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Ritika Your “unprecedented rupture” package is a one-sided reading of internal notes. The Election Commission has answered it on record today.
Read ECI PN dated 23.09.2026 (screenshot attached).
What ECI actually said:
1. Written notes, observations and technical suggestions are standard checks inside a multi-member constitutional body. They are not proof that the Commission was “hijacked”.
2. Queries raised at the draft stage are normal administrative practice. Differing views before a final decision are how the institution is supposed to work.
3. Highlighting 14 internal notes over 10 months, while ignoring the much larger body of approvals, decisions and instructions, “give only one part of the picture.”
4. In the past year the full Commission took numerous decisions, issued instructions, introduced around 40 new initiatives and conducted SIR. ECI says all of these were unanimous decisions of the full Commission.
5. In this same period the Commission conducted major elections in Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal.
6. ECINet operates under data-security protocols. Additions and deletions are done by statutory officers — EROs and DEOs — under law. That is the opposite of “Delhi secretly deleting India”.
7. Official orders of the Commission carry legal sanction under the 2023 Act.
So the headline “kept in the dark / illegal / rupture” is the spin. The Commission’s position is: inputs were raised, deliberation happened, final decisions were unanimous.
Now the specific claims.
“13 crore names struck off” That figure is from draft rolls in an ongoing clean-up. Draft deletion is not the same as 13 crore living citizens permanently thrown out of the republic. Dead, shifted and duplicate entries are part of every intensive revision. Without a reason-wise breakup, the number is a political slogan, not a finding.
Form 6 “illegal” That is one commissioner’s opinion, not a court judgment. Calling a form change “illegal” in an internal note does not make it a declared fraud. SIR itself has been defended by the Commission as being within its statutory mandate.
West Bengal appeals ECI has told the Supreme Court that 38.31 lakh appeals are pending in Bengal: 22.21 lakh seeking inclusion, 16.10 lakh seeking deletion. The report never proves who filed what, on whose authority, or that the pattern was partisan. In the 49 seats where SIR deletions exceeded the victory margin, 26 went to BJP and 21 to TMC. That split does not prove a one-way theft of the roll.
“Centralised database / officers locked out” An EC recording that some state officers “don’t have proper access” is an IT/process complaint. It is not automatic proof that statutory powers of CEOs, DEOs and EROs were abolished. ECI’s press note restates those statutory powers.
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary If two Commissioners flagged a work-allocation/IT-oversight issue, that is internal check-and-balance. Your own story then records that the disputed arrangement did not stand. That is the opposite of a captured Commission with no correction.
Law on how the Commission decides T.N. Seshan v. Union of India (1995): the CEC does not make the other two ornamental.
The 2023 Act, Section 18: business shall as far as possible be transacted unanimously; if they differ, majority decides. Internal notes + unanimous final orders is how that statute is supposed to look. It is not a constitutional breakdown.
1 more thing the investigation does not do: it never tells the reader how many matters in those 10 months were decided with no objection at all. Without that denominator, “14 times” is a numerator looking for a panic.
ECI also notes that questionnaires to the Commission went unanswered in your telling. “Without their knowledge” is the objectors’ description. It is not an independently established finding that every order was issued behind their back.
Attach the press note. Let readers compare your front page with the Commission’s own 8 points.
The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.
The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.
HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.
Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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CJP: Champions of Convenient Justice
Outrage in Assam, radio silence in @AamAadmiParty - ruled Punjab when female students face a police lathi-charge at the hands of Male officers at LPU.
For @Cockroachisback , apparently “justice” depends on who runs the government.
Sardesai , “Interesting” is not evidence.
Tomorrow some accused can say Sardesai gave him a supari — no tape, no file, no date that holds — and by your standard we must run it as news.
You ran “INTERESTING” on Jiji Thomson as if he walked in clean.
He was MD, Kerala Civil Supplies, in the Karunakaran UDF palmolein import — named with the CM. The Left called it a UDF scam. Your UDF then tried to pull the case back. Chandy still made him Chief Secretary.
