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Jul 17, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read Read on X
A day after @MaliniP was announced as chairperson of @the_hindu -there was an Op-Ed piece titled "Should the Gandhis disengage from the Congress?"

First thought is why is an obvious question being discussed! But then the format of the piece is interesting. It's a Q&A. 1/n Image
The Question "Should the Gandhis disengage from the Congress?" was not posed to independent analysts. Was not posed to editors. Was not posed to leaders of different parties.

It was posed to 2 Congressmen! What objectivity do you then expect from them? Image
Let's look at Qs posed by the @the_hindu . "Is the Nehru Gandhi dynasty more popular in the South than the North"

How can anyone with a modicum of analytical ability ask that Q? Rajeev Gowda's answer - Congress more popular west of line joining Kashmir-Kanyakumari than east 3/n Image
Another Q: "Is Rahul Gandhi a reluctant inheritor of family legacy? Do you think he is a reluctant politician in the sense that he does not remain consistently engaged with a political battle?"

Reluctant inheritor? Does he in anyway seem reluctant? Image
Let's look at their responses to various Qs:

"Not at all. The family has a tremendous role to play in leading the Congress Party forward"

"The tremendous sympathy and love and affection that the family enjoys is beyond what the critics can do."

thehindu.com/todays-paper/t…
More gems from Kumar Ketkar and Rajeev Gowda in @the_hindu today:

"Electoral results cannot be the only mark of efficiency."

"It is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is more obsessed with the so-called ‘dynasty’; I would prefer to use the word ‘family’."

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Jun 6, 2023
She quit in 2011, came back in 2013, quit again in 2016, came back in 2017, & quit again in 2023.

For most of the past decade, she was in powerful & influential positions – Editor, Director of Editorial Strategy, & Chairperson.

A thread on why her complaint below is hollow
If one were to do a pre-Malini and post-Malini comparison of The Hindu, the "entrenched bias" that @MaliniP talks about, was actually entrenched during her powerful tenure.

The paper had become virulently anti-BJP under her tenure. Sample this article by her in 2018. (1/n) Image
During her powerful decade, the story of Muslim girl being denied rental accommodation was made up. No apologies.

A detailed article on "Corporate-Hindutva alliance" was published (to achieve what ends?)

Tried to foment trouble by saying Muslims of being bludgeoned. (2/n) ImageImageImage
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Oct 31, 2022
The Editors Guild is often in the news. Do you know what the Editors Guild actually does? Nothing. They do nothing meaningful at all.

A short thread on what they do (or rather don't do!). (1/n)
Editors Guild came up with a "Code of Practice for Journalists" way back in 2007.

And that too, they copied from Britain. These people can't even write guidelines without relying on what the British did. No wonder they are so servile. (2/n)
Editors Guild is in the news when they release statements. Even that, they don't do it regularly. Since January, they have released only 11 statements. 11 in the entire year so far!

Delving into the content is yawn inducing- there is nothing novel in them either. (3/n)
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Oct 19, 2022
Since @svaradarajan is the flavour of the season now, and since most seem to be thinking that this is the 1st and the only time he has lied, fabricated and spread bile - I think we should take a trip down memory lane about this guy.

Thread (1/n)
@svaradarajan If:
Gandhis step down from leadership

and:
Modi wins in 2024

then:
Indian Union will cease to exist in 2029.

That's an actual prediction made by
@svaradarajan and his team.
@svaradarajan It was @svaradarajan who started the lie that the PM said Bhajans solved Nutrition problem in MP. Loyally picked up by the likes of KTR.

SidV's penchant to trivialize serious problems is not new at all. (3/n)
Read 14 tweets
Oct 6, 2022
In 2018, KCR thundered:

"What business does the Prime Minister have to build roads in 6 lakh villages in the country? Aapko kya kaam hai bhai?".

He is an ardent opposer of PM Gram Sadak Yojana. Will scrapping it be part of his new party, Bharat Rashtra Samiti's, manifesto?
In 2018, KCR thundered:

"What business does the central government have in hospitals, schools, education, municipalities?"

Will KCR announce the scrapping of some of these ministries as part of his new party, Bharat Rashtra Samiti's, manifesto?
In 2022, KCR thundered:

“The average speed of our truck is less than the average speed of trucks in the world. We need a new Constitution to increase the speed of our trucks on the road. What is wrong in what I am asking"?

Will KCR include this in the manifesto of his new BRS?
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Aug 26, 2022
Sequence of events:

1. Alleged comedian Munawar was getting cancelled everywhere because of his crass comments on the Gods of Hinduism.

2. Telangana CM's son, KCR, invites Munawar to Hyderabad to exhibit his alleged comedy. (1/n)
3. Raja Singh threatens to protest and cancel Munawar's show. KCR provides 100s of police as protection to Munawar's venue (some say police were more in attendance than the audience).

4. Raja Singh releases another video, using exact same cuss words that Munawar uses (2/n)
5. Raja Singh also refers to characters from Munawar's religion, without taking names, in his video (not very well made, IMO, but that's not the point).

6. KCR not only arrests Raja Singh, but also arrests BJP State President Bandi Sanjay and stops his padayatra. (3/n)
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Aug 5, 2022
In 2008, SoniaG's govt allots 2G spectrum to 9 companies. Each company paid 1650cr.

One such company, Unitech, soon sells 60% of stake to Telenor for 6120cr.

If 60% = 6120cr, then 100% = 10,200cr

So, actual value: 10,200 * 9 = 91,800cr
And, actual received: 1650*9 = 14,850cr
The CAG formulated a range of "presumptive losses" based on such sales and also auction of 3G spectrum.

That range was a whopping 57,666 crores to 1,76,645 crores.
Such was SoniaG's hold, that A.Raja could defy advices from Telecom Commission, Law Minister and Finance Minister.

Not only that, A.Raja dared to defy the orders of the Prime Minister of India.

All this under SoniaG's watchful eye.
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