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[shashikant]

https://twitter.com/x/status/497284452901351424

 

[KalaGhoda]

https://twitter.com/x/status/497284452901351424

Tendulkar shouldn't get involved in politics except for a rajyasabha honorary membership. he shouldn't fight elections.

 

[arp2041]

Congress afraid that Lok Sabha speaker may allow Rahul Gandhi to speak | Faking News

 

[shashikant]

https://twitter.com/x/status/494889205596561409

 

[shashikant]

https://twitter.com/x/status/497324236797509633

 

[shashikant]

https://twitter.com/x/status/497327173724684289

 

[Echo_419]

Congress afraid that Lok Sabha speaker may allow Rahul Gandhi to speak | Faking News

Bechare kii kismaat Karab jab bole toh besti hoti hai jab nahi tab toh hoti hi hoti hai

 

[abjktu]

https://twitter.com/x/status/497284452901351424

yes,better resign himself or just terminate from his post...
he is not apt for politics...

 

[TejasMk3]

Is there even a need for Rajya Sabha, it seems like it is only useful for doing nonsense (like wasting 3 days on gaza)

 

[hiphop]

Thank God he is doing it........................
I am ready to bet that BJP is getting 50+ seats in Delhi Elections
Anyone wanna bet...

I wanna bet
This time BJP will get 40-45 seats in Delhi not 50+

 

[shashikant]

After Narendra Modi, defence
ministry to keep media at arm's
length
by Rajeev Sharma
.
.
The Ministry of Defence has taken
cue from the Prime Minister’s Office
and has decided not to take
journalists for two upcoming major
events of national importance - the
commissioning of INS Kolkata in
Mumbai and INS Kamorta in Vizag -
later this month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
be commissioning INS Kolkata, the
country’s largest indigenously-built
warship touted as a technology
demonstrator that will showcase
India’s giant leap in the
shipbuilding industry.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley will be
commissioning INS Kamorta, the first
of the four indigenously-built anti-
submarine stealth corvettes that is
in the works for the Indian Navy in
its bid for self-reliance.
The exact dates of the two functions
are yet to be announced. However,
Sitanshu Kar, chief spokesperson of
the defence ministry, indicated to
this writer on Wednesday evening
that both the events are likely to
take place in the third week of this
month. Kar also confirmed that no
journalists will be flown in from New
Delhi for the two events.
This is a huge departure by the
Ministry of Defence from its
unwritten, unspoken norms of
decades of taking press parties for
important functions all across the
country, particularly those attended
by the Prime Minister and the
Defence Minister.
As the Modi government has
completed 70 days in power, all
ministries are silently putting in
place gag orders on journalists. This
writer had written at length about
why PM Modi is not taking
journalists on his foreign trips, here.
Clearly, all major and sensitive
ministries are following suit.
Ministers have discreetly issued
instructions to their staff to ensure
that journalists should not be
allowed to roam about in the
corridors, sniffing for stories. In most
cases, these instructions are oral.
The security staff has been told to
look very carefully for journalists’
personal devices like pens and
cameras as mentioned in this
dispatch by this writer here .
An insider in the defence ministry
told this writer that the real intent
of keeping journalists away from
what he described as ‘junkets’ was
not austerity but an attempt to
ensure that journalists do not snoop
around during these trips and get
pally with civil and defence officials.
Significantly, when Prime Minister
Modi had dedicated INS
Vikramaditya to the nation in Goa on
14 June, the Defence Ministry had
sent a large number of defence
correspondents to Panaji for the
event. But then Modi was barely 20-
day-old as PM and hardly had any
time to tinker with the decades old
procedures and norms of the
Defence Ministry.
But now Modi knows exactly what he
wants – and more importantly what
he does not want. Throughout his
tenure as chief minister of Gujarat
he did not reach out to the media,
knowing full well that he is the chief
boss of the state and the media will
have to reach out to him. Therefore,
he fed media what he wanted to and
thus managed to micro-manage the
media.
But micro-managing media at the
national level is a different ball
game altogether. Here Modi is up
against not only the national media
but international media too. No
prime minister howsoever powerful
he may be can tame the media
without adverse consequences.
An example of this was seen on 27
July when The New York Times
carried an editorial titled "India’s
Press Under Siege " .
Though the NYT editorial is talking
about how managements in Indian
media outfits have been getting
after top journalists and does not
attribute motives to the Modi
government, it is a known fact that
all the sacked journalists mentioned
by the newspaper were vocal critics
of Modi. Nonetheless, the editorial
makes a stinging point that “press
censorship seems to be back with a
vengeance in India.”
This is the first time when a major
international newspaper has raised
a voice about “press censorship” in
India. More foreign newspapers will
inevitably come up with more
damning reports if the Modi
government continues with its “Off
limits to media” attitude.
Modi is a hard task master. Those of
his colleagues in the cabinet who
did not know this earlier, know it by
now.
For example, he calls up ministers in
their offices on their landline
numbers early in the morning.
Heavens have not come down if the
minister was not in his or her office
when he called but the message has
gone out loud and clear to all the
ministers and their staff.
In one specific case, Modi called up
one of his senior ministers on his
office landline at 9 am and after not
finding him there called up at his
residence. The minister, a diabetic
and suffering from cardio problems,
told him that he was under
medication and would be working
from home.
While Modi can deal with his
ministers the way he wants to and
get away scot free, his policy of
keeping media away from domestic
and foreign trips is increasingly
being seen as an exercise in futility.
Already news stories have started
appearing how miffed the ministers
are. Ironically, it is the same media
which Modi wants to tame or
regulate, which is bringing to light
such stories.
After PM Modi, defence ministry to keep media at arm's length

