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‘System is ours’: Right-wing influencer Ajeet Bharti unfazed by row over his jibes at CJI BR Gavai after attack bid
‘Govt is ours’: Right-wing influencer Ajeet Bharti after row over jibes at CJI
Right-wing influencer Ajeet Bharti appeared unfazed on Tuesday night after online chatter that he was facing police action over his comments against Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, a day after the topmost judge faced an attack bid in the Supreme Court by a lawyer who claimed he had “insulted Sanatan Dharma”.
Ajeet Bharti made two X posts claiming that he had powers behind him.
“The government is ours; the system is ours,” Bharti posted, in Hindi, late evening on October 7.
Just before that, he wrote another X post: “If the entire system were against me, I wouldn't be out and about, having coffee, roasted almonds, and cashews. The entire system is with me, that is, your system — the system of our ideas. Disagreements will continue to happen, but we are all one, have been, and will remain. I am grateful to all of you. Jai Sri Ram!”
Police in Noida denied reports that he was arrested or questioned.
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Ajeet Bharti also addressed talk of police action. “I am safe and sound. No arrest has happened, no custody. You all don't worry. This is a part of a journalist's life. The relentless thrashing of the Leftists will continue,” said the Begusarai (Bihar) native, who calls himself a media personality, journalist and author.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has led the political class in criticising the attack bid on the CJI by a lawyer, Rakesh Kishore. The PM has said the act “angered every Indian”.
Rakesh Kishore has faced no action as the CJI chose not to press charges. He has since justified his act by pointing towards CJI Gavai's remarks last month during the hearing of a case demanding a Hindu idol's placement in a temple in Khajuraho. The CJI later clarified he meant no disrespect and that social media played a role in creating a row over it.
But Rakesh Kishore alleged that the CJI and the Supreme Court are “against Sanatan Dharma” or Hinduism. He also questioned the authenticity of the CJI's identity as a Dalit and Buddhist.
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Among issues Rakesh Kishore listed, was the SC's decision against the use of bulldozers without due process. Kishore particularly justified the use of bulldozers to take down structures belonging to crime accused in UP by CM Yogi Adityanath.
As for Ajeet Bharti, who has over a million followers on his X and YouTube, he has been making comments about the CJI's caste, and direct accusations, for weeks now. He regularly courts controversies over abusive — allegedly communal and casteist — content on his social media platforms.
