@bat_of_india You better stay away from the list below.
Rachel Weisz
Salma Hayek
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Rosamund Pike
Jennifer Connelly
Rachel Mcadams
Penelope Cruz
Yesterday, @IndianExpress reported an unprecedented rupture inside the Election Commission: TWO of its three members objecting on record, 14 times in 10 months, to decisions taken without their knowledge.
Today, the second part of our investigation looks at the concern Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi flagged most often: Who really controls our electoral rolls?
We followed that question to Goa, where we found something deeply concerning.
Stay with me....
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The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.
The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.
HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.
Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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THIS IS BRUTAL 🔥
Congress spokesperson Kushagra Saxena hits the nerve:
“Leave ₹300.
Why should I pay even ₹1?”
UPI was built as a zero-MDR digital public good.
Now charges above ₹2,000.
Small traders get crushed the moment turnover crosses ₹1 lakh.
And the final bill?
Always paid by the customer.
NPCI already sits on ₹1,888 crore surplus.
So why the toll booth?
Because PhonePe and Google Pay want their cut…
and Modi’s government is selling India’s UPI under that pressure.
Pride for the speech.
Surrender for foreign apps.
Tax for the Indian pocket.
My question is simple —
If NPCI is in surplus…
why is Modi taxing the public good? 🗿💸🔥😭
On UPI transactions–
Rahul Gandhi, who holds an M.Phil. from Cambridge, is wrong.
Subhash Chandra Garg, former Finance Secretary, is wrong.
Raghuram Rajan, former RBI Governor, is wrong.
Ashneer Grover, a businessman, is wrong.
But, the 4th-fail Raja and his 8th-fail Praja are the only ones who are right.