Cynthia Rodrigues

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[Cynthia Rodrigues @Cynth_Rodrigues]

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[Cynthia Rodrigues @Cynth_Rodrigues]

And yet there will be morons asking: What is Rahul Gandhi doing? Why isn't Congress protesting?

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

NSUI and Indian Youth Congress have done more than 50 protests across the country on NEET and CBSE issues in the last one month.

12 May 2026 – NSUI, New Delhi: Protested outside Shastri Bhawan after the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 over paper leak.

13 May 2026 – NSUI, New Delhi: Continued demonstrations against alleged failures in conducting NEET-UG fairly. Protesters demanded a transparent investigation and reforms in the examination system.

16 May 2026 – NSUI, NTA Headquarters, New Delhi: Organized the “NTA Halla Bol” protest over the alleged NEET paper leak. NSUI and IYC demanded disciplinary action against NTA officials and safeguards to protect future examinations.

17th May 2026 till date – NSUI and IYC state units: Nearly all state units, organized protests, demonstrations, and campaigns against the NEET and CBSE controversy, calling for Pradhan’s resignation

31 May 2026 – NSUI, Bhopal: Participated in a large protest over the NEET paper leak issue, demanding accountability from the government and the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

1 June 2026 – NSUI, Bhubaneswar: Held a torch march toward the residence of Dharmendra Pradhan, demanding his resignation over the handling of the NEET controversy.

2 June 2026 – NSUI and IYC, New Delhi: Continued protests over COEMPT scam and Pradhan’s resignation

3 June 2026 - Indian Youth Congress, Nagpur: Youth Congress activists joined protests over alleged CBSE and NEET irregularities and paper leak

LOP Rahul Gandhi has raised the NEET and CBSE issues the maximum. Demanding Pradhan’s resignation and exposing COEMPT scam. He also met several delegations of CBSE and NEET students and also Sarthak. LOP also activated the NSUI and IYC of the party to hold countrywide protests.

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

This is my last tweet on CJP scam, for June 2026

1) The fake CJP (= IAC 2 = AAP) was given a well-planned and sanitized CJP protest for today. In Delhi's heart. Peaceful. No water cannons. No lathi beatings. No chaos. No one falling dropping crying. Everything calm and sanitized. From the airport to the end at 5 pm. Clean, white, pure. Delhi Police gently aiding the protestors, as if India were a real democracy. Absolute non-entities turning into heroes out of the blue. No outrageous demands like "Resign Modi", "Resign Shah", nothing. Just Pradhan. A non-entity. Low-hanging fruit. Cool. All steam released. Gen-Z sentiment caged.
2) This is what Indian liberals love. Sanitized experiences. This is why most of them have knowingly (or otherwise) decided to support IAC 2 scam. As for YT liberals, I guess many frauds were simply bought out.
3) We must thank Modi Shah Bhagwat for this new experiment. It exposes everyone completely. It's their resounding victory. Once more.
4) When Mahatma Gandhi's own grandson starts supporting fake fraud CJP like scams, one can see the depth of 'ideological confusion' and the simple ways Modi rose to power, and will not be removed anytime soon. It's not his strength. It's our weakness.
5) Next 5 years, and the time till 2040 will be very interesting and era-defining. As I have repeatedly written, final change comes starting 2040.

My next tweet on CJP scam will come in July.
Thanks for tremendous response to my views.

[Save Mumbai Mangroves @MumbaiMangroves]

Mumbai had ~4000 buses. Truly @myBESTBus. Now down to ~2800 buses with city owning only ~130 buses. They privatised it to contractors who cut corners with wet lease drivers and poor maintenance causing rise in incidents.

