On Thursday, February 8, Uttarakhandโs Haldwani Riots rocked the nation with its mass scale โpeacefulโ protest and violence! The Banbhulpura areaโs โpeacefulsโ marked the destruction of an illegal structure with stone pelting and arson. Police forces and municipal corporation workers were attacked by this โpeacefulโ crowd. Even media personnel and journalists faced their โpeacefulโ wrath. All went forced to hide in a police station surrounded by a zealot mob hell-bent on savagery! Letโs uncover the real reasons behind the Haldwani Riots!
โPeacefulโ Mob Fury Causes Haldwani Riots
In 2023, the Uttarakhand government identified more than 1400 illegal structures in the state. One of them was an illegal madrasa with an underground structure in the Banbhulpura area. The unauthorized structure stood on government land. A legal battle for rights ensued between the government and the madrasa authorities. Despite prior notices, the madrasa management failed to provide documentation supporting the legality of the structure. Thus, the madrasaโs representative lost the case. The court declared the verdict in favor of the Uttarakhand government. Additionally, the madrasaโs โkabzaโ on land was deemed as an illegal encroachment of government property!
Municipal Commissioner Pankaj Upadhyay and SDM Paritosh Verma led municipal workers to demolish the illegal structure after the verdict was pronounced. This was not a quasi-justice stance, it was a court approved legal move by the authorities. However, a large violent mob soon turned Haldwani into a mini hell where logic and legalization did not matter.
Here are the events that happened after the mob went Full-Metal-โPeacefulโ:
Police personnel & other govt officials are attacked by โoppressed mobsโ when they reached to demolish an illegal Madarsa in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
Many police personal, journalists etc got seriously injured in the attack..
โ Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) February 8, 2024
- Angered by the demolition efforts, a tyrant mob threw stones at the municipal worker. Many were injured by these stone-pelting-peacefuls.
These women are enemies of all the women on earth.
They are best example of Stockholm Syndrome. Muslim men are treating them well.
Now it's time for Uttarakhand Police to give them deserving treatment. They must be jailed.#Haldwani pic.twitter.com/Fal4PF37mi
โ Sunanda Roy ๐ (@SaffronSunanda) February 8, 2024
- Soon, the police were called to protect the workers. However, hijab-wearing women mobs attacked the police with stones. Some even engaged in name-calling, harassment, and fisticuffs with the police authorities.
"We were hiding in a house to save ourselves from stone pelting, then aprx 15 people entered the house, assaulted us & then tried to set the house on fire with an intention to burn us aIive โ The lady officer describes the horror story of #Haldwani".. ๐ก๐ก pic.twitter.com/YwcKzd4XBa
โ Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) February 8, 2024
- Journalists swarmed to catch the latest โpeacefulโ violence. However, the mob spared no one. The police, the media, and the municipal workers were trapped by the mob at the police station.
- The situation soon escalated as the โpeacefulโ mob surrounding the Banbhulpura police station set fire to vehicles. They used fuel-filled bottlers to burn Haldwani.
This is true?? โโ
If you ask why NRC is mandatory then the answer is #Haldwani . 20 years back, less than 1000 Muslim population was in Haldwani Tehsil. Today they r more than 1 Lakh. Most are Bangladeshi & Rohingya who were settled by PFI & so called secular parties. Now they rโฆ pic.twitter.com/6tarEKzyYWโ DHARMENDRA SARAN (@MathsSaran) February 9, 2024
- The fire raged out of control and damaged a transformer. This plunged the area into darkness. However, the mob kept up their rampage across the streets.
- Finally, the police were forced to use tear gas to dispel this tyrant mob. Additional forces were called in from nearby regions, and the Banbhulpura area had a curfew enforced on it.
- The Uttarakhand CM has authorized a shoot-on-sight order to maintain land order in the region.
The clash resulted in injuries to several individuals, including policemen, municipal workers, and an SDM.
Real Cause of Haldwani Riots: Illegal Structures, UCC, and Incendiary Speeches
The incident is already projected by Liberals as a reaction to hurt โpeacefulโ sentiments! However, the reality differs a little. There are three primary reasons why Uttarakhand is burning today. Firstly, the Uttarakhand governmentโs crackdown on illegal structures. Unfortunately, most encroachments are done by a specific โpeacefulโ community. Thus, they feel deeply threatened by this anti-encroachment initiative.
Secondly, the Uttarakhand government passed the UCC Bill on 7th February 2024. Many zealots are brainwashing uninformed โpeacefulsโ that UCC will take away their right to religion or harm their interests in general. The state saw small protests erupt in many โpeacefulโ dominant areas. Therefore, the peaceful community was already in a state of agitated emotions and ready weapons.
Finally, ever since the Ayodhya Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha ceremony, the โpeacefulโ preachers have a daily mission on social media. Zealot Maulanas, Muftis, and Maulvis are flooding the social media forums with hate speech against authorities and communal harmony. Some even go so far as to provoke โpeacefulsโ into taking their law into their hands whenever they feel โunsafeโ.
Demographic Change in Uttarakhand is Real. They wanted to change the Demographics just because it is known as 'Dev Bhoomi'
Hindus sold out their lands to Peacefools and now every 2nd Street Vendor you find either in Rishikesh or Haldwani is a Muslim
Should we only Blame theโฆ pic.twitter.com/QHYSSUhdd3
โ The Jaipur Dialogues (@JaipurDialogues) February 9, 2024
Thus, the incidents on 8th February in Haldwani were not an emotional response to the destruction of an illegal madrasa. The demography of the region was deliberately altered to encourage a โpeacefulโ zone! Thereafter, the riots seem like the response of a community carefully nurtured by zealots to use stone pelting, arson, and victim-card to defy Bharatโs law. Moreover, it seems like the โpeacefulโ mob may have been motivated by hardline clerics to flex their โpeacefulโ muscles in the face of Bharatโs authorities. Specifically, in the face of the upcoming general elections 2024, Ayodhya Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha, and Gyanvapi ASI report; the โpeacefulsโ are using fear to defy the rising Hindu unity!
Towards Accountability and Order
The Haldwani Riots underscore broader issues of hatred bred in the hearts of Indian Muslims by zealots and hardliners. It also marks the desperate need of attention on changing demographics of Bharatโs villages and cities. There is a reason why the peacefuls hate the NRC in Bharat! There is a reason why most Muslims are kept ignorant by madrasa education!
Zealot leaders and preachers teach โpeacefulsโ to be violent in response to any government activity that does not work in the favor of โpeacefulโ community. Despite clear authority to demolish illegal encroachments and unauthorized constructions in Uttarakhand, the police and municipal authorities were attacked by โpeacefulsโ. Unfortunately, the minority victim card is ever present in the hands of tyrants โpeacefulsโ renders the government helpless to act within the law.
Sensational revelation by #Haldwani DM. She says that IsIamists were well prepared for the attack. They had planned that they'll attack police when they come to remove illegal encroachment.
And we all saw how they didn't even spare female police officers, even tried to burn themโฆ pic.twitter.com/aDHCaQ18Ti
โ Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) February 9, 2024
As the situation in Uttarakhand remains tense, all stakeholders must prioritize accountability and adherence to the law. Hopefully, Bharatโs Muslims will be able to see the reality of the riots through the endless number of videos online. This was not police brutality, it was unprovoked โpeacefulโ mob violence! This was not quasi- justice of the Hindu government, it was demolishment justified by the court of law! In the case of the Haldwani riots, do not let anyone blindfold Bharat to the reality of illegal โpeacefulโ activities. As the government endeavors to ensure order and safety for all citizens, letโs hope justice and truth prevail.