Pillai G. Balasubramanyan

RG fan-cos he didn’t grw up wanting to join politics, a pre-condition of SG 2 RjvG 4 marriage. been under threat n trauma frm GM n father’s killers. NO LIAR!

[Pillai G. Balasubramanyan @pillaigb]

https://t.co/vZEAtCC1f2

[Harmeet Kaur K 🇮🇳 @iamharmeetK]

𝗤𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗥𝗦𝗦

History has records
Political rhetoric are just slogans

In last few days Modi ji and some RSS ideologues have increasingly trying to associate the RSS with the legacy of the Quit India Movement. Today the BJP ecosystem taking out the tiranga Yatra

The historical record tells a very different story.

◾On 8 August 1942, the All India Congress Committee met in Bombay and Mahatma Gandhi gave the historic call for the Quit India Movement.

The next day, 9 August 1942, Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and several other Congress leaders were arrested by the British Government.

Across India, Congress workers and ordinary Indians launched a mass movement against British rule.

◾Where was the RSS?

The RSS, founded by K.B. Hedgewar in 1925, had remained aloof from the Congress-led freedom struggle.
In 1942, under M.S. Golwalkar, the RSS again chose not to participate in the Quit India Movement.

◾Golwalkar himself later acknowledged this. He said:
“In 1942 also, there was a strong sentiment in the hearts of many. At that time too, the routine work of the Sangh continued. Sangh decided not to do anything directly.”

British Government records themselves documented the RSS's conduct. A Bombay Government report noted that:
“the Sangh has scrupulously kept itself within the law” and had refrained from participating in the disturbances that broke out in August 1942.

◾The British Home Department consequently considered that the RSS did not constitute a menace to law and order, because it was not supporting civil disobedience against the British.

Another Bombay Government report recorded that in December 1940, provincial RSS leaders had been instructed to desist from activities considered objectionable by the colonial government.

The RSS, according to the report, assured the authorities that it had “no intentions of offending against the orders of the Government.”

◾The Hindu Mahasabha.
On 8 August 1942, as Congress launched Quit India, Congress MLAs resigned from provincial legislatures as part of the movement.
The Hindu Mahasabha did not follow them. Its leadership instead pursued a policy of “Responsive Cooperation” with the British-controlled constitutional system

◾One of its prominent leaders, B.S. Moonje, wrote to the Viceroy assuring him of continued cooperation.
Moonje wrote:
“Hindustan and Britain are allied together in unshakeable bond of union for long years to come.”

◾The Hindu Mahasabha also entered into coalition governments with the All-India Muslim League in Bengal, Sindh and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)

◾In Bengal, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who later founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh—the political predecessor of today's BJP—joined A.K. Fazlul Huq's Progressive Coalition Government and became Finance Minister in December 1941

When the Congress launched its mass movement and called for resignations from provincial governments,Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee did not resign from the Bengal government.
And today he is celebrated by the BJP and was himself commemorated by PM Narendra Modi

◾V.D. Savarkar
Who is celebrated by the BJP and RSS ecosystem. Savarkar was the president of the Hindu Mahasabha during this period. His policy was explicitly described as “Responsive Cooperation.” He called upon Hindu Mahasabha members holding positions in govt jobs
and those serving in the armed forces, to remain in their posts

Savarkar advocated increased Hindu recruitment into the British Indian Army. This was happening at the very moment when the Quit India movement was demanding
“Na ek bhai , Na ek pai” — not one man, not one paisa for the British war effort & while Gandhi, Nehru and thousands of Congress workers were being imprisoned by the British

The freedom struggle belongs to those who fought for freedom, not to those trying to rewrite their record

𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

Attended the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting held under the leadership of Congress President Shri @kharge.

CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji, LoP Shri @RahulGandhi, and other CWC members were present.

