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Some important bills will lapse now that the 16th Lok Sabha is done --
- Triple Talaq Bill
- Transgender Bill
- Aadhaar Amendment Bill
- Surrogacy Bill
- Citizenship Amendment Bill
- Land Acquisition Bill
- DNA Tech Bill
- Motor Vehicles Bill
prsindia.org/sessiontrack/s…
- Triple Talaq Bill
- Transgender Bill
- Aadhaar Amendment Bill
- Surrogacy Bill
- Citizenship Amendment Bill
- Land Acquisition Bill
- DNA Tech Bill
- Motor Vehicles Bill
prsindia.org/sessiontrack/s…
Here are a few crappy things that have gone down in the 16th Lok Sabha, all of which are significant and worth remembering:
- Foreign Funding to political parties was allowed. They also introduced electoral bonds which are like a exclusive currency for Political parties.
- Foreign Funding to political parties was allowed. They also introduced electoral bonds which are like a exclusive currency for Political parties.
- Aadhaar Act was passed as a money bill by Lok Sabha. Rajya Sabha had no say in it and the Finance Ministry just casually bulldozed it through.
- They tried to overrule the SC Judgment with a new bill but (fortunately) the bill has lapsed. So... yay!
- They tried to overrule the SC Judgment with a new bill but (fortunately) the bill has lapsed. So... yay!
When the richest Indian has more wealth than our education, sanitation, water supply and health budget combined, sure we can grow without adding jobs.
The super-rich continue bloating up while the bottom fifty percent folk struggle to increase their wealth.
The super-rich continue bloating up while the bottom fifty percent folk struggle to increase their wealth.
This is an astonishing fact, but it's true.
Here's one more report from last year. 831 richest Indians own as much wealth as 25% of our entire GDP.
Now this is messed up. Perhaps NITI Aayog could've talked about this but then lol who am I kidding.
financialexpress.com/economy/just-8…
Now this is messed up. Perhaps NITI Aayog could've talked about this but then lol who am I kidding.
financialexpress.com/economy/just-8…
ALERT!
Supplementary List of Business in Lok Sabha is out.
Two bills listed for introduction, including the Constitutional Amendment Bill for 10% Quota. What's more, it is also listed for consideration and passing TODAY!
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Supplementary List of Business in Lok Sabha is out.
Two bills listed for introduction, including the Constitutional Amendment Bill for 10% Quota. What's more, it is also listed for consideration and passing TODAY!
#SansadWatch
They seem to be in the mood to bulldoze this bill through. It's a super important Constitutional Amendment, mind you.
No time will be given to MPs for filing amendments. The Bill was circulated TODAY! Parliamentary practice is being thrown out the window.
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No time will be given to MPs for filing amendments. The Bill was circulated TODAY! Parliamentary practice is being thrown out the window.
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In his interview to @smitaprakash, PM Modi had said that there should be deep discussions in Parliament on every aspect. But when his Government introduces and pushes through bills at such short notice, what they heck is he even talking about?
Whattay farce.
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Whattay farce.
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Lok Sabha resumes with hearty Happy New Year cheers.
Slowly and steadily they get replaced by random JUSTICE JUSTICE chants.
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Slowly and steadily they get replaced by random JUSTICE JUSTICE chants.
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Can't quite figure out which party is screaming in Lok Sabha. INC MPs are asking supplementary questions & you can see their MPs sitting quietly in the background.
House adjourned to meet at 12 pm.
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Aadhaar Amendment Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha today. This will probably be cleared and certified as a money bill.
Because, you know, who gives a damn.
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Because, you know, who gives a damn.
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Reports indicate this Bill circumvents the SC Judgment. It will again allow private companies to use and exploit Aadhaar.
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Thread. 👇
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Thread. 👇
This bill has not been introduced yet. A draft should be available to the public but... well, it isn't. After introduction today, sufficient time needs to be given to MPs for filing amendments.
If it is bulldozed through shamelessly, it's fraud.
Pure and simple.
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If it is bulldozed through shamelessly, it's fraud.
Pure and simple.
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🚨 SUPER IMPORTANT THREAD! 🚨
Right before the 2019 general elections, this horrendous Gormint is giving blanket surveillance powers to 10 agencies.
Make no mistake, this is a weapon which the BJP Government will use to crush everything & everyone who comes in their way.
