Republic TV’s Nalini Sharma was at the centre of the latest controversy, orchestrated by her channel on the campus of Aligarh Muslim University on Tuesday. She was accused of deliberately provoking local students by allegedly referring to the prestigious educational institution as ‘the university of terrorists.’ She has vehemently denied the allegations, but a fresh video, now being shared on social media, conclusively proves that she was on the campus reporting without permission on a topic that was not related to the goings on of the AMU.
Since the story gained national limelight, Sharma has become a favourite target of social media users, who’ve been digging out her old tweets targeting Muslims, the Congress party and its president Rahul Gandhi.
Her tweets are indicative of a highly abusive behavioural pattern towards anyone, who she doesn’t like. She may be working for a channel owned by Arnab Goswami, but interestingly, she has not even spared her current boss, who according to her was like C-grade Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant. In one of her past tweets, now deleted but can be seen archived here, Sharma had said, “Arnab Goswami is a lot like Rakhi Sawant. He used to be entertaining in the beginning, but then he just got insanely irritating.”
Her other tweet on Goswami had read, “It’s exhausting just to watch Arnab Goswami. Imagine how exhausting it must be to be him.”
The other gems from this lunatic pic.twitter.com/CkZRZ0wtK1
— Fakir Modi فاکر مودی (@sickularmodi) February 12, 2019
She has also posted some outrageously racist tweets against Muslims in the past (Read below).
Meet Nalini Sharma, @republic 's reporter who has been covering Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) row. She's clearly an anti-Muslim Brahmin bigot.
Totally expected from a "news" channel which is bankrolled by the BJP and has Arnab Goswami and Aditya Raj Koul to look up to. pic.twitter.com/mV1bqsWOUg
— Maqsood (@Maq_one) February 12, 2019
About the Congress party, she once wrote, “Fu** the Congress. Fu** the mega rally. Fu** Ramlila Maidan. Fu** Rahul Gandhi. Oh please let’s fu** Rahul Gandhi.”
#WeAreAMU#WESTANDFORAMU
Look @republic TV what kind of people u hired @nalinisharma_ look at her old tweet & what kind of language she used…ek to Bina permission ka campus me aagi fir shor Kar rahi hai logo ne musha maara… pic.twitter.com/QAicxEqO08— Nadeem kidwai (@nadeem_kidwai) February 12, 2019
Here are some of her gems displaying her abusive and bigoted self.
Look who is saying that Students of Aligarh Muslim University harassed her @nalinisharma_
Let's see some of her Fruitful words#DemocraticAMUVsRepublicTv#WeAreAMU pic.twitter.com/fvD3DYD9HE— Wasiuddin (@Wasiuddin_) February 12, 2019
Meet Nalini Sharma, @republic 's reporter who has been covering Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) row. She's clearly an anti-Muslim Brahmin bigot.
Totally expected from a "news" channel which is bankrolled by the BJP and has Arnab Goswami and Aditya Raj Koul to look up to. pic.twitter.com/mV1bqsWOUg
— Maqsood (@Maq_one) February 12, 2019
Maybe they thought its better to blame it on religion as opposed to telling him he's a good-for-nothing loser. Maybe they were being nice.
— Nalini ? (@nalinisharma_) May 22, 2015
Meanwhile, authorities in Aligarh have banned the mobile internet service until 12 noon on Thursday. 14 students of the AMU have been booked for sedition for allegedly chanting Pakistan Zindabad, India Murdabad slogans even though local police chief Ashutosh Dwivedi told Janta Ka Reporter that the cops had yet to see the CCTV footage to verify the claims of any anti-India activities.
It seems, the Hindutva brigade has found their JNU moment in AMU to polarise voters weeks before the crucial Lok Sabha polls. In 2016, the campaign to defame the JNU was helped by Zee News. It seems the Hindutva brigade has found a new media partner in Republic TV this time around.