BJP spokesman Sambit Patra attacks Rahul Gandhi in
@sardesairajdeep
show, asking whether his mother "Antonio Maino who comes from Italy" will build the Ram temple. Patra also calls Congress spokesman
@Pawankhera
"Mr Piddi". Where is our public discourse headed to?
Look who are heading the two SITs on Delhi riots-- a DCP who was barred by the EC from poll duty for wrongly identifying the man who fired at Shaheen Bagh as AAP supporter; another DCP whose probe into JNU violence has been a non-starter via
@ThePrintIndia
Delhi has reduced the number of daily tests by almost 50 per cent in the last fortnight despite high positivity rate. Just keep the numbers down and the crisis will go away! Many lives may be lost in this cynical battle of perception management.
It's "absurd" for PM Modi to play up personal equations with world leaders and his Lahore visit was unnecessary, wrote late Pranab Mukherjee in his memoir. He blamed Sonia Gandhi for "mishandling" Maharashtra and creating Telangana, among other things, reports
@khanthefatima
Dr Kafeel urges CM Yogi to let him help in Covid fight and then suspend him again, if the govt wants, after the crisis is over, reports
@NPDay
via
@ThePrintIndia
Lakhimpur Kheri reporter who was killed would have earned Rs 500 had he reported the incident for his channel. Raman, a tehsil reporter, was paid Rs 500 for a story and Rs 300 for a phono (phone-in). He earned only Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 a month but loved reporting, reports
@NPDay
Lakhimpur Kheri reporter was alive but police took him to morgue, not hospital, brother agonises
Neelam Pandey
@NPDay
and Praveen Jain
@PraveenJain2622
report for ThePrint from the ground
Amit Shah backing Yogi Adityanath as future PM! In an interview with The Indian Express, he says talks about Yogi as a future PM candidate are "natural"
Rahul Gandhi's most trusted lieutenant, AICC gen sec in charge of organisation and Alappuzha MP KC Venugopal, runs away from electoral contest this time. Talk about opposition leaders' confidence !
If Keynyan 'aid' hurt egos in India- on social media, at least- a reality check is in order: 20 African countries, mostly in Sub-Saharan landmass, are richer than India on a per capita GDP basis, writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
via
@ThePrintIndia
The least
@nsitharaman
can do is to use her influence to get the VC sacked. He is the most incompetent VC JNU ever got. The campus has been boiling since his appointment. But what can she do? Read
@ThePrintIndia
#pretruth
Horrifying images from JNU — the place I know & remember was one for fierce debates & opinions but never violence. I unequivocally condemn the events of today. This govt, regardless of what has been said the past few weeks, wants universities to be safe spaces for all students.
In 1999, Bolsonaro called for the assassination of former Brazilian president Cardoso. In 2003, he told a legislator that he won’t rape her because she “doesn’t deserve it”. He is our Republic Day chief guest via
@ThePrintIndia
Think it's the right time to re-plug my last column: BJP set for victories in Maharashtra & Haryana but something has changed for Modi voters via
@ThePrintIndia
Capt. Amarinder Singh ends suspense over his next move: To launch party & ally ‘with BJP, others.’ Says no sacrilege by Singhu lynching victim. Also hints at likely resolution of the stalemate over farm laws
#ThePrintExclusive
via
@ThePrintIndia
For those who attacked Kiran Mazumdar Shaw for talking reason, this report could be an eye-opener. As communal tensions rise in Karnataka, IT firms ‘reach out’ to investment-seeking Tamil Nadu, reports
@revathii95
via
@ThePrintIndia
@cpimspeak
So, our Comrades are also going to the US for health check-ups! Chalo, they're beginning to see something positive in 'imperialist' America. I've a hundred grievances against our ruling party leaders, but can't but appreciate the fact that they still trust our own institutions.
Prasar Bharati gets 5 new board members including Jagran's Sanjay Gupta, Ashok Tandon & Shaina NC. They will guard--passionately and fiercely, I am sure-- the autonomy of India's public broadcaster 😛 via
@ThePrintIndia
Burnt houses, schools — Manipur commandos ‘led arson spree’ in Moreh, Myanmar fire dept ‘came to rescue’, reports
@Sourav_RB
from the conflict zone via
@theprintindia
Signs of change in Bihar post-APMC: A farmer with an annual turnover of Rs 80 lakh and an agri supply company's turnover at Rs 70 crore in 8 years. Politicians seem unaware as agri reforms have no claimant this poll season, I report via
@ThePrintIndia
Modi govt has lost farm laws battle. It's the BJP's inability to accept the realities of Indian politics and appreciate the limitations of a parliamentary majority that has brought it here, writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
via
@ThePrintIndia
.
@yadavakhilesh
agrees to get vaccinated months after refusing ‘BJP vaccine.’ He has done the right thing. Criticizing him for this is cynical politics. via
@ThePrintIndia
If Pakistan wishes to retaliate, it has to also know that this isn’t a game of cricket with one innings for either side, writes
@ShekharGupta
via
@ThePrintIndia
AAP is not an anti-Muslim party, not yet. Soft Hindutva, hard nationalism, woolly economics and hard-core populism could be a better description for brand AAP, writes
@_YogendraYadav
via
@ThePrintIndia
Modi, Modi, Modi — BJP MPs mention PM 420 times in Parliament speeches on President’s address, reports
@khanthefatima
. Even the Gandhi family never got such adulation from Congress leaders via
@ThePrintIndia
Indira Gandhi tried to take private markets away from farmers. Modi is bringing more markets to them. In each case, supremely powerful and popular leaders failed to see their limitations, writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
via
@ThePrintIndia
Something for
@ArvindKejriwal
govt to take note of. Telangana HC says, "It is imperative that every dead body... necessarily has to be tested in order to eliminate the possibility that the dead body, even of an asymptomatic person, is not a carrier of coronavirus."
