135. Patel's heart melts, he writes to Rajendra Prasad emphasising how burdened Nehru is, doesn't realise the import of his writings. 5/n ImageImageImage
135. Rajendra Prasad's heart melts, too. He forgives Nehru, agreeing that Nehru is too overburdened; is apologetic himself. Matter ends. n/n Image
136. @INCIndia's Nehru, angry, asked for Rajendra Prasad's speech to be BARRED from distribution. (via @praashok) books.google.co.in/books?id=Jgd0B… ImageImageImage
137. @INCIndia's Nehru STRONGLY ADVISED President Radhakrishnan to NOT ATTEND Rajendra Prasad's funeral. The President IGNORED Nehru. ImageImageImageImage
138. @INCIndia's Nehru BANNED import of cosmetics. His daughter protested. Nehru asked JRD Tata to make cosmetics. india-seminar.com/2015/675/675_v… ImageImageImage
139. @INCIndia BANNED Periyar's Sachchi Ramayan, SEIZED all copies. The High Court SET ASIDE the ban. books.google.co.in/books?id=n-KUI… ImageImage
140. @INCIndia KEPT the BAN on harmonium imposed by British head of AIR for years. Nehru hated harmonium (MO Mathai) livemint.com/Opinion/Y12e6G… ImageImage
141. @INCIndia wants to STALL, BAN release of the film Padmavati. (via @tejas_bhatt) indiatoday.intoday.in/story/padmavat… ImageImageImageImage
142. @INCIndia's Nehru JUSTIFIED curbing Press Freedom through his DRACONIAN Press (Objectionable Matter) Act, 1951 ia902307.us.archive.org/33/items/newst… ImageImage
143. @INCIndia's Nehru allegedly got a TOI column DISCONTINUED as it was too critical of him. (via @rahulroushan) thehoot.org/story_popup/ne… ImageImageImageImage
144. @INCIndia buried, seized, and burnt copies of the Shah Commission Report. Only 3 survive. (via @SureshNakhua) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/30-years… ImageImageImage
145. @INCIndia BANNED the magazine Cross Roads. SC OVERTURNED the ban. Nehru OVERTURNED the SC through 1st Amendment indiankanoon.org/doc/456839/ Image
146. Police under @INCIndia SUSPENDED a constable for criticising @siddaramaiah. (via @youbee_s)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru… Image
147. Police under @INCIndia ARRESTED a man for criticising @narendramodi.
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/crim… ImageImage
148. Police under @INCIndia ARRESTED students for defaming @narendramodi. (via @priyankac19) theguardian.com/world/2014/jun… Image
149. @INCIndia CM proposed the Emergency six months BEFORE the actual Emergency. indianexpress.com/article/india/… Image
150. Commission under @INCIndia DEMANDED ban on Rang de Basanti; passed ONLY after minister said yes. (via @eaniman)
m.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/… ImageImageImage
151. @INCIndia BANNED Nakoula's film Innocence of Muslims after US Consulate was attacked by protesters in Chennai. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/U… Image
152. @INCIndia BANNED the iconic play Ningalenne Communistakki; the actors were ARRESTED. (via @morningangleton)
frontline.in/static/html/fl… ImageImage
153. @INCIndia BANNED film songs from being played on the All India Radio. frontline.in/static/html/fl… ImageImage
154. @INCIndia BANNED Krishna Chakravarty's novel Amanabik. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq… ImageImage
155. @INCIndia DEMANDED a BAN on the iconic film Parasakthi. thehindu.com/todays-paper/t… ImageImageImageImage
156. Police under @INCIndia ARRESTED editors Ajay Mitra and Guru Sharan Singh of Singhbhum Ekta and Samata respectively.
and pucl.org/from-archives/… ImageImage
157. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED the film Samskara, based on Ananthamurthy's famous novel by the same name. thereel.scroll.in/837832/an-acti… ImageImageImage
158. @INCIndia BANNED Rabindra Sangeet (26 songs). books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq… ImageImageImage
@INCIndia 159. @INCIndia's CM BURNT copies of the magazine 'Sunday' because it published stories on him and his family's misdeeds. ImageImageImage
160. @INCIndia workers BURNT copies of newspapers and magazines, THREATENED editors with physical liquidation. ImageImage
161. @INCIndia got the editor of @htTweets SACKED. (via @praashok) ImageImageImage
162. @INCIndia enacted the DRACONIAN anti-Press bill. ImageImageImageImage
162. @INCIndia's CM revealed the idea for the DRACONIAN anti-press bill had been Indira Gandhi's. books.google.co.in/books?id=SVu8C… ImageImageImage
163. Police under @INCIndia BEAT UP journalists protesting against its draconian anti-press bill. ImageImageImage
164. @INCIndia BANNED Prakash Jha's documentary Faces After the Storm. rediff.com/movies/report/… ImageImage
165. @INCIndia BANNED the film Nastik. books.google.co.in/books?id=ZsKR1… ImageImageImage
166. CBFC under @INCIndia DENIED film certificate to Jayan Cherian's iconic Dalit film Papilio Buddha; @INCIndia under (@ManishTewari & @Oommen_Chandy) BANNED it from IFFK. news18.com/news/india/pap… (via @loosebool) ImageImageImage
167. @INCIndia leader DEMANDS a BAN on the film Padmavati. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/co… ImageImage
168. @INCIndia BANNED Western and pop/rock music from the All India Radio. books.google.co.in/books?id=gSGiA… ImageImage
169. @INCIndia BANNED India Peoples' Theatre Association. ImageImage
170. @INCIndia ordered electricity of newspaper offices to be cut so they couldn’t print the next day's paper. Image
171. @INCIndia BANNED the famous play Haripada Master. ImageImage
172. @INCIndia BLOCKED the Dilip Kumar film Ganga Jumna. ImageImage
173. @INCIndia BANNED Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's play Mahesh and Rabindranath Tagore's plays Gora and Bisarjan. ImageImageImage
174. @INCIndia BANNED fourth part of Utpal Dutt's serial, Insurgent Theatre. ImageImage
175. @INCIndia BANNED dozens of channels for, among other things, showing "obscene and women degrading content" that for it included lingerie, Hawas, Sizzling Hits. (via @centerofright) ImageImageImage
176. @INCIndia BANNED Balraj Sahni's iconic play Jadoo ki Kursi that lampooned Nehru. ImageImageImage
177. CBFC under @INCIndia DELETED one entire song by the legend Pradeep because it objected to the lyrics. books.google.co.in/books?id=OAI0s… ImageImage
178. @INCIndia goons ATTACKED Utpal Dutt's play Nightmare City with BOMBS; govt imposed SEDITION charges. Play couldn't be performed. books.google.co.in/books?id=WKLTv… ImageImage
179. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED two songs from the film Phir Subeh Hogi. The ban lasted for NINE YEARS. books.google.co.in/books?id=OAI0s… ImageImage
180. @INCIndia BANNED import of Masani's biography of Indira Gandhi; pressurised the publisher. One objection related to treatment of Mrs Gandhi's taste in clothes. Book released only after the Emergency. (via @prasannavishy) ImageImageImage
181. Police under @INCIndia RAIDED Magsaysay winning journalist Gour Kishore Ghose's house, then JAILED him. (via @hum_bolega) facebook.com/pg/Gourkishore… ImageImageImageImage
