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Parrikar takes swipe at actor (Aamir): those who speak like this must be taught lesson

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Media indulges in malicious reporting of Parrikar’s speech on Aamir Khan



Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was recently in Pune, for the release of the Marathi version of a book written by journalist-author Nitin Gokhale on Siachen. At the function, Parrikar gave a speech, which became the talking point for media houses

Most media reports claimed Parrikar blasted Aamir Khan for unpatriotic comments:

Parrikar blasts actor Aamir Khan for ‘unpatriotic’ comments last year

Parrikar says Aamir Khan’s remark ‘arrogant’

Manohar Parrikar Rakes Up Aamir Khan’s Controversial Remark, Dubs It ‘Arrogant’

Indian Express had a markedly different headline:

Parrikar takes swipe at actor (Aamir): those who speak like this must be taught lesson

The Indian Express claimed Parrikar said:

…anyone speaking against the country must be “taught a lesson” in the same way that an “actor” and an “online trading company” were taught.

Some of our people are very smart, I know. There was a team which was working on this. They were telling people you order and return it… The company should learn a lesson, they had to pull his advertisement”

Some leftists journalist quickly latched on to the juicy parts to create a narrative. Anabusive journalist tweeted this:

A journalist formerly with India Today used the quotes from the Indian Express story:



Sagarika Ghose too harped on the words “Our Team”

So did Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar really say this? The video of that portion of the speech is out for all to see, and it is clear as daylight. A transcript of that part is presented below:

How does someone dare to talk about ill of this country, wrong about Bharat Mata. I am not referring to Srinagar (incident), I am talking about Delhi (incident). How does anyone have guts to speak against the nation? How does he have the courage to speak like this? I am not talking about any university any organisation (audience laughs and claps). When anyone speaks like this, he has to be taught a lesson of his life. And people have done that, with people power…

One actor did this mistake, saying that his wife wants to go abroad and stay there, (audience laughs) It was an arrogant statement, However poor my family is, or however small my house is, I have to love my house and always aim to make a big bungalow out of it, through a right procedure. But you can’t feel ashamed of yourself.

Some things we take it the public in a wrong manner. I remember a story, once a boy was going to school. How, we sometimes (unclear) wrong things. How we have to often correct these things at home only.

When this actor did this, the company for which he was advertising, was an online trading company. Many people broke relations with that their company. Many people quit from the lease, and some over smart people ordered goods and sent them back. There was a team, which I know, which was working on this. They were telling people you order and return it, this company should learn a lesson. That to pull out his advertisement.

Nowhere in this portion of the speech does Parrikar say “our people”. He only says that many people used a legal means of boycotting an organisation, and that he knew of a team of people who was also working on this. Even the organiser of the event tweeted saying that he never heard Parrikar say “our people”:



This completely goes against the narrative created by some media houses and some leftist journalists that BJP’s or Parrikar’s “own people” were behind theSnapdeal movement. This also reveals that most media houses did not even report that Parrikar spoke about the Delhi sloganeering as well as Aamir Khan, and hence not all his comments were attributed to Aamir Khan.

Hence, it may even be argued by some that the “taught a lesson” comment, was a sly reference to JNU, which he comically tried to deny. In fact, this was the exact interpretation of NDTV itself:

According to Mr Parrikar, when the actor made the statement last year, many people had protested against his remark and even uninstalled the mobile application of an online shopping site he was associated with, while the firm had also pulled out the advertisement featuring him.

In an oblique reference to the alleged anti-national sloganeering at JNU earlier this year, Mr Parrikar said those who speak against the nation need to be taught a lesson by people of this country.

The main question then to ask his, from where did the Indian Express report cook up the lines “our people”, which in turn led many to believe that BJP or the Defence Minister had spear headed this campaign, and thus, had the tacit or otherwise endorsement of BJP of the Defence Minister. Was there some other bit of the video which is yet unreleased? Or was this a figment of the Indian Express’s imagination, since no other media reported the “our people” line?
 