[Dr Jitendra Meena @JitendraMeenaDU]

RSS के जनजाति सुरक्षा मंच और वनवासी कल्याण आश्रम के लोगों ने राष्ट्रपति और प्रधानमंत्री से मिलकर के डीलिस्टिंग और अनुच्छेद 342 में संशोधन की माँग की है। RSS आदिवासियों की जड़ों को काटने में लगा है पहले वनवासी के नाम पर और अब डीलिस्टिंग के नाम पर।

RSS चाहता है की केवल हिंदू धर्म को मानने वाले ही ST रहे। ताकि ईसाई धर्म को मानने वाले पूर्वोत्तर, इस्लाम को मानने वाले जम्मू, कश्मीर, लक्षद्वीप, लेह-लद्दाख, बुद्धिस्ट बाहुल्य अरुणाचल, सरना मानने वाले झारखंडी और धर्म पूर्वी आदिवासियों की संस्कृति, सभ्यता को नष्ट किया जा सके और उनके संसाधनों-जल, जंगल और जमीन पर कब्जा किया जा सके। उसके बाद संवैधानिक हकों को छीना जा सके।

[Cynthia Rodrigues @Cynth_Rodrigues]

Brand new "simple si technology"

[Dayashankar Mishra @DayashankarMi]

वैज्ञानिक सदमे में हैं
• पहले नाले के गैस से चाय बनाई गई
• अब पानी में 7% इथेनॉल (ethanol) मिलाकर खाना पकाया जा रहा है।
•• इससे इनकार करने पर 50 करोड़ की मानहानि हो सकती है ।

[Cynthia Rodrigues @Cynth_Rodrigues]

india is doomed because unscrupulous people are powerful.

[Dainik Bhaskar @DainikBhaskar]

खजुराहो-पन्ना रेलवे लाइन के लिए पहले 54,578 पेड़ काटे, अब उस डिजाइन को गलत बताकर नया रूट तय किया, 50 हजार पेड़ और कटेंगे
#Deforestation #Panna #Khajuraho #Environment #RailProject

अधिक खबरें और ई-पेपर पढ़ने के लिए दैनिक भास्कर एप इंस्टॉल करें - https://t.co/uXrhGpuirk

[Cynthia Rodrigues @Cynth_Rodrigues]

I am not able to access my account unless i verify my age by sharing biometric details. But the Online Safety rules apply to Australian residents.

I am a resident of India.

@Substack please help

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

If India had a genuinely free media instead of GODI media, a Narendra Modi press conference would look like this:

“Prime Minister, one question.”

- Why are paper leaks now a national epidemic? Why hasn’t Dharmendra Pradhan been sacked?

- Why are foreign investors quietly pulling money out of India?

- Why is India suddenly obeying American pressure on Russian oil after years of “strategic autonomy” speeches?

- Why is the rupee falling while you keep calling the economy strong? Why is it the worst performing currency?

- Why are Chinese imports at record highs despite years of “Atmanirbhar Bharat”?

- Why didn’t your government issue summons to Adani or conduct an independent probe into the DOJ allegations?

- Why is mehengai destroying middle-class savings, small businesses, and family budgets through food inflation, LPG hikes, and rising education costs?

- Why did you attempt passing the Delimitation constitution amendment bill?

- Why do you still avoid unscripted press conferences after a decade in power?

- Why did Donald Trump announce the ceasefire before India did?

In a real democracy, the PM answers questions. He doesn’t just broadcast monologues or read from a teleprompter.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

NEET 2026 के पेपर लीक की खबर सुनी।

परीक्षा नहीं - NEET अब नीलामी है।

कई सवाल परीक्षा से 42 घंटे पहले WhatsApp पर बिक रहे थे।

22 लाख से ज़्यादा बच्चे साल भर रात-रात भर आँखें जलाकर पढ़ते रहे और एक रात में उनका भविष्य बाज़ार में सरेआम नीलाम हो गया। यह पहली बार नहीं है। 10 साल में 89 पेपर लीक - 48 बार दोबारा परीक्षा। हर बार वही वादे, और फिर वही ख़ामोशी।

मोदी जी, जब आप अपनी हर नाकामी का बिल जनता पर डालते हैं, तो ग़रीब के बच्चों का भविष्य भी उसी बिल में आता है।

22 लाख बच्चों का भरोसा टूटा है। और मोदी सरकार से बड़ा ख़तरा भारत के युवाओं के सपनों के लिए कोई नहीं।