182. @INCIndia youth wing DEMANDS a BAN on the film Padmavati. patrika.com/pali-news/yout… ImageImage
183. @INCIndia's @KapilSibal BANNED from textbooks a 50 year old cartoon by Shankar; APOLOGISED for it being present in the first place. thehindu.com/news/national/… ImageImageImage
184. @INCIndia youth wanted to BURN copies of @TIME to protest its labelling PM Manmohan Singh as an Underachiever. They got confused and BURNT @timesofindia instead. (via @drmanny)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/T… ImageImage
185. @INCIndia got all copies of @TheEconomist CONFISCATED at Indian airports because it had published this cartoon of Indira Gandhi. economist.com/node/10943271 (via @Aks9009Pa) Image
186. @INCIndia initially CENSORED, REFUSED to broadcast on national television the late Shashi Kapoor's iconic and landmark film New Delhi Times, directed by @rameshfilms. indiancine.ma/AACM/info ImageImageImageImage
187. @INCIndia BANS @TimesNow from attending @OfficeOfRG's press conference.
188. @INCIndia's Mani Shankar Aiyar, who collected money for the Chinese during the 1962 war - an allegation denied by him - ORDERED the removal of a plaque commemorating VD Savarkar at the jail where he spent a decade in solitary confinement. The plaque was REMOVED. ImageImageImage
@INCIndia 189. @INCIndia INSTRUCTS authorities to BAN @SunnyLeone from expressing her freedom to act and perform a show. Police under @INCIndia REFUSE to promise safety for her and her crew. indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sunny-le… ImageImage
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone 190. @INCIndia got Prahlad Keshav Atre, Editor of The Maratha, JAILED for authoring an article. Atre continued to write editorials while being inside prison. (via @VarunGangal) dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-… ImageImage
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal 191. @INCIndia goons VANDALISED and RANSACKED the auditorium where noted theatre personality Hirannaiah was speaking and FORCED a grovelling apology off him. Hirannaiah had poked fun at Siddaramaiah and Sonia Gandhi. (via @youbee_s) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/No… Image
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s 192. @INCIndia BLACKED OUT the legendary artist & India's treasure @sonal_mansingh for speaking out against the Emergency. 20 years later, @INCIndia INSTRUCTED US embassy to DENY visa to @sonal_mansingh's troupe. (via @ShefVaidya)
@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s @sonal_mansingh @ShefVaidya 193. Theatre Performance Board (Maharashtra Rangbhoomi Parinirikshhan Mandal) under @INCIndia virtually BANNED Kiran Nagarkar's famous play Bedtime Story. Play could only be staged decades later. livemint.com/Leisure/kbEtCe…
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@INCIndia @SunnyLeone @VarunGangal @youbee_s @sonal_mansingh @ShefVaidya 195. Police under @INCIndia SET FIRE to a newspaper building because it was unhappy with its news reports and coverage. CM and administration stayed silent; Senior government officer issued a veiled warning to the Indian Express. indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-… ImageImageImage
198. @INCIndia BANNED the entry into Punjab and Chandigarh, of newspapers published outside. When @IndianExpress protested by printing blank pages, @INCIndia THREATENED to stop their distribution altogether. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6… Image
199. @INCIndia's state Home Minister BANNED Dilip Kumar's iconic film Jugnu. ImageImage
200. @INCIndia gave orders, repeatedly BLACKED OUT television coverage of Netaji Subhas Bose's daughter. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6… ImageImage
201. Theatre Performance Board (Maharashtra Rangbhoomi Parinirikshhan Mandal) under @INCIndia BANNED Vijay Tendulkar’s iconic play Gidhade (The Vultures).
202. @INCIndia CM BANNED the film Jharna. ImageImage
203. Police under @INCIndia in Gujarat RAIDED without warrant the offices of Gujarati magazine @sadhanaweekly, framed conspiracy charges. Raid was allegedly ordered by the Home Minister. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq… ImageImage
204. @INCIndia CM ORDERED a ban on giving advertisements to a newspaper because he was unhappy with its news reports and coverage. @INCIndia DEFENDED its action, saying that the news reports were anti-national. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq… ImageImage
205. @INCIndia BANNED Amol Palekar's Vasanakand (The Inferno of Lust), written by Mahesh Elkunchwar. indianculturalforum.in/2016/07/08/imp… ImageImage
206. @INCIndia's @sanjaynirupam DEMANDED that @imbhandarkar's film Indu sarkar be first screened for senior Congress leaders for a "no objection certificate". ndtv.com/india-news/bef… indiatimes.com/entertainment/… Image
207. @INCIndia CONFISCATED copies of the Dalit magazine Aakrosh, ARRESTED four persons, including the Editor for publishing poems critical of the Swaminarayan sect in the wake of the burning alive of a Dalit. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq… ImageImageImage
208. @INCIndia BANNED the book Oppression in Punjab, got CFD secretary ARRESTED, filed SEDITION charges against the authors of the book. Read the book here: unipune.ac.in/snc/cssh/Human… Image
209. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED Ashvin Kumar’s film Inshallah, Football. It went on to win a National Award after the ban was later revoked.
210. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED Nobel nominee @Callum_Macrae's acclaimed documentary No Fire Zone because it could have "strained friendly relations between India and Sri Lanka." blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/…
211. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED Shyam Benegal's iconic film Nishant despite it being India's official entry to the Cannes Film Festival. Film was cleared after Benegal personally persuaded Indira Gandhi to watch it.
212. CBFC under @INCIndia BANNED @doktorgandu's cult film Gandu.
213. @INCIndia lodges a complaint under section 66 with Bhopal Police cyber cell against BJP spokesperson @SureshNakhua for circulating a spoof video that parodied @RahulGandhi. Image
214. @INCIndia BANNED @timesofindia from receiving advertising because the latter was critical of the govt's Prohibition policy. Nehru backed the ban, even craftily counselled CM Desai to lie about the real reason for the ban. (h/t @arvindsingh_dev) books.google.co.in/books?id=SXpDA… Image
215. @INCIndia BLOCKED appointment of judges to the Supreme Court if they were in ANY WAY associated with the ideology of @RSSorg, or even so much as attended the funeral of an RSS person. [From Supreme Whispers, Chandrachud, 2018] ImageImageImage
216. @INCIndia asked its members to take a “positive stand AGAINST criticism" of Nehru and "emphasised that those who criticise him are TRAITORS.”

