BJP-RSS machinery behind fake narrative on Sambhal violence exposed
New Delhi: The so-called “official report” on last year’s Sambhal violence in Uttar Pradesh has once again revealed how the BJP, guided by its parent organization RSS, is systematically poisoning public perception by spreading a fabricated narrative against Muslims.
According to Kashmir Media Service, analysts say the entire text of the report, leaked selectively through BJP channels, reads less like an impartial fact-finding exercise and more like propaganda drafted in an RSS shakha. Instead of focusing on the actual causes of the violence, the document weaves a communal narrative, portraying Muslims as aggressors while suppressing evidence of police firing and state complicity.
Experts note that this method of disinformation mirrors earlier BJP-RSS campaigns. During the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, a video from Pakistan was falsely circulated as footage of Muslims attacking Hindus in India — a deliberate move to inflame tensions. Reports by The Wire and Al Jazeera then confirmed that BJP leaders had a direct hand in amplifying this falsehood.
“This is not investigation, this is propaganda. The fingerprints of RSS are all over the Sambhal report,” political commentator Dr. Mohammad Alamullah, a UK-based author and journalist, said. He pointed out that exaggerated claims of Muslim demographic dominance, fabricated riot statistics, and unverified conspiracy theories about Pakistan and foreign weapons are the exact hallmarks of Hindutva propaganda factories like OpIndia, Organiser, and Hindustan Samachar.
Opposition parties including the Samajwadi Party and Congress have denounced the report as a political stunt. They stressed that if the report had any truth, the BJP government would not have kept it secret but instead made it public. “This is a tool of communal polarization, aimed at reaping electoral benefits,” said SP leader Akhilesh Yadav.
Observers underline that this exercise is part of the wider BJP-RSS strategy of weaponizing history and statistics to demonize Muslims. The alleged figures of riots and demographic shifts in Sambhal not only contradict census data but also ignore credible official records, proving the report is a deliberate attempt to inflame communal divisions ahead of elections.
Independent analysts stress that India under the BJP and RSS has institutionalized propaganda as a political tool. By using state machinery to push communal narratives, the Hindutva regime has turned governance into an instrument of disinformation and hatred.
“This report is less about Sambhal and more about RSS’s ideology — to rewrite history, malign Muslims, and sustain Hindutva rule,” one senior journalist remarked.
