The BJP-drove Uttar Pradesh government, which has been in a receiving end over the Hathras assault case, on Tuesday documented an affidavit in the Supreme Court over the episode, saying that the top court should coordinate CBI examination concerning the issue “free and fair investigation”.
In its affirmation, the Yogi government additionally mentioned the court to screen the CBI test into the case, asserting that “vested interests are attempting to ascribe motive to derail a fair probe”.
The CBI test in the Hathras case will guarantee no vested stakes will have the option to make a false, bogus story with sideways motives, the state government told the top court.
A “vicious campaign” has been released to malign the state government, the testimony stated, clarifying in detail the examination did so far for the situation.
It additionally said there have been “orchestrated efforts to malign the image of government on social media by attributing baseless comments and building up a distorted narrative on the Hathras case”.
The administration further said the even as the examination is under process, a few areas of the social, electronic print media and a few segments of the ideological groups are looking to purposely meddle all the while and not allowing reality to be divulged and liable to be rebuffed.
“The diverse examples from all across the country from fake and verified handles from people of different political spectrums clearly points towards a conspiracy fomented by rival political parties to defame and discredit the government of UP through its members,” it said.
The proxy war of political groups battled by their individuals legitimately and through a few fake handles by proliferating fake news through sheer duplicate glue of substance is an obvious attempt to tarnish the image of dignitaries of the UP government through sheer propaganda, it added.
“Such vicious propaganda is also leading to a law and order situation in various districts where the district units of rival political parties are instigating and mobilising the people to come on streets to hold protests based on such doctored images and baseless allegations,” the affidavit read.