The authors of this letter, demanding Nehru's resignation, were ARRESTED and JAILED. (h/t @alok_bhatt) othisaivu.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/letter… ImageImageImageImage
217. @INCIndia's Nehru unsubscribed and BANNED @timesofindia from his house because he thought they were on a mission to criticise him. He DEMANDED an apology from Blitz for reporting that Indira had received expensive sarees from an unknown businessman. [Reminiscences, Mathai] ImageImage
218. @INCIndia's Nehru told @htTweets editor that he was the LOWEST form of human existence. Nehru then approached the employer and got the editor FIRED, his column BANNED. Possibly the first (non-digital) case of tagging the employer. [Reminiscences of the Nehru Age, Mathai] Image
219. @INCIndia's Sonia Gandhi DEMANDED all studies coming out of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Research be politically vetted after a study ranked Gujarat No. 1 in economic freedom. The director, @bibekdebroy, REFUSED, said he was made to QUIT. huffingtonpost.in/2015/11/05/bib… Image
220. @INCIndia's Sonia Gandhi [10 Janpath] rang up @bibekdebroy, Director (Research) of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Research after learning he had invited Editor of RSS' @eOrganiser, DEMANDING withdrawal of invitation. Prof Debroy REFUSED. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Intolera… Image
221. @INCIndia ORDERED massive raids at the @IndianExpress building and its owner R Goenka's guesthouse, incensed at the paper's investigative reports on Reliance-Govt nexus courtesy Arun Shourie & @sgurumurthy who was ARRESTED under Official Secrets Act. nytimes.com/1987/09/13/wor… ImageImageImageImage
222. @INCIndia ORDERED the COMPLETE takeover of the @IndianExpress building & press after the raids [following @sgurumurthy's reports] that were widely condemned. The UNPRECEDENTED annexation of the entire building was in VIOLATION of Supreme Court orders. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6… ImageImageImageImage
223. @INCIndia's member files a Police complaint against @NetflixIndia, @SacredGames_TV, and @Nawazuddin_S for referring to Rajiv Gandhi as Fattu (Pussy); asks for FIR to be filed under IPC and the IT act. (h/t @dibyabttb) Image
224. @INCIndia's Pandey & Pandey HIJACKED a plane carrying 126 passengers, shouting "Indira Gandhi Zindabad" and demanding that she be released & all cases against her withdrawn. @INCIndia REWARDED both Pandeys with election tickets. (h/t @NupurSharmaBJP) indiatoday.in/magazine/india… ImageImageImage
225. @INCIndia comprehensively RIGGED the 1987 J&K elections through rampant malpractices, arrests, curfews; even recalling a defeated candidate (GM Shah) who had trudged back home dejected and declaring him the winner.

