Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন

HAPPY. Life is good. Joint National Secretary TMC and Parliamentary Leader in Rajya Sabha

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

What changed in the media after the Jantar Mantar student protest? 🪳

[HarperCollins @HarperCollinsIN]

Traditional media is no longer the only force shaping what we see, read and believe.

Hear from firebrand parliamentarian @derekobrienmp as he discusses the growing sway of digital platforms over traditional media.

In Politics, Policy and Predictions: Views from the Front Row of Parliament, O’Brien examines the changing landscape of Indian democracy, media narratives and power politics.

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

From a speech Inside Parliament, made a few months ago. (We told you so💁🏻‍♂️)

What does EC stand for? Someone says it is Extremely Compromised. Someone else says: Nooo! EC stands for ENTIRELY COMPROMISED!

Full video: https://t.co/Gky48yfeCe

[Seema Chishti @seemay]

EC Has Evaded the Question of 16 lakh Deletions in WB.
But @chhuti_is Finds West Bengal Voter Challenges By EC Can Be Traced to A Centralised Batch System,
*Not individually filed by officers*
Do read https://t.co/XQCO59o92L

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

Sounds of India. Thank you @thevirdas for a terrific Sunday evening in Kolkata

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

Solidarity

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Ashu was picked up by Assam Police from a private residence. They have still not been told under what charges or on what grounds he has been detained.

If Ashu is not released, I will go to Assam along with other CJP members. Himanta can arrest us all.

[Pragnya Gupta @GuptaPragnya]

This is a crucial video which each 17+ Indian must not only watch but share and tell others as much as they can.

The Indian Express report has shaken up India, yet there is half the population that is unaware of the danger lurking on their heads, that can literally rob them of their fundamental right to vote and be considered as a valid legit citizen of India.
All of this thanks to a bunch of blood thirsty greedy criminal politicians, Indians themselves handed over power to.
They now find it difficult to get them off their backs, sadly.

Listen and share as far as you can 🙏

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

@abhijeet_dipke GK must GO

[All India Trinamool Congress @AITCofficial]

The love, the connect and the deep emotional bond that people have with @MamataOfficial CAN NEVER BE ERASED.

There is NO FORCE that can separate her from her people!

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

"The ECI, by acting as an agent of the central (BJP) government, is undermining the foundation of democracy”

An extract from my NEW book POLITICS, POLICY AND PREDICTIONS published by @HarperCollinsIN

"ECI: Four Questions For India's 'Neutral' Umpire" > https://t.co/uN7UWuJOg4

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

Opposition boycotting elections = BJP wins all seats. Once that happens, they amend the Constitution to legalize all their crimes.

Also not contesting elections means betraying the lakhs of workers who are on the ground, fighting with their lives.

That is why it is important to fight elections to protect democratic rights, while also fighting for free and fair elections

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

Bengal is a dangerous example of how democracy was turned on its head. Of the total deleted/removed voters that appealed, 91% of them were restored on the voters list. But state election was over by then and BJP grabbed power. The Supreme Court aided this power grabbing.

How will anything change in the system if your vote doesn’t matter?

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

More damning evidence.

[Abhishek Banerjee @abhishekaitc]

This screenshot from a WhatsApp group of observers goes back to April. It raises serious questions about an alleged conspiracy to delete 30 lakh names from the electoral rolls.

This cannot be brushed aside. It cannot be buried. And it cannot be answered with silence.

Gyanesh Kumar and the Chief Justice of India have serious questions to answer before the people of this country.

India is watching.
India is asking questions. And India will demand answers.

Brace yourselves.

[Anant Gupta @AnantGuptaAG]

The Indian Express investigation is brilliant. But it sidesteps the Bengal SIR — the most egregious one so far.

Reminder: Centralisation of voter rolls disenfranchised lakhs of people in the state and influenced its election result.

https://t.co/qfu0cvmVba

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

"The ECI, by acting as an agent of the central (BJP) government, is undermining the foundation of democracy”

An extract from my NEW book POLITICS, POLICY AND PREDICTIONS published by @HarperCollinsIN

"ECI: Four Questions For India's 'Neutral' Umpire" > https://t.co/uN7UWuJOg4

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

Seema Khanna. Software mystery. SIR. Yes, we told you so🔥

[All India Trinamool Congress @AITCofficial]

Our Hon’ble National General Secretary, Shri @abhishekaitc, had EXPOSED the entire SIR process being conducted under the watch of the CEC.

The role played by Seema Khanna had raised several eyebrows, yet the @ECISVEEP remained conspicuously silent throughout.

The larger question now is: will the Hon’ble Supreme Court take cognisance of these grave concerns surrounding the electoral process, or will it continue to accept the argument that deletion from the electoral rolls is inconsequential because a person can simply vote in the next election - even when correcting such deletions could reportedly take as long as 12 years?

When electoral rights of crores of citizens are at stake, can the remedy really be deferred to another election?
When will the Hon’ble Supreme Court stand rightfully by the PEOPLE OF INDIA?

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

Five months ago, 60+ Rajya Sabha MPs (50 needed) wrote to Chairman RS moving Motion to remove CEC Gyanesh Kumar

After big news break today that two Election Commissioners objected to many of CEC's actions, it's time to bring out the RS Motion today. Impeach CEC to save democracy

[Babul Supriyo @SuPriyoBabul]

Every action has equal & opposite reaction...!! A party get into power in WB after aspiring for it for decades & immediately upon assuming power they resort to violence & highhandedness !!! What is the need?? The fact that Governance isn't the priority shows that needless political vendetta has taken over... West Bengal Politics is nauseating ! Irrespective of political colour, every Bangali will feel sad, ashamed & distressed about Bengal & what lies ahead !!!

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

Four disturbing pictures tell the truth. This Tuesday evening in Calcutta. Proof of the brutalities unleashed on our party colleagues by intoxicated BJP thugs.
Our IT cell head Upasana beaten/molested. Former MLA/senior police officer Humayun wounded.

WHERE IS THE POLICE?

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

More political atrocities in Bengal.
Our brave, young IT cell head @03upasana's home attacked, car vandalised.
In Wards 78/109, party workers targeted and brutally attacked by BJP goons.
Shameless police couldn’t care less as atrocities continue.
WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

"ECI must end its method of deleting first and verifying later. The Courts' permissiveness towards an insouciant ECI has allowed dis-enfranchisement on a scale that will remain a black mark on the jurisprudence of universal adult franchise in India".

[Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন @derekobrienmp]

It is the same BJP Playbook. We strongly condemn this.

[K C Venugopal @kcvenugopalmp]

After West Bengal BJP’s murder of democracy, today we have the champion of political violence Mr. @himantabiswa sending his goons to finish off his political rivals.

Launching a brutal stone pelting attack on our Assam In-Charge, Ex. Chhattisgarh CM Sh. @bhupeshbaghel ji, Assam PCC President Sh. @GauravGogoiAsm ji and our Nagaon candidate Smt. Shivamoni Bora ji shows how desperately shaken this hooligan BJP regime is.

Instead of allowing free and fair elections to pan out, the BJP has absolutely vitiated the atmosphere by using brute force and muscle power. Predictably, the BJP-controlled @ECISVEEP is totally silent and helpless, giving its tacit approval to the BJP's Goonda Raj.

Has the ECI forgotten that during elections, they are responsible for law and order in the area?

Will the ECI dare to take a single decision to punish the ruling regime for their blatantly criminal, unconstitutional and violent means to subvert the elections?