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I was meant to fall in love with Her and I did..!

(I am a Male .. Don't follow due to DP)

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

#BREAKING on Bar & Bench

"If any process results in disenfranchising millions and millions of Indian citizens... such a process is intrinsically arbitrary. No amount of whataboutery can justify it" : Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

"No authority can do it; no court can condone it." : Justice Bhuyan

#SupremeCourt @ECISVEEP

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Across the country, people are fighting for their rights - and too often, fighting alone.

Gen Z, students, farmers, Adivasis, Dalits, women - every struggle has its own story. But a lone voice is often easier to silence.

‘Satyagraha’ is an initiative to bring these voices together on one map.

Bapu taught us that truth is our greatest weapon. But an even greater weapon is standing together with the truth.

If you too are fighting against any injustice, share your story. It will take just two minutes.

Your story will find a place on the Satyagraha map. You’ll see who else, like you, is fighting their own battle.

And I will do whatever I can - in Parliament, on the streets, through letters, wherever I am needed - to stand with you. As the Leader of the Opposition, that is my responsibility.

Tell me the story of your Satyagraha here:
👉 https://t.co/hJ8iARr5La

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Breaking: After the outrage on Targeted deletion of 243 Muslim voters via form-7 deletion, The BJP leader H.K Dinesh has now submitted a confession letter on Oct 1st. The letter says, he is withdrawing the Form-7 objections submitted earlier. Do we need any further proof of vote theft? @DKShivakumar @PriyankKharge @prakashraaj

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

Justice Nariman laments that the removal of 90 lakh voters in Bengal did not move the Supreme Court enough to stay the SIR process.

"In West Bengal elections, 90 lakh voters were disenfranchised; that is an astounding figure. 90 lakh voters getting disenfranchised did not somehow move the Supreme Court enough to stay this. Out of those who were disenfranchised, some 22 lakh voters actually filed appeals. The others must be people who don't have the wherewithal for access to justice. And of these 22 lakh voters, some 1 lakh voter appeals were decided 93% in favour of the voters. So, you can imagine this was a completely illegal knocking out of the common man, the citizen of India, in order that a government obtains what it wants. And in West Bengal, we saw, it ousted the Government of the day and brought in the Government of the Centre . Now, these are very very disturbing things that are happening in our country today."

[Gurmehar Kaur @mehartweets]

Women will be the ultimate force behind the BJP’s downfall.

We will not forget this expression or the sheer cruelty it reflects.

They may mock the voices rising against them today, but no amount of contempt can stifle what is coming next.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

जंतर-मंतर पर एक महिला पत्रकार ने एक पुलिस अधिकारी पर बदसलूकी का आरोप लगाया है।

घंटों से सैकड़ों पत्रकार सिर्फ़ इतनी माँग लेकर बैठे हैं कि FIR दर्ज कर ली जाए। ये तो पुलिस का बुनियादी काम है न? वो भी नहीं किया।

आज ही जंतर-मंतर पर सैकड़ों लोग हिरासत में लिए गए। महिला प्रदर्शनकारियों के साथ बदसलूकी के आरोप हैं। कैमरे छीने गए, पत्रकार घसीटे गए।

और ये पहली बार नहीं है - इससे पहले भी हमने वीडियो सबूतों के साथ देखा है कि पुलिस के अफसर महिलाओं के साथ घिनौनी बदसलूकी करते हैं।

पूरी दिल्ली की महिलाएं, छात्राएं अपनी सुरक्षा को लेकर घबराहट में हैं, सत्याग्रह कर रही हैं - मगर जिस पुलिस पर महिलाओं की हिफ़ाज़त की ज़िम्मेदारी है, वही महिलाओं पर हाथ उठा रही है।

और एक महिला की शिकायत दर्ज करने से जो सरकार डरती है - वो आख़िर किसकी हिफ़ाज़त कर रही है?

दिल्ली पुलिस गृह मंत्रालय के अधीन है। अमित शाह जी, कहाँ हैं आप? जवाब आपको ही देना है।

[Gurmehar Kaur @mehartweets]

Remember the faces. We will be back every single day until we snatch your kursi, Mr. Gyanesh Kumar.

Congress on the ground, fighting Vote Chori while the regime and its lapdog media cover it up. Your days are numbered!

