Siddharth Bhardwaj

Living with soccer ⚽️, movies 🎥, money markets 💵 & travel 🧳

[Smita Barooah @smitabarooah]

Since when are Bollywood types an authority on everything? Why does the media thrust a mike & ask them for opinions on politics, social issues & more? For most of them, the domain knowledge is limited to the film world. Many of them are not well educated & live in empty bubbles, insulated from the real world. Your average guy sitting at the village chai stall, is likely to have more wisdom. Seriously

[Dr Raj’s Takes. @drrajeshraina]

In August 2017, current USCIRF Chair @DrMahmood40 wrote:
“Pakistan was founded and carved off from India on the basis of Islam. It should rightly remain so and ruled by a Muslim leaders. Give no breath to Sikhs and Hindus. It’s a land of Islam. Inshallah.”
He was later appointed by @RepJeffries and now leads a U.S. commission whose job is to defend religious freedom for minorities worldwide.
This record raises legitimate questions. Indian-Americans (and anyone who cares about consistency) are right to scrutinize the appointment.
@USCRIF

[Danny @DjokovicFan_]

Novak Djokovic in his documentary on why he refused the COVID vaccine:

"Because I didn't need it. Why should I get the vaccine? I'm healthy, I'm an athlete. I had corona. I had immunity. I wasn't a threat to anyone. There was no reason for me to get vaccinated. It's my freedom to choose which that fundamental right that you have as a human being on this planet — the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."

[Swaksh Tripathi @SwakshTripathi]

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION THROUGH LIBERALS' LENS.

[Megh Updates 🚨™ @MeghUpdates]

A Dimagi Naxal is one who sees...

"Sahab" in Hafiz,

"Judicial killing" in Yakub Memon,

"Ji" in Osama,

"Messiah of Peace" in Zakir Naik,

"Daughter" in Ishrat Jahan,

"Misguided Youth" in Burhan Wani,

and in India's Army Chief, sees a "street thug."

[Siddharth Bhardwaj @siddharthelf]

@PridePopCulture @grok is this ai ?

[Rishi Bagree @rishibagree]

In 1992, Enron, a prominent U.S. company, planned to establish a power plant in Dabhol, Maharashtra, with a proposed investment of $2 billion. However, fierce local opposition stalled the project, leading Enron to file a $600 million compensation lawsuit against the Indian government.

Under the Vajpayee government, Harish Salve, a distinguished Indian lawyer, was appointed to defend India’s interests in this high-stakes international arbitration.

Shockingly, P. Chidambaram, a prominent Congress leader, served as Enron’s legal counsel, advocating against India’s interests.

When the UPA government came to power in 2004, with Chidambaram as Finance Minister, he could no longer directly represent Enron but continued to provide legal advice, reportedly favouring the company.

In a stunning move, the UPA government removed Harish Salve from the case and appointed Khawar Qureshi, a UK-based lawyer of Pakistani origin, to represent India.

The decision to entrust a sensitive case involving billions in taxpayer money to a foreign lawyer with ties to Pakistan raised serious questions about the Congress-led government’s judgment and priorities.

Despite India’s strong position in the arbitration, the questionable decisions - Chidambaram’s prior ties to Enron and the appointment of Qureshi led to a predictable outcome: India lost the case.

The government was forced to pay substantial settlements of $800 million to Bechtel & General Electric, who had acquired Enron’s stakes after its bankruptcy. Additionally, Qureshi was paid exorbitant legal fees, further burdening Indian taxpayers.

Notably, Khawar Qureshi later represented Pakistan in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case at the International Court of Justice, underscoring the irony of Congress’s choice.
And Guess who represented India - Harish Salve, who won the case and stayed the death sentence of Yadav, along with getting him consular access, only for a Fee of Rs 1.

This episode, often downplayed by the media, highlights a disturbing pattern of mismanagement and questionable loyalties under the Congress-led UPA.

Their handling of the Dabhol case reflects a legacy of decisions that prioritised foreign interests and compromised India’s sovereignty, leaving taxpayers to bear the cost of their failures.

[Rishi Bagree @rishibagree]

I am posting the BA & MA degrees of PM Modi.