📍 Indira Bhawan, New Delhi

[Kanhaiya Kumar @kanhaiyakumar]

Congress Working Committee(CWC) की बैठक में आज ये महत्वपूर्ण फैसले लिए गए हैं :

• देश के करीब 800 शहरों में 'छात्रों की गूंज' कार्यक्रम होगा और नेता विपक्ष श्री राहुल गांधी कई शहरों के कार्यक्रमों में शामिल होंगे

• कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री मल्लिकार्जुन खरगे और नेता विपक्ष श्री राहुल गांधी ने चारों मुख्यमंत्रियों से कहा है कि उनके राज्यों में शिक्षा और परीक्षा प्रणाली में क्या सुधार होने चाहिए, इस बारे में मुख्यमंत्री एक महीने में रिपोर्ट दें

• राम मंदिर में 'चढ़ावा चोरी' के मामले में कांग्रेस पार्टी देश के सभी राज्यों में प्रदर्शन करेगी

• चीन और अमेरिका के मुद्दे पर CWC ने गहरी चिंता व्यक्त की है, क्योंकि PM मोदी द्वारा चीन को क्लीनचिट देने की वजह से लद्दाख और अरुणाचल प्रदेश में गंभीर मसला सामने आया है

• हल्द्वानी में BJP के लोगों ने जिस तरह खरगे जी के भाषण मंच का शुद्धिकरण किया, वह पाप है और संविधान के खिलाफ है। इसके लिए नरेंद्र मोदी को माफी मांगनी चाहिए

• परिसीमन को लेकर कांग्रेस पार्टी की राय है कि मौजूदा लोकसभा की संख्या 543 है और हम अगले 25 साल तक संख्या इतनी ही रखने के पक्ष में हैं। साथ ही, हम इसी संख्या पर महिला आरक्षण लागू करने की मांग रखते हैं

• हमने 'संगठन सृजन अभियान' से जुड़ी एक detailed progress report भी रखी है, जिसमें इस अभियान से जुड़े कामों पर बात की गई है।

[Sagarika Ghose @sagarikaghose]

Amazing . A lifetime of service, selflessness and grace. Dignified at all times, always simply but elegantly dressed, never a harsh word to anyone, despite the vicious insults she has endured for decades. Can’t wait to read.

[Pillai G. Balasubramanyan @pillaigb]

Who did the Go-Mutr shuddhikaran of the bed and surrounding during the stay and whether IIT Madras director remedy of drinking it ghataghat was attempted to purify and improve immune and blood circulation and just to feed to dimaagi naxal doctors a salary and recognition of service an additional redundant angio was done..

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Hello Sir, happy to see you have recovered well. Could you tell us more about the Ayush specialists who took care of you while you were admitted to AIIMS? If none, then why is your Government promoting quackery in the name of nationalism and destroying the reputation of an apex Institute? Public funds are embezzled on Ayush in multiple such institutes. If you were not treated by Ayush for your illness, then please do not promote it for the majority who elected you to power. Isn't that what real leaders should be doing instead of promoting double standards?

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Hello Sir, happy to see you have recovered well. Could you tell us more about the Ayush specialists who took care of you while you were admitted to AIIMS? If none, then why is your Government promoting quackery in the name of nationalism and destroying the reputation of an apex Institute? Public funds are embezzled on Ayush in multiple such institutes. If you were not treated by Ayush for your illness, then please do not promote it for the majority who elected you to power. Isn't that what real leaders should be doing instead of promoting double standards?

[Pillai G. Balasubramanyan @pillaigb]

https://t.co/qa9OW8rTuD

Belonging as a title sums up all pluralism secularism inclusiveness democracy and above all a family feel overall

[The Wire @thewire_in]

The publishers describe the forthcoming title as a dramatic yet intimate account of India's post-independence history and its present political struggles, seen from an insider's point of view.

Hillel Italie✍️| @AP
https://t.co/ZWIic9bvQo

[The Wire @thewire_in]

The publishers describe the forthcoming title as a dramatic yet intimate account of India's post-independence history and its present political struggles, seen from an insider's point of view.