#VoteChori #GyaneshKumar #DemocracyFightsBack

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Q. Why is CEC Gyanesh Kumar the only Indian with lifelong blanket legal immunity?

A. Because PM Modi uses him to steal elections.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

The online Form 6 was changed illegally - as the EC's own Commissioners have recorded.

Who at the ECI ordered Tata Consultancy Services to make that change?

Who at TCS signed off on it? And were they pressured into doing it?

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Filled form-7 targetting Muslim voters in Karnataka. - The Hindu report.

BLOs told The Hindu that two men claiming to represent the Belagavi City Corporation brought the bulk forms and urged them to sign quickly. Some BLOs said they signed under pressure, others refused or tried to reach supervisors. The men allegedly called someone posing as the ERO to tell the BLOs to sign. The ERO said his name had been used without his authorisation and that he gave no such instruction. When some of the objectors whose details were on the forms were contacted, they confirmed that the names and phone numbers were theirs, but said they had not filled out the applications against anyone.
Deletion requests of Muslim voters in Balki constituency even after deadline of September 23. The Form-10 report shows 1,131 applications were received between September 24 and 29, of which 1,123 were bulk filings.

[RAHUL @RahulSeeker]

Start this morning by saluting Nirupama Tripathy, BLO who stood up & exposed an attempt to delete genuine voters in Odisha’s Dhamnagar Assembly seat.

A salute to her courage, integrity.

Nirupama found at least 227 Form 7 applications seeking deletion of voters’ names uploaded using her credentials without her knowledge.

When she talked to other BLOs it then revealed that several BLO's name was used to upload form 7 seeking deletion of genuine voters.

On September 4, 10 BLOS including Nirupama filed Police Complaint.

And now after a preliminary inquiry, the ECI has suspended SANTOSH KUMAR NAYAK, the EO of the Dhamnagar council and the area’s AERO for the SIR exercise, who used the credentials of BLOs to submit the bulk deletion applications.

And as expected over 90% of these form 7 applications were submitted against Muslim voters of the constituency.

Nirupama has told the @IndianExpress “I shared OTPs with the AERO and his staff at least three times. I thought it’s for verification purposes. When I found out about processing of 227 Form 7s for deletion of voters on my behalf, I spoke to other BLOs, and they said they were seeing a similar situation. This prompted us to take action.”

In Odisha 17.67 lakh voters has been deleted under SIR exercise. The total number of voters in Odisha went down from 3.33 crore before the SIR began to 3.16 crore in the final roll.

Nirupama Tripathy is an anganwadi worker. Deserves a salute and must be rewarded. Though I fear, she may bear the consequences.

SANTOSH KUMAR NAYAK, is India's enemy. Shouldn't he be tried for treason?

[The Indian Express @IndianExpress]

135-year-old library, 8.5 lakh books – and no room in the new Central Vista plan

Read: https://t.co/rbk9PznUwW

[তন্ময় l T͞anmoy l @tanmoyofc]

Brave Gen Z Girl 🔥

"If you've got the guts, take off the uniform and talk… Don't take unfair advantage of the uniform "

Millennials and Gen X cannot even imagine having such a Spine.

Questioning the Police is simply Not Possible for them.

Gen Z is Teaching India How To Stand Up Again.

#GenZ #Moneyview #ElectionCommission

[Bharat Jodo @bharatjodo]

Rahul Gandhi, standing wholeheartedly with every woman out there demanding safety, dignity and justice. ❤️🔥

[Teesta Setalvad @TeestaSetalvad]

Thanks @rishitaakhanna that is why we have been demanding full disclosure from @ECISVEEP the process of deletions and additions: form 9,10,11, 11A and 11B that reveals due disclosure should be available online. #VoteforDemocracy @VoteforDemocracy.org.in

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Stop punishing women for the crimes committed against them.

Across our country, women are afraid to walk the streets, afraid of being harassed, afraid of being raped. And the government’s answer: stay at home.

This is patriarchy at work: a system that blames the victim and shields the criminal. It is time to smash it.

The solution is not to lock women inside. It is to make our streets safe, to confront the mindset of men who mistreat women, and to punish those who attack them, swiftly and without exception.

Thousands of students and young people are on the streets demanding safety for women. I urge even more young women, especially GenZ across India to come out in stronger numbers.