Here is @ShashiTharoor himself ADMITTING to the Rigging.
226. @INCIndia leaders file a petition in the National Herald Case (in which they stand accused of monumental fraud) to RESTRAIN @Swamy39 from tweeting, particularly the acronyms and sobriquets invented by him, like TDK and Buddhu. (via @jgopikrishnan70) financialexpress.com/india-news/nat… Image
228. @INCIndia BANNED one of India's greatest director, Ritwik Ghatak's 1970 documentary Amar Lenin. Film was later released only after Indira Gandhi personally saw and approved of it. (via @sanchat48) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/… timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/D… Image
229. @INCIndia ORDERED TV coverage of the Tiananmen Square Massacre to be TONED DOWN. Consequently, the I&B Minister KK Tewary CENSORED the events at Tiananmen Square in which 10,454 people demanding FoS were butchered. books.google.co.in/books?id=SfxtA… indianexpress.com/article/opinio… Image
230. @INCIndia's Indira Gandhi got @Swamy39 SACKED from his job just because she didn't like his books, theories, and ideas. Dr Swamy went to court and won. It took him 22 years.
231. @INCIndia government decides to pass a BARBARIC "Blasphemy Law" that makes the sacrilege of all religious texts punishable with LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Image
232. @INCIndia intimidated, hounded, harassed journalist @chitraSD while she investigated the Bofors Scam, resulting ultimately in her getting fired. forbes.com/forbes/1997/07… ImageImage
233. @INCIndia (through Vincent George, PA to Sonia Gandhi) attempted to threaten and censor journalist @KanchanGupta for writing his Pioneer column Rome Rajya Vs Ram Rajya. (h/t @ajitdatta)
234. @INCIndia's Indira Gandhi hinted at crackdown on Marxism. (h/t @shakkuiyer) Image
235. @INCIndia wanted to BAN the Communists from taking part in democratic elections. (via @IndiaHistorypic) Image
236. @INCIndia's Nehru DISMISSED the first ever democratically elected Communist govt, of Kerala, in 1959. Congress was part of Vimochana Samaram, that instigated violent protests, police action. The US Ambassador went on record saying CIA FUNDED Cong to foment trouble in Kerala. Image
237. @INCIndia MLAs support Privilege Motion, DEMAND stringent action and an EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT for Defence Expert @Iyervval for posting a sarcastic video. newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/…
dailypioneer.com/2018/state-edi…
238. @INCIndia's PM Manmohan Singh personally SCOLDED, then ORDERED @PrannoyRoyNDTV to pull an @ndtv story (Ministers' report card) critical of the UPA. The story was ALTERED and criticism removed. ( h/t @iNiranjan86; @barugaru's Accidental Prime Minister) opindia.com/2018/09/senior… Image
239. @INCIndia BANNED Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, voted the fifth greatest English language novel of the twentieth century. Huxley was accused of being a pornographer. (via @Pallavisms) books.google.co.in/books?id=2PQzA… archive.org/details/Amusin… Image
240. "The Statesman's turn would come next."

