Samajwadi Party leader Parmanand Azamgarhi stirred up a big controversy by posting a video on his Twitter handle. He claimed that Sanatani people are misbehaving with women from other religions, especially Muslims, and that no action is taken against them. However, his claim turns out to be false and baseless as there is no evidence that the man seen in the video is Hindu.
In his post, the National Secretary of Samajwadi Party’s Chhatra Sabha wrote, โThere are Sanatani people who are misbehaving with women of other religions, especially Muslims. No action is being taken against these people. The Constitution gives equal rights to everyone.โ
The video posted by him shows a woman in a burkha standing beside a road. A man in t-shirt and jeans is seen scolding her over some matter. During the argument, he smashes his head onto her forehead, and she falls down as she seemed to have passed out due to the force of the blow. She falls down right after a man headbutts her.
The man attempts to hit the woman again, but another person wearing lungi and t-shirt stops him. The video was shot by someone sitting in a car stopped on the road, witnessing the roadside argument. In the video, a man on a two wheeler, and a woman in burqa on the pillion seat can be seen, and they were also witnessing the incident.
Parmanand said the attacker is Sanatani without showing any proof. While it is apparent that the victim woman is Muslim, she she was wearing a burkha, the man was not wearing any such religious attire. He was in regular t-shirt and jeans, and it is impossible to claim that he is Sanatani or guess his religions based only on the video.
However, there is very high possibility that the man was also Muslim. Because, the video is from Bangladesh, not from India. Moreover, it looked like a domestic dispute between people who know each other.
There are several evidence in the video confirming that it is from Bangladesh. On a pole behind the woman, a publicity banner can be seen. The board has Bengali text, and it says Madrasatul Ihsan Al Islamiya, which is an Islamic school in Bangladesh with campuses at various places.
Towards the end of the video, a truck arrives at the scene, and the text on the vehicle confirms that it is from Bangladesh. The vehicle shows the JAC and Energypac branding, which means it is a Energypac model truck made by JAC, a Chinese automobile company. As JAC does not sell or operate in India, this can’t be an Indian incident.
Morevoer, although faint, it can be seen that the licence plate of the vehicle says ‘Dhaka Metro’ in Bengali text, and the numbers, last three digits of which can be seen, are also in Bengali. This is consistent with numbering scheme in Bangaladesh.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the video is from Bangladesh, and there is no proof that the man hitting the burqa-clad woman is Hindu. Given that it is from Bangladesh, there is very high possibility that he is Muslim too, as it looked like a domestic dispute.
But ‘secular’ parties like Samajwadi Party does not leave any chance to target Hindus. An in this incident, Parmanand Azamgarhi falsely allegedf that the man is Sanatani or Hindu.
