Jayan Cherian

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

The media that ignored Jantar Mantar protest all this time has finally arrived.

Their first job? Smear the protest with baseless propaganda. Just look at this ABP News reporter.

[Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ @PriyankKharge]

I strongly condemn the cowardly attack on the founder of CJP in Jaipur yesterday by an RSS worker during a protest.

The protest was seeking accountability for paper leaks that have jeopardised the future of countless young Indians. Where exactly does "rashtravad" enter this picture?

[Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ @PriyankKharge]

Dear Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji,

My letter will reach you shortly. However, I thought it was important to draw your attention to this matter early.
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Firstly, congratulations to the RSS on completing 100 years.

An organisation that claims over 60,000 shakhas and crores of swayamsevaks must also uphold transparency and constitutional accountability.

As per RSS’ highest and most important decision making body Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha’s 2025–26 Karnataka report, the RSS has 4,127 daily shakhas, 1,389 weekly milans, 60 monthly mandalis, 2,194 Samajotsavas with 19.61 lakh participants and held 562 route marches with 2.21 lakh uniformed participants in the state.

With such scale and influence, the RSS must clarify its legal status, registration, office bearers, funding, expenditure, taxation and permissions for public activities.

If citizens, labour, NGOs, trusts, temples and companies are expected to register, disclose and comply with the law, why should the RSS remain exempt?

In its centenary year, the RSS must responsibly abide by the Constitution and register, disclose, pay applicable taxes and function transparently within the Constitution.

As suggested in my letter, I am looking forward to hearing from @RSSorg soon.

@DrMohanBhagwat @RSSorg

[shoaib daniyal @ShoaibDaniyal]

BREAKING: Seats where SIR deleted more names also tended to be those where BJP gained relative to TMC.

Thorough data breakdown of the SIR and its impact on the Bengal results by academics Bhanu Joshi and Neelanjan Sircar.

Notably, no such relation exists in Bihar. The data unequivocally shows the EC's SIR in Bengal (remember "logical" discrepancy) was different.

READ: https://t.co/usAWLSVN1T

[SANJAY HEGDE @sanjayuvacha]

In that case why ask Christian organisations to register under FCRA or Muslim organisations to register under Waqf Act. If there is no registered organisation, creating a juristic entity in law, will the Sarsangarshchalak be individually liable for tax liabilities and also for any possible criminal investigation?

[Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ @PriyankKharge]

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat claims that, unlike the Army, the @RSSorg can prepare a force and raise an army within three days to fight at the border.

If an “NGO” claims it can mobilise an army faster than the armed forces of India, shouldn’t a State Government have the right to know its legal status, structure, training, funding, command chain and accountability?

This is not just a statement.
It raises serious questions of national security, public order and constitutional accountability.

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

Forgive my ignorance, but was this even prayed for? And what about those who are wrongly deleted? Will those poor persons have to fight two battles simultaneously, one fight to be on the rolls and the other to be a citizen!? Current wait time is years! Frightening!

[Prashant Bhushan @pbhushan1]

Dhruv Rathee explains why there is a strong case for seeking the recusal of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma from Arvind Kejriwal’s liquor Case appeal

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

No other state has recorded such a brazen pattern of disenfranchisement.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The UK Foreign Secretary says she is “deeply troubled" by Israel's latest massacre in Lebanon.

So “troubled” that the government still supplies Israel with weapons and intelligence.

Israel is committing war crimes in Lebanon - and this government is shamefully complicit.

[Rep. Ilhan Omar @Ilhan]

Trump's oil blockade on Cuba is suffocating an entire nation. This is a clear, despotic attempt at regime change, and civilians are paying the price.

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Israel is committing hideous war crimes in Lebanon.

For two reasons:

1) To destroy any lasting ceasefire with Iran

2) Vengeance for humiliating strategic defeat in the Iran war

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I'm not sure how the same people who saw scenes of terror and killing on October 7th and immediately said 'terrorism' 'barbarism' are okay with this? It's terrorism pure and simple. There's zero justification for it.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

This is what Israel does to Beirut and Lebanon during a ceasefire...

[UNHCR Lebanon @UNHCRLebanon]

One of the largest waves of Israeli strikes so far has just hit over 60 locations across Beirut and beyond.

Deaths are mounting. Destruction is massive. Civilians are paying the price. Again.

They are not a target. They must be protected.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The Israelis are terrorists. No other word for it.

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Justo hoy, Netanyahu lanza su ataque más duro contra el Líbano desde que empezó la ofensiva.

Su desprecio por la vida y el derecho internacional es intolerable.

Toca hablar claro:

- Líbano debe formar parte del alto al fuego.

- La comunidad internacional debe condenar esta nueva violación del derecho internacional.

- La Unión Europea debe suspender su Acuerdo de Asociación con Israel.

- Y no debe haber impunidad ante estos actos criminales.

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

The Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose—ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both.

The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments.

[House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems @HouseForeign]

Trump has gone from threatening war crimes to talking about wiping out “an entire civilization.” This is dangerous, reckless, and shows a president out of his depth.

Trump's increasingly showing he's unfit for office—and those defending this war of choice are complicit.