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“Le dimissioni di imbecile patentato”
(The resignation of the patented imbecile)
An Opera Buffa in infinite & repeating acts

Act 1 @RahulGandhi is pacing, furious at being denied his patrimony (“Vedro mentr’io sospiro” Nozze di Figaro - Mozart)
Act 2: Rahul scolds the CWC saying he’s an all knowing doctor & the CWC shouldn’t try its tricks on him (“a un dottor de la mia sorte” il Barbiere di Siviglia- Rossini also based on the Beaumarchais play)
Act 3: in one of the most dramatic moments in opera, Sonia Gandhi, enraged at her pure chaste innocent son being abused by the CWC vents her righteous outrage at them (“Cortigiani, Vil Razza, Dannata”, Rigoletto - Verdi)
Act 4: the CWC reacts in disgust before it ultimately & inevitably gives in ( “Notte giorno faticar” Don Giovanni -Mozart)
translation:
Day and night slaving away,
For someone who is never satisfied,
Rain and wind to put up with,
Eating and sleeping badly
Act 5: Then @priyankagandhi with delusions of divine guidance, outrages against @narendramodi blaming him for all ills & vows revenge for the defeat (“Da te Questo” from Atilla by Bellini)
Act 6: Meanwhile @smritiirani rouses the BJP troops & the press outside for the final assault on the congress urging them to hold aloft a statue of Rama (“Squilla I bronzo del Dio” from Norma - Bellini)
Act 7: An average congress worker sings a pining love song to Rahul, still hoping against hope that rahul loves the congress & party worker more than the family (“Un Di bel vederemo” from Madama Butterfly - Puccini)

Act 8: Inside the CWC, resigned to their fate, the CWC decides to go down in a blaze of Glory & @ShashiTharoor prepares for a final suicidal charge “sound out the trumpets” he yells ( “Suoni la tromba intrepido” from I Puritani- Bellini)
Act 9: meanwhile hearing fake news of her beloved’s ouster a notorious female piddi journalist commits harakiri singing one last love paean to Rahul who arrives too late to stop her & promptly scoots away (“con onor muore” Madama Butterfly - Puccini)
Act 10: Few remaining durbaris, despite defeat hail Rahul as an all conquering hero & organise a grand reception for him while Barkha Dutt personally farts out the famous antiphonal trumpet sequence at @NewsHtn (“Gloria al Egitto” Aida - Verdi)
Act 11: In a grand ceremony @RahulGandhi is once more proclaimed Tsar as anointed by god, autocrat of all the Indias & above question. (“Slavsya Slavsya Nash Ruskii Tsar” from Ivan Susanin - Glinka)
Act 12: The dunce congress workers hail their new emperor & crown him after wishing him “ten thousand years of life” (“Diecimille anni al nostro imperatore” Turandot - Puccini)
Act 13: Arundhati Roy leads the piddi media, @nytimes @washingtonpost @TheEconomist & @guardian in an orchestrated & joyous chorus of “god save the tsar” & write articles about Rahul coming of age yet again (“Bozhe Tsarya Khrani” Lvov-Zhukovsky)
Act 14: 2024 go back to act 1
Postscript: non repeating Act 15, some composers choose to ignore... @sampitroda leads Mani Shankar Aiyar & others in a chorus of “che sera sera sera” which roughly translates to “𝗛𝘂𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗮”
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