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Crying ‘Regime Change’ Proves Modi Govt Has Lost Control: The Ground Has Shifted
Something has changed to put the Modi regime under pressure - from the bureaucracy's altered calculus to Dipke's social identity are a big challenge.
My piece
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I can categorically say this claim from @DelhiPolice is a lie. It took the phones.
“We did not take anyone’s phones. These people misplace their phones themselves or leave them at home. They then put pressure on the police.”
24 phones missing after Delhi Police detentions. Where did they go?
Detainees say police took their phones and promised to return them. The police deny taking them. An e-FIR has been filed, but the phones remain unaccounted for. @SavyasachiAstha
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Jai Hind
The judicial custody of #AshutoshRanka and #SauravDas must be urgently reviewed and they must be released immediately.
Hoisting the National Flag, even in a prohibited area, should not warrant such prolonged detention. The judiciary and the executive must rise to the occasion to ensure that the youth of this country do not lose faith in the rule of law and constitutional rights.
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रावण में लाख बुराई थी, लेकिन वो भी इतना नीच नहीं था कि लंका का झंडा फहराने पर अपने ही लोगों को जेल में डाल दे।
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"Between anarchy and dictatorship, the country needs to choose the only wise middle path—which is the constitutional path. The Centre, by defending the indefensible, ignores this first principle of democracy" @KaleeswaramR newindianexpress.com/opinion…
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"You will have to pick up the appropriate weapons after identifying the opponents": @narendramodi's clarion call to students in Gujarat, 1975
Backed by RSS-Jan Sangh-ABVP, students wrecked classrooms, burnt buses, looted banks & ration shops, gheraoed MLAs in "Revolution" to remove Indira Gandhi. @fpjindia @ajinbaba
In 2026, an RSS/BJP regime led by an alleged "strongman" is trembling over youth protests, rallies, marches---and demands for accountability.
In 1975, Indira Gandhi faced these open calls for "regime change" from fully grown-up adults (all men) before she declared Emergency.👇🏾
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20+ independent human rights experts call on Indian 🇮🇳 authorities to respect, protect and fulfil the right to peacefully protest, and ensure justice for human rights violations reported during these and earlier protests.
"This crackdown reflects a broader, troubling pattern.”
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Very thoughtful and sharp points made by @nehafolksinger on how she, a sharp voice trying to restore dignity to Bhojpuri away from its stereotyping, is doubly impacted by the baseless and slanderous story on her.
@ankit_raj12 talks to her. piped.video/watch?v=6QB1skb0…
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Why is Lawrence Bishnoi still not a CM/Governor of a BJP-ruled state?
Tapasya main kami?
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It’s also clear that most people foaming at the mouth haven’t actually read the interview, because once you get past the first couple of questions, the other 90% is a critique of the centralising features of the constitution and a discussion of institutional political structures.
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Looks familiar.
#WATCH Panchkula, Haryana: On the occasion of Dussehra, a 221-foot-tall effigy of Ravana has been prepared in the city.
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It is ACP Mahesh Kumar Meena who extended judicial custody of Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das.
Pls be informed he is an ACP rank Officer who still works under Amit Shah.
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Can the Police Judge Its Own Case? Why Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka's Imprisonment Defies Basic Legal Principle writes Ramsha Sartaj.
“The two leaders were sent to judicial custody by a Special Executive Magistrate. An SEM is appointed by a state government. They are a government officer who carries out certain functions of preventive justice. Notably, they are not a judicial officer. “
m.thewire.in/article/law/spe… via @thewire_In
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Doctors Allege Chorbagan Victims Were Referred to a Private Hospital Without Medical Grounds. @chhuti_is m.thewire.in/article/governm… via @thewire_In
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I had read the Quint interview when it came out three weeks ago. There were things I agreed with (screenshots), and things I didn’t. Either way, I’d rather the man be free so we can debate these points openly than anonymous dog-whistles while he remains imprisoned within trial.
"Sharjeel's case is therefore interesting beyond Sharjeel himself. It raises a broader question about whether we are willing to engage with Muslims as political thinkers with diverse and sometimes uncomfortable ideas, rather than reducing them to predetermined categories. Intellectual disagreement is possible without ideological caricature. And perhaps that is precisely the space that needs to be reclaimed."
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Say the authors, “A few weeks ago we read Surjit Bhalla protesting passionately about the possible exclusion of one vote - his own. How would an exclusion of many crores qualify as “Much ado about (almost) nothing” ?
Persuasive, data derived analysis of #SIR controversy by @JeanDreze @_YogendraYadav in response to @surjitbhalla formulation - valuable addition to public discourse on this contentious subject ; hopefully will enable objective discussion-an informed 'vaad-vivaad' ?
indianexpress.com/article/op… "We are staring at a staggering figure of about 14 crore 'missing voters' - adult Indians eligible to vote but excluded from the final electoral rolls. These disenfranchised voters comprise those eligible voters who featured on the pre-SIR list and were wrongfully removed during the SIR, as well as persons who should have been added to the voter list but were not." Institutional ineptitude can be corrected but deliberate, devious turpitude is the deeper evil that must be recognized for what it implies and resisted by Citizen India/ Hoping domain experts will add to the current EC-SIR churn & thanks @ieopinion for providing a platform for this critical debate on citizen disenfranchisement @PrannoyRoy7749 @ravish_journo @vargheseKgeorge @sanket @singhisms @vaishnaroy @CFFBharat
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"China is now the top-ranked country for the number of papers its researchers publish in influential journals, having surpassed the United States in 2023, according to Nature Index, which tracks 178 journals in natural, applied, social and health sciences."
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BREAKING: The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem condemn the brutal attack in Taybeh by masked Israeli settlers and reject Rabbi Dov Lior's Jewish religious ruling that "allows Jews to take the olives of Palestinians", calling it dangerous and unacceptable.
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