B.N. Sahoo

"As if the universe was captive, lost in the midst of my consciousness." — Proust

[Mohit Chauhan @unmutemohit]

Modi has wasted one of the biggest opportunities in modern Indian history.

People put him on a pedestal & gave him unprecedented power, trust, and political capital.

He could have transformed India. He could have challenged regressive practices, even within Hinduism, and pushed society towards a more progressive and rational future.

But instead, he chose to appease the most regressive elements of society, religion and culture.

He had the opportunity to change India for the better. Instead, he chose to exploit its worst instincts.

What a wasted decade.
What a lost opportunity.

[A.J. @beingabhi2712]

Shahrukh khan opening his comment section after wishing Amit shah happy bday.

[WeGotitBack 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸 @NotFarLeftAtAll]

I’ve never ever seen Ricky Gervais like this before …

[B.N. Sahoo @BNSahoo_]

@duncanrobinson Another good column this week.

[Tejas Kulkarni @TejasTekk]

During our school days, My friends and I wanted to play like Manchester United. Now Manchester United play like us

[` @Kohlispectrum]

Whole World is living in 2026 but BJP is living in 1947

[Janice Turner @VictoriaPeckham]

If Salman Rushdie’s fatwa happened today, how many of these signatories would sign a letter supporting him? Most would be too afraid, many would think he deserved it. I doubt Rooney herself would support him.

The comparison is fatuous and disgraceful.

[B.N. Sahoo @BNSahoo_]

Has demanding the resignation of erring officials become illegal now in a democracy? 🤷‍♂️

[Harsh Gupta Madhusudan @harshmadhusudan]

CJP, India's version of election-denial-Trumpism who are not asking 'questions' but demanding resignations of constitutional authorities such as the CEC, gets support from Annamalai. No further comment.

[B.N. Sahoo @BNSahoo_]

@Birdyword @bswud @s8mb Will miss your work in TE. Has your replacement been finalised?

[K.Annamalai @annamalai_k]

In 2011, then Gujarat Chief Minister Thiru @narendramodi avl said that if his hands were not tied, he would have gone to Delhi and waged war against the central government. Thiru Narendra Modi avl made this statement in response to the police crackdown on the peaceful anti-corruption campaign led at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi. In my opinion, what the Hon PM said then was absolutely right, and there is nothing wrong about it.

Today, you could be jailed indefinitely; your surety bonds could be rejected; and, surprisingly, a Special Executive Magistrate will play circles around you when he/ she is empowered to deal with preventive bond cases.

If you question the violation of due process of law in a democracy, you would be called names, and a barrage of attacks would follow, including being labelled a Foreign Agent.

Ever since I asked the Central Government to speak with the protestors during the NEET exam protests, I have faced constant attacks, but I let them pass because I felt it was important to focus on the issues on the ground in Tamil Nadu. I also, in a way, enjoyed this as it would quickly remove the tag of me being a BJP B Team and sent to TN as a Dhurandhar 😍

Yesterday during a press meeting, I questioned the Delhi Police’s methods of detaining protestors of CJP.

Since yesterday, the attacks have resumed, as expected. For some in the BJP, let me make this categorically clear, in case you have selective amnesia: I left the BJP on June 5, 2026.

As I mentioned yesterday, I might not agree with the tactics of the CJP, and I think many of theirs are misguided. But if you ask me whether they have a right to oppose/argue/protest on an issue that they think is important?

I would categorically say - YES.

So, I would like people to ask the questions again, even if it makes some of them uncomfortable, and I wish the Central Government would answer them instead of resorting to whataboutism.

https://t.co/U1VOaaWCLM was Jantar Mantar denotified as a protest site as per a standing order of the Ministry of Home Affairs after a letter was handed over by CJP seeking permission to conduct a protest?

https://t.co/Gn79sPgy7b long can we have a system that gives powers to an Asst Commissioner of Police as a Special Executive Magistrate who rules over whether to keep someone in preventive detention? The ACP of Delhi Police stands over the trial where Delhi Police is the complainant against the accused CJP. Now you know which way the wind will blow.

3.On October 19th, why did the Special Executive Magistrate, aka ACP of Delhi Police, deliberately arrive late for the bail hearing of those who were arrested from Jantar Mantar on October 13th and recuse himself, saying there is a threat to his life? Is this some kind of a joke?

4.Why were 8 sureties rejected, and why was the person who came for surety subjected to cross-examination by the Special Executive Magistrate?

5. Any action taken on pellet gun usage by the Delhi police or other actions on Delhi police who have violated the standard operating procedures against the protesters during the NEET fiasco stir?

Has no BJP karyakarta in Delhi violated any bond conditions during the previous Congress and AAP governments. I trust the same Delhi police were then also when barricades were jumped and orders disobeyed? How were they dealt with then? Like this?

Definitely - NO.

Now I hear that the detained functionaries of CJP were released by SEM after the case reached the High Court.

I also recently saw a cockroach effigy burned as part of the Dusshera celebrations. Out of curiosity, I tried to find out who is giving this free publicity at a National level. No surprises here. It was led by a BJP MLA, Ashok Goel.

My question again is: is the BJP opposing the CJP or giving it free publicity? Does it want the opposition votes to split by making CJP a bigger player? At this rate, the CJP couldn’t have asked for a better PR team, even if it had paid for one! (1/2)

[whatever @stephenaaay]

Zainab, even if then were unmarried and they had sex in the middle of the road,it is not grounds enough to kill them.

[Judge Sundar Lal Tripathi @mama_mathre]

I hope you guys are aware that India ranks 157 out of 180 in Freedom of Press Report.

[omar ali @omarali50]

@gautambhatia88 LOL. Have you read it? it is an islamist manifesto and it frames secular liberal india as the problem and Islamization as the solution. It is not very complicated, you should check it out.. And the fake history is fully allama iqbal level..

[komolika @Ichanpyaari]

subah ka rapist agar sham tak bjp join karle toh usey rapist nahi, nationalist kehte hai

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine https://t.co/bbLQBC4sbA

[Lord Immy Kant @KantInEastt]

This is extremely sad and true at the same time

[Sara Ghorbani @d_white_rabbit]

“Romance” is not a good enough reason to execute people, you murder-apologist.

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

The problem that people like Sharjeel Imam have is not new - these are the arguments that created Partition. But the trouble, for them, is - what they created turned out to be a miserable failure. The much-flaunted homeland they tore away is a failed state which further broke and the other part, at best, is fragile. So the jealousy against the success of 'Hindu India' is endless and infinite. Now they are viciously angry because they think without partition this would be their success. On the contrary, people like them would have ensured that India fails too. So, in that sense, actually partition saved India. This is what Nehru and Patel understood by the end - and that's why they accepted partition even though their great father-like mentor Gandhi refused to accept it. Patel and Nehru knew that without partition, these people (Jinnah & Co.) would destroy India.