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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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]
216. @INCIndia asked its members to take a “positive stand AGAINST criticism" of Nehru and "emphasised that those who criticise him are TRAITORS.”
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]
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]
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
232. @INCIndia intimidated, hounded, harassed journalist @chitraSD while she investigated the Bofors Scam, resulting ultimately in her getting fired. forbes.com/forbes/1997/07…
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.
234. @INCIndia's Indira Gandhi hinted at crackdown on Marxism. (h/t @shakkuiyer)
235. @INCIndia wanted to BAN the Communists from taking part in democratic elections. (via @IndiaHistorypic)
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.
@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…
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.
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…
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%…
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…
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…
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.]
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.
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/
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)
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)
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-…
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…
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…
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)
274. @INCIndia government in Punjab BANS the film 'Shooter'. CM @capt_amarinder ORDERS the police to initiate action against the producer. (via @rahulroushan)
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".
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…
279. @INCIndia leader and State Chief @NANA_PATOLE gives an open THREAT to @SrBachchan and @akshaykumar, says he won't allow shooting or release of their films in Maharashtra if they don't speak or tweet on rising fuel prices. (h/t @Shehzad_Ind).
280. @INCIndia workers gherao and protest against their own leader @KapilSibal after he raises several questions to the party leadership and demands sweeping reforms within the party.
281. @INCIndia Mumbai wing to register a police complaint and take legal action against actor Kangana Ranaut for her alleged defamatory comments on Mahatma Gandhi. hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-…
All those still blaming Diwali for Delhi's air quality, let me give you some perspective.
This past fortnight an area of 17,900 sqmi or 12 times the size of Delhi, has been CONTINUOUSLY on fire RIGHT NEXT to Delhi. 35 MILLION TONS of stubble has been burnt. Clear hai?
My views:
You know what is REALLY scary? That we are outraging only because Delhi is being affected by stubble burning.
98 million tonnes of stubble is burnt every year ALL OVER India, ALL YEAR round. UP 22%, Punjab 21%, Haryana 9%, AP 5%, WB 5%, TN 3%, Guj 4%.
WHEN WILL MILORDS WAKE UP?
Every year India burns 98 MT of stubble, releasing 149 MT CO₂ [T1: *sqkm; 25,900; 17 times]
CO₂ emission from ALL Indian transport: 270 MT
CO₂ emission from ALL Indian stubble-burning: 149 MT
The latter is TOTALLY avoidable. But vote-bank > your life. Situation right now 👇
Hope PM @narendramodi's laudable Panchamrit - of 500 GW by 2030 - majorly includes Nuclear. A single nuclear plant powers 700,000 homes while emitting less CO₂ than a hybrid car.
Climate Change is REAL. But activism MUST be rescued from the talons of the IDIOTIC Left. #COP26
(Nuclear plants) & Nuclear power as share of total power consumed:
France (58): 71.7%
Sweden (8): 40.3%
Switzerland (5): 37.7%
USA (99): 19.3%
Russia (37): 17.9%
UK (15): 17.7%
China (46): 4.2%
India (22): 3.0%.
3.0% is pitiful. We MUST make it 30% by 2030, @narendramodi.
Power generation is the SINGLE LARGEST contributor (~30%) to global emissions.
Nuclear power as share of total power consumed:
France: 71.7%
India: 3.0%
Carbon footprint as share of total world footprint:
France: 1% (292 MMT)
India: 7% (2076 MMT)
That's why I asked @_sayema to delete her tweet. What she said is blasphemous.
In case she doesn't know: Those who abuse Allah & His Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world & the Hereafter & prepared for them a humiliating punishment. 33:57 WDTT
With respect sir, such language is unacceptable. Is this a threat? Later on in the thread you warn @BharadwajSpeaks again by writing: "Do nothing to disturb peace and tranquility in the country."
He has stated historical facts, with references. Do historical facts scare you?
The tragedy of our nation. This man should have been inducted in the Education Ministry years ago. Instead he is hounded and threatened by those, Right or Left, who fear the past.
The fools don't understand: Nations that fear their past fear their future.
WTF. @BharadwajSpeaks was neither spreading hatred against the Mizos, nor was he creating disaffection. The thread is FACTUAL and carries historical citations.
It was a mistake to be polite to this man. He is drunk on allusions of power and past glory.
All those who were crying Modi is fascist are today silent as Bengal burns. They probably think Sitaram Yechury, outraging at the violence and bloodletting, is also a Sanghi.
Blood-curdling affidavits by victims of Bengal Violence are being ignored by those who claim they speak truth to power; media is shitting bricks; judges are recusing; and the Roys and Setalvads? They wake up only when victims are not Hindu women.
Spine always grows in the back that is against the wall.
To hell with America. Bharat Biotech has already sourced all its raw materials for COVAXIN locally, with Indian manufacturers rushing in to help; and I am sure SII will follow suit.
Bharat Biotech has already eliminated dependency on US imports needed for COVAXIN, that has an 81% efficacy, a 99.9% success rate against post-vaccination CoVID, and is equally effective against B.1.617 mutant.
Why are Indian politicians and bureaucrats hailing the US IP/Patent waiver as though it is a godsend for us? All these vaccine technologies are decades old, and our indigenous pipeline is already multi-platform - whole virus; adeno; DNA; RNA; subunit.