मैं भारत के युवा के साथ हूँ। यह वक़्त बेहद मुश्किल है - मैं जानता हूँ। लेकिन यह व्यवस्था ऐसे नहीं रहेगी। हम मिलकर इसे बदलेंगे।

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

मोदी जी ने कल जनता से त्याग मांगे - सोना मत ख़रीदो, विदेश मत जाओ, पेट्रोल कम जलाओ, खाद और खाने का तेल कम करो, मेट्रो में चलो, घर से काम करो।

ये उपदेश नहीं - ये नाकामी के सबूत हैं।

12 साल में देश को इस मुक़ाम पर ला दिया है कि जनता को बताना पड़ रहा है - क्या ख़रीदे, क्या न ख़रीदे, कहां जाए, कहां न जाए। हर बार ज़िम्मेदारी जनता पर डाल देते हैं ताकि ख़ुद जवाबदेही से बच निकलें।

देश चलाना अब Compromised PM के बस की बात नहीं।

[Cynthia Rodrigues @Cynth_Rodrigues]

If we're supposed to avoid foreign travel, why is the PM going on a 7-day tour of these countries? Are they a part of Akhand Bharat?

[Suhasini Haidar @suhasinih]

With elections done, PM Modi urges citizens to cut fuel use, avoid foreign travel.
PM to leave for 7-day trip to UAE, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway and Italy on Friday.
https://t.co/HpjbhsgzMS

[Congress @INCIndia]

Modi's Great Nicobar Project SCAM

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

I travelled through Great Nicobar today.

These are the most extraordinary forests I have ever seen in my life. Trees older than memory. Forests that took generations to grow.

The people on this island are equally beautiful - both the adivasi communities and the settlers - but they are being robbed of what is rightfully theirs.

The government calls what it is doing here a “Project.” What I have seen is not a project. It is millions of trees marked for the axe. It is 160 square kilometres of rainforest condemned to die. It is communities that have been ignored while their homes have been snatched away.

This is not development. This is destruction dressed in development’s language.

So I will say it plainly, and I will keep saying it: what is being done in Great Nicobar is one of the biggest scams and gravest crimes against this country’s natural and tribal heritage in our lifetime.

It must be stopped. And it can be stopped - if Indians choose to see what I have seen.

[Ankit Mayank @mr_mayank]

This will blow your mind 🤯

Tribals in Madhya Pradesh are holding unique ‘Chitra Protest’ against BJP Govt for stealing their homes & forests

They are covering themselves in mud, holding hunger strike & acting like dead bodies for past 11 days

Their only demands — Land in return of land & proper rehabilitation

They have been living on the same land for 2000 years and suddenly they lost all rights? Really?

[Pawan Khera 🇮🇳 ಪವನ್ ಖೇರಾ @Pawankhera]

When monsters guard the gate, truth is denied entry.

Hind Rajab was 5. She was trapped in a car in Gaza with her dead family, she spent her final hours pleading with paramedics on the phone.

An Israeli tank fired hundreds of rounds – killing her, and the rescuers sent to save her.

This is what Narendra Modi is trying to shield - a horror so stark that it stirs the nation's conscience and demands a moral response.

Why – is it fear, complicity, or moral collapse?

[Adv.Vivekanand Gupta 🇮🇳 @vivekanandg]

A road tender ₹3200/- cr @mybmc for western suburbs is being formulated. It seems conditions will favour RPS infrastructure.
This is one BIG SCAM.
In 2016 this firm was blacklisted,FIR filed by then Municipal commissioner.
This firm has 6 different companies with BMC @TawdeRitu

[Cynthia Rodrigues @Cynth_Rodrigues]

@zoru75 And it is to build this coastal road, that they are planning to hack 45,000 mangroves.

[Anish Gawande @anishgawande]

On Republic Day, 10 Adivasi padas inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park are being demolished without a survey, without verification, without justice.

These are original Adivasi inhabitants, living here before SGNP was even notified. They are not encroachers.