Hillel Italie✍️| @AP
https://t.co/ZWIic9bvQo

[Pillai G. Balasubramanyan @pillaigb]

https://t.co/t70XkAVfou

Their lack of integrity is absolute

RSS claims to be non political

If government wants to paint them in politics the need must be discussed with LoP if they believe in democracy and not a unilateral parliamentary democracy like China

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

A number of IIT Directors, distinguished professionals in their own right, have been mobilised to reach out to alumni to interact with Mohan Bhagwat when he is in the US later this month. This is totally unacceptable.

Asking alumni to interact with PMs, CMs, Ministers, and MPs is one thing. But the RSS head?

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

A number of IIT Directors, distinguished professionals in their own right, have been mobilised to reach out to alumni to interact with Mohan Bhagwat when he is in the US later this month. This is totally unacceptable.

Asking alumni to interact with PMs, CMs, Ministers, and MPs is one thing. But the RSS head?

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

Rahul Gandhi is a wrong guy to mess with and Savarkar is indefensible.

सावरकर का परपोता ही कोर्ट में उनकी पूरी पोल खोल रहा है

सावरकर के परपोते ने कोर्ट में कहा:

1️⃣ सावरकर ने अंग्रेज़ों को 10 माफीनामा लिखे

2️⃣ सावरकर ने रत्नागिरी में रहने के लिए अंग्रेज़ों से पेंशन ली

3️⃣ सावरकर गाय को पूजनीय नहीं मानते थे

4️⃣ सावरकर मान्यताओं को नहीं मानते थे

5️⃣ नाथूराम गोडसे और उसका भाई गोपाल गोडसे RSS के ऐक्टिव सदस्य थे

[Supriya Bhardwaj @Supriya23bh]

♥️

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

मोदी सरकार के मंत्री कह रहे हैं कि “दिल्ली पुलिस की तारीफ करनी चाहिए।”

संसद से आधा किलोमीटर दूर, शांतिपूर्ण छात्रों पर पैलेट गन चली, कील लगी लाठियाँ चलीं, एक बच्चे की आँख चली गई, एक बच्ची का कान कट गया। इस बर्बरता की तारीफ करनी चाहिए?

मैं ख़ुद उन घायल बच्चों से मिला हूँ। हज़ारों वीडियो देश ने देखे हैं।

इस सरकार का मूल मंत्र ही असत्य और हिंसा है। पहले बच्चों पर लाठी चलाओ, फिर बोल दो कि कुछ हुआ ही नहीं।

पूरे सत्र “लापता” अमित शाह विपक्ष से भागते रहे। और प्रधानमंत्री ने आज तक छात्रों से माफ़ी नहीं माँगी।

सच्चाई यह है कि इस देश के लिए सबसे बड़ा ख़तरा यही दिमाग से खाली लोग हैं - जिन्हें न अपनी ग़लती दिखती है, और दिखने पर मानते नहीं।

देश के बच्चों से झूठ मत बोलिए। उनके पास आँखें हैं और याददाश्त भी।

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member Sonia Gandhi has a memoir coming out this fall in which she will reflect on the promise and the tragedy of marrying into India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty and on her own career in government.
https://t.co/9KfhZi9RBy

[Ashutosh Ranka @AshutoshRanka]

Dear BJP,

I know you are stuck with your 12 year old playbook.

So I have an idea for you. Do listen and surprise us.

[Satej (Bunty) D. Patil @satejp]

‘छात्रों की गूँज’च्या पूर्वतयारीची पोलीस प्रशासनासह पहाणी आणि बैठक

जननायक @RahulGandhi जी ‘छात्रों की गूँज’ अंतर्गत विद्यार्थ्यांशी संवाद साधणार आहेत. हा कार्यक्रम शनिवार, २२ ऑगस्ट २०२६ रोजी पुणे RTO जवळील AISSMS कॉलेजच्या मैदानावर होणार आहे. या पार्श्वभूमीवर कार्यक्रमाच्या पूर्वतयारीसाठी पोलीस प्रशासनासोबत बैठक घेतली. यावेळी कार्यक्रमाचे नियोजन, वाहतूक व्यवस्था आणि सुरक्षा व्यवस्थेचा संबंधित अधिकाऱ्यांसोबत आढावा घेतला.

