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May 30 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, why is Russian State media outlet @SputnikInt leaping to your defense over your silence on India's fascist #RSS paramilitary?

sputniknews.com/20220525/us-co…
"US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi was escorted out of an event after he was aggressively questioned by a heckler over his good relations with India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)," reports Russian State media outlet.
Here's the "heckling." A calm question prompts his apparent handlers, who are longtime leaders in OFBJP (a now registered foreign agent) to erupt in shouts & whisk the congressman away. Then Russian State media spins it as "heckling" the poor congressman?

#RSSRajaMustGo

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May 30
When Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi ran away from my question about his views on #RSS, he was escorted not by staff but by an entourage of longtime activists in OFBJP, a now registered foreign agent. #RSSRajaMustGo

twocircles.net/2022may30/4459…
When I approached him calmly to ask a simple question, he allowed his supporters to instead attempt to block my camera and shout me down while they rushed him out of the room.
In the wake of the incident, I still want to ask the congressman his views on the RSS, but now I have a new question: is US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi handled by leaders of a registered Foreign Agent?
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May 28
Dr. Bharat Barai of Chicago, a longtime activist with VHP-America and OFBJP, is not only one of Modi’s oldest US champions but one of Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s earliest supporters. He reached out and invited me for a friendly coffee. Should I accept?
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Meeting set with Bharat Barai for 10am Chicago time tomorrow.
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May 4
Ambassador, I have but claimed that your retirement came within months of a campaign demanding you be removed for meeting the #RSS chief. I leave it to the thinker to draw from the timeline what they will. Either way, sad your last act was legitimizing a fascist paramilitary.
While we’re talking, @USAmbKeshap, please tell me why you met the #RSS chief. Are you unaware of the allegations surrounding the RSS? Are you unaware of its Hindutva ideology? Are you unaware the very chief you met is accused of personally sanctioning anti-Muslim attacks?
And, moreover, @USAmbKeshap, why did you share a screed written by a right-wing pro-Iraq war cheerleader to attack me? @mrubin1971 refuses to name the RSS-BJP's US affiliates, like HSS & OFBJP. Do you think it's okay for US politicians to associate with Hindu nationalist groups?
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May 4
Former US Ambassador Atul Keshap posts, on Facebook, the latest attack on me. His reason? Well, he's mentioned in it. @USAmbKeshap likely will remember me, as I'm the reason he's no longer in the US Diplomatic Service after I ran a campaign against him for meeting with the #RSS.
Of course, I never accused Ambassador Atul Keshap of "dual loyalty." I accused him of legitimizing a Nazi-inspired Hindu nationalist paramilitary that's guilty of staging multiple anti-minority pogroms.

twocircles.net/2021sep25/4437…
As an aside (not really, directly on topic), please visit AtulKeshap.com to learn all about (now former) Ambassador Atul Keshap's dalliance with the #RSS and the backlash it prompted.

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May 3
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words. Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Savior of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand.
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.
They have now surrounded our steps; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground. He is like a lion eager to tear, as a young lion lurking in ambush. Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
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