Rafi Shah

Defiant Lawyer, Socceroo, Liverpool, Greenie, Wildlife Freak, Flaneur

[Rafi Shah @rafinale]

'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism'
-Howard Zinn

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

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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[Rafi Shah @rafinale]

@ColRohitChaudry @INCIndia @RahulGandhi @kharge @priyankagandhi @kcvenugopalmp @Jairam_Ramesh @saptagiriulaka @INC_Television @bharatjodo @AICCMedia If ticket is ensure for Colonel Sahid Khan, he will multiply roots of Congress far and wide in the region. He is someone who never give up, come what may. Time will only bare his strengths

[Rants&Roasts @Sydusm]

True.

[Aarz-e-ishq @Aarzaai_Ishq]

Solivance

[India Awakened @IndiaAwakened_]

This war is asymmetrical.

On one side you have people like:

Dr. Ali Larijani (Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran) author of three essays on Immanuel Kant, his writings are studied in Western universities:

• The Mathematical Method in Kant’s Philosophy
• Metaphysics and the Exact Sciences in Kant’s Philosophy
• Intuition and the Synthetic A Priori Judgments in Kant’s Philosophy

And:

Dr. Abbas Araghchi (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran) PhD from the University of Kent.

His doctoral thesis:
“The Evolution of the Concept of Political Participation in Twentieth-Century Islamic Political Thought.”

And on the other side?

Donald Trump.

A man whose vocabulary barely exceeds 200 words.

Most famous quote:

“Grab ’em by the pussy.”

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

“All houses are dark until the mother wakes up.”

-Khalil Gibran #WomensDay

[Rafi Shah @rafinale]

What is stopping? All talk and no work.

[Chandra Kumar Bose @Chandrakbose]

Bring Netaji's remains from Renkoji to India- and complete the homage to the Liberator of India. @narendramodi @PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar @HardeepSPuri

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

The Supreme Court has tightened the noose on disenfranchisement in the name of SIR, further strengthening its earlier order.

1. Aadhar to be accepted as stand alone document for claims of inclusion by 65 lakh excluded persons.
2. BLO’s categorisation of electors as “Recommended/not recommended” nullified
3. Every voter to get acknowledgment for documents submitted.
4. ⁠Aggrieved persons can now file online application
5. Political parties to assist people in filing claims

Next hearing: 8 September

[Chandrachur Ghose @chandrachurg]

“It is true, I did let Subhas down. I did it because I had realised that...Gandhi was India. Anything which weakened Gandhi, weakened India. So I subordinated myself to Gandhi, although I was in agreement with what Subhas was trying to do.” — Nehru’s interview to Taya Zinkin
@anujdhar

[Amrta @Amrta_Bhairavi]

The move which was a shock for the British Empire, that Indians are going to take it, at any cost, that this man can go to any extent for his motherland and soon the Britishers realised that they have to evacuate as the people are awakened.

[Amrta @Amrta_Bhairavi]

“The title of Supreme Commander, if it truly fitted any commander on the battlefields of Europe or Asia, fitted Netaji most superbly. He looked supreme, every inch of him.”

— S.A Iyer, INA.

[Jairam Ramesh @Jairam_Ramesh]

This was Independent India's first cabinet, in Nehru’s own handwriting. Dated August 14, 1947

[Yogendra Yadav @_YogendraYadav]

I have defended India’s electoral process for decades, telling the world to learn from our Election Commission. But the evidence presented by @RahulGandhi changes the picture — in just one assembly constituency in Karnataka, 100,000 bogus votes; 15–20% of the voter list wrong.

Any credible Election Commission would investigate, fix the list, and punish the guilty. Instead, it is threatening the Leader of the Opposition. In Maharashtra, this happened quietly; in Bihar, it’s a daylight robbery.

The nation deserves an answer. And history will remember this.
#VoteChori #ElectionCommission

[The DeshBhakt 🇮🇳 Akash Banerjee @TheDeshBhakt]

Where have we seen this recently? 😳

[Rafi Shah @rafinale]

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[Rafi Shah @rafinale]

Homage and reverence to the immortal soul of Janneta Hijam Irabot, who spoke truth to power, who gave up privileges@ royal comforts for the cause of people, his people only. May we have the moral courage to pay homage to this great soul!
#JanetaHijamIrabot