Everyone seems to be surprised that #ElonMusk had backed out of the much-hyped $44 billion Twitter deal.

Remember this tweet? As early as May 2022, he had hinted about abandoning the deal if Twitter bots were not less than 5% of total users.
This is what #Twitter had to say a day before the Tesla CEO pulled the plug on the deal.

Source: apnews.com/article/elon-m…
As per Musk's ardent fan from India @PPathole, the lack of transparency in the counting of bot accounts is to be blamed for the fallout of the #TwitterDeal.

He also alleged that bot accounts comprised more than 5%, and therefore called for a re-negotiated deal.
. @elonmusk seems to have other justifications too.

Source: reuters.com/technology/elo…
Lastly, the contract signed between Elon Musk & Twitter shareholders called for a $1 billion breakup fee, provided the Tesla CEO failed to honour the deal.

This included reasons such as blockade of the deal by regulators or lack of acquisition financing.

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Feb 27
Many people have forgotten that BJP won 16 out of 42 seats in West Bengal (the highest ever for the party from that State).

It was all due to the efforts of this man (@DilipGhoshBJP )

He would look the TMC in the eye and respond to them in the language they understand.

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If the @BJP4Bengal wants to retain these seats or better its tally, I strongly feel that Dilip da has to be brought to the centre-stage.

Since 2021, he has been sidelined and replaced with rather 'meek' leaders in West Bengal.

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The brute strength of TMC in West Bengal can only be countered with a similar brute strength from the Opposition.

A firebrand leader like Dilip Ghosh was almost an equal match to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee.

He instilled a sense of confidence in the local BJP cadre.

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Feb 13
'Political farmers' who thought they can take the Indian State to ransom last time are finally getting the treatment they rightfully deserve. 🔥

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Some of these 'farmers' had even laid siege on the Red Fort in 2021 and had the audacity to desecrate the Indian tricolour.

If the State would have cracked down on these radicals in time, then, the farm laws would have been in force by now. Sady, they had to be repealed.

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Better late than never! These thugs, brandishing swords had thought that the Indian State would surrender yet again to their might.

They were given the surprise of their lives today.

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Nov 3, 2023
#Important 🧵

A 'regime change' operation by the US govt is currently underway in Bangladesh, ahead of the January 2024 elections.

Attempts are now being made to distort public perception of Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina and present her as an ‘autocratic leader.’

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Yesterday, @TIME put Sheikh Hasina on its front cover and accused her of comprising democratic values in the country.

It bore uncanny resemblance to the magazine’s hitjob against Indian PM @narendramodi in the run-up to the 2019 LS elections.



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@TIME @narendramodi The vicious targeting by the US govt's embedded media apparatus comes just days after US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Peter Haas, directed the ruling Awami League to engage in dialogue with the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.



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Oct 27, 2023
#Important 🧵

‘Journalist’ Mehdi Hasan has been invited as a speaker at the 14th edition of ‘Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest’.

He will share the stage with ‘journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai for a session titled 'Turn the Tide'.

Here is why Hasan is dangerous

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Hasan is infamous for his 2009 video where he was head equating non-Muslims with ‘cattle’ and homosexuals with ‘paedophiles.’

He was heard saying, “Once we lose the moral high ground we are no different from the rest, of the non-Muslims, from the rest of those human beings who live their lives as animals, bending any rule to fulfil any desire.”

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It must be mentioned that Mehdi Hasan is of Indian descent but was raised in England since childhood.

Although he apologised for his remarks in 2019, it becomes clear that his upbringing in a diverse, multicultural society could not rid him of his disdain for non-Muslims.

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Sep 20, 2023
#WomenReservationBill (Simplified with example)

According to this bill, 1/3rd (or 33%) of all seats in Lok Sabha, Delhi Vidhan Sabha and all State Assemblies will now be reserved for women.

To understand this more clearly, let's look at the numbers.

Delhi Vidhan Sabha has 70 seats in total. 12 of them are reserved for the SC Community. There are 58 unreserved/general/ open category seats.

Women Reservation Bill calls for 1/3rd reservation across both the reserved and unreserved seats.

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Total SC seats in Delhi Assembly = 12

1/3rd reservation for women in SC seats = 4

Remaining General Category seats = 58

1/3rd reservation for women in General Category seats = 19

Total reserved seats for women (SC + General)
= 4+19 = 23

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Every State Assembly has reserved seats for the SC/ST community.

So, 1/3rd of seats in those + 1/3rd seats for open category will henceforth be reserved for women.

The same math will apply to Lok Sabha where there are 131 reserved seats (SC/ST) and 412 unreserved seats.

Source:

Reservation for women in Lok Sabha (1/3rd rule) = 43+137 =180 seats.

#Remember: Women Reservation Bill will not affect seat sharing in Rajya Sabha or Legislative Councils (in some States)

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Jul 2, 2023
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A Pakistani handle @SAHR_Watch has been instigating communal tension in India for some time now.

On June 28, it falsely claimed that an 'upper caste Hindu individual' has brutally assaulted a Dalit police officer and made his condition critical.

"The heart-wrenching assault… https://t.co/CaB6jUCpvNtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Twitter handle also attached an extremely graphic video wherein a man was seen bludgeoning a victim with a shovel.

Watch it at your discretion here:

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What is the truth?

Victim: Retired Dalit PAC inspector named Garibdas.

Perpetrator: Zarif Ansari (Muslim; not upper-caste Hindu)

Incident date: May 18, 2023

Location: Sikhera village, Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh

Source:

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