Radhika Ramaseshan

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[Gopinathan Vijayaraman @gopinathvijay91]

Did you notice something..???

Almost none from the #DMK cadres and leaders left the party after the unexpected poll debacle.

Though very hurt and nearly depressed, they seem to have intensified their efforts to set it all right.

Other parties have faced terrible post-election churns, from TMC to the parties in TN.

Yet, DMK is rather solid. In fact, they seem to have become a more cohesive and intense unit after the defeat.

It is all the more impressive, considering that many political pundits have come close to writing DMK's obituary after the polls. The less severe among them still predict a very long road of vicious thorns for the DMK.

The edifice of alliance built on ideological similarity, political decency and decorum, equity and gratitude is crumbling around them with the disgusting actions of their former allies. But the DMK seems to face it all unflinchingly.

That is the singular difference between the DMK and the other parties in India. DMK is not a party stuffed with rank opportunists. By and large, it is a party of deeply committed warriors: primarily to the ideology and secondarily to the leadership that upholds that ideology at almost all times.

Only its allies have sullied their own names by demonstrating their saltatory skills and tropism towards power. The DMK stands tall amidst their betrayals and flagrant excuses for perfidy.

Their cadres and leaders are an exceptional gift to Indian politics and the envy of any other political party.

My respect for them grows more and more with every passing day. They are a different breed. The finest among all.

For that, I don't mind putting up with their occasional abrasive behaviour.

- Swaminathan Poornachandran

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 WTF?! Al Jazeera confirms 77,000 Japanese citizens were found dead alone in their homes last year, some undiscovered for months!

The crisis is so catastrophic that a yogurt delivery company is now the frontline survival network to check if the elderly have collapsed!

[sunetra choudhury @sunetrac]

Why is an Andhra MP's name popping up in a TMC rebellion story? My piece today https://t.co/GkDynISAjm

[jyoti punwani @jyotipunwani]

हिंदू धर्म की शान ऐसे ही बढेगी।

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Indian shopkeeper caught clicking photos of a lady in Madrid, Spain and started apologising & touching her feet.

Indian men are destroying India’s image in foreign.

[Samar Halarnkar @samar11]

"They are not just acquiring land but breaking a society"

Despite strident objections #Karnataka's new CM prepares to take over lush farmland to push through an "AI-powered", "futuristic" township. Distraught farmers prepare to escalate battle https://t.co/6vQni3ndTH

[rajan mahan @rajanmahan]

In the crass #opportunism in #TMC mess, these #stalwarts have shown that #Ethics n #Loyalty are still alive in #Indian polity!!

Well done @KirtiAzad n #ShatrughanSinha - these stars from #Cricket n #Bollywood reflect that #PoliticalMorality is not a #slogan to #preach but an #ideal to #practice!!

[Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama]

Kudos @AbhinandanSekhr for this strong putdown of a pompous unsmart anchor

[Abhinandan Sekhri @AbhinandanSekhr]

He’s not deciding when you can speak or not. He’s telling you when you do - it’s often nonsensical, insincere and vile. You’re not so smart for someone on prime time. Or even generally. And for someone who’s peloing gyan daily, a bit rich to tell others not to pelo no?

[Suraj G Naik @yoursurajnaik]

Thalapathy Vijay's decision to scrap the ₹20,000 crore smart meter project sends a clear message: no corporate giant is bigger than the people of Tamil Nadu.

#2YearsForTDPBackStabbing

[The Tribune @thetribunechd]

For Modi, it was not merely about capturing more states but also about expanding the BJP's footprint nationwide, says senior journalist Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama in The Tribune @thetribunechd #TheTribuneOpinion
https://t.co/zGwKphoe3J

[Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama]

My take today

How Modi has reshaped the BJP - The Tribune https://t.co/yyFcfaXUHC

[Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama]

From Kalpana Sharma

Mainstream media is losing a generation. Cockroach Janta Party is merely a symptom https://t.co/71ZJPVCvXD

[Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama]

@reporter_mohua Till date I'm clueless on who the 20 renegades are

[Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama]

@raman_anuradha And not a note of remorse from our high ups who the gent deifies

[Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama]

@raman_anuradha It's hard to hold convos these days without the ethno religious debate creeping in and overwhelming the situation. Imagine this gent lost his son not far from Gaza and to the US' predation

[Radhika Ramaseshan @Radrama]

From Vidya Subrahmanyam. A must read
https://t.co/XUWCInXsIb

[Wg Cdr Anuma Acharya (Retd) @AnumaVidisha]

“प्रपंच क्रमांक 765944..