Make no mistake, this is a weapon which the BJP Government will use to crush everything & everyone who comes in their way.
Funny how Bhakts are reacting to this news saying INC was doing surveillance too.
I wonder if they ever stop to wonder why Modiji does everything the Congress does. Only worse. And more blatantly.
I wonder if they ever stop to wonder why Modiji does everything the Congress does. Only worse. And more blatantly.
Hello Shaktikanta!
Goodbye RBI reserves!
Goodbye RBI reserves!
Hello Shaktikanta!
Goodbye... Uh... Logic?
Goodbye... Uh... Logic?
Hello Shaktikanta!
Goodbye restraint!
Goodbye restraint!
A few pro-BJP folks have been asking me since morning, "So you must be happy that the BJP lost, hai na?"
I keep showing them the EC website and telling them "Look, there is still hope! Results haven't been declared!"
The confusion on their faces is... priceless. 🙃
I keep showing them the EC website and telling them "Look, there is still hope! Results haven't been declared!"
The confusion on their faces is... priceless. 🙃
WA forwards in pro-BJP groups today:
- What to do. India is illiterate only. They'll never vote for Vikas. Go whole hog Hindutva now, Modiji!
- What to do. Indians are not cool with someone who wants to descipline them. These indesciplined folk don't deserve you, Modiji!
- What to do. India is illiterate only. They'll never vote for Vikas. Go whole hog Hindutva now, Modiji!
- What to do. Indians are not cool with someone who wants to descipline them. These indesciplined folk don't deserve you, Modiji!
- What to do. Opposition parties promised quick fixes and did short term appeasement. These people don't deserve long term reformers like Modiji!
- Anti-incumbancy against STATE leadership was the problem. The election was about local issues anyway. Modiji is still going strong!
- Anti-incumbancy against STATE leadership was the problem. The election was about local issues anyway. Modiji is still going strong!
Get your shit together Election Commission! Ugh.
Have they suddenly forgotten they have a website which needs to be updated?
Have they suddenly forgotten they have a website which needs to be updated?
OK what if... WHAT IF... the website updates and shows drastically different results than what our news channels are reporting?
Maybe, just maybe, EC is setting up the biggest prank of this election season.
That would be hilarious. 😂
Maybe, just maybe, EC is setting up the biggest prank of this election season.
That would be hilarious. 😂
WTF! How are they getting official trends when the website isn't updating?
Navika is trying really hard to make Sanjeev Patra congratulate Rahul Gandhi for victory. Patra is in the "anti-incumbancy" stage right now.
Navika: "Rahul Gandhi ka haath aapko tata kar raha hai."
LMAO WTF! HAHAHAHAH!
LMAO WTF! HAHAHAHAH!
Times Now panelists are openly laughing whenever Sandeep Patra responds to anything.
Oh how quickly 2018 turned into 2013.
Oh how quickly Navika turned into Arnab.
Oh how quickly BJP spokies turned into INC spokies.
And the results aren't even out yet! XD
Oh how quickly 2018 turned into 2013.
Oh how quickly Navika turned into Arnab.
Oh how quickly BJP spokies turned into INC spokies.
And the results aren't even out yet! XD
Parliament might be adjourned (both houses) today on Day 1 because of the death of Ananth Kumar. No vital bill has been listed in either house.
Adjournment was expected because of the #results2018 anyway.
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Adjournment was expected because of the #results2018 anyway.
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(On a personal note: Won't be able to do #SansadWatch streams this session till January. Not in Dilli-land rn. Will try to do the cover week though!)
*last week
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Remember how things became weird around Noon during Karnataka elections? That was when the EC leading figures crossed the majority mark.
That is why I prefer looking at this more than any other channel. They aren't fast and furious but obviously accurate.
That is why I prefer looking at this more than any other channel. They aren't fast and furious but obviously accurate.
(EC website finally updating!)
This is Chhattisgarh...
This is Chhattisgarh...
The moment we all collectively accept that Times Now is an entertainment channel -- that everything they show is just made up crap for the lulz -- we will all be in a better place.
Seriously. Think about it.
Seriously. Think about it.
Most people on this channel are like a reality show contestant. They have an intense backstory, deep convictions and are loud for no particular reason.
Everyday their edit meetings are just about coming up with interesting plotlines, loosely based on real events. Very loosely.
