188. @INCIndia's Mani Shankar Aiyar, who collected money for the Chinese during the 1962 war - an allegation denied by him - ORDERED the removal of a plaque commemorating VD Savarkar at the jail where he spent a decade in solitary confinement. The plaque was REMOVED.
@INCIndia 189. @INCIndia INSTRUCTS authorities to BAN @SunnyLeone from expressing her freedom to act and perform a show. Police under @INCIndia REFUSE to promise safety for her and her crew. indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sunny-le…
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone 190. @INCIndia got Prahlad Keshav Atre, Editor of The Maratha, JAILED for authoring an article. Atre continued to write editorials while being inside prison. (via @VarunGangal) dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-…
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal 191. @INCIndia goons VANDALISED and RANSACKED the auditorium where noted theatre personality Hirannaiah was speaking and FORCED a grovelling apology off him. Hirannaiah had poked fun at Siddaramaiah and Sonia Gandhi. (via @youbee_s) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/No…
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s 192. @INCIndia BLACKED OUT the legendary artist & India's treasure @sonal_mansingh for speaking out against the Emergency. 20 years later, @INCIndia INSTRUCTED US embassy to DENY visa to @sonal_mansingh's troupe. (via @ShefVaidya)
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s @sonal_mansingh @ShefVaidya 193. Theatre Performance Board (Maharashtra Rangbhoomi Parinirikshhan Mandal) under @INCIndia virtually BANNED Kiran Nagarkar's famous play Bedtime Story. Play could only be staged decades later. livemint.com/Leisure/kbEtCe…
blogs.reuters.com/india/2015/03/…
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s @sonal_mansingh @ShefVaidya 194. @INCIndia BANNED Pratap Sharma's play A Touch of Brightness. qtpthescript.blogspot.in/2010/06/dolly-…
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s @sonal_mansingh @ShefVaidya 195. Police under @INCIndia SET FIRE to a newspaper building because it was unhappy with its news reports and coverage. CM and administration stayed silent; Senior government officer issued a veiled warning to the Indian Express. indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-…
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s @sonal_mansingh @ShefVaidya 196. @INCIndia BANNED Vijay Tendulkar's landmark play Sakharam Binder. scroll.in/magazine/85830… nytimes.com/2004/11/03/the…
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s @sonal_mansingh @ShefVaidya 197. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED Amol Palekar's Marathi film Thang. indianculturalforum.in/2016/07/08/imp…
198. @INCIndia BANNED the entry into Punjab and Chandigarh, of newspapers published outside. When @IndianExpress protested by printing blank pages, @INCIndia THREATENED to stop their distribution altogether. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6…
199. @INCIndia's state Home Minister BANNED Dilip Kumar's iconic film Jugnu.
200. @INCIndia gave orders, repeatedly BLACKED OUT television coverage of Netaji Subhas Bose's daughter. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6…
201. Theatre Performance Board (Maharashtra Rangbhoomi Parinirikshhan Mandal) under @INCIndia BANNED Vijay Tendulkar’s iconic play Gidhade (The Vultures).
202. @INCIndia CM BANNED the film Jharna.
203. Police under @INCIndia in Gujarat RAIDED without warrant the offices of Gujarati magazine @sadhanaweekly, framed conspiracy charges. Raid was allegedly ordered by the Home Minister. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq…
204. @INCIndia CM ORDERED a ban on giving advertisements to a newspaper because he was unhappy with its news reports and coverage. @INCIndia DEFENDED its action, saying that the news reports were anti-national. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq…
205. @INCIndia BANNED Amol Palekar's Vasanakand (The Inferno of Lust), written by Mahesh Elkunchwar. indianculturalforum.in/2016/07/08/imp…
206. @INCIndia's @sanjaynirupam DEMANDED that @imbhandarkar's film Indu sarkar be first screened for senior Congress leaders for a "no objection certificate". ndtv.com/india-news/bef… indiatimes.com/entertainment/…
207. @INCIndia CONFISCATED copies of the Dalit magazine Aakrosh, ARRESTED four persons, including the Editor for publishing poems critical of the Swaminarayan sect in the wake of the burning alive of a Dalit. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq…
208. @INCIndia BANNED the book Oppression in Punjab, got CFD secretary ARRESTED, filed SEDITION charges against the authors of the book. Read the book here: unipune.ac.in/snc/cssh/Human…
209. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED Ashvin Kumar’s film Inshallah, Football. It went on to win a National Award after the ban was later revoked.
210. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED Nobel nominee @Callum_Macrae's acclaimed documentary No Fire Zone because it could have "strained friendly relations between India and Sri Lanka." blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/…
211. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED Shyam Benegal's iconic film Nishant despite it being India's official entry to the Cannes Film Festival. Film was cleared after Benegal personally persuaded Indira Gandhi to watch it.
212. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED @doktorgandu's cult film Gandu.
213. @INCIndia lodges a complaint under section 66 with Bhopal Police cyber cell against BJP spokesperson @SureshNakhua for circulating a spoof video that parodied @RahulGandhi.
214. @INCIndia BANNED @timesofindia from receiving advertising because the latter was critical of the govt's Prohibition policy. Nehru backed the ban, even craftily counselled CM Desai to lie about the real reason for the ban. (h/t @arvindsingh_dev) books.google.co.in/books?id=SXpDA…
215. @INCIndia BLOCKED appointment of judges to the Supreme Court if they were in ANY WAY associated with the ideology of @RSSorg, or even so much as attended the funeral of an RSS person. [From Supreme Whispers, Chandrachud, 2018]
216. @INCIndia asked its members to take a “positive stand AGAINST criticism" of Nehru and "emphasised that those who criticise him are TRAITORS.”
The authors of this letter, demanding Nehru's resignation, were ARRESTED and JAILED. (h/t @alok_bhatt) othisaivu.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/letter…
217. @INCIndia's Nehru unsubscribed and BANNED @timesofindia from his house because he thought they were on a mission to criticise him. He DEMANDED an apology from Blitz for reporting that Indira had received expensive sarees from an unknown businessman. [Reminiscences, Mathai]
218. @INCIndia's Nehru told @htTweets editor that he was the LOWEST form of human existence. Nehru then approached the employer and got the editor FIRED, his column BANNED. Possibly the first (non-digital) case of tagging the employer. [Reminiscences of the Nehru Age, Mathai]
219. @INCIndia's Sonia Gandhi DEMANDED all studies coming out of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Research be politically vetted after a study ranked Gujarat No. 1 in economic freedom. The director, @bibekdebroy, REFUSED, said he was made to QUIT. huffingtonpost.in/2015/11/05/bib…
220. @INCIndia's Sonia Gandhi [10 Janpath] rang up @bibekdebroy, Director (Research) of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Research after learning he had invited Editor of RSS' @eOrganiser, DEMANDING withdrawal of invitation. Prof Debroy REFUSED. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Intolera…
221. @INCIndia ORDERED massive raids at the @IndianExpress building and its owner R Goenka's guesthouse, incensed at the paper's investigative reports on Reliance-Govt nexus courtesy Arun Shourie & @sgurumurthy who was ARRESTED under Official Secrets Act. nytimes.com/1987/09/13/wor…
222. @INCIndia ORDERED the COMPLETE takeover of the @IndianExpress building & press after the raids [following @sgurumurthy's reports] that were widely condemned. The UNPRECEDENTED annexation of the entire building was in VIOLATION of Supreme Court orders. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6…
223. @INCIndia's member files a Police complaint against @NetflixIndia, @SacredGames_TV, and @Nawazuddin_S for referring to Rajiv Gandhi as Fattu (Pussy); asks for FIR to be filed under IPC and the IT act. (h/t @dibyabttb)
224. @INCIndia's Pandey & Pandey HIJACKED a plane carrying 126 passengers, shouting "Indira Gandhi Zindabad" and demanding that she be released & all cases against her withdrawn. @INCIndia REWARDED both Pandeys with election tickets. (h/t @NupurSharmaBJP) indiatoday.in/magazine/india…
225. @INCIndia comprehensively RIGGED the 1987 J&K elections through rampant malpractices, arrests, curfews; even recalling a defeated candidate (GM Shah) who had trudged back home dejected and declaring him the winner.
Here is @ShashiTharoor himself ADMITTING to the Rigging.