Now a ten-year-old flight story with no paper is gospel. The file your party wanted buried is inconvenient.
That is not a source. That is an old accused with a new camera.
INTERESTING: former Kerala Chief Secretary claims Gyanesh Kumar offered him to contest Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket and become a union minister. https://t.co/4E6SswPbpR
Shockers from Telangana which media won’t tell you.
A 75-year old woman killed by a group of unidentified assailants and loot her off her gold and other belongings. This is the situation of elderlies living in Congress ruled states, but won't see a whimper of this in national media because the main focus is always on the BJP ruled states.
There's a series of recent murders in Hyderabad involving knives and sickles. Total wreckage of Law and order in Telangana and Rahul Gandhi is busy doing self-promotion spreading lies!
Also, in another news a 11-year old girl gets sexually harassed by a man in Hyderabad. Imagine the outrage had it happened in any of the BJP ruled states. Did you see any news agency reporting the lawlessness of Congress ruled states?
Fact Check, Mr @abhijeet_dipke — the dude thrown out of a US university.
You say BJP won Haryana, Maharashtra and Delhi with record margins after Gyanesh Kumar became CEC.
Dates don’t lie.
Gyanesh Kumar took charge as CEC on 19 February 2025.
Haryana: October 2024
Maharashtra: November 2024
Delhi: polling 5 Feb, results 8 Feb 2025
All three elections were over before he became CEC.
Illiterate take. Next.
When mockery outruns the facts...
Dhruv Rathee mocked PM @narendramodi ’s teacher over how close they supposedly look in age. A basic check punctures the insinuation.
HC Patel was born in March 1941, PM Modi in September 1950 - a gap of roughly 9½ years. Patel says he taught Modi in Classes 10–11 during 1965–67.
A young teacher teaching a teenager. Nothing unusual.
Not everything needs to be mocked for clicks. Sometimes the facts are far less dramatic than the ecosystem would like.
Totally biased reporting from a rabid Modi hater. Here are the facts:
Indian institutions in the QS World University Rankings rose from 11 (2015) to 54 in the 2026 edition (4th-most represented country), with IIT Delhi at 123, IIT Bombay 129 and IIT Madras jumping to 180. THE 2026 lists India as the second-most represented country after the US. Both public flagships (IITs, IISc, DU, JNU, Anna University) and private universities (BITS, VIT, Chandigarh, Shoolini, Jindal) appear and improve. NEP 2020’s stated goals… higher GER, multidisciplinary programmes, research push - are producing visible global recognition even as execution remains uneven.
Reform is messy; collapse is not the story the rankings tell, unlike that of Modi haters!
NEP’s killing of the public university and public education in general.
Must-read @EramAgha 's supremely well researched and put-together account. https://t.co/pYuQmam9bL
PM @narendramodi ’s message to global semiconductor leaders at SEMICON India2026 is crystal clear: India has laid the foundation. Now seize the opportunity. 🇮🇳
From compound semiconductors and silicon photonics to AI-enabling infrastructure, India is building an ecosystem for the technologies that will define the future.
Supply chains are being strengthened, reforms are in place, and the invitation to global equipment companies is direct:
Don’t miss the India opportunity.
📷:ANI
"From policy to pilot lines, and now to commercial production—India's semiconductor journey has taken a massive leap forward."
PM Narendra Modi highlights soaring global confidence in India's technology ecosystem at #SemiconIndia2026, as home-grown chip production expands across Mohali & Surat to supply markets worldwide.
Leader of Darbari Media Mr Sardesai ji , A state dinner is not a census of what 1.4 billion people eat at home. Serving BRICS leaders khandvi, mushroom galouti, morels, millet pulao and phirni is food diplomacy, not a “fetish.” Coastal fish and Awadhi meat still exist; they just weren’t required on one official plate to prove India is real.
The only thing being fetishised here is the need to turn every official menu into a culture-war prop. Guests get one curated meal. India does not vanish if it isn’t non-veg.