Now I am challenging :
1. The Congress party to post Rahul Gandhi's & Sonia Gandhi's educational degrees.
2. CJP to produce Dipke's Boston degree
3. SP to produce Akhilesh's Australian degree
https://t.co/4YEc8XVjcT

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

My my my. @GoI_MeitY @AshwiniVaishnaw request you to call @Meta & @instagram back.

[Siddharth Bhardwaj @siddharthelf]

@chiamakaafc Sporting Lisbon

[` @worshipVK]

Meet dictator Rahul Gandhi 🚨

Yesterday, reporter Aman Chopra challenged Rahul Gandhi to come to this protest site and meet Rahul Kranti, who has been hospitalised for five days and has not eaten anything.

Today, Aman Chopra was having breakfast and policemen came to detain him. Police took him from there and started investigating and shouting at him, just for showing the truth.

Mind you, not a single reporter was detained or got lathi charged in the CJP protest. The audacity of these guys to call Modi a dictator while misusing their power every day 🙏

[Amb Vinay Mohan Kwatra @AmbVMKwatra]

There are many misunderstandings in the media and in civil society about the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill(FCRA), 2026.
Here is the Myth vs. Reality check.

[Savio Arihan Rodrigues 🇮🇳 @PrinceArihan]

The fearmongering by some Christian religious leaders, who are crying wolf by claiming that the FCRA Amendments 2026 are an attempt by the Indian government to target Christians or take over churches, is not only absurd but a blatant distortion of facts. Such allegations risk turning legitimate regulatory reforms into a manufactured crisis. The deliberate propagation of unsubstantiated claims against the Modi government appears designed to mislead the Christian community, deepen apprehensions, and portray India internationally as hostile towards its Christian minority. Rather than encouraging informed engagement with the law, this narrative risks serving a sinister agenda of creating domestic distrust and international condemnation of India.

[Abhijit Majumder @abhijitmajumder]

Unbeliebable.
1. This is NOT the Gayatri Mantra. It is Shikshavalli, first chapter of Taittriya Upanishad.
2. The shlok is our civilisational Vedic code which prepares students for learning. This is not some petty religious claim that my God is better than yours.
Ignorance and bigotry in one tweet.

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

FCRA is a necessity for India.

A nation with millions of NGOs cannot afford to make transparency a choice.

The FCRA Amendment Bill aims to make foreign funding more transparent and accountable. It helps ensure that foreign contributions are used for legitimate purposes and reduces the risk of misuse, which will also strengthen national security.

[Mahesh Jethmalani @JethmalaniM]

The hysteria over FCRA tells you precisely why India needs FCRA.

Follow the argument and then follow the money.

India is saying something extraordinarily simple: if money enters this country from a foreign source, India has the sovereign right to know who sent it, who ultimately controls it, where it is being spent and for what purpose.

What exactly is objectionable about that?

Around 16,200 registered organisations received nearly ₹23,000 crore in foreign contributions in 2024–25 alone.

So please spare us the fiction that the FCRA Bill will “shut down civil society”.

What is being tightened is accountability.

And suddenly there is panic.

We are told regulating foreign-funded NGOs is an attack on democracy.

Since when did democracy mean that an unelected organisation financed from another country acquires a constitutional right to operate without rigorous scrutiny?

[Mohandas Pai @TVMohandasPai]

Govt should not withdraw the FCRA amendment bill. Our HM @AmitShah should not listen to vested interests And have the Bill passed. Patriotic Citizens of India support this Bill @ARanganathan72 @narendramodi India is for Indians not foreigners and people who sell their souls to foreigners for a few Dollars!

[Incognito @Incognito_qfs]

Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of then Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and sister of Mehbooba Mufti was kidnapped by JKLF terrorists affiliated on 8th Dec, 1989.

JKLF Terrorists demanded that Govt of India release five terrorists from jail.

Rubaiya Sayeed was released on 13th Dec, 1989, after the GoI released those terrorists.

I won't blame you if you guys think the kidnapping was stage managed.

This family has been nothing but a burden to India.

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

If U.S. lawmakers consider FARA a legitimate tool to safeguard the USA's national interests, why should India's FCRA be viewed differently?

One country's law is called the protection of democracy, while another's is called suppression. Why?

Sovereignty is not a privilege reserved for the USA or the Western world. Every nation has the right to frame the laws it considers essential for its security and national interests.

The FCRA Amendment Bill is no longer an option, it is a necessity for India.