Everyday their edit meetings are just about coming up with interesting plotlines, loosely based on real events. Very loosely.
The prime time action is focused within a studio, so it's basically a reality TV show set. Shiny, attractive, flashy graphics.
And the channel desperately hopes that SM will outrage & start talking about the entertaining content they air.
Through the 'clever' use of hashtags.
And the channel desperately hopes that SM will outrage & start talking about the entertaining content they air.
Through the 'clever' use of hashtags.
In an ideal scenario, now would be when the Winter Session of Parliament would commence. It would go on till the end of next month.
But then it's election time and MPs are currently needed to do their real jobs: Campaign.
But then it's election time and MPs are currently needed to do their real jobs: Campaign.
I'm waiting for the day when the state leadership will tell their national leadership, "You do your jobs in Delhi, we can handle our state. We'll be the ones governing it anyway. Not you."
On that note, here's wishing you a very happy #ConstitutionDay!
It's funny because money is being spent on the media to advertise a party that is desensitizing us towards the media.
Point to note: This is money being spent by BJP, the party, not Government. So technically not taxpayer money. (Heh)
Also, this is money they are spending on TV ads in general, so it includes media channels and other entertainment channels.
Also, this is money they are spending on TV ads in general, so it includes media channels and other entertainment channels.
Still funny tho. XD
Never forget: This 'nationalist' government has allowed foreign funding to political parties AND allowed donations to be anonymous through electoral bonds.
Have made it a habit to remind all my OTT BJP supporting friends and family about this. Every chance I get.
Please do the same. We've been collectively betrayed.
Please do the same. We've been collectively betrayed.
Even the outgoing Election Commission Chief has expressed his concerns about the shadiness that Electoral Bonds have enabled.
This can prove to be a bigger and nastier scam than Rafale, that too spread across all parties!
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-…
This can prove to be a bigger and nastier scam than Rafale, that too spread across all parties!
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-…
It's been four and a half years and he can't stop crying about people that are still crying, "how can a chaiwala become a PM?"
2014: "They won't let a Chaiwala become a PM!"
2015: "They don't like it."
2016: "A Chaiwala who became a PM. They don't like it!"
2017: "Chaiwala... PM... You know the rest."
2018: "They still don't like it!"
2019: "They wont let a Chaiwala become a PM... For the 2nd time!"
2015: "They don't like it."
2016: "A Chaiwala who became a PM. They don't like it!"
2017: "Chaiwala... PM... You know the rest."
2018: "They still don't like it!"
2019: "They wont let a Chaiwala become a PM... For the 2nd time!"
<Meanwhile, in an alternate universe>
Modiji: "They don't want Chaiwala to become PM."
Public: "Naah. We're cool."
Modiji: "What... No you don't. It's disgusting, RIGHT?"
Public: "Nope. Well done sir. PM and all, badhiya."
Modiji: "Ohkay... Um. Now I have to be PM, I guess."
Modiji: "They don't want Chaiwala to become PM."
Public: "Naah. We're cool."
Modiji: "What... No you don't. It's disgusting, RIGHT?"
Public: "Nope. Well done sir. PM and all, badhiya."
Modiji: "Ohkay... Um. Now I have to be PM, I guess."
Let the Virat Hindu outrage commence!
*munches popcorn*
*munches popcorn*
And this is after he corrected the earlier wrong tweet, apparently. XD
So no mass trolling campaigns and t-shirt printing frenzy about what The Orange Man said?
Ok then.
Ok then.
Vedanta Group are Urban Maoists?
Wow.
Urban Moists donate to BJP?
Double Wow.
Urban Maoists are using Electoral Bonds to hide those donations?
Triple Wow.
Wow.
Urban Moists donate to BJP?
Double Wow.
Urban Maoists are using Electoral Bonds to hide those donations?
Triple Wow.
Nothing whatsoever...
newslaundry.com/2017/03/23/fin…
newslaundry.com/2017/03/23/fin…
Govt wants Rs 3.6 lakh crore from RBI reserves. For what? To recapitalize banks, o'course.
This is the equivalent of a person dipping into his savings and paying to save a compulsive gambler friend who has major gambling debts.
indianexpress.com/article/india/…
This is the equivalent of a person dipping into his savings and paying to save a compulsive gambler friend who has major gambling debts.
indianexpress.com/article/india/…
Gormint wants to take RBI reserves & recapitalize inefficient failing banks so that they can get out of "prompt corrective action" which is preventing them from lending more.
