Nine months of introspection & widespread consultations w/colleagues & public.
Grateful for support recd from all over.
On auspicious
#MahaShivratri
I've decided to join
@BJP4India
& work under the leadership of
@narendramodi
Ji to serve Odisha & India to the best of my ability🙏
"Who sent out Indian troops without weapons?" The answer is an agreement barring weapons within 2 km of
#LAC
signed by an Indian government backed by YOUR party!
What to do with a 50 year old juvenile who persists in trying to embarrass India but with no knowledge of its history?
I'm deeply grateful to
@BJP4India
President Shri
@AmitShah
Ji for appointing me Vice President & Spokesperson.
I seek support & cooperation of all colleagues.
I shall do my best towards the party's continued success & work under
@narendramodi
Ji's leadership for a new India🙏🙏
Can't stop laughing. China claiming India ban on
#TikTok
violates
#WTO
guidelines, when it itself bans many apps (including Twitter), all from WTO signatory countries. Remember, "you can fool some people all the time, all people some of the time, but not all people all the time."
Only in India
When an MP says in public “Our strategy is to divide Hindu votes,” she & her party are SECULAR
When a PM & millions of his colleagues say in public (& do in govt) “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas,” they are deemed Communal
Hypocrisy, much??
Came across shocking threads documenting personal & business links of some Bollywood personalities with certain Pakistanis & NRIs with undeniable track record encouraging violence in J&K, who have verifiable links to ISI & Pak army. I urge patriotic Bollywoodies to renounce them.
I'm honoured to be nominated as a
@BJP4India
candidate for Lok Sabha.
I am grateful to
@BJP4Odisha
for proposing my name & PM
@narendramodi
& Party President
@AmitShah
for reposing faith in me.
I seek support & blessings of the people of Kendrapada to represent & work for them🙏
Ad Aadmi Party
-No new hospital in 5 yrs
-No new bed, ICU, ventilator in 6 months
-Photo Op at new facility by centre
-5*
#Covid
hotel only for
#VVIPs
-Stopped Inox O2 supply to 28 hospitals
-Increased ad budget from ₹10cr per yr to ₹300 cr, run rate ₹50 cr/month since Jan!!!
Congratulations to Naveen Patnaik for BJD's winning performance in Odisha & to Anubhav Mohanty in Kendrapada.
My deepest gratitude to the ppl of Kendrapada for the enormous love & affection they've always given me & for the opportunity to hv represented them in Parlmt for 9 yrs🙏
#Zomato
is right to deny a customer's request for a delivery person of a diffrt religion. But wrong (& hypocritical) to claim it dsn't mix religion with food. It fusses over religious clients' halal/Jain food. Curious if it does for all, eg a religious Sikh wanting non halal meat
Q: What exactly is wrong with these laws?
A: We can't say
Q: You realise these are new options, but the old system you want will continue?
A: Doesn't matter
Q: Haven't you been getting MSP even during these protests, at increased rates?
A: So what
Not Chakka Jam but
#LogicJam
A couple tried to kill themselves at the Odisha Assembly today, insisting that a very prominent BJD leader is sheltering the rapist & murderer of their 5 year old daughter. Wonder if liberals & national media will descend on Bhubaneswar with the same outrage as with some states🤫
I will not be celebrating
#Holi
this year in solidarity with the
@crpfindia
& its 40 brave sons of India who were killed in the
#PulwamaAttack
While praying for their families, i also pray that the festival of colours will bring good tidings for all of you & your loved ones 🙏🙏
Guess who?
*Didn't add 1 bed, ICU bed or ventilator in 6+ months
*Ignored union govt alert
*Last week as cases surged, stated "NO bed or O2 shortage" (began complaining 3 days later)
*Not diverting a penny of huge ads ₹ for ventilators, O2 plant or vaccines, unlike other states
This Odisha govt plan is causing deep anguish across the state. This relic of the colonial-era's bizarre perversion of "secularism," where govt controls the places of worship of one religion in India (& only one), is long past its sell-by date. Please speak up. Now.
Bollywood has been & should be a prominent part of India's soft power. But it is no secret that in the past three decades it has been infiltrated by & made dependent on networks of underworld money & drugs with undeniable links to Pakistan's ISI. Like it or not, that WILL change.
In aviation, every flight plan includes an alternate airport or airstrip to divert to in the event of technical problems or severe bad weather. Every experienced pilot knows this.