यावेळी केंद्रीय निरीक्षक के.जी. बायजू, मनोज त्यागी, माजी आमदार मोहन जोशी, पुणे शहराध्यक्ष (पुर्व) प्रशांत जगताप, शहराध्यक्षा (पश्चिम) श्रीमती दीप्ती चवधरी, युवक काँग्रेस प्रदेशाध्यक्ष शिवराज मोरे, आमिर शेख, पोलीस आयुक्त अमितेश कुमार, अतिरिक्त पोलीस आयुक्त मनोज पाटील, अतिरिक्त आयुक्त राजेंद्र बनसोडे, उपायुक्त राजलक्ष्मी शिवणकर व इतर अधिकारी उपस्थित होते.

#ChhatronKiGoonj #RahulGandhi #Pune

[The Telegraph @ttindia]

#Watch | Cockroach Janta Party convenor @abhijeet_dipke repeated his dare to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “show his degree” amid allegations from the right wing that he never attended or graduated from Boston University

[Supriya Bhardwaj @Supriya23bh]

It’s Time to Read - Listen - Learn About the TRUTH

… BELONGING …

~ by Mrs Sonia Gandhi ji

https://t.co/gzCYBCsdCz: Books https://t.co/FsNBSgsRVq

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

Dimaagi Naxal Party 🇮🇳

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

A stunning cover

A beautiful story of love, loss and sacrifice

This one will be a treasure trove of stories and insights

An eyewitness account of some of the most important landmarks of Indian political and social landscape

📸 Rajiv Gandhi Ji

[Saurav Das @SauravDassss]

🚨#URGENTSTATEMENT

The Government of India is trying to betray the youth of this nation.

During today’s hearing, the Supreme Court made its intention very clear: it sought a list of FIRs registered against students and protesters across the country from the Union Government so that it can quash all of them at one go, in exercise of its powers under Article 142.

The Court sought this information not once, not twice, but thrice. Yet, the Union Government’s lawyer did not commit to furnishing such a list and instead actively resisted it. But why?

On July 25, CJP called off its nationwide agitation in good faith after the Government of India gave solemn commitments concerning the withdrawal of FIRs, protection of protesters from punitive action, and compensation to the affected families at a national press conference with the CJP.

Today, the Supreme Court itself offered a clear path towards giving effect to one of those commitments. Providing a consolidated list of FIRs would, in fact, make it easier for the Union Government and BJP/NDA-ruled states to fulfil the assurance they gave to the country on July 25. But the Government of India is resisting.

The Court even offered the Union Government an alternative: if there are cases involving hardened criminals with a history of heinous offences who are alleged to have committed acts of violence during the protests, the Government could identify those FIRs separately so that such cases may be dealt with on their own merits.

The young people of this country are entitled to ask whether the Government of India ever intended to honour its word, or whether the assurances given by two Union Ministers before the nation on July 25 were merely meant to bring an end to a peaceful nationwide movement.

We will not permit the Government to play games with the trust of India’s students, Gen-Z and young citizens.

CJP has exercised patience. We have negotiated in good faith. We called off our agitation in good faith. And we have given the Government sufficient opportunity to honour its commitments in good faith.

That patience is now running out. And therefore we now warn the government.

If the Government does not immediately demonstrate concrete steps towards honouring the July 25 commitments, the Cockroach Janta Party will convene its National Working Committee within the next two days to decide the next course of nationwide action.

We hope the Government understands the seriousness of this moment.

Do not mistake restraint for surrender. Do not mistake good faith for weakness. And do not play with the trust of an entire generation.

What CJP does next will depend entirely upon what the Government of India chooses to do now.

@Cockroachisback @whattalawyer @abhijeet_dipke @AshutoshRanka