Whether the cockroach janta party is a legitimate movement or not, is not the question. Time will tell. But the traction they received, the sentiment behind it, the rhetoric from the youth, all legitimate. And if all that wasn’t legit enough, the utterly dumb move of shutting down their accounts legitimised everything.
27 Lakh Voters were deleted in West Bengal.
These were not 'dead people' or 'bangladeshis'. These were real people who had already appealed to get their votes restored. The Supreme court could’ve delayed the West Bengal elections until the tribunals finished hearing the appeals of these voters. But they didn’t. Only around 1607 voters were restored in time by phase 2 of these elections. Almost every appeal that was heard turned out to be a wrongful deletion.
In any functional democracy, this would not count as a free and fair election where a large section of voters have lost their voting rights. I'm not saying that TMC would've won for sure if they were added back, maybe BJP would still win, but the question is about the fairness of these elections.
Free and fair elections are a spectrum. Ever since Delhi-Maharashtra-Bihar-Bengal, this needle has moved more and more towards being unfair. Each time somehow the opposition parties participate as usual in the electoral process thinking that they can still pull of a win despite the compromised EC, ED, CBI etc. and each time they have been proven wrong after 2024 Lok Sabha. The question is, at what point will they feel that the level of unfairness is so unfair that elections should be boycotted?
I personally feel TMC should have refused to participate in these elections until all those 27 lakh appeals were finished being heard.
It is deeply unfortunate that the Prime Minister chose to mislead the nation rather than address it honestly.
Let me put this on record. Trinamool Congress has always championed higher political representation for women. We have the highest proportion of female elected representatives in both Parliament and the State Legislature. In the Lok Sabha, 37.9% of our elected members are women. In the Rajya Sabha, we have nominated 46% women members.The question of opposing Women's Reservation does not arise and never has.
What we are fundamentally opposed to is the Delimitation exercise that the Modi Government was plotting to push through by using women as a shield for its vested political agenda. What we are fundamentally opposed to is the altering of Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution, the division of this nation and the usurpation of power through gerrymandering, by redrawing political contours to hand greater representation to BJP-ruled states at the expense of others. This is an assault on federal democracy. And we will not watch it happen in silence.
If this government was genuinely serious about this noble cause, why did it wait nearly three years after the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill on September 28, 2023? Why rush it through when several states are in election? And why couple it with Delimitation? Trinamool Congress has stood for women for decades. We will continue to. But we will not be lectured on a subject that the ruling dispensation neither understands nor respects.
And Mr. Prime Minister, the next time you address the nation, have the courage to do so from the Floor of Parliament, where you are subject to scrutiny, challenge and accountability. What you did yesterday was cowardly, hypocritical and fork-tongued. You can feel power slipping through your fingers. And you are prepared to go to any extent to hold on for just a little while longer.
That is all this was.
I called Aditya Dhar a BJP propagandist 3 months ago.
Now everyone will see it. It was subtle in the previous film, but he went so blatant this time in overconfidence. Remember how I said, well-made propaganda is more dangerous? Ab toh well-made bhi nahi raha. Lol
All of the news coming from Uttam Nagar, Delhi, should be highly worrying to everyone.
It appears that the situation is being kept simmering; Hindutva forces have already warned "Khoon ki Holi" on Eid. However, Muslims have no control over the situation because all previous riots in India were planned and carried out by Sanghis.
The least we can do is discuss it.
The least we can do is predict it.
The least we can do is not allow the Godi media to accuse Indian Muslims for this.
The least we can do is speak truth to power.
Priyanka Chopra PR is trying to put out the fire after her Oscar appearance. Key tactic blame Pakistani people. Well I’m Indian and I am callling her out for her hypocrisy. Becoming UNICEF ambassador for children and being quite about plight of Gaza children - unforgivable
I’m completely stranded at Moscow airport… alone, helpless, and running out of hope.
No one from @makemytripcare or @etihad is answering my desperate messages.
Russia doesn’t accept Visa or Mastercard anymore.
I have ZERO cash left. Not even for food or water.
The Etihad ground staff is avoiding me more than my ex ever did — literally turning their faces away and telling me “just call customer care”… which has been busy for hours. I’m standing here like a beggar in my own nightmare.
I don’t know how I’m going to get home. I’m scared. I feel abandoned by the very companies I trusted with my journey. My family is waiting and I can’t even tell them I’m safe.
Please… if anyone from Etihad, MakeMyTrip, or even the Indian embassy sees this — HELP ME.
And if you’re reading this, just one RT could save me. I’m begging.
#StrandedInMoscow
Every sensible person already knew that the Liquor Scam was Fake
Putting opposition leaders in jail before elections on false charges is a crime against nation and India’s democracy that Narendra Modi has committed.
Also: PM Cares Fund is the Real Scam.
As per Indian media, Khamenei often used religion to provoke people. I believe every country needs a leader like Narendra Modi who does not speak or make discriminatory remarks on the basis of religion.
Every one who knows me even in the most cursory manner knows how much I am against the traditional concept of Parda but it doesn’t mean that by any stretch of imagination I can accept what Mr Nitish Kumar has done to a Muslim lady doctor . I condemn it in very strong words . Mr Nitish Kumar owes an unconditional apology to the lady .
@firstcryindia I am sick and tired of your delayed shipments every single time! Why do you claim to deliver diapers next day or 2 days later when even after 8 days there's no update from your end and no one who's answerable! Fix your shit Firstcry
LEAKED Script of this podcast:
Lex: I heard you were a tea seller
Modi: Main ek gareeb ghar, main bechara, meri ma bachpan mein..
Lex: You’ve achieved a lot in your career
Modi: Waise Toh Jeewan mein jo kiya ache intention se kiya hai, kabhi galti hui lekin main bhi insan hi hun
Lex: Your opponents criticize you for this and this
Modi: Log mujhe bahut gaaliyan dete hai, modi ko gaali dena fashion ban gaya hai. Lekin meri energy 100% hamesha kaam par hoti hai
Narendra Modi’s Dialogues
Phase 1: “Congress will take away your Mangalsutra”
Phase 2: “Opposition will steal one Buffalo if you have two 🐃”
Phase 4: “Adani Ambani Adani Ambani”
Phase 5: “I’m convinced that my mother didn’t give birth to me”
Phase 6: “India Alliance waalon ko Mujra karna hai toh kare”