226. @INCIndia leaders file a petition in the National Herald Case (in which they stand accused of monumental fraud) to RESTRAIN @Swamy39 from tweeting, particularly the acronyms and sobriquets invented by him, like TDK and Buddhu. (via @jgopikrishnan70) financialexpress.com/india-news/nat…
227. @INCIndia's @RahulGandhi asks for a BAN on media-reporting of the National Herald Case in which he is out on bail. Court REFUSES. (via @attomeybharti). opindia.com/?p=117029
228. @INCIndia BANNED one of India's greatest director, Ritwik Ghatak's 1970 documentary Amar Lenin. Film was later released only after Indira Gandhi personally saw and approved of it. (via @sanchat48) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/… timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/D…
229. @INCIndia ORDERED TV coverage of the Tiananmen Square Massacre to be TONED DOWN. Consequently, the I&B Minister KK Tewary CENSORED the events at Tiananmen Square in which 10,454 people demanding FoS were butchered. books.google.co.in/books?id=SfxtA… indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
230. @INCIndia's Indira Gandhi got @Swamy39 SACKED from his job just because she didn't like his books, theories, and ideas. Dr Swamy went to court and won. It took him 22 years.
231. @INCIndia government decides to pass a BARBARIC "Blasphemy Law" that makes the sacrilege of all religious texts punishable with LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
232. @INCIndia intimidated, hounded, harassed journalist @chitraSD while she investigated the Bofors Scam, resulting ultimately in her getting fired. forbes.com/forbes/1997/07…
233. @INCIndia (through Vincent George, PA to Sonia Gandhi) attempted to threaten and censor journalist @KanchanGupta for writing his Pioneer column Rome Rajya Vs Ram Rajya. (h/t @ajitdatta)
234. @INCIndia's Indira Gandhi hinted at crackdown on Marxism. (h/t @shakkuiyer)
235. @INCIndia wanted to BAN the Communists from taking part in democratic elections. (via @IndiaHistorypic)
236. @INCIndia's Nehru DISMISSED the first ever democratically elected Communist govt, of Kerala, in 1959. Congress was part of Vimochana Samaram, that instigated violent protests, police action. The US Ambassador went on record saying CIA FUNDED Cong to foment trouble in Kerala.
237. @INCIndia MLAs support Privilege Motion, DEMAND stringent action and an EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT for Defence Expert @Iyervval for posting a sarcastic video. newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/…
dailypioneer.com/2018/state-edi…
238. @INCIndia's PM Manmohan Singh personally SCOLDED, then ORDERED @PrannoyRoyNDTV to pull an @ndtv story (Ministers' report card) critical of the UPA. The story was ALTERED and criticism removed. ( h/t @iNiranjan86; @barugaru's Accidental Prime Minister) opindia.com/2018/09/senior…
239. @INCIndia BANNED Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, voted the fifth greatest English language novel of the twentieth century. Huxley was accused of being a pornographer. (via @Pallavisms) books.google.co.in/books?id=2PQzA… archive.org/details/Amusin…
240. "The Statesman's turn would come next."
@INCIndia's Kamal Nath disclosing to American officials his government's plans to ged rid of one of the staunchest critics of the Emergency, the legendary CR Irani of the newspaper @TheStatesmanLtd. wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1…
241. @INCIndia and its leader Shaktisinh Gohil supported the BAN on Joseph Lelyveld's The Great Soul ordered by the then CM of Gujarat @narendramodi, calling it “perverse and baseless, and an insult to the father of the nation." Gohil also wanted to BURN Lelyveld's effigy.
242. @INCIndia's Law Minister M Veerappa Moily declared that the Central govt would BAN Joseph Lelyveld's The Great Soul. Both he and the Congress backtracked after an appeal by Mahatma Gandhi's grandson to not ban the book. dnaindia.com/india/report-c…
243. @INCIndia (UPA) either ignored the request or refused to give a No Objection Certificate to Peter Heehs' The Lives of Sri Aurobindo, that was BANNED by @Naveen_Odisha, despite a request by the High Court to "take a decision ASAP". (h/t @gchikermane) thefreelibrary.com/Sri+Aurobindo%…
244. @praful_patel, Aviation Minister in the UPA (headed by @INCIndia) got publisher to withdraw @JitiBhargava's book The Descent of Air India. The book blamed the Minister's policies and his handling of Air India. The Congress stayed silent. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-…