Big story breaking in Australia & UK on
#Chinaleaks
with names & details of 2 MILLION members of the Chinese Communist Party who have infiltrated important corporations, universities, media & govt agencies around the world. These are people who have sworn allegiance to
#CCP
Unfortunate that some are trying to justify & compare the
#TablighiJamaat
to SC-permitted
#Jagannath
#RathaJatra
which had:
*No hiding, spitting, attacks on police
*All committed to abiding by Govt/SC guidelines
*Advance preparations &
#Covid
tests for all participants
*No public
Met
#RinkuSharma
's family. His mother said he was pious "like Ram," always helping others. They are upset at the attempts to downplay his lynching & bluntly refute there was any business rivalry. They demand a fast track trial & execution of the murderers as in the Nirbhaya case
#CAA
No explanation is necessary, just have a quick glance at this parliamentary committee report from 2003, especially the names & highlighted portions 🙏🙏🙏
The killing of Kashmiri Pandit
#AjayPandita
again proves that the so-called Kashmir "freedom struggle," which unfortunately our woke gen has adopted, is nothing but Pakistan-backed Islamist terrorism. Harks back to the genocide of Hindus. Fake Kashmiryat & secularism exposed.
As a pilot who’s done & certified in the DGCA-required 6-day AVSEC aviation security course, I can tell you that heckling &/or verbal abuse on a flight is among the four levels of disruptive behaviour that can lead to arrest &/or being put on a no-fly list.
Just so you know 🙏🙏
The attack on the Chandni Chowk temple is highly condemnable. Delhi police must book the attackers immediately. It is important not to provoke communal tensions, but censorship by media is not the way. Media must always inform, regardless of who the perpetrators & victims are🙏🙏
Let me tell you myself. The 'price' was something that was far beyond the means of my old party, and something i did not find elsewhere in nine months of searching. It was dignity...
Can somebody tell me how much they paid him and what was the promise? I have a friend, at the moment a staunch Communist, who wants to participate in the next bidding. He's willing to 'discover' Modi's strong qualities for the right price.
Was traveling yesterday & missed the entire
#RadarModi
"controversy." Was stunned to see how confidently a narrative against
@narendramodi
was spun by those who have not the slightest technical knowledge!
As a pilot of 2+ decades, i wasn't so sure & checked.
See what i found!!👇
#FreedomOfSpeech
Shameful how Maharashtra & Odisha police simply "pick up" & assault journalists & do custodial interrogation, without following the basic process of law, like in Pakistan. This is real fascism. Please speak up for Ramesh Rath of
@otvnews
&
@pradip103
of
@republic
In the spirit of friendship with Canada, we in India must consider facilitating an online referendum on the Quebec independence issue (in gratitude for their allowing Khalistani separatists to try the same on Canadian soil).
Perhaps we should also offer Indian soil for the Quebec…
My deepest gratitude to Hon' PM
@narendramodi
Ji & BJP National President
@JPNadda
Ji. I will do my very best to justify their faith in me. I am also deeply indebted to Hon'
@AmitShah
Ji for his support & guidance. My congratulations to all other national office bearers.
Welcome to
@BJP4India
Dr. Damodar Rout!
Your decades with Biju uncle & long yrs in his cabinet & also his son's, did not aid you agnst harrassment when you exposed corruption at highest levels last yr & were expelled from BJD.
Look fwd to working together for Odisha's revival🙏
Was dismayed to read about Germany’s police brutality at Lützerath village in January this year.
Protestors accused the police of ‘pure violence,’ & said they had been beaten ‘unrestrainedly, often on the head.’
Indians are taking note of such decline in democratic norms in…
The King of comedy is increasingly turning out to also be the Prince of darkness. Yes, of course the Constitution defines India as a union of states: no issue there, but to extrapolate from that to say India is “not a nation” is not merely ludicrous, but downright sinister.
The trolls attacking MP
@GautamGambhir
for arranging free
#COVID19
medicines for his constituents (from his personal funds) betray the nervousness of the parties with whom they're associated (who complain much & do little). I'm proud of
@BJP4Delhi
colleagues' outreach to citizens
Horrific video of a mob lynching in cops’ presence in
#Palghar
Maharashtra, run by
@OfficeofUT
whr a few days ago a cop & doctor had been assaulted.
Media downplayed, said “mistaken suspicion as robbers” & suppressed that they were in Hindu religious robes.
Why this hypocrisy?
My father would have been 89 today. An NRI in the 1950s, a research scientist on cutting edge materials for spacecraft, he came back home in 1960 not just to India, but the remotest part of Odisha. & set up an alloys manufacturing enterprise that created livelihoods for thousands
MNCs Hyundai, KFC, Dominoes etc whose foreign arms posted support for terrorism in Kashmir: know that lame ass non-excuses won’t get you off the hook any more.