Basically, remove the only thing FORCING banks to recover unpaid loans so they can get back to biz.
Basically, remove the only thing FORCING banks to recover unpaid loans so they can get back to biz.
And all of this is happening while some top defaulters are mysteriously finding money from godknowswhere to pay off all their debts.
I'd like to believe it's because of pressure from the banks, but who knows these things.
moneylife.in/article/essar-…
I'd like to believe it's because of pressure from the banks, but who knows these things.
moneylife.in/article/essar-…
Hi,
If you are asking for an Ordinance, do note a few things:
- It's not a permanent law, it's TEMPORARY.
- It can be promulgated only when Parliament is not in session
- After Parliament sessions begin, it has to be introduced as a bill.
- It can only be promulgated ONCE.
If you are asking for an Ordinance, do note a few things:
- It's not a permanent law, it's TEMPORARY.
- It can be promulgated only when Parliament is not in session
- After Parliament sessions begin, it has to be introduced as a bill.
- It can only be promulgated ONCE.
Also, if you care about democracy (which a few people do these days), please understand a few more things:
- Ordinances are only to be used in extra-ordinary & URGENT circumstances.
- Ordinances bypass the Parliamentary process
- There is no scrutiny
- It's a shitty thing to do
- Ordinances are only to be used in extra-ordinary & URGENT circumstances.
- Ordinances bypass the Parliamentary process
- There is no scrutiny
- It's a shitty thing to do
It's sad how Ordinances are becoming the go to solutions for getting shit done. As if it's the most normal thing for the public to ask for from an elected government (that even has a majority in Lok Sabha right now).
Sidenote: It's really really not.
Sidenote: It's really really not.
Let's get this straight:
- Alok Verma couldn't be sent on a leave or suspended because his tenure is fixed... But that happened.
- Asthana couldn't have complaints filed against him because a recently amended law prevents it... But that happened.
- Alok Verma couldn't be sent on a leave or suspended because his tenure is fixed... But that happened.
- Asthana couldn't have complaints filed against him because a recently amended law prevents it... But that happened.
- Neither Verma nor Asthana could be moved from their positions because both were dealing with cases and SC had ordered them to remain... But that happened.
- As a bonus, a bunch of other officers were transferred in bulk because... Lol why not.
Laws have truly become a joke.
- As a bonus, a bunch of other officers were transferred in bulk because... Lol why not.
Laws have truly become a joke.
And now... This.
What is happening even.
What is happening even.
Apart from scoring political brownie points, let us not forget that changing names of cities leads to massive (unnecessary) expenses.
Just think of the signboards on highways which currently read Allahabad that'll need to be changed to #Prayagraj.
Just think of the signboards on highways which currently read Allahabad that'll need to be changed to #Prayagraj.
We see shops with addresses written on their signboards. They'll have to be changed too at the personal expense of businessmen.
Allahabad is a part of a district called... You guessed it... Allahabad district. The paperwork changing required here will give babus nightmares.
Allahabad is a part of a district called... You guessed it... Allahabad district. The paperwork changing required here will give babus nightmares.
Of course. Whataboutery. What a surprise.
You know what, politicians change names for earning brownie points. Roads, cities, airports whatever. Because they can.
But it doesn't take away from the fact that it might lead to some unnecessary admin expenses
You know what, politicians change names for earning brownie points. Roads, cities, airports whatever. Because they can.
But it doesn't take away from the fact that it might lead to some unnecessary admin expenses
Seems like it's a 4 - 1 #AadhaarVerdict.
3 Partial read downs in favor of Government.
1 in favor of Government.
1 Ultra dissent
Sigh.
3 Partial read downs in favor of Government.
1 in favor of Government.
1 Ultra dissent
Sigh.
This is good though. It means the Supreme Court has acknowledged that not all is well in Aadhaar land.
There were some major problems which have been rectified.
There were some major problems which have been rectified.
The biggest one is disallowing private companies to use Aadhaar data. Now all those techies who were supporting Aadhaar will slowly dwindle out. We'll be left only with the Govt in power defending the program.
If there's no profit there, why bother, eh? Waste of time.
If there's no profit there, why bother, eh? Waste of time.
