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[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

One of the rare occasions when Ol’ Hughesy is actually funny…
😅😂🤣

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

लोकसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष के रूप में आज दो साल पूरे हुए।

इन दो सालों का हर दिन एक ही काम रहा - हर भारतीय की आवाज़ को सत्ता तक पहुँचाना।

NEET के छात्रों की लड़ाई हो, वोट चोरी का पर्दाफाश हो या संविधान की रक्षा, हर मोर्चे पर आपके साथ खड़ा रहा, आज भी हूं, हमेशा रहूंगा।

सड़क से संसद तक, आपका भरोसा ही मेरी सबसे बड़ी ताक़त है। सफ़र लंबा है, पर संकल्प वही, आपके लिए हर लड़ाई लड़ता रहूँगा।

जय हिंद। जय संविधान। 🇮🇳

विस्तार में पढ़ें: https://t.co/vyj9WhFIhO

[PE @eperkash]

@BevansAdvocate Who are the women?

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

भारत की शिक्षा व्यवस्था आज सिर्फ़ एक वसूली तंत्र बन गई है।

ज़रा सोचिए - देशभर के परिवार जितना पैसा सिर्फ़ NEET की तैयारी पर ख़र्च करते हैं, वो भारत सरकार के पूरे शिक्षा बजट के बराबर है।

आज कोटा से, और देश के हर कोने से, लाखों युवा एक सुर में कह रहे हैं - इस व्यवस्था ने हमारे साथ अन्याय किया है।

हर युवा अलग है, पर सबकी कहानी एक - या तो सपने देखने नहीं दिए गए, या देखे हुए सपने तोड़ दिए गए।

‘छात्रों की गूंज’ सिर्फ़ अभियान नहीं - एक क्रांति है। हमें एक ऐसी व्यवस्था बनानी है जो आपको बड़े सपने देखने का हक़ दे और आपकी ज़िंदगी गिरवी रखे बिना, उन्हें पूरा करने में आपका साथ दे।

#ChhatronKiGoonj

[Sanjay Jha @JhaSanjay]

Rahul Gandhi did a deep-dive into the ocean. It is time India deep-dived to understand the man who is doing something extraordinary: He is demonstrating political leadership in a manner few have.

While most politicians were busy trading slogans, Rahul Gandhi was underwater in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, drawing attention to a project that could impact forests, biodiversity, and millions of trees over time. And tribal communities. And you.

Because caring about nature is not https://t.co/3iX6525bic is empathy. Politics needs that desperately. #NoTelePrompter
@INCIndia

[MM @mmvp2005]

Writing this without an iota of hate of ill-will toward @Ram_Guha , @HartoshSinghBal , Harish Khare, @tavleen_singh @waglenikhil and many other Gandhi family baiters who have repeatedly targeted Rahul Gandhi and his politics of opposition to the Modi led BJP. I now understand that most of you are still fighting the @INCIndia of 1975 and 1984 among others just as the Sangh is fighting the Congress of Gandhi and Nehru. Much of legacy media and social media are dominated by these two groups. But here's a third group which became politicised in 1992 with the rise of Hindutva- the pro- Rahul Gandhi voice on social media is roughly this group of Gen X ers and a motley mix of a new millennials and GenX.

We are disturbed by the repeated attacks on Rahul Gandhi not because we are members of the Congress party or are blind followers of any cult- we are disturbed because the anti-Congressism of the earlier groups is blinding most toward the clear and present danger that stares before us - the existential threat to our Republic. Rahul Gandhi is among the very few of our politicians who has been able to consistently articulate that danger by his fearless attacks on the Sangh and its agenda of destroying the secular fabric of this country. He might never become Prime Minister of this country - but history will be kinder towards him than many of you would like to believe.

[Anilkumar Gitte-INC @TheAnilkumarG94]

यालाच म्हणतात “काळाचा खेळ”!

२०१९ मध्ये राहुल गांधी अमेठीतून लोकसभेची निवडणूक हरले, तेव्हा संसद भवन परिसरात एका पत्रकाराने टीएमसीचे खासदार डेरेक ओ’ब्रायन यांना राहुल गांधींच्या एका वक्तव्यावर प्रतिक्रिया विचारली. त्यावर डेरेक ओ’ब्रायन यांनी उपरोधिकपणे विचारले होते, “राहुल कोण आहेत? ते वायनाडचे खासदार आहेत का?”

२०२१ मध्ये पश्चिम बंगालमधील प्रचंड विजयानंतर ममता बॅनर्जी आणि तृणमूल काँग्रेस देशभरात काँग्रेसला पर्याय उभा करण्याच्या प्रयत्नात होते. गोवा, मेघालय आणि इतर राज्यांमध्ये काँग्रेसची राजकीय जागा घेण्याची मोहीम सुरू होती. त्याच काळात मुंबईत शरद पवार यांची भेट घेतल्यानंतर पत्रकारांनी “यूपीए”बद्दल विचारले असता ममता बॅनर्जी यांनी स्पष्टपणे म्हटले होते, “यूपीए अस्तित्वात नाही.”

