Prabhanshu

why so curious?

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

मणिपुर जल रहा है और संसद में प्रधानमंत्री हंसते रहे!

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Call us whatever you want, Mr. Modi.

We are INDIA.

We will help heal Manipur and wipe the tears of every woman and child. We will bring back love and peace for all her people.

We will rebuild the idea of India in Manipur.

[Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge]

मणिपुर की बात हम कर रहें हैं, प्रधानमंत्री जी सदन के बाहर "INDIA" को "East India Company" बोल रहें हैं !

कांग्रेस पार्टी हमेशा 'मदर इंडिया' यानि 'भारत माता' के साथ रही है।

अंग्रेज़ों के ग़ुलाम तो भाजपा के राजनैतिक वंशज ही थे।

अपनी ऊल-जलूल बयानबाज़ी से प्रधानमंत्री मोदी जी देश का ध्यान भटकना बंद कीजिये।

.@narendramodi जी,

संसद में मणिपुर के बारे में बोलिये, INDIA यानि भारत को भला-बुरा कहकर प्रधानमंत्री के पद की गरिमा को छोटा मत कीजिये।

[Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge]

It is shameful that the Prime Minister is making a statement outside the House, when Parliament is in session. It is his duty to make a comprehensive statement inside the Parliament on Manipur violence.

Therefore, we are requesting the Chairman of Rajya Sabha and the Speaker of Lok Sabha that the PM should make a statement on what is the situation in Manipur.

हम Rule 267 के तहत सदन के बहस चाहतें हैं। पर मोदी सरकार के मंत्री कहते हैं Short Duration ही discussion होगा, दूसरा कहता है केवल Half an Hour discussion होगा। Rule 267 घंटों बहस चल सकती है, Voting भी हो सकती है, हम वो चाहते हैं।

पहले प्रधानमंत्री जी का विस्तृत बयान हो और उसके बाद 267 के अंतर्गत संसद में बहस हो।

मोदी सरकार और भाजपा मणिपुर पर अपनी संवैधानिक ज़िम्मेदारी और जवाबदेही से भाग नहीं सकती।

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

PM’s silence and inaction has led Manipur into anarchy.

INDIA will not stay silent while the idea of India is being attacked in Manipur.

We stand with the people of Manipur. Peace is the only way forward.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

भारत जुड़ेगा, INDIA जीतेगा 🇮🇳

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Manipur burns. EU Parliament discusses India’s internal matter.

PM hasn’t said a word on either!

Meanwhile, Rafale gets him a ticket to the Bastille Day Parade.

[Dilip Mandal @Profdilipmandal]

टांगो इसको।

फ़ास्ट ट्रैक कोर्ट में सुनवाई के बाद दोष सिद्ध हुआ तो इसको फाँसी होनी चाहिए। पता नहीं सरकार कर क्या रही है? देशद्रोह से बड़ा अपराध और क्या हो सकता है? इस मामले में ढिलाई से ग़लत संदेश जाएगा। @narendramodi @AmitShah

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Video from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. Golu Gurjar and his friends are seen thrashing Mohsin with slippers and forcing him to lick his feet while abusing him.
C'C : @ChouhanShivraj @drnarottammisra @DGP_MP

[Dilip Mandal @Profdilipmandal]

प्रश्न: इसे राष्ट्र के तौर पर हम सबकी सामूहिक असफलता कहें कि आदिवासी बंदे को पता है कि शुक्ला के ज़ुल्म से टकराकर वह बच नहीं पाएगा क्योंकि मीडिया और न्यायपालिका में उनका कोई नहीं है या इनकी उदारता कि जो ये माफ़ी दे रहे हैं ताकि शुक्ला के मन में अपराध के लिए पश्चाताप हो और शुक्ला ग्लानि की आग में अपने अहंकार को जलाएँ?

आपकी राय में ये क्या है? डर या उदारता?

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

भाजपा राज में आदिवासी भाइयों और बहनों पर अत्याचार बढ़ते ही जा रहे हैं।

मध्यप्रदेश में एक भाजपा नेता के अमानवीय अपराध से सारी इंसानियत शर्मसार हुई है।

यह भाजपा का आदिवासियों और दलितों के प्रति नफ़रत का घिनौना चेहरा और असली चरित्र है!

