🚨This dates back to 2001 when Modi became the CM for first time.
According to the rules once you become CM you must become a member of state legislature within 6 months.
Modi wanted to contest from the “safe” Ellis bridge constituency in Ahmedabad which was a BJP stronghold & the sitting MLA was Haren Pandya
Pandya refused to vacate the seat for Modi. This led to stalemate of sorts with the core leaderships intervening & reports say Modi refused to take their calls & even got admitted in a hospital saying he was unwell
Ultimately he contested & won from Rajkot 2 seat.
In the 2002 state elections held in December - post the Gujrat riots - Pandya was denied the MLA ticket to Ellisbridge bringing the internal tussle in BJP Gujrat to fore
On 26th March 2003, Haren Pandya was murdered after his routine morning walk in Law garden area of Ahmedabad.
Spontaneous eruption of workers protests in Noida is tip of the iceberg. Everything is so repressed in the industrial ghettos under the new Labour Codes and police raj that corporate media is startled by presence of workers WhatsApp groups(!)and has to invent conspiracy theories.
factory workers in noida asking for overtime pay and fixed hours, the most basic labour demands, are now being labelled as naxals, pakistani agents and anti nationals
yes, we’re so doomed as a nation and the denial is stronger than the reality
“We can’t even by a bicycle, and these guys buy BMW, Mercedes and imported cars every month “ - A worker in Noida just exposed the blatant exploitation of labour in India by private companies.
Just notice the fatigue and pain in his eyes 💔
Reports are claiming that in Noida workers are protesting to get a salary of 18-20k from current 11-12k salary.
Yeah take a pause and think, people are working at 11-12k for 8-12 hours that too in industrial environment. I don't think even 18k would be enough to stay in urban India especially in high inflation.
Govt has all the money for distributing freebies to lazy people to win elections, why can't they contribute to fund these hardworking people instead.
The priority is totally misplaced.
कल नोएडा की सड़कों पर जो हुआ, वो इस देश के श्रमिकों की आख़िरी चीख़ थी - जिसकी हर आवाज़ को अनसुना किया गया, जो मांगते-मांगते थक गया।
नोएडा में काम करने वाले एक मज़दूर की ₹12,000 महीने की तनख्वाह,₹4,000-7,000 किराया। जब तक ₹300 की सालाना बढ़ोतरी मिलती है, मकान मालिक ₹500 सालाना किराया बढ़ा देता है।
तनख्वाह बढ़ने तक ये बेलगाम महंगाई ज़िंदगी का गला घोंट देती है, कर्ज़ की गहराई में डुबा देती है - यही है “विकसित भारत” का सच।
एक महिला मज़दूर ने कहा - “गैस के दाम बढ़ते हैं, पर हमारी तनख्वाह नहीं।” इन लोगों ने शायद इस गैस संकट के दौरान अपने घर का चूल्हा जलाने के लिए ₹5000 का भी सिलेंडर खरीदा होगा।
यह सिर्फ़ नोएडा की बात नहीं है। और यह सिर्फ़ भारत की भी बात नहीं है। दुनियाभर में ईंधन की कीमतें आसमान छू रही हैं - पश्चिम एशिया में युद्ध की वजह से सप्लाई चेन टूट गई है।
मगर, अमेरिका के टैरिफ़ वॉर, वैश्विक महंगाई, टूटती सप्लाई चेन - इसका बोझ Modi जी के “मित्र” उद्योगपतियों पर नहीं पड़ा। इसकी सबसे बड़ी मार पड़ी है उस मज़दूर पर जो दिहाड़ी कमाता है, तभी रोज़ खाता है।
वो मज़दूर, जो किसी युद्ध का हिस्सा नहीं, जिसने कोई नीति नहीं बनाई - जिसने बस काम किया। चुपचाप। बिना शिकायत। और उसके बदले अपना हक मांगने पर उन्हें मिलता क्या है? दबाव और अत्याचार।
एक और ज़रूरी मुद्दा - मोदी सरकार ने 4 लेबर कोड जल्दबाज़ी में बिना संवाद नवंबर, 2025 से लागू कर, काम का समय 12 घंटे तक बढ़ा दिया।
जो मज़दूर हर रोज़ 12-12 घंटे खड़े होकर काम करता है फिर भी बच्चों की स्कूल फ़ीस क़र्ज़ लेकर भरता है - क्या उसकी मांग ग़ैरवाजिब है? और जो उसका हक़ हर रोज़ मार रहा है - वो “विकास” कर रहा है?
नोएडा का मज़दूर ₹20,000 माँग रहा है। यह कोई लालच नहीं - यह उसका अधिकार, उसकी जिंदगी का एकमात्र आधार है।
मैं हर उस मज़दूर के साथ हूं - जो इस देश की रीढ़ है और जिसे इस सरकार ने बोझ समझ लिया है।
Of all the pointlessly kitschy things Modi has done, this was the most kitschy.
Jallianwala lanes once invoked sombre thought-provoking emotions similar to those you feel at Auschwitz or Hiroshima.
Now it looks like a mid range mall's lobby.
His name was Nitish Katara.
He was 25 years old. MBA from IMT Ghaziabad. Job at Reliance General Insurance. A regular young man building his life in Delhi.
At college, he fell in love with Bharti Yadav. Her father was D.P. Yadav. Sitting Member of Parliament. One of the most powerful politicians in UP.
They were together for four years. Her family knew. Her brother Vikas knew. Her cousin Vishal knew.
Nitish received threats. He did not leave.
On the night of February 16, 2002, he attended a friend's wedding in Ghaziabad. Bharti was there. Vikas was there. Vishal was there.
They danced. They took photographs.
At midnight, security guards saw Nitish get into a Tata Safari with Vikas, Vishal, and one more man.
He never came back.
The next morning, a burnt body was found 80 km away near Khurja. Beaten with a hammer. Diesel poured on him. Set on fire.
His mother Nilam identified the body by his hand. Nitish had unusually small hands just like hers.
Then the system turned against her.
Witnesses changed their statements one by one. Three out of four turned hostile. Even Bharti went to court and said there was no relationship. Just friendship.
One witness refused to budge. His name was Ajay Katara. No relation. Just a man who had seen Nitish get into that car that night and could not lie about it.
Vikas Yadav banged his fist on the courtroom table and told him he would be buried 100 feet underground.
Ajay did not change his statement.
For the next 20 years, he lived under 24-hour armed guard. 37 cases filed against him. Bullet attempts. Poison attempts. His life never recovered.
Nilam Katara had no political connections. No money like the Yadavs. Just one question that she refused to stop asking.
In 2008, the court convicted Vikas, Vishal, and Sukhdev. The Supreme Court confirmed 25 years without remission.
Vikas has now served 23 years. He recently got married from jail. He applied for furlough to spend time with his wife. The Supreme Court granted it for Holi this year.
Nilam Katara is still fighting.
Her son got justice. The men who killed him are counting their last months in prison. But the witness who made that possible lost everything for telling the truth.
In India, power does not just delay justice. It destroys everyone who stands in its way.
But a mother refused to let it disappear.