२०२४ च्या लोकसभा निवडणुकीतही पश्चिम बंगालमध्ये काँग्रेसला एकही जागा देण्यास त्यांनी नकार दिला. विधानसभा निवडणुकांच्या पार्श्वभूमीवरही त्यांचे वारंवार एकच म्हणणे होते “बंगालमध्ये काँग्रेस नावाचा पक्षच नाही, मग आघाडीचा प्रश्न कुठे येतो?”

२०२६ निवडणुकी नंतर खा.अभिषेक बॅनर्जी यांच्यावर हल्ला झाल्यानंतर स्वतः राहुल गांधी यांनी ममता बॅनर्जी यांना फोन करून त्यांच्या प्रकृतीची विचारपूस केली होती. “मी तुमच्यासाठी काय मदत करू शकतो?” अशी विचारणा करत त्यांनी राजकीय मतभेद बाजूला ठेवून माणुसकी आणि सहकार्याची भूमिका दाखवली होती.

पण आज चित्र पूर्णपणे बदललेले दिसते.

आज स्वतः ममता बॅनर्जी आणि तृणमूल काँग्रेसचे अनेक नेते प्रत्येक राजकीय चर्चेत राहुल गांधींचा उल्लेख करतात. काँग्रेसच्या नेतृत्वाखालील विरोधी आघाडीत एकत्र काम करण्याची भाषा बोलतात.

विशेष म्हणजे, राहुल गांधी मात्र कधीही भूतकाळातील वक्तव्यांची आठवण करून देत नाहीत. ना ते असलं काही लक्षात ठेवतात. ते ना कोणाला कमी लेखतात, ना उपरोधिक प्रतिक्रिया देतात. उलट विरोधकांची एकजूट, सहकार्य आणि सामूहिक लढ्याचीच भूमिका मांडतात.

राजकारणात पदे, सत्ता आणि समीकरणे बदलत राहतात. पण काळ जसजसा पुढे सरकतो, तसतसे नेतृत्वाचे खरे मोल समोर येते.

कारण शेवटी, जेव्हा एखादा नेता मनाने मोठा आणि सर्वांना सोबत घेऊन चालणारा असतो, तेव्हा त्याच्या सोबत उभे राहणे हेच अनेकांसाठी अभिमानाची गोष्ट बनते.

राहुल गांधी हे केवळ एक राजकारणी नाहीत, तर त्याग, बलिदान, संयम आणि संघर्षाचे प्रतीक आहेत.
म्हणूनच राहुल गांधी होणं सोपं नाही. ❤️

©️अनिलकुमार गित्ते

[PE @eperkash]

@Turiya1879 @prempanicker Well said. He is an idiot.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Last two paragraphs from this @Barugaru1 piece: "The question to ask today is what was done over the past decade that the acceleration in growth experienced during 1990-2010 has not been sustained over the past decade."

In simple words, India's lost decade under Modi.

[PE @eperkash]

@MikeCarlton01 Not sure if Trump looks younger but his wife sure does. She looks like his daughter. But Charles and his wife look same age.

[SANJAY HEGDE @sanjayuvacha]

A Wagle and a Mehta are ministers in Nepal. There is no one with a Masters in Entire Political Science

[gulvinder @rebelliousdogra]

🛑 NEWS FLASH 🛑

🇨🇳 CHINA BACKS IRAN 🇮🇷

"We are commited for peace & stability in the world. We are monitoring the situation in the middle east. Our ships are moving in and out of the waters of Strait of Hormuz. We have trade & energy agreements with Iran. We will respect & honour them and expect others to not meddle in our affairs. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and it is open for us."- China's Minister of Defence Admiral Dong Jun

[Sanjay Sipahimalani @SanSip]

"...the Anglo-American empire was built on fossil fuels and will do anything at all to preserve the fossil fuel economy." @GhoshAmitav in the Observer.

[PE @eperkash]

@martinvars @Turiya1879 This election is more a defeat for Trump and MAGA. Orban’s close identification with Trump has angered the voters. Magyar may be ideologically similar to Orban, but the election was a proxy for referendum on Trumpism and glad to see Trumpism was soundly defeated.

[Van Lathan Jr @VanLathan]

They want LeBron

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

"A growing number of Indians travel abroad. They come back wide-eyed with barely believed tales of clean air, drivable roads and rubbish collection. Holidaymakers who have never heard of purchasing power still know that Vietnam and Uzbekistan are not rich Western countries. Somehow these places manage feats—such as conjuring pavements into existence—that the world’s “fourthlargest economy” cannot."

[Vasundhara Sirnate @vsirnate]

Mr. Shekhar Gupta has just put out a post claiming that during #OpSindoor last year no civilians were harmed in the “precision” strikes by India.

According to various reports from the time, this is not the case.

[Vasundhara Sirnate @vsirnate]

Having said this, this thinking about minimizing civilian casualties is what played into the decision to NOT strike Pakistan after 26/11. The Indian security apparatus at the time did consider this option, but they also saw that if even one civilian casualty were to happen, it would be used by Pakistan as PR and to paint India in a negative light. So they opted not to strike.

[Vasundhara Sirnate @vsirnate]

All Gupta ji had to do was Google civilian casualties during Op Sindoor before tweeting and casualties on both sides would have come up. Anyway, I thought let me do a quick fact check so that people don’t end up thinking that wars or limited wars or campaigns can be conducted without casualties of innocents.