The unwritten code in the MEA over several decades has been to be wary of preachers. With Modi’s revamped visa policy, it seems, the code was compromised.
Mohammad Ilyas Babar was a staunch supporter of the Tablighi Jamaat. He also spotted, trained and took Padma Shri Olympian Sriram Singh to dizzying heights.
Jamaat’s religious puritanism can’t be an excuse for endangering public health, nor can its criminal negligence in keeping infected foreign preachers be condoned.
Criticising the conduct of Tablighi Jamaat members as 'perverse', RSS says the organisation should have shown 'sensible responsibility' & cancelled its programme.
About 80 serving & retired officers have urged Muslims to practice social distancing, and cited the Quran to say courting disease through negligence is a 'sin'.
It is obscene that a man so detached from India should occupy such a powerful position in a party that governed India for most of its republican history.
About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
This conservative mindset is the real problem for our country. Are you suggesting or hinting that Tablighi preachers started coming to India only after launch of e-visa ? If you think so, I don’t think you are worth printing your opinion in any publication. If a man with ill intentions want to get visa he will find ways to do so, but for tourist he will skip if process is difficult or tiresome.
Even in business, we keep all kind of restrictions and red tape before some one really interested in doing business. This discourages genuine person more than otherwise.
Jyoti doesnot seem to be eating from mouth, no wonder her third floor is full of all absurdities linked to each other. Stupid. Conclusions like Modi victory to e visa is a right example. But what else can be expected from a paid journalist who cares of her job first
I think, the most important message she wants to highlight, is the unwritten codes of India’s Visa Policy…n it’s critical at this juncture of time when the world is facing the rise of extreme ideological based organizations-either religious or political.
You yourself state – in this very article – that the eVisa decisions were taken in August 2019.
Now, in April 2020, you are blaming Narendra Modi for allowing foreigners in during the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Working hard to retain your job or get that promotion and pay hike is okay. But just be honest with yourself first!
You are stringing together allegations and drawing conclusions in nationally published news articles. Now, many people will take this at face value 8nstead if really understanding the key points.
You are being extremely irresponsible. In effect, you are miss-using your privileged position as a journalist to pander to your own needs.
If this is true ,govt needs to seriously introspect visa policy. In recent years heightened missionary activity has also been observed in tribal /slum areas
2000 visas within two months, that’s lots of money India was earning , now it will be a setback for Mea INDIA. Why India gave 2000 visas amid coronavirus and further allowed them? its not 1 or 2 people entering the country, 2000 people.
But it turned out to be blessing in disguise to beat the islamists ,left liberals, tukde tukde gang with the stick of coronarvirus being spread by tableghis . Today all of you are trying defend indefensible tableghis. Their nefarious design and contempt for rule of law exposed. It will be handy to ban them in future.
Another stellar write up, other being Norris pritam, is just mind blowing.
Visa Policy is to make it friendly, fast and efficient.
That doesn’t mean Mission officials should give up due diligence specifically in times when jihadis, radicals and porselytizeres are waging a perpetual war against India, Indians and Indianess.
If this is how policy implementation is executed then mission officials are unfit for this job.
They are the gatekeepers and first check against suspicious foreign activity in India
And being hindu is Indianness right? rest is all hateful? must be hated and killed?
There is no need to have an illiberal visa regime. Irrespective of how liberal the rules are troublemakers can always be kept out. All religious preachers can be subject to extra scrutiny within the rules. After all India’s liberal visa regime still does not allow science researchers, political activists without extra scrutiny.
Do you think that Tablig e jamaat is the only problem . Is there a community you know whose educated and uneducated followers want to return back to a lifestyle 1000 year back and need to have a modern education and population control. And STOP beating up healthcare professionals and police officials
No, Tablig e jamaat is not the only problem, LIKES OF YOU ARE EVEN A BIGGER PROBLEM! YOU THE TROUBLE MAKERS BEAT UP healthcare professionals and police officials, AND THEN BLAME IT ON OTHERS.
This article is in true Jyoti style. She can link finally anything to anything and finally, of course, to its root cause, that is, Narendra Modi. What if Corona issue was not an issue in March 2020? So e-visa is not to be blamed for the Markaz issue. But any violation of e-visa condition is and Home Ministry must ensure that they put in place a system by which such e-visa are not misused for unauthorized purposes. There is nothing to link Modi’s victory in 2019 to this event!
So how do you propose it to be ? Legally conference visa or religious visa are a separate category.
