Kabir Sinha

Veer

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

आर्थिक तूफ़ान सर पर है, और हमारे प्रधानमंत्री इटली में टॉफ़ी बाँट रहे हैं!

किसान, युवा, महिलाएँ, मज़दूर और छोटे व्यापारी सब रो रहे हैं - PM हंसकर रील बना रहे हैं, और BJP वाले ताली बजा रहे हैं।

यह नेतृत्व नहीं, नौटंकी है।

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

When there is nothing to hide, there is nothing to fear.

What happens to India’s image when the world sees a compromised PM panic and run from a few questions?

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Compromised PM ने trade deal नहीं, अडानी की रिहाई का सौदा किया।

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

2029 :

Congress vs BJP in nearly every state.

Rahul Gandhi vs Narendra Modi.

Pretenders are all out or with BJP. Only core allies will remain.

The real opposition fighter Rahul Gandhi will fight the big fight and win.

The massive anti-incumbency against Modi/BJP, especially among youth, will be seen in full force in 2029.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

For those who as usual are targeting Congress, please note that it’s only the Congress that has defeated an incumbent BJP Govt since 2014.

INC defeated BJP in Madhya Pradesh
INC defeated BJP in Chattisgarh
INC defeated BJP in Rajasthan
INC defeated BJP in Karnataka
INC defeated BJP in Himachal
INC-JMM defeated BJP in Jharkhand

Even in the times of BJP’s domination, capture of institutions and media, infinite resources, relentless attacks on Rahul Gandhi, the Congress has defeated an entrenched BJP govt and captured power.

No regional party has done this. And I don’t think any regional party can do it as well without INC.

Only Rahul Gandhi and Congress can pushback and eventually win against BJP’s onslaught.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

4 Initial Takeaways

1. TVK’s numbers show a massive rise in Gen Z impact on elections. Youth voted against entrenched parties/alliance in Tamil Nadu.

2. Congress+ UDF’s win in Kerala again shows that when we organise an election properly, campaign well, have a good narrative, we win. South again stands with Congress.

3. it’s the end of Communism and Left politics in India. They will remain very fringe players and stand no chance to win any state.

4. The impact of SIR and Delimitation is for all to see when BJP focuses on them to win. Bihar was an example, now showing in Assam and WB. Big gains for BJP in east but wiped out in South.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

I spoke to Thiru Vijay and congratulated him on TVK’s spectacular result.

This mandate reflects the rising voice of youth which cannot, and will not, be ignored.

My heartfelt thanks to the Congress workers of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for their hard work and support.

I reiterate that the Congress party will continue to protect and serve the people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

Will increasing MPs, MLAs and Ministers by 50% deliver better roads, no garbage, no pollution, more jobs, better healthcare and education etc for citizens?

Absolutely NOT. In fact, it’s likely to make governance even more worse and increase corruption & elitism. Women’s reservation can be implemented in the current number of seats.

The real reform that India desperately needs is to empower Urban Local Bodies, hold them accountable and ensure they deliver without corruption. But Modi has no stomach to do all that. He just wants to remain in power through manipulation.

Adding Ministers, MLAs and MPs is going to make a bad system worse.

What next? Double IAS, IPS and more babus at all levels as we will have more districts?

Corruption will expand while common citizens suffer even more.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

185 voted against introduction.

251 voted for introduction.

Even when many opposition MPs weren’t present in the house, still more than 1/3rd (180) voted against.

The Constitutional Amendment Bill is dead on arrival. It cannot get 2/3rd majority.

Modi’s attempt to hoodwink will be defeated.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

सच सुनो!

नरेंद्र मोदी जन्म से OBC नहीं हैं, उन्हें OBC गुजरात की भाजपा सरकार ने बनाया है।

वह कभी पिछड़ों के हक़ और हिस्सेदारी के साथ न्याय नहीं कर सकते।

नरेंद्र मोदी जातिगत गिनती नहीं करने वाले।

जातिगत गिनती कांग्रेस ही कर के दिखाएगी।

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

The funniest thing about the Chadha saga is that for years AAPiyas would say Congressi leaders are up for sale.

