Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP moves NBSA against India Today’s sting operation on Madrasas The NBSA while taking cognisance has asked the channel to respond within 7 days
23-Sep-2020
CJP has moved the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) seeking action against India Today for running a sting operation on madrasas when the Covid-19 pandemic had started to make headway in India. The show titled Madrasa Hotpots: India Today Investigation hosted by Rahul Kanwal, was aired on India Today TV news channel on April 10, 2020. After this…
SC cuts short Sudarshan News’s diatribe on ‘UPSC Jihad’ Court calls show content 'insidious', ponders committee to monitor TV news standards
15-Sep-2020
The Supreme Court has restrained Sudarshan News from further telecasting the rest of the episodes in its “UPSC Jihad” series while observing that the program was “insidious”. The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and KM Joseph was hearing a petition filed by Firoz Iqbal Khan against the communally inflammatory show seeking pre-telecast injunction…
Sudarshan TV airs ‘UPSC Jihad’ show No 'proof', but theatrics and allegations aplenty!
12-Sep-2020
With friends in high places, Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke aired his controversial show ‘Bindas Bol’ alleging Muslims were ‘infiltrating’ the central services in great numbers. This is the first of the nine episode series, where he claims to bring ‘proof’ to show that the educated Muslim community was joining the civil services in ‘massive’ numbers. However,…
NBSA forwards CJP’s complaint against Sudarshan News to I&B Ministry The complaint was filed against the promotional video of the ‘UPSC Jihad’ show
11-Sep-2020
CJP has received a response from News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) on its complaint against Sudarshan News that the complaint has been directed to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) since the news channel is not a member of News Broadcasters Association (NBA). The response states, “This is to inform you that Sudarshan TV…
CJP moves NBSA against Sudarshan News Files complaint against highly communal promotional trailer about 'UPSC Jihad'
09-Sep-2020
Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has filed a complaint with the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) in connection with a communally inflammatory promotional video for a show on the presence of minorities in public service. This complaint is against Sudarshan News, a television news channel, for a trailer of the show alleging ‘UPSC Jihad’ that…
Act against Hate with CJP CJP keeps the #JungJaari to track, report and fight hate.
03-Sep-2020
Support us in our battle against hate, spread anywhere in the country. Related: Press Release: CJP and AIUFWP condemn armed attacks on peaceful protesters Videos of hate speech by Kapil Mishra played before Delhi HC BJP’s Kapil Mishra says ‘shoot the traitors’ at pro-CAA rally Beat up police and Trinamul: BJP’s Dilip Ghosh Case lodged…
The real news behind Suresh Chavhanke’s fake news factory CJP Hate Watch special story
28-Aug-2020
Sudarshan TV’s Suresh Chavhanke of the ‘UPSC jihad’ fame is a serial hate offender – peddling hate and fake news is nothing new for him. But, what many people don’t know is that Mr. Chavhanke is an accused in multiple criminal cases. Watch this video to find out more. Related: Press Release: CJP and AIUFWP…
Hate Watch: Zakir Naik’s unchecked bigotry promotes religious discord CJP Hate Watch
29-Jul-2020
Reaching a massive audience of over 20 million followers worldwide, religious televangelist Zakir Naik’s hateful utterances continue to pose a threat to the ideals of secularism and plurality of our Constitution. Related: Press Release: CJP and AIUFWP condemn armed attacks on peaceful protesters Videos of hate speech by Kapil Mishra played before Delhi HC BJP’s…
CJP complains to NBSA against Zee News report on “Zameen Jihad” The channel has submitted its response and the hearing will commence once NBSA resumes functioning
01-Jun-2020
The channel allegedly borrowed the deeply communal term from social media and ran a complete show propagating various types of Jihad in the country categorising them as soft jihad and hard jihad. In March, Zee News aired a programme hosted by Mr. Sudhir Chaudhary called “DNA: Jammu मेंज़मीन के ‘इस्लामीकरण’ का DNA टेस्ट” (DNA test…
CJP sends complaint to India Today for its sting operation on Madrasas, terming them as hotspots The complaint also questions the sting operation and the hate peddled through the show
17-Apr-2020
India Today has been conducting investigative journalism on COVID-19 related matters and in the 4th part of this series, its focus was on Madrasas. This show titled “Madrasa Hotpots: India Today Investigation” was hosted by Rahul Kanwal and was aired on April 10. This show was heavily and widely criticised for being blatantly Islamophobic and…