INTERESTING: the menu for the leaders at the BRICS dinner was ‘pure’ veg. Nothing wrong with promoting vegetarianism as long as it doesn’t become a fetish. A majority of Indians are non veg (surveys show only 20-30% are veg) and unmatched cuisine diversity is the hallmark of Bharat. Can’t have coastal food without fish and Avadhi food without meat. A true slice of India would have far more variety, both veg and non veg to enhance the experience of our esteemed guests. Agree?
The People Who Keep Global Trade Moving Deserve a Safety Net..
At BRICS 2026, in his opening remarks PM @narendramodi proposed a Seafarers’ Emergency Support Network to connect maritime authorities and diplomatic missions when a seafarer is in distress.
Medical help, evacuation, emergency assistance and timely word to families can make all the difference at sea. By putting those needs on the BRICS agenda, India is reminding the world that secure trade routes must also mean safety for the people who sail them.
Habitual liar The Hindu is spreading fake New’s again…
No breakfast was served to world leaders at Summit Venue today.. these visual are from the international media centre at Bharat Mandapam…
#Watch | Here’s what’s on the breakfast menu for national and international media covering the BRICS Summit in New Delhi. Only vegetarian food is being served.
https://t.co/JKMi17Oacj
Fraud Priya spreading fake news again - this image is from 2019 Jinping’s visit to India where he gifted PM Modi ji a porcelain plate with a painting of Modi ji on it. As usual, speeding fakery is in the genes of Congress supporters!
When the world is raising trade barriers, India is building economic bridges.
At the BRICS Business Forum, PM @narendramodi outlined India’s distinctly forward-looking approach - FTAs with nearly 40 countries since 2014, fewer barriers for businesses, and new BRICS platforms connecting startups and MSMEs with markets, finance, investment and talent.
This is confident leadership turning India’s BRICS presidency into a gateway for shared growth.
Pravin Sawhney is known for parroting Pakistan-friendly propaganda; manufacturing “setbacks” for India gives him a temporary thrill.
But what happened to you, Awasthi ji?
Interestingly, apart from you, those quoting Sawhney with barely concealed excitement were Pakistani journalists celebrating the same imaginary “snub.” Quite the company to find yourself in!
Within hours, China officially confirmed President Xi’s attendance at PM Modi’s invitation. Next time, wait for facts before joining Pakistan’s premature celebration. दोनों की दुकान जल्दी बंद हो गई! 😂
अब ये क्या माजरा है 👇👇?
क्या चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग #BRICS समिट के लिये दिल्ली नहीं आने वाले है? भारत के बड़े एक्सपर्ट प्रवीन साहनी जी ने ये सवाल उठाया है!
PM Modi gave the perfect name. Naraaz Foofa. For people like Chidambaram and Rahul Gandhi.
They can never be happy with anything good happening for India.
UPI came. They were angry.
Demonetisation came. They were angry. India hosts BRICS. They say no benefit.
These Naraaz Foofas and their tattu media forget they are Indians too.
At least Be happy with India’s growth Foofa ji.
Dimagi Naxal media like Sardesai, Ravish & co will never run this clip.
SRCC student on seeing Modi ji: “Bhai kya aura hai PM ka, bro… main kaamp raha tha video banate hue.”
This is the real Gen Z of India.
Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal and their lapdogs like Dipke, Ranake n Saurav n co can keep selling the other movie. Nobody’s watching.
#PMModiatSRCC
In 2013, PM Modi stood at SRCC as an Opposition leader - but chose to present a vision for India instead of attacking the government.
Thirteen years later, he stands by the progress made on that very roadmap.
A masterclass before Gen Z for Rahul Gandhi: constructive Opposition offers solutions, not relentless negativity.
#PMModiAtSRCC
When Narendra Modi envisioned India as the world’s “Teacher Powerhouse”
Speaking at SRCC in 2013, the then CM of Gujarat @narendramodi saw India’s young population not merely as a workforce, but as a source of knowledge for the entire world - Indian teachers educating generations across the globe.
Thirteen years later, he returns to the same campus as Prime Minister, carrying forward that enduring faith in India’s youth and their ability to lead the world. 🇮🇳