The Ayodhya assembly is founded on untruth and adharma. What its courtiers term as the triumph of truth has emerged from deceit and brute force.

The list has come at a time when journalism stands threatened because a large section of the media community has chosen to shelve their quiver, and opted to adjust and accommodate.

The IT department's notice to CPR prominently cites the latter's ties with an NGO in Chhattisgarh that has been associated with protests against mining in Hasedo. What the notice, however, does not state is that Hasdeo is the site of a massive Adivasi movement against the Adani Group for over a decade.

Among the core committee members are Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, Swami Prabodhanand, Hindu Mahasabha’s general secretary Annapurna Bharti alias Pooja Shakun, Pandit Adhir Kaushik, Sindhu Maharaj and Swami Darshan Bharti.

While the Hindutva brigade's hate speeches have drawn international attention, their other activities have gone unnoticed  — imparting weapons training to adolescent boys and girls and raising an armed vigilante brigade. 

If Himanta Biswa Sarma's claim is to be believed, the BJP has not helped by encouraging smaller parties to split the secular vote.