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Feb 7 4 tweets 2 min read
1. Amit Malviya relies either on fake news or fiction. & both laced with extreme poison. He doesn’t realise every news has a shelf-life & repetition to an extreme creates a listener fatigue. In 2023, he is still blabbering about bofors though skips on 2002 completely. What is
2. of concern today is gov inaction after the #AdaniScam2023 fallout. Yet that is of no concern to AM as he is desperately trying to shift the narrative to distant scandals. If Bofors is of relevance today, then Adani Scam should be of a 1000X more relevance in both recency as
3. well as scale. That the Chief Propaganda Officer of India’s ruling party is out to defend Adani smells of extreme crony capitalism. That his defence is primarily based on discrediting Cong shows how inadequate is the evidence exonerating #AdaniGroups. There is the matter of
4. lack of evidence & then there is the matter of Malviya’s zilch decency. He has used the clip of Late Indira Gandhi’s funeral from Sacred Games to attack Rajiv Gandhi. He could have very well used some material from the case but sensationalisation is the only art he knows of!

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Feb 8
1. I’m yet to listen to their speeches in entirety. But from the glimpses of what I watched of #RahulGandhi & #NarendraModiSpeech in the Parliament, I can clearly see the shift of power. The new RG is both brutal in his takedown & benevolent in his outreach & he definitely is two Image
2. decades ahead of Modi. PM in comparison looked more an injured hyena whining in pain rather than the tiger roar his supporters expect out of him. He definitely seems to be advancing in his Me/Myself/I megalomania. Almost felt pity (that’s the kindest NaMo quote I’ve). Round 1 Image
3. of RaGa Vs. NaMo face-off in the run up to 2024 GE is a KO victory for the younger politician. Modi looked jaded & rattled while Rahul displayed great focus & calmness. Perhaps Adani is indeed a ‘dukhati nabz’ for the PM but the way it brought the entire machinery to come to Image
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Feb 8
1. It’s but rare that Rahul Kanwal is outdone in the game of illogic. But then the media at best has a ‘naajayaz’ relationship with the BJP. In enters, ex-Minister of Communications, current perpetrator of jalebi-gyaan, Mr. RSP! Rahul Kanwal begins with a

2.‘be innocent & you die’ analogy of ‘What’s in a Foto’. Who’re you fooling by ascertaining that Mr. Modi & Mr. Adani just happen to be cozying up in a charter plane as all strangers do! He has a moment of truth when he referred to himself as a hypothetical ‘dubious character’. Image
3. How poetic!
So while Rahul gloats over his ‘uncomfortable’ defence of media’s illicit affairs with Modi Sarkar, the legitimate BJP spokesman takes the baton of shameless argument. RSP is the latest hounds from the stables of BJP set amok to freely target Rahul Gandhi. & he’s Image
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Feb 8
1. Nationalism is a lofted ideal to follow. I see it as a complete devotion to the interest of nation & all its people. Nationalism to me is the courage to speak up for nation
The Constitution of India for example is an exemplary work of nationalism dedicated to India. It sets Image
2. the vision for an Indian state based on principles of freedom, equality & liberty. It is set in the ideas of a Welfare State & laid down rules for the creation of a great state without prejudices & discrimination of caste, religion or gender. It recognises & celebrates the Image
3. diversity of its people, regions & languages
Nationalism is the ‘shield of the nation’. It brings people together. It inspires them to defend the nation against all forms of tyranny & abuse both external & internal
The current day pseudo-nationalists have mutated the Shield of Image
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Feb 7
1. Amidst the bloodbath in the #adani stocks, a lot has been talked about on
a. Adani’s wealth rank fall
b. Loss to big investors like Blackrock
c. Adani cos valuation loss
d. Extent of overvaluation
e. Threat to LIC, SBI & other PSU banks
Basically focus on the big nos. for the Image
2. big-boys. What are its implications on the common investors & rest of the people covered indirectly through Adani racket. My questions are as follows,
a. How massive is the loss to the retail investor
b. Is there a way to segment by investment exposure
c. Just like the FPO Image
3. roll-back on moral grounds, does Mr. Adani has any moral urges to cover losses of retail investors
d. Can there be a legal action against various influencers who actively championed people to buy Adani stocks
e. Is there any loss in investment to small savings due to impact on Image
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Feb 7
1. Is there a similarity between dirty nexus that Modi has created with a select group of conglomerates to that which was witnessed between Park-Chaebols in SKorea? It ultimately crashed the economy with extreme levels of corruption & a highly influential closed industrial class
2. We cannot let it happen in India. More significantly because India will not witness similar short sighted growth as Korea had experienced as we already have a diverse & strong business foundation. Monopolies will prove disastrous for existing entrepreneurs & businesses in 🇮🇳
3. A focus on AA by the gov basically means an unbalanced growth trajectory with the sole ambition of institution tying the Indian gwth story to the fortunes of AA. In return, the ruling party is flushed with funds to fight & win elections. The 2 together will spell doom for both
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Feb 6
1. #AdaniScam is a unique scandal when compared to other scams that have rocked the nation. Let’s examine.
a. The Role of the Media - compare with every other scandal, Adani scam is unique in terms of media coming to the defence of the accused. Compare with Bofors, 2G, Coalgate,
2. CWG or even Coffingate where the media not only exposed but actively pursued the case. They didn’t spare the accused who mostly were people of influence. Adani case, hence shows the media in a poor light. It’s a worrying sign as it comes in days when media has either been sold
3. to corporates or dependent on the gov for advertising
b. The absence of Opposition - except for the Congress & its leader, #RahulGandhi, there has been a radio silence by the opposition on the Adani issue. The other exception has been #MahuaMoitra. Most disappointing is the
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