@INCIndia's Kamal Nath disclosing to American officials his government's plans to ged rid of one of the staunchest critics of the Emergency, the legendary CR Irani of the newspaper @TheStatesmanLtd. wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1… Image
241. @INCIndia and its leader Shaktisinh Gohil supported the BAN on Joseph Lelyveld's The Great Soul ordered by the then CM of Gujarat @narendramodi, calling it “perverse and baseless, and an insult to the father of the nation." Gohil also wanted to BURN Lelyveld's effigy. ImageImageImage
242. @INCIndia's Law Minister M Veerappa Moily declared that the Central govt would BAN Joseph Lelyveld's The Great Soul. Both he and the Congress backtracked after an appeal by Mahatma Gandhi's grandson to not ban the book. dnaindia.com/india/report-c… Image
243. @INCIndia (UPA) either ignored the request or refused to give a No Objection Certificate to Peter Heehs' The Lives of Sri Aurobindo, that was BANNED by @Naveen_Odisha, despite a request by the High Court to "take a decision ASAP". (h/t @gchikermane) thefreelibrary.com/Sri+Aurobindo%… Image
244. @praful_patel, Aviation Minister in the UPA (headed by @INCIndia) got publisher to withdraw @JitiBhargava's book The Descent of Air India. The book blamed the Minister's policies and his handling of Air India. The Congress stayed silent. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-… ImageImageImage
245. @INCIndia objects to some scenes in the upcoming film Kedarnath, says the film violates the faith of crores of Hindus, DEMANDS some scenes be removed immediately. "NO ONE has the right to violate our beliefs." (h/t @NeerGopal) swarajyamag.com/insta/kedarnat… Image
246. Police under @INCIndia ARRESTS a journalist for making a speech that criticised Tipu Sultan, books him under the DREADED section 295A. (h/t @AloPal) opindia.com/2018/11/journa… timesnownews.com/india/article/… Image
247. @AkashvaniAIR under @INCIndia FIRED the iconic music director Hridaynath Mangeshkar for his musical composition because it was based on Veer Savarkar's Marathi song. (via @SrBehere)
248. @INCIndia's @IYCHimachal President files complaint against a man for his Facebook post on @RahulGandhi and Priyanka Vadra. Police file charges under the dreaded Section 295A. The accused would soon be arrested, says DSP Shukla, Himachal Police. news18.com/news/india/shi…
249. @INCIndia's Maharashtra Youth Congress President DEMANDS that #AccidentalPrimeMinister be shown to his party BEFORE release, or else they will NOT allow the film to be screened anywhere in case they disagree with some scenes. (via @NeerGopal)
250. @INCIndia workers DEMAND suspension of a school headmaster for calling CM Kamal Nath 'Daaku' (Dacoit). Within hours, the headmaster is SUSPENDED. (h/t @MeShivPrakash) timesnownews.com/india/article/…
251. @INCIndia workers workers storm in, disrupt the screening of the film The Accidental Prime Minister, vandalise the theatre, tear apart the screen; this on the day their leader @RahulGandhi speaks of rising intolerance in India. (h/t @AdvaitaKala) dnaindia.com/india/report-c…
252. @INCIndia CHARGED the great Utpal Dutt with SEDITION for his play Duswapner Nagari; JAILED him for 7 months for Kallol. Congress workers BURNT the set, THRASHED actors, poured BOILING water over the director. (h/t @shivkmishr) indiatoday.in/magazine/inter… timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/T… ImageImageImageImage
253. Police under @INCIndia CHARGED the Dalit activist and Editor Sudhir Dhawale with SEDITION under the DREADED Sec 124. He spent FORTY MONTHS in jail. Mr @KapilSibal was the Law & Justice Minister. indianexpress.com/article/india/… caravanmagazine.in/law/sudhir-dha… Image
253. @INCIndia, holding power at the Centre, stayed SILENT when, not one, not a hundred, but EIGHT-THOUSAND activists were charged under the dreaded Sec 124 for SEDITION by a State govt. (h/t @abhijitmajumder) [Note: violation-count stays same as it wasn't the INC that charged.] ImageImageImageImage
254. @INCIndia's B Krishna filed a complaint against a man for his FB post allegedly mocking & abusing Congress leader PJ Kurien. As a result, Police under @INCIndia CHARGED 111 people under the DREADED Sec 66 passed by @KapilSibal. (h/t @jdshastri26) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Suryanel…
255. @INCIndia threatens defamation suit against Rocky Mittal for his song "Sonia Ka Baccha Akal Ka Kaccha". Cong Mahila Pradesh Chief had earlier demanded that Mittal be sacked; threatened to burn his effigy. (h/t @LillyMaryPinto)
256. For calling Nehru a traitor, and accusing the Congress of not addressing poverty, @INCIndia CHARGED Ram Nandan with SEDITION under the dreaded Sec 124A. He was imprisoned for THREE YEARS.

