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BJP attacks Congress’s absence at Birsa Munda tribute event in Parliament complex

BJP attacks Congress’s absence at Birsa Munda tribute event in Parliament complex

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The Hindu Hate Watch weekly tracker for the week of July 27‑August 02 2026 recorded 43 cases of alleged attacks on Hindus, Hindu religious places and symbols, allegations of religious coercion and conversion, threats against Hindu families and controversies over remarks and representations concerning Hindu. In parallel, the BJP accused the Congress of hypocrisy for the opposition leader’s absence at the Janjatiya Gaurav Divas tribute to tribal leader Birsa Munda, and OpIndia described the Congress’ Bharat Summit as assembling a roster dominated by anti‑Hindu ideologues, defenders of terror‑linked figures, domestic riot‑accused activists and top individuals of the Open Society Foundations.

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RSS excerpt

The BJP terms the Opposition leader’s absence at the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ event commemorating the birth anniversary of tribal leader and freedom fighter Birsa Munda as hypocrisy

Coverage arrived over 23 hours. First from The Federal, latest from OpIndia.

High Corroboration 5 news outlets reporting

How this event was covered

First reported by The Federal at 13:31 UTC on 14 Nov.

Everything here arrived on one day, and nothing since.

Across 1 desk: india.

All 5 newsrooms, and who owns them

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  1. The Federal New Generation Media Corporation Pvt. Ltd.

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  7. The Hindu Kasturi & Sons Ltd. Current article

    BJP attacks Congress’s absence at Birsa Munda tribute event in Parliament complex

    The BJP terms the Opposition leader’s absence at the ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Divas’ event commemorating the birth anniversary of tribal leader and freedom fighter Birsa Munda as hypocrisy

    Read at The Hindu ↗
  8. 21 minutes later
  9. OpIndia Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services Pvt. Ltd.

    From Salil Shetty to Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd: Read about the 10 anti-India, anti-Hindu propagandists who were part of the Congress’ Bharat Summit

    By assembling a roster dominated by anti-Hindu ideologues, defenders of terror-linked figures, domestic riot-accused activists, and top individuals of the Open Society Foundations under the benign banner of the “Bharat Summit,” the Congress attempted to lend domestic legitimacy to an international…

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Who did not run this

5 newsrooms ran this event. 18 others published in India recently and did not.

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  • ANI ANI Media
  • Business Standard Business Standard Ltd.
  • Deccan Chronicle Deccan Chronicle Holdings
  • Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
  • Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Hindustan Times HT Media
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • Livemint HT Media Ltd.
  • Mathrubhumi English Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co.
  • NE Now NE Now
  • Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)
  • Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)
  • The Indian Express Indian Express Group
  • The Morung Express
  • The National Herald The Associated Journals Ltd.
  • The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.
  • The Siasat Daily Siasat Daily
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.

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