And yet:

• Homes are being demolished from 27 January
• Electricity has been cut
• BEST buses stopped, with 50+ children out of school
• 25,000 Adivasis across Goregaon and Dahisar are at risk
• Families are being pushed into SRA buildings they never asked for

You cannot uproot forest-dwelling communities and call it development. You cannot erase people and wave the Constitution. Republic Day means nothing if Adivasi lives don’t count.

[Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) @sanjivbhatt]

This is Aakashi & Shantanu Bhatt,

Dearest Dad,

You turn 62 today … your eight birthday away from us, eight years of absence imposed not by fate, but by deliberate injustice.

Eight years in which we as a family have been living parallel lives, us inside prison walls with you, and you living vicariously through us ... physically separated but all the while connected with one another in heart and spirit, fighting for each other's happiness, being each other’s, strength, suit of armour and never ending resilience.

There are days when words feel inadequate, today is one of those days ... not because there is nothing to say, but because there is far too much. Too much loss carried in silence. Too much waiting that has stretched into injustice. Too much pain born from events that should never have been allowed to unfold. Too much that should never have happened to an upright officer who sacrificed his entire being to fight for justice for the victims of hate and violence.

Over these years, we have watched the slow violence of judicial injustice unfold, not as a single event, but as a continuous process. Trumped up charges created not for truth, but to silence the voice of truth. Procedures stretched until fairness collapsed under their weight. Time itself weaponised against you and against us. Each delay, each denial, each indifference extracting its price, emotionally, mentally and physically.

Despite it all, Dad, you have carried yourself through these years with a quiet dignity and strength that no verdict can diminish. While injustice has tried to define you through numbers, files, and false accusations, you have remained exactly who you always were, principled, brave, and unwavering. Even behind walls meant to confine you, your moral authority and courage have travelled freely, far beyond courtrooms, beyond prisons, beyond the reach of those who tried to bury it.

History will forget these excuse of men, who abused their power to silence your voice of truth, but you, Dad, will always be remembered as a man who chose conscience over comfort, truth over self-preservation, and courage over compliance … the one who stood firm when the cost was unbearable.

As your children, we have not been shaped by weakness or loss. We have been shaped by your example!

We have learned clarity from your clarity. Courage from your courage. And strength not as an act of survival, but as an act of defiance.

Let it be known … Ours is not a family defined by suffering, it is a family defined by resolve!

Every year of injustice, every year of separation, has only sharpened our focus. Every attempt to wear us down has strengthened our determination. We fight not emotionally, but strategically. Not loudly, but relentlessly.

Dad, please know, your sacrifice is not invisible … It is not futile, and it will not go unanswered!

There will come a day when the truth that has been suppressed will stand exposed. When history will ask who abused power, and who paid the price for refusing to surrender their conscience … and you will be remembered, clearly, deliberately, and permanently as a man of integrity who stood for truth when it mattered most.

Today, on your 62nd birthday, silence is no longer an option. While defenders of society were targeted, society looked away. Today, we call on it to wake up … to stand where it once retreated, to speak where it once stayed quiet, and to act for accountability and justice without delay.

The day isn’t far when you will walk free, vindicated, unbowed, and victorious! But till then, know this without doubt: you are not alone, not for a moment. We, your family and tens and thousands of your supporters stand right beside you … as your pillars of strength, unwavering, fearless, and unshakeable!

Dad, you will return home not as someone who quietly endured injustice, but as someone who confronted it, exposed it, and emerged undefeated!

And we promise, you will never be defeated …. Not Now .. Not Ever.

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Dad.

We love you to infinity and beyond!

Endlessly proud of you!!

Yours,
Aakashi & Shantanu

#justiceforsanjivbhatt #FreeSanjivBhatt #EnoughIsEnough

[ceolawyer @ceolawyer]

There was a mass shooting in Sydney, Australia.

Within minutes the internet was flooded with “here come the jihadists” and “Islam is our enemy.”

But there’s one problem.

The man who ran up and took the gun away from one of the mass shooters was a Muslim named Ahmad al-Ahmad.

Yes a Muslim man saved more Jewish people from being killed by a deranged shooter.

Oh and the shooter was a former IDF soldier named Naveed Akram.

Pay attention to how the news spins this.