245. @INCIndia objects to some scenes in the upcoming film Kedarnath, says the film violates the faith of crores of Hindus, DEMANDS some scenes be removed immediately. "NO ONE has the right to violate our beliefs." (h/t @NeerGopal) swarajyamag.com/insta/kedarnat…
246. Police under @INCIndia ARRESTS a journalist for making a speech that criticised Tipu Sultan, books him under the DREADED section 295A. (h/t @AloPal) opindia.com/2018/11/journa… timesnownews.com/india/article/…
247. @AkashvaniAIR under @INCIndia FIRED the iconic music director Hridaynath Mangeshkar for his musical composition because it was based on Veer Savarkar's Marathi song. (via @SrBehere)
248. @INCIndia's @IYCHimachal President files complaint against a man for his Facebook post on @RahulGandhi and Priyanka Vadra. Police file charges under the dreaded Section 295A. The accused would soon be arrested, says DSP Shukla, Himachal Police. news18.com/news/india/shi…
249. @INCIndia's Maharashtra Youth Congress President DEMANDS that #AccidentalPrimeMinister be shown to his party BEFORE release, or else they will NOT allow the film to be screened anywhere in case they disagree with some scenes. (via @NeerGopal)
250. @INCIndia workers DEMAND suspension of a school headmaster for calling CM Kamal Nath 'Daaku' (Dacoit). Within hours, the headmaster is SUSPENDED. (h/t @MeShivPrakash) timesnownews.com/india/article/…
251. @INCIndia workers workers storm in, disrupt the screening of the film The Accidental Prime Minister, vandalise the theatre, tear apart the screen; this on the day their leader @RahulGandhi speaks of rising intolerance in India. (h/t @AdvaitaKala) dnaindia.com/india/report-c…
252. @INCIndia CHARGED the great Utpal Dutt with SEDITION for his play Duswapner Nagari; JAILED him for 7 months for Kallol. Congress workers BURNT the set, THRASHED actors, poured BOILING water over the director. (h/t @shivkmishr) indiatoday.in/magazine/inter… timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/T…
253. Police under @INCIndia CHARGED the Dalit activist and Editor Sudhir Dhawale with SEDITION under the DREADED Sec 124. He spent FORTY MONTHS in jail. Mr @KapilSibal was the Law & Justice Minister. indianexpress.com/article/india/… caravanmagazine.in/law/sudhir-dha…
253. @INCIndia, holding power at the Centre, stayed SILENT when, not one, not a hundred, but EIGHT-THOUSAND activists were charged under the dreaded Sec 124 for SEDITION by a State govt. (h/t @abhijitmajumder) [Note: violation-count stays same as it wasn't the INC that charged.]
254. @INCIndia's B Krishna filed a complaint against a man for his FB post allegedly mocking & abusing Congress leader PJ Kurien. As a result, Police under @INCIndia CHARGED 111 people under the DREADED Sec 66 passed by @KapilSibal. (h/t @jdshastri26) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Suryanel…
255. @INCIndia threatens defamation suit against Rocky Mittal for his song "Sonia Ka Baccha Akal Ka Kaccha". Cong Mahila Pradesh Chief had earlier demanded that Mittal be sacked; threatened to burn his effigy. (h/t @LillyMaryPinto)
256. For calling Nehru a traitor, and accusing the Congress of not addressing poverty, @INCIndia CHARGED Ram Nandan with SEDITION under the dreaded Sec 124A. He was imprisoned for THREE YEARS.
Allahabad High Court acquitted him in a landmark judgment: indiankanoon.org/doc/537326/
257. @INCIndia charged freedom-fighter Kedar Nath for SEDITION under the dreaded Sec 124A, for asking people to "throw these Congressi goondas from their gaddi" because they were corrupt and impeding land distribution. Kedar Nath was jailed for ONE YEAR. indiankanoon.org/doc/111867/
258. @INCIndia's Women’s wing files police complaints in two States against unknown persons for offensive tweets against Priyanka Gandhi, asks Congress workers to file police complaint in ALL States. (h/t @GirishkarM) thanthitv.com/News/TamilNadu…
thehindu.com/news/national/…
259. @INCIndia's @RahulGandhi vows to REMOVE all individuals who have links to the @RSSorg, from EVERY institution, once the Congress comes to power. (h/t @rgchennai)
260. @INCIndia workers and leaders shouting the slogan Chowkidar-Chor-Hai (Modi is a thief) mercilessly THRASH an onlooker (a heart patient) who asked them Chowkidar-kyon-chor-hai (Why is Modi a thief). (h/t @TheSamirAbbas)
261. @INCIndia workers BRUTALLY assault and THRASH journalists clicking photographs of empty chairs at a thinly-attended public rally in Virudhunagar. (h/t @lazy__mongoose) opindia.com/2019/04/congre…
262. @INCIndia leader Vibhakar Shastri serves a notice to #TashkentFiles director @vivekagnihotri, DEMANDING a halt on the release of the film (that he had loved and admired on its premier only three days ago). (h/t @abhijitmajumder) opindia.com/2019/04/direct…
