I do not understand the liberal urge to rundown the Gandhi family every time there is a loss. The family is the only reason the party has some moral standing. They are the only ones who will not switch to another side. When all the out-of-date historians and their supporters ask the Gandhis to step aside, I want them to elaborate their plan for Opposition domination. They all claim that Gandhis are in the way. Way of what? How are they in the way of a strong Opposition?

The many, many imagined plots against PM and CM Narendra Modi with real-life consequences on citizens:

2018: In Aug, 5 activists incl Sudha Bharadwaj were arrested for Bhima-Koregaon violence 'coz there was an anti-fascist plot to overthrow the government June: 5 activists, incl Rona Wilson, were arrested in same case & Pune pol claimed to find a letter on Wilson's laptop detailing an assassination attempt & to target Modi during roadshows.

No evidence was given

#mustread The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi has spent Rs 293 crore on advertisement in TV channels, newspapers and radio during the pandemic year 2020-21. This is Rs 93.2 crore more than what it spent in 2019-20. There has been a 2,500% increase from the ad spend in 2012-13, when the Congress-led Delhi government under Sheila Dixit spent only ₹11.18 crore on advertisements. The Kejriwal government has spent approximately ₹805 crore on advertisements ever since he came to power in 2015.

#MustRead: The recently released financial statement of PM’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the financial year 2019-20 has revealed that the govt invested Rs 250 crore in Yes Bank Fixed Deposit Receipts even though the RBI had flagged concerns about the bank in 2018. The investment was more than the Rs 222 cr that the Union govt gave as relief in the year which saw Covid-19, Cyclone Fani and severe floods.
This has raised concerns that Modi govt has converted the PMNRF into a corporate bailout vehicle instead of providing relief.

For all those wondering what this famed toolkit that @GretaThunberg has uploaded is nothing but how to organise protests.

Go through the entire toolkit which is at the centre of sedition & criminal conspiracy charges.

It will take a genius to find its criminality The doc explains the protests, asks people to call MPs, sign petitions, upload videos, and organise on-ground action.

They have asked people to READ and join

In case of farmers protests, on-ground protests began before Twitter folk began to pay attention to these issues

LDF-UDF:

Why did Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan (PV) say what he did about IUML?

Even in 2016 when LDF won, @iumlofficial /UDF won 18 seats from Malabar/North Kerala area. Note that LDF has only 9 Muslim names within its list of MLAs. PV has always been attempting to break the UDF-IUML unity and influence in North Kerala region.

As the CPM secretary, he attempted to split the votes by supporting Madani, Indian National League (a breakaway faction of IUML), KT Jaleel (an ind).

Madani is now in jail.

#Important

Months ago a WhatsApp link was circulated in Kerala and its stated mission was - One India, One Pension. Each senior citizen would get Rs 10,000 pm

The message asked them to join a WA group.
This message was targeted at people above 55, including my parents. Many people like my parents, who have mostly lived in Kerala, where the Govt works decently, believed ‘One India, One Pension’ is possible.

They said that other countries have it, so why not? True. Why not?

But Kerala is not India. India is not Scandinavia.

A thread: Today as PM Modi addressed the 90th b'day celebrations of Rev Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan of the Marthoma Church, a student decided to protest and resign from the church.

She wrote a letter critical of the misogyny in church, PM invite

Reproducing the letter below I have been officially a member of Mar Thoma Church ever since my baptism at 4 months of age. This church gave me the confidence to stand and speak on public podiums; introduced me to music through church choir; taught me morals and inspired me to follow Christ and his ways.

This will be an unpopular thread

While #Kerala is better prepared than other states wrt #COVID19, things are falling through the cracks in the state.

This is the #Covid Isolation ward at Kasargode General Hosp on the 3rd floor. Cockroaches in the food.
#coronavirusindia (1/n) 11 #COVID19 +ve patients were shifted from Kanjangad District Hosp in Kasargode dist where each of them were in separate isolation wards to the General Hosp where already there were 22 +ve patients. It includes one woman.
All of them are being made to stay together #coronavirus