This government is deaf to your pain and will only listen when it’s under pressure.

Peaceful protest is your democratic right, and I stand with you wholeheartedly.

[Gurmehar Kaur @mehartweets]

Why is the burden of safety always on our women, and never on your police?

You tell us to watch our clothes, watch the clock, watch our steps while the men committing the crimes walk around with zero fear.

The problem isn't women breathing outdoors. The problem is a government that protects monsters and expects us to live like prisoners.

To every young woman and Gen Z girl across India GET OUT ON THE STREETS.
Scream louder. Block the roads. Make them uncomfortable.

They won't hand us safety out of kindness.
Force their hand.

NO MORE CURFEWS. NO MORE VICTIM BLAMING. TAKE BACK THE NIGHT.

[R. K. Singh @RajKSinghIndia]

An open letter to all my countrymen.

Do you want India to remain a democracy? Then you must understand what Gyanesh Kumar, the CEC, and his bosses are doing in the so-called SIR.
They are violating the law.
- As per Section 21 of the law, a special revision is to be undertaken only in special cases, for reasons to be recorded in writing in each case; and that also only in any constituency or part of a constituency. An order for intensive revision for the whole country was illegal. An exception allowed for special cases cannot become the rule. The Supreme Court order upholding the general SIR was wrong.
Another question is - who took the decision for SIR in the whole country? Was it the full commission; or only Gyanesh Kumar.
- Section 21 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, provides that where the revision of an electoral roll is taken up, the electoral roll in force at the time of the issue of the notification of revision shall continue in effect till the completion of the revision. The revised electoral rolls become complete only after all the appeals filed against inclusion or deletion are disposed off. Where the appeals were still pending, the original Electoral roll which was valid on the date of notification was to be used. Contrary to this the new roll with deletions was used during the elections even though appeals against deletions were still pending. This was illegal.

- Section 22 of the RP Act provides that the Electoral Registration Officer, and not anyone else, can remove a voter's name from the roll and that also only on the grounds listed in Section 22(a), (b), and (c); and only after a specific enquiry, after giving the concerned person a reasonable opportunity of being heard, and only after appeals against his order are disposed off. Gyanesh Kumar removed the names of all the voters who had been listed by the ERO's after 2003, without any basis, without any enquiry, and without any show cause to the registered voters. This was blatantly illegal.
The persons whose names were removed summarily had to apply as fresh voters in Form 6 and give evidence that they were eligible to be registered. This is a clear violation of the Supreme Court judgement in Lal Babu Hussain and Others v. Electoral Registration Officer and Others, [(1995) 3 SCC 100], which held that the enquiry authority or the objector and not the voter - must bring forth material evidence to back any claim that an enrolled voter be disqualified. And in such cases the voter must be asked to show cause why his name should not be removed on the basis of the grounds adduced by the enquiry officer. All this did not happen.

The established jurisprudence is that the onus to prove that there are sufficient grounds for subjecting any person to a disability or punishment is on the
person or institution which is seeking to inflict the punishment. Here, Gyanesh Kumar has inverted the burden of proof. This is also against the law.

Up to now, the efforts of the Government and the Election Commission have always been to enroll all eligible voters. It was a mission to deepen democracy and empower all citizens. This is the first time in history of the country that the mission is to disenfranchise people.

Gyanesh Kumar added a new appendix to Form 6. He was not authorised to do so, as Form 6 is mandated by statutory rules. And he added this himself – against the views of the two election commissioners. The decisions of the commission are to be taken either unanimously – or by a majority. The majority was against the addition of the new appendix to the form. So the addition of the new appendix was against the decisions of the Commission itself. So why was it added? On whose orders? This was illegal. This appendix asks the applicant to state the serial number in the 2003 voter list on which their parents' names were listed. Where can an ordinary person – a young man of 18; access the 2003 roll in 2026? This stopped the registration of all young voters. BJP knows that young voters will not vote for it.

Objections to inclusion of voters names in form 7 were filed in bulk. Who filed them? How were the forms accepted and acted upon when the persons who signed it did not appear?

Names of 16 lac voters found valid by the ERO were not registered in Bengal because, it seems, the EC filed appeals against them. Why? On which grounds? Who authorised the Commission to file appeals? Two Election Commissioners say they did not do so. So the Commission did not authorise anyone to file appeals. Who did it? Gyanesh Kumar? These people were prevented from voting in the election.

