Youtuber Karl Rock blacklisted by Indian govt: Here’s the potential purpose

On Friday (July 9), New Zealand vlogger Karl Rock took to Youtube to allege that he has been blacklisted by the Indian authorities. He is a traveller who had shifted to India about 2 years in the past to discover the nation.
In his 9-minute lengthy monologue, he accused the Modi authorities of separating him from his household in India. Karl Rock is married to an Indian lady named Manisha. “I left India in October 2020 to live in Dubai and in Pakistan. When I went to the New Delhi International Airport, they cancelled my visa. They did not tell me why they were cancelling my visa. So, when I went to Dubai to re-issue my visa to go back home, I was called in the Indian High Commission and told in person that I have been blacklisted.”
The propagandist masquerading as a vlogger claimed to have written a number of letters and emails to the Ministry of Home Affairs however to no avail. He additionally alleged that the Indian High Commission in his native Wellington additionally didn’t ‘bother’ to assist. Karl Rock claimed that the federal government’s resolution to blacklist him coincided along with his spouse contracting the lethal Coronavirus in the course of the 2nd wave. He stated that he was caught in a helpless state, with no choice to return again to India. In his lengthy rant, he additionally claimed that he may keep wherever on the earth however had voluntarily chosen to remain in India.

Video Courtesy: Youtube/ Karl Rock claimed that he was rendered anxious, depressed and sad by the federal government’s resolution and his incapability to reunite along with his spouse. “Imagine being up against the government of India. It was a lot of pressure on my shoulders? But, the one thing I learnt being in a Haryanvi family in India is that you never give up. We will stand up to the Indian government,” he warned. Crying innocence, he claimed that he has no concept why the federal government banned his entry into the nation. He claimed that he was not given the ‘Right to Reply’ earlier than being blacklisted and subsequently, would file a petition within the Delhi High Court in search of the revocation of the ban.
Online petition to take away Karl Rock from the visa blacklist
On Friday, content material creators Abhi and Niyu shared a web based petition, which has been created by Karl Rock. In his petition, he stated, “We request my name be removed from the blacklist so I can return home.” At the time of penning this report, the petition had over 30,000 digital signatures.
Ministry of Home Affairs (India): Remove Karl Rock’s title from India’s Blacklist – Sign the Petition! https://t.co/qxPAZgLPrk by way of @ChangeOrg_India— Abhi and Niyu (@abhiandniyu) July 9, 2021
Vlogger has been concerned in anti-India propaganda
The New Zealand vlogger had been concerned in each delicate and brazen anti-India propaganda from the beginning. On December 19, 2019, he posted a floor report video whereby he participated within the anti-CAA protests towards the Indian authorities. Despite being well-aware that international nationals can’t participate in political actions, he went forward violating his visa guidelines.

On realising this later, he made the Youtube video non-public.
The anti-CAA protest video has been made non-public
However, there are ‘reaction videos’ out there on YouTube which present that Karl was taking part within the protest along with his spouse, who was clearly towards the CAA.

Foreigners who’re right here in India beneath vacationer Visas are usually not allowed to protest towards legal guidelines handed by the Indian Parliament. Violating the legislation can entice provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and and Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 2004. Also, it could actually entice provisions of Section 121 of the IPC that offers with waging warfare towards the Government of India or abetting the identical.
Karl Rock and his spouse have additionally been slammed by netizens for being pretentious. In a Reddit thread, one person wrote, “She (Manisha) visits the Kartarpur site through the newly opened corridor and comes backs, Karl asks she noticed any difference between India & Pakistan. The question is funny because she probably spent just a few hours there that too at a holy/tourist place virtually cut off from real pak. Anyways, she rambles about paki etiquettes and how clean Pakistan is compared to India and declares whoever thinks otherwise and comments anything other than nice words about the video/her views ‘crazy’.”

(Video Courtesy: Youtube/Karl Rock)“See guys how ridiculous and funny she is, herself said she never visited Pakistan. The first 2 min or so are on the Indian side and really don’t see any litter there. It doesn’t matter how clean or dirty either country actually is but the problem here is she is passing judgment based on very limited exposure there. Just tell me, lady, how you know the rest of the pak is as well kept and maintained as this holy site? I love how easily she compares two countries without knowing the reality of one side and at the same time declares whoever dares state facts ‘crazy’,” the commenter stated.
“I don’t think she was addressing people who post abuse and filthy language because it’s so common on the Internet and I don’t see any particular reason why she cares to emphasize that in this particular video. It’s how propaganda works. How many people watching this video would actually realize the sublime subversion in this video?” he concluded.
In February 2020, a Bangladeshi pupil was requested to depart India as effectively after she shared anti-CAA posters.