Acknowledge J&K’s historical, legal & constitutional legitimacy in India. Else you’re self selecting to exit our market.
Read the news that the Delhi CM is "in Rajasthan for 10-day Vipassana mediation course; no access to TV, newspapers."
Perhaps he can do the same for Delhi government: "No access to TV, newspapers" for 10 days would free up ₹ 20 crores to spend on the health of Delhi's citizens🙏
Wasn’t expecting that Jaya ji would not show support for those fighting against drug cartels & the ISI linked funding network that exists within Bollywood. I wish senior industry figures would call out the deep rooted dangers these represent. It matters for India's future.
22 former Indian diplomats have criticised the Canadian PM's shocking interference in our internal matter. They've also outed Canada's hypocrisy here (by contradicting its own WTO stand) as also its flirting with terrorists. Bravo! New India doesn't get cowed down by such antics.
2 yrs ago my father passed away. A patriot, he returned in 1960 after yrs in the US: not to Mumbai, Delhi, Bhubaneswar, nor Rourkela, but to remote Therubali village in undivided Koraput, to create jobs for thousands. Sam Manekshaw was his grt friend & supporter
#DrBansidharPanda
Today marks 31 years of the final ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Hindus from their ancient homeland. They had earlier been devastated 6 times in history. Do web-search & read about this genteel, accomplished community's horrific tribulations. Do reflect on the apathy they've faced.
The High Court ruling that BMC's demolition of actor
#KanganaRanaut
's building was with malice & must be compensated is huge. A day after Constitution Day, this check & balance against witchhunting by regional politicians who think they're above the law is heartening. Jai Hind🙏
For 3+ decades Bollywood has had links to underworld figures with Pakistan ISI connections. A few ISI handlers were exposed, but have now misjudged the US elections & are openly threatening Indians online. There will be consequences. I again ask Bollywood to break ties with them.
The
@narendramodi
Govt has transformed the
#PadmaAwards
completely!
Many congratulations & best wishes to Ex-PM of Japan Shri
@AbeShinzo
for winning the Padma Vibhushan. You deserve this for your immense contribution to public service and improving Indo-Japan ties.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳
Worth watching. This short video of French President Macron speaking about social media is extremely relevant to what we are experiencing in India now.
Again, why should Hindu places of worship (and ONLY Hindu places of worship) be administered by govt appointees ?!
Q: What kind of "secularism" is this?
Ans: the colonial, divide-&-rule kind.
Classical secularism = separation of church & state. Time to make India truly secular🙏
In
#CentralHall
as a
@BJP4India
office bearer, listening to PM
@narendramodi
's outstanding, inspirational speech to newly elected NDA MPs.
The stress on humility, restraint, inclusivity & commitment to make India's aspirations come true, it's a privilege to hear this in person 🙏
Really,
#UNHRC
?
No court intervention agnst
#China
(repression/torture in Tibet & Xinjiang),
#Iran
(torture/killings of pol prisoners) or
#Pakistan
(torture, genocide in Balochistan)
U hv no shame opposing
#CAA
humanitarian aid to persecutd minorities?
Even hypocrisy has limits
My friend, philosopher & guide, the late Arun Jaitley Ji, was fond of an old saying. He mentioned it many times in his soirees at home & in Central Hall. "When your opponent is bent on committing suicide, don't interfere."
Because of certain symptoms, I got tested today & have been found Covid positive. I am now in isolation on doctor's advice. Request all those who came in contact with me in the last few days to take the necessary precautions & isolate or get tested.
Yesterday's huge rally and public meeting to welcome me after i joined
@BJP4India
I can never forget your love, affection & support, Kendrapada 🙏🙏🙏
Horrific POGROM underway in W. Bengal. BJP workers & their establishments being systematically targeted for VIOLENCE, ARSON & MURDER
-Happy with this "idea of India"?
-Visuals are all over social media, will mainstream media cover?
-Yet Modi is fascist & Didi the secular darling?
Don’t bore yourself on the weekend. Head out to the streets of Delhi and enjoy ‘free’ water sports organised by the state govt. But curiously, this 'achievement' is not part of Mr Publicity's massive ad campaign.
#DelhiRains
#DacoitsOfDelhi
West Bengal Governor, Keshari Nath Tripathi: I have tried to contact the CM, I have called her, till this moment there is no response from her, if she calls on me then we will discuss the matter. I have called her, let her come.
#DoctorStrike
Disconcerting scenes of
@republic
tv editor Arnab Goswami manhandled by Mumbai police carrying assault weapons. Unending harrassment by Maharastra govt of one channel: "We wd've come voluntarily if summoned, as we have been doing." THIS is what an undeclared emergency looks like.