मीनाक्षी नटराजन डरपोक नही थी, बिकाऊ नही थी. ईडी सीबीआई का रोल नही। उसके पास पर्याप्त वोट थे. सारे वोटर जनता द्वारा चुने विधायक थे, तो SIR करके 10-20% वोटर काटना सम्भव नही था.

इलेक्शन कागज पे होना था, EVM में 11% वोट बढाने का जुगाड़ भी नही था. क्या करें, क्या करें?

यूरेका!!
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ऐसा करें, किसी से एक कम्प्लेंट करा दें- मीनाक्षी ने मुझे गाली दी, धमकी थी, पटक पटक के पीटा, मेरी चेन चुरा ली, पॉकेट मार लिया, मेरा टिफिन खा लिया.

ध्यान रहे FIR नही करना है. केस - मुकदमा नही करना है, बस एक सादे कागज पर कम्प्लेंट.. चुपचाप किसी मजिस्ट्रेट को दे दो. घटना हुई हो या न हुई हो, वह जांच के लिए एक नोटिस तो देगा…

फिर सो जाएगा.
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अब चुनावी हलफनामे में कैंडिडेट अपने ऊपर मुकदमा, FIR और दर्ज हो चुके अपराध ही सूचना देता है. अगर टिफिन खाने की कोई कम्प्लेंट टीचर के बैग में धूल खाते पड़ी है, तो इसकी जानकारी राज्यसभा चुनाव मे कौन देता है भला…?

मीनाक्षी ने भी नही दी.
पर्चा खारिज.. ढेंनटेणेंन
इलेक्शन होने के पहले ही हार गई.
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यह नया फार्मूला है. जनहित में सूचना दी जाती है कि प्रपंची पार्टी ने यह प्रपंच क्रमांक 765944 ईजाद कर लिया है, तो आप लोग अगला पर्चा भरते समय घूम घूम कर देश के सभी मजिस्ट्रेटों से पता कर लें, कि वे अपने झोले मे आपकी कोई शिकवा शिकायत तो छुपा के नही बैठे है.

कोई हो, तो उसका जिक्र कर दें, ताकि आपका पर्चा, इस प्रपंच क्रमांक 765944 के कारण खारिज न हो, बल्कि, उन्हें खारिज करने के लिए फार्मूला 765945 यूज करना पड़े.

जो अन्य सवा दो लाख दूसरे प्रपंचो के साथ अभी ईजाद हो रहा है. रेडी होते ही बताऊंगा.”

- रीबोर्न मनीष

[Rohini Singh @rohini_sgh]

The filth thrown at Aditi Yadav for merely being the daughter of an opposition leader is sickening but not surprising. The sleaziest and most criminal trolls are all sympathisers of the ruling party. They are allowed to slander, sexually abuse and harass women with impunity.

[Awesh Tiwari @awesh29]

इन बेशर्मों को शर्म नहीं आती। यकीनन यह अपने घर की बहन बेटियों को भी उसी दृष्टि से देखते हैं। उनके प्रति भी ऐसी ही सोच रखते हैं जो अखिलेश यादव की बच्ची पर पिछले चौबीस घंटों से अनर्गल टिप्पणी कर रहे।

राजनीति का यह स्तर देश में कभी नहीं रहा। मैं देख रहा था हिन्दी का एक लेखक भी इस बकवास, बेहूदी और बेशर्म किस्म के झूठ पर प्रहसन कर रहा था।

यह सबके सब नफरती मानसिक तौर पर बीमार हो चुके हैं। यकीनन इसमें भाजपा सरकार, उसके नेता और समर्थक बराबर के जिम्मेदार हैं। इसलिए कहता हूं अखिलेश जी आपको अंदाजा नहीं है कि आप किससे लड़ रहे हैं? इस लड़ाई के अस्त्र कौन से इस्तेमाल करने होंगे।

थू है बेशर्मों पर

[Anish Gawande @anishgawande]

Forget the affidavit objection and legal jargon. What happened to Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination is simple: a Rajya Sabha seat has been stolen in broad daylight.

The man who filed the complaint, Mahesh Kewat, is the man who won the seat unopposed. How can the complainant be the beneficiary so blatantly?

Criminal conspiracy charges must be filed, and they cannot end with a returning officer in Bhopal. They must reach all the way to the top, to higher echelons within the BJP.

This is no longer about one seat. It is about whether elections in this country still mean anything at all.