263. @INCIndia brazenly reinstates its lumpen goons who VICIOUSLY abused and threatened their own party spokesperson in an open meeting. Suspension order revoked in consultation with, or through the decision/intervention of, @JM_Scindia. (via @priyankac19)
264. @INCIndia workers during the time of the Rajiv Gandhi govt THRASHED a professor, blackened his face, got him ARRESTED, all for posing the factual exam question: "Which AIR station broadcast the sentence - Rajiv Gandhi Chor Hai?" (h/t @rahulroushan) opindia.com/2019/05/rajiv-…
265. @INCIndia government SUSPENDS university professor for his Facebook post predicting big win for the BJP in Lok Sabha polls, after a Youth Congress leader files a complaint. (h/t @whereismabeer) financialexpress.com/elections/kama…
266. Police under @INCIndia (coalition govt) files an FIR against @VishweshwarBhat, the Editor of @VishwavaniNews, for publishing news of CM @hd_kumaraswamy's son allegedly going into a drunken rant after losing the election to a woman. (h/t @bidhisi) timesnownews.com/videos/times-n…
267. @INCIndia (@INCKerala) EXPELS its leader Abdullah Kutty for daring to praise @narendramodi and saying that voters acknowledged Modi's development agenda. (h/t @i_srd) jansatta.com/elections/cong…
268. Police under @INCIndia ARRESTS a man under the DREADED charge of sedition - yes, SEDITION - for his FB post on power-cuts in Chhattisgarh. They also apprehend and CHARGE a journalist under IPC 505 for writing about power blackouts. (h/t @iAnkurSingh) indiatoday.in/india/story/ch…
269. Police under @INCIndia registers an FIR against @Swamy39 for his alleged remarks that @RahulGandhi takes cocaine. Complaint was filed by @INCIndia district president under sec 511 that carries life imprisonment. [Representative image] news18.com/news/india/fir…
270. Police under @INCIndia serves notice, puts under surveillance, and warns a man to not tweet anything which is against the ideals of the Constitution. (h/t @kushal_mehra)
271. @INCIndia MLA threatens to burn Sadhvi Pragya ALIVE if she sets foot in Madhya Pradesh. timesnownews.com/amp/india/arti…
272. Police under @INCIndia detains actress @Payal_Rohatgi for making a video on Motilal Nehru, files draconian charges. (via @anshu_anshua) amarujala.com/photo-gallery/…
273. Mumbai University professor @shriyogeshwar sent on leave for criticising @INCIndia's @RahulGandhi and calling his actions 'Pappugiri'.
Police complaint filed by @nsui whose members burnt the professor's effigy & demanded his sacking. (h/t @greatbong) indiatoday.in/india/story/mu…
274. @INCIndia government in Punjab BANS the film 'Shooter'. CM @capt_amarinder ORDERS the police to initiate action against the producer. (via @rahulroushan)
275. @INCIndia and its leaders and workers, including minister Nitin Raut, call for arrest, file multiple FIRs against @republic owner and editor Arnab Goswami for his comments on Sonia Gandhi.
276. @INCIndia Youth Congress leader files an FIR in Congress-ruled State of Chhattisgarh against @BJP4India leader @TajinderBagga for his comments on Rajiv Gandhi, under the dreaded section 505 that carries imprisonment upto 3 years.
277. @INCIndia's AICC Legal department serves a legal notice to @firstpost and to @abhijitmajumder for his article "China jibes: Congress plays to English-speaking social media fans as grassroots support wanes".
278. @INCIndia's Home Minister @PChidambaram_IN called protesters and environmental activists non-violently protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant as ANTI-NATIONALS. More than 8000 activists were charged with SEDITION and WAGING WAR against India. indiatoday.in/india/video/ch…
279. @INCIndia leader and State Chief @NANA_PATOLE gives an open THREAT to @SrBachchan and @akshaykumar, says he won't allow shooting or release of their films in Maharashtra if they don't speak or tweet on rising fuel prices. (h/t @Shehzad_Ind).
280. @INCIndia workers gherao and protest against their own leader @KapilSibal after he raises several questions to the party leadership and demands sweeping reforms within the party.
281. @INCIndia Mumbai wing to register a police complaint and take legal action against actor Kangana Ranaut for her alleged defamatory comments on Mahatma Gandhi. hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-…
@INCIndia 282. Police detain 8 @INCIndia workers after they ran amok, broke windowpanes, and vandalised Storia Foods premises (timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mu…), protesting against this soft-drink ad that allegedly mocked Sonia Gandhi and @RahulGandhi. h/t @BefittingFacts
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