At the outset, Voice For Men India is not affiliated with any political party. We raise our voice for men who have been falsely accused and implicated by other gender, irrespective of what ideology they come from.
However, the post below is indicated at exposing the sheer hypocrisy of India’s #MeToo campaign and its campaigners, which suggests the movement had less to do with protection of women, but more to do with politics.
On January 16, a portal named Organiser.org published a detailed account narrating sexual exploitation of a woman. The man accused and named in the post is Pratik Sinha, Co-founder of Fact Checking website, Alt News.
Voice For Men India is not speculating whether the post is true or a tale of false allegations against Sinha, however, we are only exposing the dual face of all who claim to fight for rights of women.
The post published, reads as below:
Hello reader! I am reaching out to you to narrate my personal experience about being a victim to a predator. I am not the kind who talks about my personal life on social media, but in this case, I had I had to make an exception. I have chosen to speak out after a great deal of agony & thought, as the experience has had a significant impact on me, in a deeply traumatic manner. I had to think a lot since this is about a man who has a huge public profile; I had to weigh the consequences of voicing my experience owing to that. But then I have realised it is in the larger public interest to speak out. And the person I am talking about is Pratik Sinha of Alt News.
In June 2020, he told me that he thought the feeling he had for me was more than that of friendship & he would want to pursue a relationship and that we should meet up once the pandemic restrictions are over. Since I had my own career/ academic plans, I mentioned that & said I could only think of being involved in a relationship after two years since it would take me that to complete my academic commitments and that in the meanwhile, if he wanted to move on, he could.
To this, he categorically said he isn’t talking with, seeing, exploring anything or anyone else and hence would like to continue this. The conversations continued like before and, almost on a daily basis, he would call/ message/converse with me. Almost every other day we would talk for hours together.
During November 2020, he suddenly said that he doesn’t seem to be able to connect emotionally and hence doesn’t want to pursue this relationship anymore. Still, we kept talking/ messaging/conversing. During December 2020, he reversed his earlier remarks and said he thinks he still has feelings and would want to pursue this relationship. And that he would want to meet up as soon as possible once the pandemic is over or when both of us have our vaccinations completed.
In February 2021, due to his changing stances over the emotional connect, I stopped contacting him, but he continued to pursue me, calling and messaging me. And then, in May 2021, he again started telling that he would like to continue this relationship and invest time on it. Once again, his calls and messages kept pace with his stated intentions. All this while, he had been maintaining that he was in pursuit of a ‘monogamous’ and ‘exclusive’ relationship with me and was not at all talking to, messaging, flirting with, seeing, or being physically/emotionally involved with anyone else in any manner. He even mentioned once that ever since March 2019; he was not physically involved with anyone.
Throughout our conversations on intimacy, there was just one thing that I had always maintained. Which is that the last thing I would want to do is being involved with a man who is involved (either physically or emotionally) with anyone else. I always asked if he was involved with someone physically or emotionally. His answer was always a categorical No.
In July 2021, he again reiterated that he had genuine feelings towards me and would want to take the relationship to the next level and hence would like to meet up as soon as possible. Then he suggested we meet up before he moved to Kolkata (which was most likely to be September first week) since he would get busy after that. There was also the fact that I had to move out of the country for my academic pursuits.
Pratik proposed that we meet up in the first week of September 2021 – so we met and spent time together for three days. We got physically intimate while together. I had made it very clear to him that I was not at all interested in a casual meeting or a fling; when I asked him point-blank if this meeting was casual, his response was that he wouldn’t put in so much effort, changing two flights to meet up with someone, if it was casual. Also, that you do know me enough to know that it isn’t a casual meet and he really wanted to invest time in this relationship and come and see me before I left for my higher education.
The mark of his commitment to this relationship, he said, was that he was seriously thinking about marriage after two years, by which time I would have completed my education. When I asked if his mother thought this was a casual meet-up, again his response was that she thinks there’s something serious happening between us.
As I have previously stated, there was one clear clear bottom line for me in this relationship, and I articulated it clearly again and again. Which was, simply, commitment, seriousness, and loyalty. And in each instance, Pratik made categorical assurances that his feelings were in line with those serious, committed, and exclusive to me. I was satisfied with his assurances and believed in his words.
During the third week of September 2021, he suddenly sent a message saying that he had been misleading me for the past one-and-half years and that all the verbal assurances he had made about the relationship were mere drama and he hadn’t been truthful about any of those feelings with me. That he was lying about his feelings towards me and also about him being ‘monogamous’ and ‘exclusive’ to me.
I was aghast & heartbroken, and despite my mental condition, I was struck by how blatantly and deviously the whole thing had been conducted. My first instinct, naturally, was to make a hue and cry about this. I told him I would go public with how he had led me on. He immediately sought the assistance of his friend to mediate, who in turn contacted me. She messaged & called me on the pretext of “trying to resolve the issue” but the real purpose was to dissuade me from going public, to coax me into silence, & thus protect him.
Yes, I had fallen for his trap. And at the end of it, I felt violated, abused, traumatised, threatened, betrayed, damaged and wronged. I feel my consent for the physical relationship was not informed consent because I was lied to. To think that this man had slept with a woman on August 15, 2021, just before meeting me during the first week of September 2021, and still claimed exclusive feelings for me even during that meeting, shatters me.
The woman also expressed fears of her allegations being dismissed by stating that after her post, she would be called an ‘RSS stooge, a BJP mole’ as she was targeting Alt News, but had “been fighting against the right wing with my own means and ways”.
VFMI Take:
- We have always maintained – no one is guilty until convicted by court of law
- However, in 2018, India MeToo campaign was designed and aimed particularly at Men who supported a particular ideology
- Of course, there were other random names that were also popping up daily
- The crux of the matter is that back then, any man who had been called out by a woman, even anonymously, was forced to step down from his job, until his name was cleared
- Several men, including one cabinet minister, had to resign, after facing serious charges of sexually exploiting women (decades ago)
- While @IndiaMeToo handle on twitter was actively pushing every nameless faceless post back then, they have silently given Sinha’s story a miss
- Not just this handle, but the entire mainstream media, including self proclaimed feminists and women rights crusaders, have chosen to ignore this story completely
- In the interim, Sinha is continuing with his work as usual and there is no demand or organised social media attack against him to resign or come clean
- Voice For Men India reached out to Pratik for his comment, but there has been no response from him as of now
- So, who decides whether a #MeToo allegation is genuine or motivated?
- Who gives the authority to #IndiaMeToo curators to selectively pick, choose and push allegations against certain individuals, while look the other way for others?
- This was exactly how allegations against Anurag Kashyap were rubbished couple of years ago by the #MeToo lobby, despite an official FIR filed against him by the victim
- Of course, if allegations are false, Pratik Sinha needs to speak up and come clean
- If allegations are true, the complainant must file a proper police complaint by submitting all evidences as narrated in her post
- Henceforth, any man who is named and shamed, must continue to keep working unless convicted by court
To conclude, #MeToo India campaign has been completely exposed with their bias and selective agenda shielding their own supporters.
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Sexual Exploitation Allegations Against Alt News Co-Founder #PratikSinha
🔹@IndiaMeToo, Mainstream Media Give It A Miss
▪️Who decides whether allegations are true/false?
▪️Shouldn't @free_thinker resign until he comes clean?#MeToo #VoiceForMenhttps://t.co/y4TVInIaqf— Voice For Men India (@voiceformenind) January 17, 2023
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