[Congress @INCIndia]

दिल्ली पुलिस के इस थप्पड़बाज इंस्पेक्टर को देखिए।

बढ़ती महंगाई को लेकर महिलाएं प्रदर्शन कर रही थीं। ये इंस्पेक्टर उनके साथ मारपीट करने लगा।

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

हिंसा से कुछ नहीं होने वाला है - प्रदेशवासियों से अपील है कि हमें शांति की ओर चलने की ज़रूरत है।

मणिपुर को जोड़ने के लिए, अमन के लिए, मैं हर मदद करने को तैयार हूं!

[Congress @INCIndia]

राहुल गांधी जी मणिपुर हिंसा के पीड़ितों से मिलने जा रहे थे।

BJP सरकार ने पुलिस लगाकर उन्हें रास्ते में रोक दिया।

राहुल जी शांति का संदेश लेकर मणिपुर गए हैं। सत्ता में बैठे लोगों को शांति, प्रेम, भाईचारे से सख्त नफरत है।

लेकिन उन्हें याद रखना चाहिए... ये देश गांधी के रास्ते पर चलेगा, ये देश प्यार के रास्ते पर चलेगा।

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

टमाटर: ₹140/किलो
फूल गोभी: ₹80/किलो
तुअर दाल: ₹148/किलो
ब्रांडेड अरहर दाल: ₹219/किलो

और पकाने का गैस सिलेंडर ₹1,100 के पार

पूंजीपतियों की संपत्ति बढ़ाने और जनता से टैक्स वसूल करने में व्यस्त भाजपा सरकार, गरीब और मध्यमवर्गीय परिवारों को भूल ही गई।

युवा बेरोज़गार हैं, रोज़गार है तो आय कम और महंगाई से बचत खत्म। गरीब खाने को तड़प रहे हैं, मध्यमवर्ग बचाने को तरस रहा है।

कांग्रेस शासित राज्यों में हमने महंगाई से राहत के लिए गैस के दाम घटाए, आर्थिक सहायता के लिए गरीबों के खातों में पैसे डाले।

नफ़रत मिटाने, महंगाई, बेरोज़गारी हटाने और समानता लाने का प्रण है भारत जोड़ो यात्रा - भाजपा को जनता के मुद्दों से ध्यान भटकाने नहीं देंगे।

9 साल का एक ही सवाल है!
आखिर किसका है ये अमृतकाल?

[K C Venugopal @kcvenugopalmp]

This entire flight price fiasco is unraveling the criminal extent to which the @MoCA_GOI neglected passenger welfare and the aviation sector. The more we dive deeper, the greater the mess we see. You have opened a Pandora’s box, @JM_Scindia ji.

1. As per the Ministry’s own affidavit in the Jet Airways insolvency case, airport slots are neither assets nor rights of the airline, but mere permissions granted on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis. In 2020, then MoS Civil Aviation @HardeepSPuri ji, in response to a Parliamentary Question, stated that Jet Airways slots were being reallocated on a temporary basis. In this case as well, if GoFirst is not using its slots, these must be allocated to other airlines on a temporary basis. Why is the govt treating the GoFirst crisis differently?

2. It is laughable that you claim that the AERA, run by a sitting IAS officer, whose every officer is appointed by the govt, and whose budget is determined by the govt, is an independent body. Is it independent in the same way that the ED, CBI and IT Dept are independent?

3. You conveniently skipped the part where it was the Modi govt itself which hiked the excise on ATF from 8% to 14%, before scaling it back to 11%. When ATF constitutes nearly half the cost of operating an aircraft, these seemingly small changes make a huge impact.

4. You cannot hide behind advisories which have no legal bearing and quote random figures that fly in the face of exorbitant prices faced by consumers on a daily basis. Unless you take concrete action, and not create paper tigers, this crisis will not be solved.

As far as the growth of the aviation sector under the UPA is concerned:

1. Number of Indians travelling by flights grew from 30.3 million on 2003-04 to 91.8 million in 2010-11. A 300% increase, facilitated by historically high levels of economic growth and the creation of the Indian middle class.