Bhai, your parliamentary party got sold and merged with the BJP 😃

AAPiyas must stop overestimating themselves. They are at best a 2-state party and will not have power anywhere in a few months. I hear their only CM is also looking to jump ship.

Their supremo Kejriwal thinks arguing in court and pushing those videos on social media will make him popular.

AAP emerged from a fraud, continued doing fraud politics and now disintegrating in a fraud manner.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

The British Empire tried to finish Congress. They failed.

The RSS/BJS/BJP tried to finish Congress. They failed.

The Muslim League tried to finish Congress. They failed.

The Janata Party tried to finish Congress. They failed.

The Communists tried to finish Congress. They failed.

The AAP tried to finish Congress. They failed.

For over 140 years, the Indian National Congress has outlasted, outwitted, and outperformed every adversary. Adversaries come, rise, fade, and fall.
Congress remains.

The Indian National Congress isn’t just a party - it is a movement. It is the idea of India in motion. It defends the Constitution and binds Indians together.

Many have tried to end INC. None have succeeded. None will.

India endures. Congress endures.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

BJP wants a puppet CM and a remote-controlled government in Tamil Nadu.

INDIA alliance will never allow this to happen. Tamil Nadu will vote to protect its identity and dignity.

[P. Chidambaram @PChidambaram_IN]

The drama enacted by the government in the Lok Sabha on April 17 resulted in a massive defeat for the government

In my column in the Indian Express, Financial Express and several Indian language newspapers, I describe the circumstances in which the Opposition mobilised
its members and voted against the Bill

The Constitution was in danger by the reckless Amendment Bill and the Opposition saved the Constitution

Please read my column on Sunday April 19

[Mallikarjun Kharge @kharge]

A desperate and frustrated PM @narendramodi with nothing meaningful to show for the last 12 years, turned an official address to the nation, into a political speech, full of mudslinging, and outright LIES. The Model Code of Conduct is already in place and it was very clear how PM Modi misused official machinery to attack his opponents. This is a travesty of Democracy and the Constitution of India.

Modi ji mentioned Congress 59 times and women barely few times. That tells the country everything about his priorities. Women are not the BJP’s priority. Congress is, because Congress stands on the right side of history.

Congress has always supported women’s reservation. We were the party that passed the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha in 2010 so that it would not lapse. The BJP could not get that Bill passed in the Lok Sabha. They brought another Bill in 2023 and the Congress Party supported that too. That Bill still exists. In fact, it was notified on 16th April, while the Lok Sabha was discussing these delimitation Constitutional Amendment Bills. This was done by the same Prime Minister. The fact that it took the BJP 3 years to notify their own bill, shows their commitment to India’s Naari Shakti !

Modi ji should STOP lying to the nation —

1. He should implement 33% reservation for women in the existing 543 Lok Sabha seats under the 2023 law. Do not deny women their due representation now.

2. Stop mixing up the delimitation bills, i.e, the 3 Constitution Amendment Bills with the Women’s Reservation Bill. Stop lying to the nation that this was an amendment to the Women’s Reservation Bill — the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam. It was NOT. This was purely a delimitation Bill, brought in to create further division and redraw the electoral map in a manner that can only benefit the BJP.

3. Apologise to 140 Crore Indians. Congress has always been pro-reform. Congress transformed Indian agriculture through the Green Revolution, strengthened dairy development through the White Revolution, created our Space sector, made India a Nuclear power, Liberalised the economy in 1991, 60 Crore ADHAAR cards were distributed before Modi ji took office. Congress passed RTI, RTE, Food Security Act, MGNREGA - which Modi ji repealed.

We passed some of the most important pro-women laws in Indian history — from the Hindu Code Bills which your ideological forefathers opposed to workplace sexual harassment laws, domestic violence bills to criminal law reforms after the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee.

