Sonia Gandhi says in HT article "fundamental right to freedom of expression has been systematically suspended through suppression and intimidation."
I agree.
Where is this happening?
In Congress ruled Maharashtra where EVERY JOURNALIST of a media house has FIR against them.1/5
Sonia Gandhi says in HT article"institutions that are meant to uphold the rights of citizens and society at large have been co-opted or subverted."
I agree.
Where is this happening?
In Congress ruled Maharashtra where institutions are functioning as party office extensions.2/5
Sonia Gandhi says in HT article "system unleashes investigative agencies on dissenters"
I agree.
Where is this happening?
In Congress ruled Maharashtra where people have been arrested for mere social media posts and / or their homes razed for merely voicing opinion. 3/5
Sonia Gandhi says in HT article "undermining the basic principles of liberty and freedom of expression in this manner poisons politics and the society itself."
I agree.
Where is this happening?
In Congress ruled Maharashtra where freedom of expression has been extinguished.4/5
Finally, Sonia Gandhi says "Citizens do not cease to be citizens when the party they voted for loses an election."
Actually Sonia Gandhi did not even win in Maharashtra. She came fourth. And since then, it has been unending repression which is Sonia Gandhi style. 5/5
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Some salient features of the four labour codes passed by Parliament. #LabourReforms
There existed 44 central labour laws. 12 of them had been previously repealed.
Now 29 acts comprising 1232 sections subsumed into hugely simplified just 4 acts with 479 sections. 1/10
1) Code on Wages: Subsumes 4 acts into 1.
Features:
>Statutory right for minimum & timely wages for ALL workers - organised and unorganized
>542 different classifications of minimum wages standardized to just 12
>Skill to be a determinant in fixing wage.
2) Industrial Relations Code: Subsumes 3 acts into 1
Features:
>No prior permission needed for upto 300 workers for retrenchment (earlier limit 100)
>Fixed term employment. Workers can now be directly hired with all benefits without middlemen contractors.
Answers to some of the questions being raised after the passage of the #FarmBill2020.
1) If MSP will stay why not write it in the bill?
Because MSP has always been an administrative mechanism and NOT legislative. This allows flexibility to increase it as and when needed. 1/10
Answers to some of the questions being raised after the passage of the #FarmBill2020.
2) How will MSP be ensured in private transactions?
Private trade will be ABOVE rate of MSP. That is the whole point. Farmer will go to private people when they get rates MORE than MSP. 2/10
Answers to some questions after the passage of the #FarmBill2020.
3) Modi govt has weakened MSP.
Let the numbers speak.
UPA in 2009-14 purchased 1.52 LMT pulses as MSP.
NDA in 2014-19 purchased 76.85 LMT at MSP.
For oil seeds numbers are 3.65 and 30.17 LMT respectively.
The letter makes some compelling points: 1) Youth overwhelmingly vote for Modi and BJP 2) Congress takes highly amateurish and uniformed positions on matters of national interest 3) Much touted NSUI reforms by Rahul Gandhi were a sham 4) Congress is super over-centralized 2/5
But hidden in the generalities is, I think, is an important message by these rebels which include no less than likes of @ghulamnazad and @KapilSibal. That message is this:
Congress was always left-of-centre party but but under Rahul Gandhi it has become extremist left. 3/5
Whenever one thinks list of Sonia Gandhi era UPA scams is over, comes along another mega scam.
Latest: Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary & NSA in UPA govt., calling for US intervention in India's domestic policy.
Menon, incidentally is down his great-grandfather route. 1/5
Great-grandfather of Shivshankar Menon was C. Sankaran Nair. Below a passage (first pic) from a book by @Ram_Guha on Sankaran Nair's book "Gandhi and Anarchy".
Shivshankar Menon's great-grandfather trashed Gandhi for wanting British to be thrown out! 2/5
(second pic, Wikipedia)
One should therefore not be surprised at ancien régime loyalists like Shiv Shankar Menon. It runs in the family !
But imagine that this man, Menon, was Foreign Secretary between 2006-09 & NSA from 2010-14.
He who believes that USA should interfere in Indian politics. 3/5
Obviously @SATAVRAJEEV got enthusiastic support from the for-hire brigade in Delhi media.
Perhaps someday @RahulGandhi team of assorted thugs will realize that their antics which please the deracinated cabal is the exact reason why they are staring at the dustbin of history. 2/5
On the exact issue of the latest so called war between 'New and Old guard of Congress:
'New' thinks UPA2 was a decrepit failure. 'Old' thinks the newer ones are uninformed and thuggish.
For the first time and perhaps the only time, both camps of the Congress are right. 3/5
As the first lot of Rafale fighter aircraft land in India, it is a good time to look back at the role played by Rahul Gandhi and some sections of the media, including and most notably The Hindu under @nramind.
This episode will go down in history as among the most shameful. 1/5
Role of Rahul Gandhi can be summarized thus: While in government (2004-14) they did everything in power to stall the acquisition unless they got their 'cut'.
While out of power, their tried their best to stall the acquisition because how dare they not get their 'cut' ! 2/5
Now we know that Rahul Gandhi personally signed a MoU with CCP in 2008.
During the 2004-14, the trade deficit with China was allowed to balloon from ~$1 Billion to ~$36 billion.
Was the deliberate stymieing of fighter planes deal also driven by extraneous considerations? 3/5