Allahabad High Court acquitted him in a landmark judgment: indiankanoon.org/doc/537326/ Image
257. @INCIndia charged freedom-fighter Kedar Nath for SEDITION under the dreaded Sec 124A, for asking people to "throw these Congressi goondas from their gaddi" because they were corrupt and impeding land distribution. Kedar Nath was jailed for ONE YEAR. indiankanoon.org/doc/111867/ Image
258. @INCIndia's Women’s wing files police complaints in two States against unknown persons for offensive tweets against Priyanka Gandhi, asks Congress workers to file police complaint in ALL States. (h/t @GirishkarM) thanthitv.com/News/TamilNadu…
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259. @INCIndia's @RahulGandhi vows to REMOVE all individuals who have links to the @RSSorg, from EVERY institution, once the Congress comes to power. (h/t @rgchennai)
260. @INCIndia workers and leaders shouting the slogan Chowkidar-Chor-Hai (Modi is a thief) mercilessly THRASH an onlooker (a heart patient) who asked them Chowkidar-kyon-chor-hai (Why is Modi a thief). (h/t @TheSamirAbbas)
261. @INCIndia workers BRUTALLY assault and THRASH journalists clicking photographs of empty chairs at a thinly-attended public rally in Virudhunagar. (h/t @lazy__mongoose) opindia.com/2019/04/congre…
262. @INCIndia leader Vibhakar Shastri serves a notice to #TashkentFiles director @vivekagnihotri, DEMANDING a halt on the release of the film (that he had loved and admired on its premier only three days ago). (h/t @abhijitmajumder) opindia.com/2019/04/direct…
263. @INCIndia brazenly reinstates its lumpen goons who VICIOUSLY abused and threatened their own party spokesperson in an open meeting. Suspension order revoked in consultation with, or through the decision/intervention of, @JM_Scindia. (via @priyankac19) Image
264. @INCIndia workers during the time of the Rajiv Gandhi govt THRASHED a professor, blackened his face, got him ARRESTED, all for posing the factual exam question: "Which AIR station broadcast the sentence - Rajiv Gandhi Chor Hai?" (h/t @rahulroushan) opindia.com/2019/05/rajiv-… ImageImage
265. @INCIndia government SUSPENDS university professor for his Facebook post predicting big win for the BJP in Lok Sabha polls, after a Youth Congress leader files a complaint. (h/t @whereismabeer) financialexpress.com/elections/kama… Image
266. Police under @INCIndia (coalition govt) files an FIR against @VishweshwarBhat, the Editor of @VishwavaniNews, for publishing news of CM @hd_kumaraswamy's son allegedly going into a drunken rant after losing the election to a woman. (h/t @bidhisi) timesnownews.com/videos/times-n…
267. @INCIndia (@INCKerala) EXPELS its leader Abdullah Kutty for daring to praise @narendramodi and saying that voters acknowledged Modi's development agenda. (h/t @i_srd) jansatta.com/elections/cong…
268. Police under @INCIndia ARRESTS a man under the DREADED charge of sedition - yes, SEDITION - for his FB post on power-cuts in Chhattisgarh. They also apprehend and CHARGE a journalist under IPC 505 for writing about power blackouts. (h/t @iAnkurSingh) indiatoday.in/india/story/ch…
269. Police under @INCIndia registers an FIR against @Swamy39 for his alleged remarks that @RahulGandhi takes cocaine. Complaint was filed by @INCIndia district president under sec 511 that carries life imprisonment. [Representative image] news18.com/news/india/fir… Image
270. Police under @INCIndia serves notice, puts under surveillance, and warns a man to not tweet anything which is against the ideals of the Constitution. (h/t @kushal_mehra)
271. @INCIndia MLA threatens to burn Sadhvi Pragya ALIVE if she sets foot in Madhya Pradesh. timesnownews.com/amp/india/arti…
272. Police under @INCIndia detains actress @Payal_Rohatgi for making a video on Motilal Nehru, files draconian charges. (via @anshu_anshua) amarujala.com/photo-gallery/…
273. Mumbai University professor @shriyogeshwar sent on leave for criticising @INCIndia's @RahulGandhi and calling his actions 'Pappugiri'.