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kejri is matka, right?
Damn!!! Now his behaviour makes sense.... :rofl:

So am i !!!!! :angry::angry: Not a phrase we like !!!
even though my wife is at constants pains to remind me of ever day that she has Btech from IIT and i am just a matka :(
The only thing worse than a matka is rassi (Research Scholar) .. I remember we(B Tech) guys once teamed up to intimidate a gang of matkas.. fun times.
 
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it is new low level... if Swami said this ... some how it is OK... as we know about him... but a DM supporting nasty revenge? this is serious.. Amir was a ambassador of that snap deal.. that doesn't mean , snap deal got control over amir personal life.. Ordering some products and canceling them intentionally...surely destroy that company revenue... even uneducated fellow can understand that .. but this kinda attitude is dangerous... this guys destroying employees life in the name of teaching lesson.. is it tolerance? this will send negative signal to investors.. shitty politics

@Joe Shearer


@jbgt90 said it all. Nothing to add.

So am i !!!!! :angry::angry: Not a phrase we like !!!
even though my wife is at constants pains to remind me of ever day that she has Btech from IIT and i am just a matka :(

LOL. At least she speaks to you on holidays. Count your blessings.
 
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Would you like me to simply conform to your personal scale of right or wrong?

It's not going to happen.



I understand your moral support to BJP, so you see nothing wrong ... even online teams are just there to order and cancel causing loss to the company..
oh you are the same one whom just tried to blame me for my answer in other thread... how can a DM act like Street guy .... damn you guys will and always support The DM for BJP or other BJP whatever they do...

[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/a...ss-of-spinning-a-narrative-yarn-2926622.html] [Aamir Khan row: Manohar Parrikar, social media and art of spinning a yarn - Firstpost] is good,have a look at it!





video available....
 
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I understand your moral support to BJP, so you see nothing wrong ... even online teams are just there to order and cancel causing loss to the company..
oh you are the same one whom just tried to blame me for my answer in other thread... how can a DM act like Street guy .... damn you guys will and always support The DM for BJP or other BJP whatever they do...

[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/a...ss-of-spinning-a-narrative-yarn-2926622.html] [Aamir Khan row: Manohar Parrikar, social media and art of spinning a yarn - Firstpost] is good,have a look at it!





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Danger brother, I am for all anti nationals to be hounded out of our country. A clean up of nonsense that has been accumulating in the guise of democracy, political correctness and liberalism. This is my belief as an independent Indian. Why are you being intolerant?
 
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Danger brother, I am for all anti nationals to be hounded out of our country. A clean up of nonsense that has been accumulating in the guise of democracy, political correctness and liberalism. This is my belief as an independent Indian. Why are you being intolerant?


who is anti national? how come .. care to explain..
 
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who is anti national? how come .. care to explain..

In the context of Mr. Parrikar's statements, he was not pointing to any one person in particular. It was a generic statement of exasperation of a defence minister who looks at the enemy at the gates, but realizes that many are already within. Have always been within. Hope that explains.
 
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In the context of Mr. Parrikar's statements, he was not pointing to any one person in particular. It was a generic statement of exasperation of a defence minister who looks at the enemy at the gates, but realizes that many are already within. Have always been within. Hope that explains.




unless you don't want accept it... you always try to twist... wtf online teams working on to teach lesson... there is only actor involved is Amir Khan and that company is snap deal... you just don't want to accept ... so you are changing goal post.. if the actor believed growing intolerance, what it supposed to do with snap deal! do they have control on Amir life? he become Anti national because, he said growing intolerance? what a weird logic... destroying companies for personal agenda .... how it is tolerant....this kind of acts proving the actor statement...
 
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Calm the F down people, he is also a politician and a human being, he has the rights to express his opinions. Besides being a Defense Minister he has the right to talk about internal Sabatours
 
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