 

[shashikant]

Revival of Congress important for
India, democracy: Natwar Singh
.
Former Union Minister Natwar Singh,
who has kicked up a storm with his
book and comments about Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, on
Thursday said revival of Congress
party was important for India and
democracy.
Congress has to do some very
serious thinking and introspection
because if the party's slide
continues, democracy is going to be
in serious trouble, he said.
At a function to formally launch his
book "One Life Is Not Enough", he
took pot shots at Sonia Gandhi
saying, "Sonia Gandhi learnt
everything from Indira Gandhi. From
A-Z....few people have been as close
to her as I have, her knowledge of
Indian history, Indian culture,
religion is negligible". He was
replying to observations, made
during the launch, about Indira
Gandhi and the present Congress
President.
He said that even after the
Emergency, the party led by Indira
Gandhi got 150 seats in the Lok
Sabha but under Sonia, the
Congress got 44.
"At the same time, it is also said
that if Sonia Gandhi and Rahul
Gandhi are not there, the number
would come down from 44 to 4.
Because where is the successor?"
Singh said that without the Gandhis,
the party will break up between
four-five people.
"So there is no unanmity... so they
(Sonia and Rahul) are indispensable
to Congress party," he said. Singh
said the upcoming assembly polls in
some states will decide whether
Congress party will revive or not.
"A strong Congress party is
indispensable for India and for
Indian democracy. It is absolutely
indispensable. There must be a
strong Congress party for democracy
in India to function. It should be a
strong opposition," he said.
Revival of Congress important for India, democracy: Natwar Singh | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

 

[IndoCarib]

Former AAP leader Ilmi likely to join Congress - Hindustan Times

jumping from sinking boat to already sunken boat !

 

[Soumitra]