Police complaint filed by @nsui whose members burnt the professor's effigy & demanded his sacking. (h/t @greatbong) indiatoday.in/india/story/mu… Image
274. @INCIndia government in Punjab BANS the film 'Shooter'. CM @capt_amarinder ORDERS the police to initiate action against the producer. (via @rahulroushan) Image
275. @INCIndia and its leaders and workers, including minister Nitin Raut, call for arrest, file multiple FIRs against @republic owner and editor Arnab Goswami for his comments on Sonia Gandhi.
276. @INCIndia Youth Congress leader files an FIR in Congress-ruled State of Chhattisgarh against @BJP4India leader @TajinderBagga for his comments on Rajiv Gandhi, under the dreaded section 505 that carries imprisonment upto 3 years.
277. @INCIndia's AICC Legal department serves a legal notice to @firstpost and to @abhijitmajumder for his article "China jibes: Congress plays to English-speaking social media fans as grassroots support wanes". Image
278. @INCIndia's Home Minister @PChidambaram_IN called protesters and environmental activists non-violently protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant as ANTI-NATIONALS. More than 8000 activists were charged with SEDITION and WAGING WAR against India. indiatoday.in/india/video/ch… ImageImageImage

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9 Feb
Any social media platform operating in India should have just ONE rule: "Anything you post here is subject to Indian laws and can be acted upon, never by us, but by Indian legal authorities."

Anything more is an instrument for control and prone to bias.

It is that simple.
Our Constitution doesn't guarantee absolute Freedom of Expression. It has spawned laws that are draconian and subjective and tailor-made for misuse.

But the monopoly of bias should rest with the Constitution not the platform.