So the Election Commission and some people from a political party were acting in cahoots to get bogus Form 7 objections filed in bulk and delete names?

How were elections allowed to be held when the appeals of lakhs of voters were pending? The ECI and the Supreme Court have to answer. The appeals which have been decided show that 90% of the voters who were left out were valid.

A ridiculous thing was brought up called "logical discrepancy". Gyanesh Kumar does not have any idea of how the poor live in India. Their children are not born in hospitals. They do not have birth certificates. They do not have calendars in their homes. When the BLO approached them to enroll them in the voter list they gave their estimated year of birth. Similarly, when their fathers' names were enrolled in the electoral roll, they gave their estimated year of birth. The dumb people in the Election Commission, under Gyanesh Kumar, said that any difference of less than 15 years between father and children would be a logical discrepancy justifying excluding their names. The “Logical Discrepancy” names were excluded without enquiry, contrary to sec 21 of the act.

The largest number of exclusions have been the poor and the underprivileged, those without a voice. They were and are mostly away from their homes, earning their daily bread. Lakhs are working in faraway places/states. They could not and cannot afford to go back to their homes for a month to get their names registered. They will go hungry if they do not earn. They cannot fill the complicated forms. They do not have birth certificates and the papers. Why should they sacrifice their daily wages for a vote?

The illegal immigrants are not affected. The first thing they do on entering India is to get their documentation made—Aadhaar card, ration card, etc. The earlier immigrants are their support systems. It is the poor Indian citizens who have been disenfranchised. The dumb people in the Election Commission and their bosses did not understand this. Or they wanted it this way.

Gyanesh Kumar has made a digital electoral roll and empowered it to refuse addition of names because of “Logical discrepancy”. In the name of "Logical discrepancy", the names of millions of voters have not been included. This is against the law. The only authority designated by law to add or delete names and publish the electoral rolls is the Electoral Registration Officer. Contrary to this, the electoral roll was centralised and the revision happened centrally. This was illegal.

Two Election Commissioners pointed out that the only people authorized to add or delete names – the ERO, the DEO and the CEO were not being allowed to access the voter list. In Goa, 97 electors were found by the ERO to be valid and fit for inclusion in the roll. They have not been able to add their names to the roll as yet.

The centralisation of the voter list amendment is dangerous. It can be used to cut voters from booths which vote against NDA. Is this what happened?

Deleting voters names before verification is a heinous offence, and Gyanesh Kumar is guilty thereof.

13 crores names have been deleted by SIR so far. This is 13% of the voters, and SIR is not over. The difference between NDA and INDIA in the 2024 elections was only 3%. So the deletion have had and will have a material impact on the elections.

The press note issued after the Commission meeting on 26th September confirms the illegalities mentioned above.

Did Gyanesh Kumar commit all these illegalities himself or was he directed to do so by his bosses?

The Opposition says that they will impeach Gyanesh Kumar. That is an exercise in futility. They just do not have the numbers. If they really want a remedy, they should file criminal cases against Gyanesh Kumar.

The next step to be taken is that all opposition parties should unite and say that they will not participate in any election till the CEC and Election Commissioners' resign and the selection of their successors is as per the previous selection system, with the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, and a sitting Supreme Court judge. Elections held in states while the appeals of lakhs of voters were pending must be set aside and fresh elections held. And the poll must be held by ballot not by EVMs because no electronic system has yet been invented which cannot be hacked. That is why none of the economically and digitally advanced countries use EVMs.

If we want to preserve our democracy the whole country will need to be made aware and united.

The reputation of the Supreme Court has been besmirched by the judgement on SIR. It is at par in infamy with the judgement upholding the emergency. Hon’ble Judges may please note.

The procrastination on the challenge to the law on selection of Election Commissioners is also sending a bad message about the Supreme Court – as it is an open and shut case that the Election Commissioners should not be selected by the party in power; but by a neutral selection committee to ensure their neutrality.
Let us unite to save our democracy.
RK Singh
(IAS Retd. Ex Union Home Secretary)

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[Komal Pandit @KomalPandit_]

I komal pandit, and i stand with Shahi Jama Masjid.

#SaveUjjainShahiMosque