After Narendra Modi, defence
ministry to keep media at arm's
length
by Rajeev Sharma
.
.
The Ministry of Defence has taken
cue from the Prime Minister’s Office
and has decided not to take
journalists for two upcoming major
events of national importance - the
commissioning of INS Kolkata in
Mumbai and INS Kamorta in Vizag -
later this month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
be commissioning INS Kolkata, the
country’s largest indigenously-built
warship touted as a technology
demonstrator that will showcase
India’s giant leap in the
shipbuilding industry.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley will be
commissioning INS Kamorta, the first
of the four indigenously-built anti-
submarine stealth corvettes that is
in the works for the Indian Navy in
its bid for self-reliance.
The exact dates of the two functions
are yet to be announced. However,
Sitanshu Kar, chief spokesperson of
the defence ministry, indicated to
this writer on Wednesday evening
that both the events are likely to
take place in the third week of this
month. Kar also confirmed that no
journalists will be flown in from New
Delhi for the two events.
This is a huge departure by the
Ministry of Defence from its
unwritten, unspoken norms of
decades of taking press parties for
important functions all across the
country, particularly those attended
by the Prime Minister and the
Defence Minister.
As the Modi government has
completed 70 days in power, all
ministries are silently putting in
place gag orders on journalists. This
writer had written at length about
why PM Modi is not taking
journalists on his foreign trips, here.
Clearly, all major and sensitive
ministries are following suit.
Ministers have discreetly issued
instructions to their staff to ensure
that journalists should not be
allowed to roam about in the
corridors, sniffing for stories. In most
cases, these instructions are oral.
The security staff has been told to
look very carefully for journalists’
personal devices like pens and
cameras as mentioned in this
dispatch by this writer here .
An insider in the defence ministry
told this writer that the real intent
of keeping journalists away from
what he described as ‘junkets’ was
not austerity but an attempt to
ensure that journalists do not snoop
around during these trips and get
pally with civil and defence officials.
Significantly, when Prime Minister
Modi had dedicated INS
Vikramaditya to the nation in Goa on
14 June, the Defence Ministry had
sent a large number of defence
correspondents to Panaji for the
event. But then Modi was barely 20-
day-old as PM and hardly had any
time to tinker with the decades old
procedures and norms of the
Defence Ministry.
But now Modi knows exactly what he
wants – and more importantly what
he does not want. Throughout his
tenure as chief minister of Gujarat
he did not reach out to the media,
knowing full well that he is the chief
boss of the state and the media will
have to reach out to him. Therefore,
he fed media what he wanted to and
thus managed to micro-manage the
media.
But micro-managing media at the
national level is a different ball
game altogether. Here Modi is up
against not only the national media
but international media too. No
prime minister howsoever powerful
he may be can tame the media
without adverse consequences.
An example of this was seen on 27
July when The New York Times
carried an editorial titled "India’s
Press Under Siege " .
Though the NYT editorial is talking
about how managements in Indian
media outfits have been getting
after top journalists and does not
attribute motives to the Modi
government, it is a known fact that
all the sacked journalists mentioned
by the newspaper were vocal critics
of Modi. Nonetheless, the editorial
makes a stinging point that “press
censorship seems to be back with a
vengeance in India.”
This is the first time when a major
international newspaper has raised
a voice about “press censorship” in
India. More foreign newspapers will
inevitably come up with more
damning reports if the Modi
government continues with its “Off
limits to media” attitude.
Modi is a hard task master. Those of
his colleagues in the cabinet who
did not know this earlier, know it by
now.
For example, he calls up ministers in
their offices on their landline
numbers early in the morning.
Heavens have not come down if the
minister was not in his or her office
when he called but the message has
gone out loud and clear to all the
ministers and their staff.
In one specific case, Modi called up
one of his senior ministers on his
office landline at 9 am and after not
finding him there called up at his
residence. The minister, a diabetic
and suffering from cardio problems,
told him that he was under
medication and would be working
from home.
While Modi can deal with his
ministers the way he wants to and
get away scot free, his policy of
keeping media away from domestic
and foreign trips is increasingly
being seen as an exercise in futility.
Already news stories have started
appearing how miffed the ministers
are. Ironically, it is the same media
which Modi wants to tame or
regulate, which is bringing to light
such stories.
After PM Modi, defence ministry to keep media at arm's length

News Traders running like headless chicken

 

[Bang Galore]

but under Sonia, the
Congress got 44.
"At the same time, it is also said
that if Sonia Gandhi and Rahul
Gandhi are not there, the number
would come down from 44 to 4.
Because where is the successor?"
Singh said that without the Gandhis,
the party will break up between
four-five people.
"So there is no unanmity... so they
(Sonia and Rahul) are indispensable
to Congress party," he said.

Sad state of affairs but probably true.