I'd much rather a judge ban me than a platform.
Using "dehumanising" language against religious groups will now be Hate Speech.

So does Twitter consider dozens of verses, including 5:59, 7:166, 2:63, that dehumanise believers of other religions as apes, pigs, monkeys, rats, and cattle, as Hate Speech?
Read 10 tweets
31 Jan
India needs immediate economic as well as structural reforms. We need to cut down on the fiscal deficit, move our labour force away from agriculture; invest more in healthcare and education. We need large scale privatisation.

Let's hope Chief justice Bobde delivers. #Budget2021
It took a pandemic for us to realise that the Health of a nation overrides every other necessity. 137% increase in the Health budget is phenomenal. Fantastic news, this.

The motto of #Budget2021: HEALTH IS WEALTH.
LIC IPO; Disinvestment target of 1.7 lac crore; PSU banks, BPCL, IDBI, GIC to be disinvested in. This is already a dream #Budget2021.

[A gentle reminder, though: Disinvestment, a PSU buying a sick PSU, is not privatisation. Not a single PSU has been privatised since 2003.]
Read 5 tweets
7 Nov 20
Remembering Sir CV Raman, born this day in 1888. Known for discovering the eponymous Raman Effect, his genius was reflected in diverse fields. He had the child's eye.

Here he is explaining sand patterns on a mridangam to the legend Palakkad Mani Iyer: dspace.rri.res.in/bitstream/2289…
And here Sir CV Raman struts into @StPaulsLondon and emerges with the now iconic Nature paper, explaining the real reason behind the whispering-gallery phenomena, thereby disproving Lord Rayleigh.

Genius is that spark in the child's eye, nothing more. dspace.rri.res.in/bitstream/2289…
And here is Sir CV Raman doing what he loved most - dress up as a magician on weekends and have children gather round him. His magic shows were all the rage.

He holds in his hand a quartz crystal. (From the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, @iiscbangalore.)
Read 4 tweets
1 Nov 20
Twitter is like a Public Sector Bank. Its losses mount year on year; the organisation is run by pompous individuals; the rules & regulations are confounding & absurd; the complaints are seldom heard; the decisions go mostly against your wishes; but everyone who hates it uses it.
The threat of censorship is worse than censorship; for it is better to be blind than to be looking constantly over your shoulder.

The Indian courts MUST step in and restore the sanctity of freedom of speech. They must step in and restore @Twitter to being just a platform.
We are living in a world where you believe what you see, but unfortunately what you see is written by those who see what they believe.

My views on @TimesNow, on Twitter censorship and editorialising. #TwitterTimeUp
Read 6 tweets
2 Oct 20
LR: Literacy Rate
RIR: Rape Incidence Rate

High LR, Low RIR:
Tamil Nadu: LR 84%, RIR 0.9
Karnataka: LR 82%, RIR 1.5

Low LR, High RIR:
Chhattisgarh: LR 70%, RIR 14.7

High LR, High RIR:
Kerala: LR 100%, RIR 10.7

Chattisgarh with one of the lowest LR has the highest RIR.

WDTT
Rate of Crime against Dalits (2019, NCRB data; Chargesheet rate: 80%).

UP: 28.6
Kerala: 28.2

West Bengal: 0.6.

Well-done, Bengal. But Now the Kerala communists are in a bind. Do they tell & mock their Bengal comrades that Bengal doesn't report Dalit crimes whereas Kerala does? Image
Calling out selectivity is important because it exposes nefarious agendas. But it can never be an excuse for wrongful conduct by those calling it out.

My views on @TimesNow where I also quote @swati_gs's analysis and reportage. #HathrasHateConspiracy
Read 5 tweets
4 Sep 20
This is VILE. Where are the guardians of Free Speech? Is this not intolerance? Is this not Emergen-

Oh, sorry, hadn't noticed the party and the government the man belongs to. This is fine. Ignore. Carry on. Nothing to see here.
To be sure I had taken threats to her by Maharashtra Home Minister lightly, nothing more than abusive bluster by the slighted.

Not anymore. This is a clear threat not only to her but also to her family. Unbelievably sick; more so the silence of her peers.
I am an actor-activist. For me the real power is the Bollywood coterie. But I speak truth to Modi.

I am a stand-up comic. For me the real power is Shiv Sena. But I speak truth to Modi.

I am a coward. Because even though I know who the real power is I always speak truth to Modi.
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