Sandeep Viswanathan

Breathe, it's far too underrated. I like, I tweet. Retweet OK please.

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

Five weeks ago we reported that two Election Commissioners had objected 14 times in 10 months, revealing an unprecedented rift inside the Election Commission.

Since then the Commission has reversed course on almost EVERY move the two Commissioners had
red-flagged.

The last was Form 6.

The SIR declaration is now out of the online form everywhere, including the states where the SIR is still running. It’s a separate declaration now.

With this, the reversal is complete. Let me explain.
https://t.co/LK207jMCu5
🧵 (1/13)

[Ritika Chopra @RitikaChopra__]

Here’s the interesting part. With the Form 6 change, the ECI has moved on almost EVERY point the two Commissioners red-flagged, all in the six weeks since our investigation.

A quick recap:
(7/13)

[Shekhar Dutt @DuttShekhar]

Looks like Indian Express will single handedly take down the govt 🙌

They are now exposing another case of apparent corruption

Where govt owned missile manufacturing company BDL awarded a contract to a private company WITHOUT any competition

AND to top it all to a company owned by the wife of the ex chief of BDL 🤯

If this turns out to be true, then we are possibly looking at a situation where the rot is far deeper than what meets the eye

In the name of Pakistan and Religion to win elections after elections, a lot seems to have been compromised

I just wonder, has the leadership lost control and can’t rein in the independent fiefdoms that have sprung up in every corner of the country ?

Is it beyond their control ?

Or is it a deliberate choice to be so ?

I don’t have an answer
What do you think 🙏

But, amidst all this India and Indians definitely need some ideas to heal 🙏🙏

[Sarcasm Republic @RepSarcasm]

Koi web series sey kam nahi hai yeh @newslaundry ki investigation report. Ek baar jarur dekhna.

[Pragnya Gupta @GuptaPragnya]

When a former Supreme Court judge says the right to vote is “at great peril,” it is not an opposition slogan. It is a red flag from inside the institution.
Justice Rohinton Nariman, Rajkot, 27 September:
In the Bengal SIR, he said, about 90 lakh voters were knocked off the rolls, and the Court did not stay it. Of those excluded, 22 lakh filed appeals. The rest, he said, were largely people without the means or the access to fight. Of roughly 1 lakh appeals decided, 93% went in the voter’s favour.

EC’s own affidavit puts deleted names after adjudication at 27.16 lakh, appeals against exclusion at 22.21 lakh, and about 93% of decided appeals ending in inclusion. That is not a clean-up. That is a mass deletion that the appeal process keeps reversing.

He also flagged the Indian Express report: the two Election Commissioners objected 14 times, and still did not use Section 18 to outvote the CEC. All three are appointees of this government. Then came the “patch-up.”

Nariman’s ask is simple. The Supreme Court should step in. Appointments cannot stay in the hands of the government of the day. Restore the Anoop Baranwal panel: Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition, and the Chief Justice.

You cannot have an Election Commission that functions, or malfunctions, like this.
The heart of the Constitution is the vote. It is being edited and quite often mercilessly DELETED.
#RightToVote #ElectionCommission #SIR #RohintonNariman #SaveDemocracy @CNN
@BBC @WSJ @AJEnglish

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

Yahan Alag he scam chal raha hai....

BBC Exclusive : The income of 6 small Gujarat based political parties exceeded that of national political parties (excluding BJP) in 2023-2024 (before the last Lok Sabha elections). The BBC team found that these parties received donations amounting to hundreds of crores, which in some cases exceeded those of national parties.
However, these parties largely remained absent from electoral politics.
Report by @shubhangi_misra for @BBCHindi
https://t.co/BbJjqVQODZ

[Dhruv rathe satire @Dhruvrathenx]

What's in the Jhola?