The BJP has been anti-women in both action and attitude. They have no answers for Hathras. They have no answers for Unnao. They have no answers for the treatment of Haryana’s women wrestlers. They have shielded rapists within their own party. They released the rapists in the Bilkis Bano case. They have garlanded criminals and rapists. The NCRB data itself shows that crimes against women are highest in BJP-ruled states.

After 12 and a half years in power, in the middle of an international crisis, high inflation, a deteriorating economy, sliding Rupee, and deep public distress, the Prime Minister had nothing to offer the nation except a political speech.

Even with the Model Code of Conduct in place, he chose to blame the Opposition, especially Congress, for his own failures, his own betrayal, and his own apathy.

Lastly, BJP-RSS divides the nation. RSS supported the British against Indians and wrote mercy petitions to them. Every Indian knows that Modi Jis political masters — RSS are against WOMEN. They believe in Manusmiti, which encourages DIVISION, and NOT the Constitution of India.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

States own revenue as % of total income

Telangana : 77%
Karnataka : 76.8%
Tamil Nadu : 75.3%
Kerala : 72.6%

Uttar Pradesh : 48.2%
Madhya Pradesh : 44.8%
Chattisgarh : 53.8%
Bihar : 25.9%

How is this sustainable? One can understand very small states or states that have been created recently to have low %.

But why are UP, MP, Bihar with such large populations and geographical area lagging so much behind?

Every large state should hit 75% and small states should be encouraged to be above 50% for federalism to be equitable. Some states can’t be generating income and taxes to feed doles for laggard states.

Economically laggard states gaining more political power suits Modi and BJP. No wonder they want UP and Bihar to have more and more MPs.

A new formula for economic and power sharing has to be evolved which encourages states delivering governance. Else India will go from bad to worse. And the time for it is now.

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Tamil Nadu has shown India the path of progressive development, social justice and dignity for all.

To deepen this model, we are committing 6 Guarantees for Tamil Nadu:

1️⃣ ₹2,000/month for women
2️⃣ ₹2,000/month for senior citizens & differently abled
3️⃣ ₹2,000/month scholarship for college students
4️⃣ ₹2,500/month for families to ensure food security
5️⃣ Govt vacancies filled in 300 days + 60% reservation for locals (Group C & D)
6️⃣ Free property registration for first-time women owners

In the face of BJP’s assault, the INDIA Alliance will stand with Tamil Nadu - to protect its identity, its culture and its people.

[Srivatsa @srivatsayb]

At 543 seats (current LS):

Karnataka : 28
Madhya Pradesh : 29
Rajasthan : 25
Gujarat : 25
UP : 80

At 850 seats, as per BJP’s bill:

Karnataka : 41
Madhya Pradesh : 52
Rajasthan : 50
Gujarat : 43
UP : 143

While Karnataka’s and rest of South India’s share falls, North Indian states will see huge increases. Even with proportional increase, absolute numbers of North Indian states will see huge gains.

Why should the South and even the east be punished for controlling population which was recommended path in 1976?

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Congress party unequivocally supports Women’s Reservation. Parliament unanimously passed the bill in 2023, it is already part of our Constitution.

What the government is proposing now has nothing to do with women’s reservation. This amendment is an attempted power grab using delimitation and gerrymandering.

We will not allow ‘Hissa Chori’ from OBC, Dalit and Adivasi communities by ignoring the caste census data. We will also not allow Southern, North Eastern, North Western and smaller states to be treated unfairly.

[P. Chidambaram @PChidambaram_IN]

The apprehensions I had voiced in the last week have proved right

When the strength of the Lok Sabha is increased by 50% from 543 to 815, the strength of TN will seemingly increase from 39 to 58. But this is an illusion. When delimitation takes place, it will reduce to 46

Uttar Pradesh's strength will first increase from 80 to 120 and, after delimitation, it will further increase to roughly 140

All the Southern States that have currently a representation of 24.3% will find their representation reduced to 20.7%

This is a mischievous, diabolical move to radically alter the federal balance.

This must be OPPOSED