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XLRI J’26 | Cricket makes me extremely happy.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

जब लाखों युवा सड़क पर हों, 22 लाख बच्चों का भविष्य दांव पर हो और PM चुप हो - तो सरकार जवाब देने नहीं, बचने में लगी है।

जब तक धर्मेंद्र प्रधान का इस्तीफा नहीं होता और NEET जैसे पेपर लीक रोकने के लिए foolproof सिस्टम नहीं बनता - हम रुकेंगे नहीं।

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Environmentalist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday voiced support for the online "cockroach" movement led by the self-styled "Cockroach Janata Party" (CJP), describing himself as an
"honorary cockroach", as he urged the government to engage with the concerns being raised by youngsters rather than suppressing their digital expression.

🎥: PTI

#SonamWangchuk #CockroachJanataParty

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

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.

[D @Deb_livnletliv]

Press Freedom Index in India 🚨

Zero coverage on protest by NSUI and Congress on NEET paper leak

Zero coverage on protest in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh on corruption.

But sellouts are screaming on a stupid Melody reel🤦 and hounding a Norwegian Journalist.

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Action should have been taken against the Education Minister for the paper leak. For the student who lost his life due to the government’s failure.

But in New India, action is being taken against the Cockroach Janta Party for demanding accountability.

[Dr Nimo Yadav 2.0 @DrNimoYadav]

I feel for the NEET students.

A ₹1 Melody toffee became a national headline in a day.

But 22 lakh students who appeared for NEET, which was leaked, failed to get the same attention.

[Jofra Archer @JofraArcher]

Vijay wtf

[Kannan Gopinathan @naukarshah]

Spent the evening with @nsui in Jamia. Forty students on a mat. We talked about freedom, about citizenship: what it actually means, what it costs, and how easily a generation can be talked out of wanting it.

Every student on that mat understood something the political class keeps forgetting: a citizen is not someone who treats politics as entertainment, as if its morality and values had no bearing on their own lives or their society.

The easy way out is always available: just don't ask questions.

The correct way is harder. It is to stay awake, to keep asking who decides, and why, and on whose behalf, and to keep asking even as you finish your degree, even as your family leans on you, even as the world tells you these are not your questions to ask.

These students are choosing the harder road. That is reason enough to keep fighting.

[Mr Sharma @sharma_views]

Kapil Sibal made anti-defection law clear as day 🔥

RAGHAV: We merged with BJP. Anti-defection won’t apply.

KAPIL SIBAL: Read the Constitution first. The political party must decide the merger. Only then can MPs claim protection.

RAGHAV AND GANG ARE LITERALLY TRAPPED 💥

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

This is Advertisement from 2011…
Is there even a possibility of any brand challenging the establishment like this?

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

A woman is allegedly seen losing her cool on Maharashtra cabinet minister Girish Mahajan, over the traffic snarl caused by the BJP morcha in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. This was during a protest march on the issue of the Women's Reservation Bill. She was heard asking the minister to protest on a ground, and not hold up the traffic by marching on the streets. The opposition hit out at the BJP while appreciating the woman.
- @vinivdvc reports

Video: Special Arrangement

[Vaishna Roy @vaishnaroy]

Indira Gandhi
was disqualified by Allahabad High Court on June 12, 1975, in State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain. Court invalidated her 1971 Rae Bareli LS win for using govt resources in her campaign. DD and AIR are govt resources.

[Mohit Chauhan @mohitlaws]

First woman Governor: CONGRESS
First woman President: CONGRESS
First & only woman PM: CONGRESS
First woman LS Speaker: CONGRESS
First woman Ambassador: CONGRESS
First woman Chief Minister: CONGRESS
Many women have served as President of CONGRESS

BJP has had only one woman president, and that too for just 2-3 months.

Lowest women representation in current Parliament (12.90%): BJP

No woman has ever been the chief of the RSS.

Only one woman Chief Minister among the 21 ruling states and UTs.

GUESS who is creating more noise about women and why they are doing it, I’ll leave that to your imagination.

[Mahua Moitra @MahuaMoitra]

Dear @narendramodi your party has the lowest percentage of women among all parties in Lok Sabha . Implement Women’s Reservation NOW based on 543 seats - what is stopping you? Jumlabazi Nahi Chalegi

[Catty @CatWomaniya]

No forced hugs.
No khikhikhi.

What is wrong with this man?

[Nehr_who? @Nher_who]

Lady: There are no roads,electricity and clean water in my locality, you always come for the vote only”

BJP MP Rajesh Mishra: Learn some manner 1st, women should not talk like this.

Imagine getting agitated by simple questions from the citizen

Peak Patriarchal mindset of BJP

[Steve Hou @stevehou]

Indian political TV is so insane. Makes American or European political TV seem like child’s play.

[Bob @Bobby_almost]

“When the fight isn’t fair you f*ck off from there” says Samay Raina
Well, yes,
Unless you’re
@kunalkamra88 !

We don’t celebrate Kamra enough Because this level of courage isn’t relatable!

And because of h, in future, there will be jokes, there will be art.

[Sincere Dibya @TheSincereDude]

24 questions. 3 hearings. Zero apologies.

They asked him - “Do you feel remorse?” No.

“Are you sorry?” No.

“Apologise and this disappears.” Still no.

Because Article 19(1)(a) wasn’t written so artists could fold it up and hand it back the moment a powerful politician gets uncomfortable with satire.

Kunal Kamra has challenged the government’s unconstitutional Fact-Check Unit in court, challenged the Sahyog portal, and now he’s standing in their own legislature, refusing to bend.

Youth of India, this is your role model. Not the ones on billboards.

What other artist in this country is holding the line right now?

[Sann @san_x_m]

His name was Manjunath Shanmugam.

He was an IIM Lucknow graduate.

He got a job with Indian Oil Corporation as a sales officer.

His territory was Uttar Pradesh.

He found that petrol pump dealers were adulterating fuel and cheating customers.

He reported it. He sealed the pumps.

On November 19 2005 a petrol pump owner shot him dead outside his office.

He was 27 years old.

The killers were convicted. Sentenced to life imprisonment.

His parents did not get compensation for 15 years.

His college created the Manjunath Shanmugam Trust in his name to fight corruption.

Some men die because they refused to look the other way.

India forgets them too quickly.