Ambika Pandit

Journalist, TOI; like to be called a storyteller; National Foundation For India media fellow (2009-10 & 2017); follow for regular news updates @AmbikaPanditTOI

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#PredatorsAroundUs In 2018, we put out accounts of survivors of abuse who chose to break the silence; in Sept 2019 d series was revived on d "World News Day" platform; reposting as a reminder that we need 2 create more space 4 those suffering in silence.
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[Sayantan Ghosh @sayantan_gh]

As Sudip Bandyopadhyay has now joined the rebel camp, I wanted to reshare this old column of mine for TOI. For one reason.

In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Mamata Banerjee denied the sitting MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay a ticket from Calcutta North West (now Kolkata North), the constituency he currently represents as an MP. She reportedly asked him to shift to Raiganj, while the TMC ticket for Calcutta North West went to Subrata Mukherjee.

Sudip chose to rebel. He reached an understanding with the Congress and contested from the same seat as an independent candidate backed by the Congress. The TMC eventually lost the seat. Yet, in time, he returned to the party.

This is what makes the current developments significant. Mamata Banerjee was never unaware of the ambitions, insecurities, and tendencies of many of these leaders. She had seen them up close, often from the party’s most difficult phases. But instead of confronting these contradictions, she repeatedly accommodated them, trusted them, and elevated them to important positions, perhaps believing that responsibility and recognition would bring stability and loyalty.

It did not. The individuals changed their circumstances, but not necessarily their political instincts.

That is why I continue to argue that Mamata’s biggest political crisis has often been of her own making. Not because she failed to identify the problem, but because she chose to manage it through accommodation rather than resolution.

“Mamata’s biggest crisis is Mamata.”

[Subhendu Mukherjee @subhendujee]

Dilli Maange More : Pruning trees keeps them standing, stalling can cost lives https://t.co/yRQkFsWtlN

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#Poltics #Parliament Opposition likely to submit notice for CEC’s removal to presiding officer of one House of Parliament today | India News - The Times of India https://t.co/Ca7HE4pq1a

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#Politics #Parliament Tmc President Meeting: TMC seeks Prez meet after protocol row; Rashtrapati Bhavan declines citing time crunch | India News - The Times of India https://t.co/cjzCPnz3gd

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#Politics #Parliament Opposition to submit notice to Parliament this week to seek motion for CEC’s removal | India News - The Times of India https://t.co/cFSZDHqR7Y

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#HumanRights Nod to changes to widen transgender definition | India News - The Times of India https://t.co/6Vf185IIMc

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#WaqfAct #Politics With a little over 3 lakh uploads so far, Centre asks those who have still not registered their waqf properties on portal to 'hurry'...deadline ends on December 5. https://t.co/3FnLPf4aNx

[C L Manoj @CLManojET]

As AICC owned up legacy of long dethroned party chief Sitaram Kesri, his then political secy TariqAnwar reveals how frantic bids were made by then PM Deve Gowda to save his Govt & how Kesri even declined Rashtrapati's post before ousting Gowda @ETPolitics https://t.co/6UcCCHsJPJ

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#Special A new report released at a side event at UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday while dwelling on the decline in cases of child marriage also highlights the dominant reasons that make girls vulnerable to child marriage, https://t.co/8LEQAGlMR9

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#HumanRights As you scroll by just stop to read this story by @VineetUpad and @NCW @NHRC @NCPCR pls take note...the best interest of the child is being compromised through "parent alienation"...a father-child bond is as critical as mother-child bond. Link in post below.

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#EqualRights Here is the ugly truth of how "parental alienation" is depriving so many fathers and children of the bond that is so critical for a healthy life. Rightly said in d story by Vineet Upadhyay that this kind of manipulation must be made a crime. https://t.co/FqNgFXq7pL

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#EqualRights Here is the ugly truth of how "parental alienation" is depriving so many fathers and children of the bond that is so critical for a healthy life. Rightly said in d story by Vineet Upadhyay that this kind of manipulation must be made a crime. https://t.co/FqNgFXq7pL

[Nidhi @nidhi_sharma]

Did key NDA ally @jaitdp just nuance its stand on BIhar's Special Intensive Revision exercise?
Watch
https://t.co/rHmVwd0s2O
After his party MPs gave pointed suggestions to @ECISVEEP asking it to delink SIR from citizenship, Andhra Pradesh chief minister @ncbn says electoral roll revision is a continuous exercise and has to be done before an election.
Source: Fireside chat at @EconomicTimes World Leaders Forum
#Andhra #naidu #andhranews #ETWLF2025 #ETWorldLeadersForum #SIR

[Dhananjay Mahapatra @toi_dhananjayM]

SC tells petitioners challenging ongoing SIR of Bihar electoral rolls to point out persons illegally omitted from Draft List after its publication on Aug 1. SC says a 30-day process for correction,addition of names in the list. "If there is en masse exclusion we will step in".

[Bharti Jain @bhartijainTOI]

Upon MHA notification of resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar from post of Vice-President of India, EC starts preparations for the election of his successor. Announcement of schedule will follow as soon as possible after completion of the preparatory activities

[Nidhi @nidhi_sharma]

BREAKING: Jal Shakti minister @CRPaatil calls a joint meeting of Andhra Pradesh chief minister @ncbn and Telangana chief minister @revanth_anumula on Wednesday to iron out differences over Rs 81,900 cr Polavaram Banakacherla project. Telangana has opposed Naidu's ambitious inter linking project. Read exclusively in @EconomicTimes
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#AndhraPradesh
#Telangana
#naidu #revanth #ChandrababuNaidu

[Vijaya Rahatkar @VijayaRahatkar]

भारत के विदेश सचिव श्री विक्रम मिश्री के परिवार, विशेष रूप से उनकी बेटी के खिलाफ किए गए निंदनीय ऑनलाइन दुर्व्यवहार (online abuse) की राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग (#NCW) कड़े शब्दों में निंदा करता है।

विदेश सचिव की बेटी की व्यक्तिगत संपर्क जानकारी साझा करना गंभीर रूप से गैर-जिम्मेदाराना काम है। यह गोपनीयता का गंभीर उल्लंघन है, जो उनकी सुरक्षा को खतरे में डाल सकता है।

श्री @VikramMisri जैसे देश के वरिष्ठतम सार्वजनिक सेवकों के परिवार के सदस्यों पर इस तरह के व्यक्तिगत हमले न केवल अस्वीकार्य हैं, बल्कि नैतिक रूप से भी अक्षम्य हैं। हम सभी से शालीनता, सभ्यता और संयम दिखाने का आग्रह करते हैं।

आइए, हम इससे ऊपर उठें!
Lets Rise above this.
#OperationSindoor
#CleanCyberSpace

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

Even a Union minister got fooled by our TV channels, ‘influencers’ & #TwitterVirChakras to tweet that the Indian Navy had attacked Karachi! He deleted the post soon after!

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

Comprehensive @timesofindia coverage of India hitting back after thwarting Pakistan’s attack by drones & missiles!

[Rajat Pandit @IamRajat_Pandit]

The Air Defence & Hitback
#OperationSindoor

[Ambika Pandit @ApanditPandit]

#MakeInclusionReal Most Central ministries fail to comply with accessibility standards for digital platforms...Court of Chief Commissioner of Disabilities imposes penalties...next review after Feb 28. @socialpwds @Office_of_CCPD @drsitu
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