And don't forget those who not only treat the other side as more credible, but actually lionise their leaders, even demanding a Nobel Peace prize for those who tolerate, train, fund & patronise terrorists...
Whats going on in India? In face of major terrorists threats, we are refusing to believe our Govt, our Police, our Armed Forces, our Air Force, our Intelligence Services! Its this kind of attitude that makes us a soft targets.
By the grace of Mahaprabhu Jagannath & the good wishes & prayers of many supporters, well wishers, colleagues & friends, I have today tested negative for Covid19. I will now gradually get back into my work routine. Thank you all, I can never forget all the support & kind words 🙏
Thank you Hon'ble PM Shri
@narendramodi
Ji for your most touching tribute to my father, late Dr Bansidhar Panda in your condolence letter. Let me convey on behalf of our family & the thousands of others he had helped, how deeply we appreciate & cherish your kind gesture🙏🏼🙏🏼
-It’s being reported that the Telangana CM is again going to skip the Prime Minister’s program today in Hyderabad
-Next time he & his ilk whine about federalism, they must be curtly reminded that it’s a two-way street
-It’s bad enough that they’ve reduced political discourse to…
#Ayodhya
With few exceptns like KK Muhammad, many "scholars" & "historians" did immense damage to India's communal harmony by pushing brazen falsehoods. The right way to heal the wounds of partition was not to suppress history, but to acknowledge facts, for truth & reconciliation
*I'm shocked at this news
*Very very sad
@Naveen_Odisha
didn't see thru the conspiracy agnst me led by an IAS ofcr now controlling th party
*I vehemently deny the allegations agnst me, they are entirely false & baseless
*I will pray to Jagannath for guidance b4 i respond further
A once nationalist party apparently no longer has any shame in its members assaulting a retired navy officer. & for what, a cartoon? What a travesty of the legacy of the late, charismatic founder of that party, a former cartoonist himself & a fierce supporter of our armed forces.
This is exactly what Naveen Patnaik's Odisha police are doing to
@otvnews
, illegally arresting executives & intimidating them into resigning (while in custody!) during the days it takes for courts to grant bail. With few exceptions, most national media & so called liberals silent
A year ago we lost our father. He was ailing & seeking moksha, had lived a full life, created thousands of jobs, contributed enormously to society & was widely loved & respected..
It was also a turning point for me, the extreme pettiness of "friends" clarified my path forward🙏🙏
Huge Chennai turnout in support of
#CAA
where i spoke alongwith
@BJP4TamilNadu
& NDA leaders.
The more it is discussed, the more opponents’ disinformation & fear-mongering falls apart.
& the crowd gave me enormous affection after hearing of my family connection with Tamil Nadu.
Very saddened to hear of the passing of Shri
#ManoharParrikar
He was hugely respected for his simplicity, integrity & administrative ability.
Snatched away too early by illness, an immense loss for India...
Om Shanti 🙏🙏🙏
There, fixed it
"The
#Lockdown
saved millions of lives, but also slowed the growth of my billions. And it did nothing to revive my friend's flattened voteshare. How's that fair?"
It’s worth understanding the chronology.
-First, President
@JoeBiden
finally went out on a limb to call a spade a spade, ie Xi a dictator
-Next, he had the audacity to treat PM
@narendramodi
to rare honours & boost US-India ties to the next level
-What a ‘coincidence’ that Barry…
The suspension of
@AartiTikoo
's account by
@Twitter
(for posting about threats against her family by Jihadis!) exposes big tech as terrorism sympathisers.
Many prominent voices demanding this travesty be corrected are being ignored. India is outraged, there will be consequences.
The Supreme Court order today granting bail to Arnab Goswami upholds fundamental principles of law that were being blatantly flouted by the Maharashtra police. It is a warning to wannabe tinpot dictators there & in Odisha, West Bengal & Kerala that they will be put in their place
Some had criticised the Modi govt abrogating the constitution's ONLY "temporary" article,
#Article370
which facilitated terrorism, ethnic cleansing of Pandits, misogyny & more. They said it wouldn't work. Today the most virulent separatist
#Geelani
quit the Hurriat. It's working.
Bollywood's underworld links are decades old. Some of those links morphed into terrorism enablers & are openly sheltered by Pakistan. So exposés on the industry's
#ISI
connections were inevitable. What's needed now: end the silence, stop getting huffy, renounce those friendships.
