Many readers expressed shock and indignation over the Hinduisation of trafficked tribal girls from Assam by RSS affiliates as reported exclusively in the latest Outlook issue. The story went viral on Twitter and Facebook after it was broken.
The cover story was on the Rashtra Sevika Samiti and other outfits affiliated to the RSS which pick up girls as young as 4 and indoctrinate them into their version of Hindutva Hinduism.
The parents of the girls, who are very poor, have not spoken to their children for a year and don’t have any chance of speaking to them over the next 2 or 3 years, according to the woman RSS worker who took the girls.
Here are tweets in reaction to the story:
Y isn't so called "Media" talking about #BetiUthao project or is it something "The Nation doesn't want to know".?
— Valar Morghulis (@DBlackCanaryGrl) July 30, 2016
Issue now is #BetiBachaao from RSS. #RSSTraffickingGirls #BetiUthao @Outlookindia
— Pawan Khera (@Pawankhera) July 30, 2016
Brinda Karat:Arrest all those involved in Sangh Parivar racket of abduction of young Hindu girls in Assam. #BabyLift pic.twitter.com/3rEKqkqvlx
— CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) July 29, 2016
RSS designs #BetiChurao so the Prime Minister can lecture us on #BetiBachao ? superb break by @Outlookindia pic.twitter.com/y2Zuvz7hnt
— Siddharth Mazumdar (@mazumdar_sid) July 29, 2016
Driving home to read my subscription copy of @Outlookindia. Magazine returning to its old roots. #journalism https://t.co/dpp9137nEZ
— Harun Riaz (@IndianReporter) July 29, 2016
Excellent, crucial story from @nehadixit123 on #RSS & communal trafficking: https://t.co/kV5DdRLBWR. pic.twitter.com/MUp52Bk92x
— Vijay Prashad (@vijayprashad) July 29, 2016
story of th year is here.
— amey tirodkar (@ameytirodkar) July 29, 2016
Operation BetiUthao by Neha Dixit of @Outlookindia https://t.co/oNsEttTHH8
Kudos Neha, Kudos Outlook
Stunning Coverage! Brilliant work, @nehadixit12 and @Outlookindia #BetiUthao #BabyLift https://t.co/OwdYjWtBX1
— Liris Thomas (@LirisThomas) July 29, 2016
In @Outlookindia , @nehadixit123 blows the lid off the Sanghis' mendacious mission to stop trafficking of women https://t.co/nUJteB14Xh
— Saurav Datta (@SauravDatta29) July 29, 2016
A MUST LISTEN of the RSS Child Trafficking Racket in Assam, Gujarat and Punjab by @nehadixit123 and @Outlookindia https://t.co/3bqIlDZrZP
— ☭ Comrade Nambiar ☭ (@DasBolshevik) July 29, 2016
Ban this org NOW https://t.co/46otOTbLwj
— Summit Attempt (@SummitAttempt) July 29, 2016
Exposé by @nehadixit123 - how #RSS outfits #trafficked 31 tribal girls frm #Assam #BetiUthaohttps://t.co/T8xXu1MN00 https://t.co/L5dg313CZb
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) July 29, 2016
.@Outlookindia What an absurd, inaccurate article on Hindus. Muslims/Christians routinely wipe out and oppress tribals, while Hindu respects
— Hindu Americans (@HinduAmericans) July 29, 2016
@nehadixit123 @Outlookindia what a heartbreaking story. deeply depressing and shocking
— anuradha raman (@raman_anuradha) July 29, 2016
Incredible story in @Outlookindia by @nehadixit123 on trafficking of girls from North East India by Sangh bodies https://t.co/mB21DWrfPB
— Ankur Bhardwaj (@Bhayankur) July 29, 2016
Operation #BetiUthao: Important story by @nehadixit123 on the sinister activities of the RSS https://t.co/ZgDAQa3qb0
— Siddharth (@svaradarajan) July 29, 2016
Religion is a madness. That's the only way I can make sense of what our world is going through @Outlookindia https://t.co/HAZHh2RItC
— Amit Mehra (@amitmehra) July 29, 2016
This is shocking... "Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao" & now "Beti Uthao"? https://t.co/wsAfNNjQcP
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 30, 2016
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