2. It was during the UPA era that low cost travel boomed, with the rise of Indigo, Spice Jet and Go Air (then a flourishing venture), along with the expansion of existing airlines, which ensured the Indian middle class took flights for the first time.

However, the Modi govt’s hollow PR is for all to see:

1. As per the Ministry’s own admission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee in Feb 2022, only 22 out of 94 UDAN routes are in operation.

2. The Shivamogga airport’s inauguration alone cost 21 crore, because PM Modi was cutting the ribbon himself.

3. The death of Jet Airways, the ongoing struggles of SpiceJet for many years, and now this GoFirst saga are all testament to the complete mismanagement of the aviation sector by the Modi regime.

[K C Venugopal @kcvenugopalmp]

Hard facts and everyday suffering of the middle class cannot be wished away by distorting figures and misrepresenting the actual facts on the ground.

1. With youth unemployment at 23% (a global record), 23 crore people pushed into poverty, and 80cr Indians rely on the govt for food security tells you that these economic growth numbers is only of, for, and by the rich. The middle class continues to suffer under the twin attacks of unemployment and crippling price rise, compounded by your hands-off approach to regulating prices in the aviation sector as well.

2. Take the example of Kannur Airport’s current schedule, which stipulates 252 monthly GoFirst flights. However, not a single flight has been replaced after GoFirst went bust. At Pune airport, 30% slots are vacant due to the GoFirst crisis and SpiceJet’s poor performance. If the Indian economy was indeed growing, airlines would be increasing their capacity. Instead, they are being allowed to charge sky-high rates to remain afloat.

3. In March 2023 itself, airlines had written to the AERA claiming that Adani-owned airports are proposing exorbitant tariffs, especially thorugh high landing and parking charges at Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mangalore airports. (https://t.co/gWYYma6RWW)

4. Even 48 hours after the train tragedy, flights to and fro Bhubaneshwar remained extremely expensive, with Bhubaneshwar-Chennai even costing Rs. 42-60k. Yet another case of a toothless advisory.

5. Instead of answering about the excise tax burden imposed by the centre, you are blaming states for something which is rectifiable at the central government level.

Even as we speak, flights on key routes such as DEL-BLR are beyond the reach of the common man. @JM_Scindia are you still going to defend these rates?

This govt has been incapable of curbing this price rise, preventing predatory behaviour on part of airlines, and has facilitated a loot at the hands of crony airport operators. That is the true picture of the aviation sector under PM Modi.

[K C Venugopal @kcvenugopalmp]

PM Modi famously said that those wearing ‘Hawai Chappals’ can travel on a ‘Hawai Jahaaz.’ With Delhi-Mumbai flights crossing Rs. 15k+ everyday, his words sound like a cruel joke.

These skyrocketing airfares are creating havoc among the middle class. The government’s complete free pass to the airlines, coupled with their rampant privatisation spree, is responsible for the dire situation today. The @MoCA_GoI must confront some hard facts:

1. When the economy is in doldrums, it is criminal to lift the caps placed on airfare, like the govt did in Aug’ 22.

2. With Go First collapsing, and with SpiceJet barely flying any routes, why did the government have no strategy to correct this massive dip in the number of flights being flown?

3. The pricing algorithm will keep pushing the price up in cases of a high demand-supply mismatch. Does the government have any concrete intervention planned to check these airfares?

4. Are the profits earned by private airport operators, especially Adani with its mega investment in airports, coming out of the pockets of the common man?

5. Why was the Ministry so apathetic to the people’s suffering, that it allowed the flight prices from Bhubaneswar and Kolkata to go out of control when the Balasore train tragedy took place?

6. The taxes on ATF fuel are a noose around the neck of airlines, the government should ensure the high cost is not passed on to the consumers.

[Amandeep Sarahiya @AdSarahiya]

@UIDAI @ceo_uidai
Seeking solar pump benefits for our farm, but my 86-year-old grandmother’s Aadhaar card needs mobile number update. Her retina scan is problematic due to previous eye surgery. Any suggestions on alternative ways to update and avail the government scheme?

[Congress @INCIndia]

Shri @RahulGandhi in interaction with leading think tank organisations in the United States.

Hosted by Hudson Institute, the event offers a forum for discussion on approaching issues.