As we take a large lead in the seats in early counting, I urge all
@BJP4Assam
Karyakartas to refrain from crowded celebrations as mandated by
@ECISVEEP
& endorsed by
@BJP4India
Nat'l President
@JPNadda
Ji. Let us be humble & maintain Assam's excellent track record managing
#covid
It is astonishing to read about the claims of a Pakistani journalist involving our former Vice President Hamid Ansari.
What is even more shocking is that he got a 2nd term during the UPA govt!
Were the top posts compromised during that period? It raises some serious doubts.
As of now the
#USAElections2020
could go either way. But what's abundantly clear is that once again almost all opinion polls touting a landslide got it badly wrong. Most US media was also guilty of dumping journalism for activism, & reporting what they wish for instead of what is
Some traditions are worth preserving not just over the years and decades, but over generations. Like every summer at our home, keeping matkas of cool water, plain and with dahi, just outside the gate, for passers by.
All the liberals claiming freedom of speech & dissent is endangered in India, especially those who returned awards, do you not see the hypocrisy today in not standing up for
@KanganaTeam
's
#FoE
& against her harrassment by the Maharashtra govt? If this is not
#fascism
what is?
Says it all about India's delusional modern day "Liberal" elites. With not a clue about what classical liberalism stood for, today's wannabe Liberals are mostly just brainwashed, far left ideologues.
Sad at
@AbeShinzo
san stepping down due to health. Japan's longest serving PM is a close friend of
@narendramodi
Ji & they've worked to bring major democracies closer. I've been fortunate to have been long associated with Indo-Japan Track-II dialogues. I pray for his good health.
Modi haters ignore that
#PMCARES
improves on *every* parameter of Nehruvian PMNR Fund. That: no audit at all, totally opaque & his *party* President as permanent trustee. THIS: only constitutionally sworn-in *govt* trustees + transparency = more ventilators now than in 7 decades.
-You don’t turn up at the stadium for the entire match
-You don’t even put out your players list for weeks & keep the umpires waiting
-The match finally starts with new teams, incl some of yr players
-Then you hold net practice elsewhr, with some other teams, & say you shd’ve won
The vandalism & arson by “protestors” shd make it clear to any who still have doubts why
#CitizenshipAmendmentAct
&
#NRC
are needed
These ppl are far from being the concerned citizens they claim to be. They are anarchists to whom neithr constitution nor citizenship is sacrosanct
My friend & colleague
@shaziailmi
, all of India is proud of your intervention with rabid anti India & anti
@narendramodi
protestors in Seoul.
You were courageous, dignified, principled & polite, but made yourself heard loud & clear, a proud Bharatiya nari.
Jai Hind🙏🙏🙏
I strongly condemn the attack on
@republic
TV’s
#ArnabGoswami
& his wife
That the perpetrators have apparently confessed belonging one of the oldest parties makes it worse
Neither is the
#palgharlynching
silence & hypocrisy acceptable, nor violence on those who call it out🙏🙏
Welcome to
@BJP4India
Prakash Behera, sitting Congress MLA of Salipur, in Cuttack dist but part of Kendrapada LS constituency.
You will add strength to our party to win this prestigious seat for the 1st time.
I look forward to working with you for the development of the area 🙏🙏
#JaiShreeRam
If you can't read the Ramayana in Sanskrit or other Indian languages, I highly recommend this English version by 'Rajaji.' It is very accessible & unputdownable. I guarantee it'll make you think, maybe even change your life. Morality, honour, duty, an epic for eons.
This impressive yng man is making the right sort of waves in Parliament.
I believe
#NRC
is needed for Odisha as well. It has seen a huge influx of illegal immigrants, esp in the coastal districts.
In my time in Parlmt i had sought (& got) coast guard coverage, but more needed now
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya in Lok Sabha: Illegal immigrants are a security threat to the state. Yesterday a terror module that operates from Bangladesh was busted in Bengaluru. I call upon the Centre to extend NRC to Karnataka&B'luru to weed out Bangladeshis who've come here illegally
It was a privilege to receive & see off Hon'le PM
@narendramodi
Ji on his Odisha visit to review the impact of
#CycloneAmaphan
He has always done justice to our needs, whether it be investment infrastructure or aid. Today he won hearts yet again with his empathy & generosity🙏🙏
Heartiest congratulations to all members of the new cabinet and council of ministers. Full of talent, they will contribute strongly to achieving Hon' PM
@narendramodi
Ji' s vision for the 75th anniversary of the Republic of India 🙏🙏
With
#Article370
gone, at long last, the slogan "From Kashmir To Kanyakumari, India Is One"
finally, finally comes true!
Thank you, PM
@narendramodi
and HM
@AmitShah
for having the courage to take this long overdue, historic decision 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