicalise young Meiteis. Read Adrija Bose & Archis Chowdhury’s ground report.

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How Troll ‘Randomsena’ Directs Online Mobs On Instagram, Telegram, X

🔖 Organised trolling: A few hours after being stuck in traffic, Tanushree Pandey, a journalist from Delhi, had earlier tweeted a video showing Kanwariyas “sitting, bathing, dancing, smoking.” Within a few hours of the tweet being posted, mass online trolling followed.

The man behind trolling: Decode’s Vipul Kumar found that behind this organised harassment is a man named Abhishek Singh from Bihar, better known by his online persona - Randomsena. He is no pirate or law enforcement officer but rather a troll organising online mobs to target individuals who he deems have offended Hindu gods or Hindus and badgering police to arrest such individuals.

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Why EC’s Silence On PM Modi’s Poll Code Violations Is Deafening

🔖 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been accused of demagoguery, and dog-whistling by invoking religious symbols and anti-Muslim rhetoric to secure votes.

MCC violation allegation: Opposition parties have accused the prime minister of violating the Model Code of Conduct and raised questions against the Election Commission of India (ECI) for failing to enforce its own rules.

Expert’s take: Speaking to BOOM’s Ritika Jain, former law secretary PK Malhotra said, “Today, every political party thinks they can adopt any means to win the elections. Unfortunately, the Election Commission is not prompt enough in stopping such activities efficaciously.”

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Sam Pitroda's 'Inheritance Tax' Remark Stirs Debate: What Is Its Status In India?

🔖 The controversy: Indian Overseas Congress chairman Sam Pitroda has managed to stir up a political controversy by alluding to the inheritance tax in the United States as an "interesting law". Explaining the tax, he had said, "It says you, in your generation, made wealth, and you are leaving now, you must leave your wealth for the public, not all of it, half of it, which to me sounds fair."

BJP reacts: The BJP seized upon Pitroda's comments regarding the notion of inheritance tax in the US to bolster its critique of the Congress's alleged approach to wealth redistribution. PM Modi also alleged that the Congress aims to confiscate property passed down to children, characterising the party's philosophy as one of "looting," both during one's lifetime and after death.

Congress responds: Senior leader Jairam Ramesh said, “Mr Pitroda expresses his opinions freely on issues he feels strongly about. Surely, in a democracy an individual is at liberty to discuss, express, and debate his personal views. This does not mean that Mr. Pitroda’s views always reflect the position of the Indian National Congress. Many times they do not.”

Read Hera Rizwan’s report.

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🚫 Fake News You Almost Fell For

🔍 Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, in a campaign speech, misquoted former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments from a December 2006 speech, misleadingly claiming that the Congress leader said Muslims have the first right to India's resources. Read 🔗 Anmol Alphonso’s ↗️ fact-check.

🔍 An old video showing a man removing voting slips from a VVPAT machine and putting them in a black envelope went viral with a false claim that it shows BJP workers engaging in booth capturing in Manipur. 🔗 Hazel Gandhi ↗️ debunked the claim.

🔍 A video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi talking about implementing a nationwide Socio-Economic and Caste Census to determine the contribution of backward castes, Scheduled Castes, Dalits, and minorities was doctored and shared with a false claim that he spoke specifically about minorities. 🔗 Anmol Alphonso ↗️ found out the truth.

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