A propaganda campaign was exposed through Pakistani Twitter handle to disturb communal harmony in India.
An international campaign to disturb communal harmony in India has come to the fore after thousands of tweets using #Indian MuslimsUnderAttack were found to have originated from handles based in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The propaganda campaign has exposed Pakistan’s propaganda machinery to disturb communal harmony in India. It turns out that most of the accounts tweeting with #Indian MuslimsUnderAttack are not from India.
Several incidents of communal violence were reported from many states of India including Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal on the occasion of Ram Navami. In these states, processions taken out by people of one community were targeted by another community.
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There were many reports of stone pelting, vehicles, shops being set on fire on Ram Navami.
Taking advantage of the situation, several Twitter handles based in Pakistan and Afghanistan were found spouting venom with an aim to disturb communal harmony in India. Propaganda tweets with the hashtag ‘Indian Muslim Underattack’ were tweeted through these handles to spread fake news.
A propaganda campaign was exposed through Pakistani Twitter handle to disturb communal harmony in India.
The propaganda campaign is being spread using Twitter handles like @Babar_7860, @ihtk1, @ideowarrior, @zahrakhanpak911, @FMQureshipk, @Abebeelan, @raufburrio, @akhirhashmi159, and @rakibpatrkar.
The tweets from these handles are provocative, divisive and incite hatred between two communities.