If people lie, its a violation, but difficult to monitor. Post-facto you can black list, or remove Muslim majority countries but then people like you will shout form the rooftops.
In general I think, India benefits more with a liberal regime than a illiberal visa regime. It would be a mistake to stop.
This conservative mindset is the real problem for our country. Are you suggesting or hinting that Tablighi preachers started coming to India only after launch of e-visa ? If you think so, I don’t think you are worth printing your opinion in any publication. If a man with ill intentions want to get visa he will find ways to do so, but for tourist he will skip if process is difficult or tiresome.
Even in business, we keep all kind of restrictions and red tape before some one really interested in doing business. This discourages genuine person more than otherwise.
Jyoti doesnot seem to be eating from mouth, no wonder her third floor is full of all absurdities linked to each other. Stupid. Conclusions like Modi victory to e visa is a right example. But what else can be expected from a paid journalist who cares of her job first
I think, the most important message she wants to highlight, is the unwritten codes of India’s Visa Policy…n it’s critical at this juncture of time when the world is facing the rise of extreme ideological based organizations-either religious or political.
Is there any standard of reporting or anything can be printed on this platform. This heights of absurdness!
Jyoti, grow up!
You yourself state – in this very article – that the eVisa decisions were taken in August 2019.
Now, in April 2020, you are blaming Narendra Modi for allowing foreigners in during the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Working hard to retain your job or get that promotion and pay hike is okay. But just be honest with yourself first!
You are stringing together allegations and drawing conclusions in nationally published news articles. Now, many people will take this at face value 8nstead if really understanding the key points.
You are being extremely irresponsible. In effect, you are miss-using your privileged position as a journalist to pander to your own needs.
Grow up! Act like a responsible Indian Adult.
If this is true ,govt needs to seriously introspect visa policy. In recent years heightened missionary activity has also been observed in tribal /slum areas
2000 visas within two months, that’s lots of money India was earning , now it will be a setback for Mea INDIA. Why India gave 2000 visas amid coronavirus and further allowed them? its not 1 or 2 people entering the country, 2000 people.
But it turned out to be blessing in disguise to beat the islamists ,left liberals, tukde tukde gang with the stick of coronarvirus being spread by tableghis . Today all of you are trying defend indefensible tableghis. Their nefarious design and contempt for rule of law exposed. It will be handy to ban them in future.
Oh my good lord..
Another stellar write up, other being Norris pritam, is just mind blowing.
Visa Policy is to make it friendly, fast and efficient.
That doesn’t mean Mission officials should give up due diligence specifically in times when jihadis, radicals and porselytizeres are waging a perpetual war against India, Indians and Indianess.
If this is how policy implementation is executed then mission officials are unfit for this job.
They are the gatekeepers and first check against suspicious foreign activity in India
And being hindu is Indianness right? rest is all hateful? must be hated and killed?
There is no need to have an illiberal visa regime. Irrespective of how liberal the rules are troublemakers can always be kept out. All religious preachers can be subject to extra scrutiny within the rules. After all India’s liberal visa regime still does not allow science researchers, political activists without extra scrutiny.
Do you think that Tablig e jamaat is the only problem . Is there a community you know whose educated and uneducated followers want to return back to a lifestyle 1000 year back and need to have a modern education and population control. And STOP beating up healthcare professionals and police officials
No, Tablig e jamaat is not the only problem, LIKES OF YOU ARE EVEN A BIGGER PROBLEM! YOU THE TROUBLE MAKERS BEAT UP healthcare professionals and police officials, AND THEN BLAME IT ON OTHERS.
This article is in true Jyoti style. She can link finally anything to anything and finally, of course, to its root cause, that is, Narendra Modi. What if Corona issue was not an issue in March 2020? So e-visa is not to be blamed for the Markaz issue. But any violation of e-visa condition is and Home Ministry must ensure that they put in place a system by which such e-visa are not misused for unauthorized purposes. There is nothing to link Modi’s victory in 2019 to this event!
I agree. She has made a career of ‘gotcha’ journalism.
Thank God it was not the UPA government that did this.
So how do you propose it to be ? Legally conference visa or religious visa are a separate category.
If people lie, its a violation, but difficult to monitor. Post-facto you can black list, or remove Muslim majority countries but then people like you will shout form the rooftops.
In general I think, India benefits more with a liberal regime than a illiberal visa regime. It would be a mistake to stop.
Agreed.
Quite revealing.
Yeah yeah yeah……. usual story……. blame Modi.
We are getting tired of this lady.