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

The President has assented to the #VandeMataram Amendment, passed without discussion in Parliament, which requires the singing of the National Song in full at the start and ending of any official function, in addition to the National Anthem.
As one who greatly respects both, and can sing the first two stanzas of the former (but not the other four, which were never required till now) as well as the entire anthem, i would like to point to just one practical consideration our zealots appear to have overlooked: human nature.
"Jana Gana Mana" requires audiences to stand respectfully and focus their attention for a reasonable 52 seconds. The National Song in full takes 3 minutes and 10 seconds. Tamil Nadu has just decided that both will be preceded by the State Song in Tamil for another 2 minutes. Do we really expect audiences to stand still and respectfully for six minutes before and after every function, a total of 12 extra minutes? Can respect and patience be legislated?
I fear that the intent of the Bill, to promote greater respect for the National Song , will not be achieved, but its opposite may well be....

[Aarti Tikka @AartiTikka]

When America targeted and killed 3 Indian sailors with pinpoint accuracy, he remained dead silent, but when a single video of his got restricted, he is throwing tantrums.

[Kapil @kapsology]

E10 cars are seeing a drop of 34% in mileage when using E20 petrol.

As per the test done by Cars24, mileage dropped from 22kmpl to 14kmpl while using E20 petrol in 2015 Maruti Desire.

We are paying more, burning more petrol to travel same distance.

We all are fooled big time.

[Mr Sharma @sharma_views]

SONAM WANGCHUK MAKES PAPER LEAKS EVERY PARENT’S NIGHTMARE 🚨

SAURABH: Will one resignation really change the system?

SONAM 🎯: It will begin accountability. Without accountability, arbitrariness rules everywhere.

SAURABH: Why is this bigger than exams?

SONAM ⚠️: Tomorrow cheaters can become the doctors treating your child and engineers building your home.

SAURABH: Has the government contacted you?

SONAM 🔥: Not yet. If this voice has not reached them, it is also the people’s failure to amplify it.

[CITIZEN VIGILANTE @vigilante_monk]

A lady spent her entire precious day just trying to get home after dealing with issues allegedly caused by the “miracle” fuel, #E20. What should have been an ordinary day came to a complete halt, leaving her to deal with an ordeal no one expects or deserves. Time Stamp in the video from 09:41 am to 07:25 pm, a experience she may never forget ..

Yes, it’s truly a “miracle.”

@narendramodi @nitin_gadkari @HardeepSPuri @PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @indSupremeCourt @tehseenp @volklub @nachiket1982

[Ganesha | गणेशा @GaneshaSpeaks_]

Dear Devendra Fadanvis..👇

[Jonty @sandey14]

प्रसिध्द Cardiologist डाॅ.राहुल सावंत बघा काय म्हणत आहे.
मी पहिल्यापासुन सांगतोय जनतेचा रोष वाढलेला आहे.
पण गडी काही ऐकालाच तयार नाही.

[Abijit Ganguly @AbijitG]

Zee5 are you listening?

[Mr Sharma @sharma_views]

INDIAN EXPRESS DROPS A LAND BOMB ON BJP CM 🔥

After Mohan Yadav became Madhya Pradesh CM, his family and real estate companies reportedly bought at least 137 plots spread over 168 acres in and around Ujjain.

This is the same Ujjain being reshaped for Simhastha 2028 with highways, road widening, townships, riverfront projects, medical city, IT park and new commercial zones.

The most damning part is this: out of the 168 acres bought after he became CM, 111 acres are reportedly located along roads announced by CM Mohan Yadav himself.

His family already had land. But after Dec 2023, the land buying saw a sharp jump, right when Ujjain’s development map started turning into a goldmine.

Indian Express repeatedly asked the CM for answers. He stayed silent.

This is how BJP turns religion into a business model 😡

[Sandeep Manudhane @sandeep_PT]

Corruption is no longer in suitcases full of cash.
It is now structural, institutionalized and "legal".
That is why most Indians fail to see it.
#NewIndia #corruption

[Dr Prteek @DrHomeostatic]

Indians are probably the only people who will mock you instead of supporting you when you demand basic infrastructure, basic necessities, and accountability from the government. No wonder this mess never ends.