New Delhi: A journalist was heckled by a woman in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj when he was reporting on "Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees" in the area. The video of the incident also surfaced online and soon went viral. In the video, it could be seen that the reporter of an online channel 'Youth Media TV' was asking questions to people living in the area about the time when they were living there.
One of the locals told the journalist that he had come from Bangladesh. Suddenly a woman came and asked the journalist to shut down the camera. When the reporter replied that the camera would not be shut down, the woman replied 'sarkari ho (are you from the government)".
After the heated argument, when the reporter asked the woman, why she was asking to shut down the camera, if this is Pakistan, the woman replied, "Pakistan hi samjh lo (consider it as Pakistan)." She also told the reporter to go and shoot where there is democracy.
Video Of The Incident:
A journalist was talking to Rohingya muslims settled in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj Area.
— Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) March 5, 2025
A woman came out of nowhere and started fighting with journalist. She asked the journalist to stop using camera.
When journalist questioned her....she said....This is Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/nDxnbLHohm
As per reports, a significant number of Rohingyas have settled in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj. In January this year, the Supreme Court asked an NGO to tell the places of Rohingya settlement in Delhi and the facilities accessible to them. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh asked senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for NGO Rohingya Human Rights Initiative to file an affidavit indicating their places of settlement in Delhi.
Gonsalves said the NGO sought access to public schools and hospitals for Rohingya refugees as they were denied access due to lack of Aadhaar cards. "They are refugees having UNHCR cards and therefore they can't have Aadhaar cards. But, for want of Aadhaar they are not being granted access to public schools and hospitals," he submitted.
Last month, the Supreme Court, during the hearing on the plea, said that no child will be discriminated against in education. The PIL has sought direction to authorities to grant admission to all Rohingya children free of cost irrespective of Aadhar cards and allow them to participate in all examinations, including Classes 10 and 12 and graduation, without government insistence on ID proof.
The PIL also sought extension of all government benefits such as free health services in government hospitals, subsidised food grains as available under the Antyodya Anna Yojana scheme, and benefits under the Food Security Act to Rohingya families as available to other citizens, irrespective of citizenship.
Notably, during the campaigning of the recently concluded Delhi Assembly Elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the then Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of helping Rohingyas settle in the national capital for votes.