.
@_YogendraYadav
writes
@ThePrintIndia
people like him and Prashant Bhushan failed to foresee the most dangerous personality traits of Arvind Kejriwal: His willingness to sacrifice everything at the altar of electoral success. via
@ThePrintIndia
Trump may lose but Trumpism has arrived. A demagogue can turn a majority’s latent insecurities into a victim complex and build an impregnable base. See the minority complex of Hindus in India... writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
via
@ThePrintIndia
What a mess
@DelhiPolice
has created at ITO! Hundreds of people stuck in nooks and crannies because the police can't properly manage a
@PMOIndia
visit to Rajghat!
Congress fossilised, status-quoist and undemocratic, party spokesman
@JhaSanjay
at his articulate best in an interview with my colleague
@khanthefatima
Give it to
@nitin_gadkari
His persuasive and accommodating speech was quite in contrast with the unnecessarily hostile speeches and interventions that other ministers make.
Parliament clears Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill with Rajya Sabha voting 108 to 13 in favour. Heavier fines for drink driving to jail term for parents of minors causing accidents — read this June report by Moushumi Das Gupta
@dgupta_moushumi
to know more
Don't go by Covid numbers in Mumbai. There is a huge improvement in doubling and mortality rates, says Shiv Sena MP
@priyankac19
@ThePrintIndia
, putting up a strong defence of CM Thackeray. via
@YouTube
Have been driving from one roundabout to another for the last 15 minutes just to reach home. All barricaded. Some VIP is going somewhere. Thought ,
@PMOIndia
had ended this VIP culture!
Now, JNU does not stand for any ideological orthodoxy, it stands as a symbol of democratic dissent. It is not Left vs Right anymore. It is simply right vs wrong now, writes
@_YogendraYadav
via
@ThePrintIndia
When Mamata Banerjee's sister-in-law saw a BJP flag on the road, she asked a TMC worker to pick it up and keep it on the side as cars would drive over it. “It doesn’t matter which party it belongs to, don’t let it just lie on the road this way,” she said, reports
@SreyashiDey
From Udaipur to Raipur, Congress showed how desperately it's trying to become BJP- not in terms of electoral success but in keeping its leaders away from the media. The privileged leaders sitting on the dais didn't even come down to meet AICC and PCC delegates.
Wonder how
@BearGrylls
could manage to produce such a boring show even with a charismatic personality like Prime Minister Modi. A Doordarshan team could have done a much better job.
One reason why graft and impropriety charges against UPA stuck was because Sonia sacked people at the slightest provocation. Modi knows how foolish it was. So, wrestlers can only sob as Brij Bhushan Singh rides high, writes
@virsanghvi
via
@theprintindia
Low Covid death rate removed fear of virus from people’s minds in Kerala, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan tells
@abantika77
in an interview
@ThePrintIndia
. For a change, a governor sounds so non-partisan. via
@ThePrintIndia
A BJP MP calling Rs 2k notes a source of black money and terror-financing is like questioning PM Modi's demonetisation and its goals! Another BJP MP talks about hoarding of Rs 2 k notes- by the opposition, of course! Whatever happened to demonetisation goals!
‘Better to die with families’ — no food or money, Delhi migrants prefer the long walk home, reports
@Samyak_01
. You just can't miss the brilliant pictures by
@PraveenJain2622
via
@ThePrintIndia
The prime minister, chief minister and district magistrate are the three engines of India’s governance, but their handling of the coronavirus pandemic is going awry, writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
via
@ThePrintIndia
BJP loses 7 out of 16 mayoral posts in MP, including strongholds of Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar and state party chief V.D. Sharma, report
@shankerarnimesh
and
@NPDay
via
@ThePrintIndia
“I am a well-wisher and admirer of the Prime Minister. But if I see an electricity wire or a snake near his feet, should I not caution him?" says Meghalaya governor Satya Pal Malik via
@ThePrintIndia
.
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
: What Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote in 1974 fits in perfectly with Rahul Gandhi-Cong today: “Aag lagi hum ri jhopadiya mein, hum gawain malhar/dekh bhai kitne tamashe ki, zindagani hamaar." via
@ThePrintIndia
Mamata biopic in several languages to create a 'larger-than-life' image, changing Trinamool Congress' name, revising its constitution and much more as Didi prepares for 'Delhi chalo', reports
@SreyashiDey
via
@ThePrintIndia
Modi may be too smart to fall for his own propaganda but the official narrative of positive transformative change has become increasingly untenable. For its own sake, the government should course correct, writes TN Ninan via
@ThePrintIndia
India needs not just a vipaksha, but a pratipaksha. Vipaksha is limited to offering opposition and criticism; pratipaksha offers constructive criticism and feasible alternatives, writes
@_YogendraYadav
. Couldn't agree more via
@ThePrintIndia
Didi & PK have no illusion the Gandhis can revive Congress. That’s why they are offering it the option of seeing itself as a start-up with 13 cr votes as initial capital, and a new management — theirs, of course- writes
@ShekharGupta
via
@ThePrintIndia
How Modi deals with farmers-- as Thatcher who locked horns with those opposing reforms or as Dr Singh who gave in to Anna- will determine India's politics going ahead. Wish he chose Thatcher, writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalIntetest
via
@ThePrintIndia
Both Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi are harming their parties that suffer from the same weaknesses — over centralisation, and an unhealthy obsession with one dominant face, writes
@RuhiTewari
via
@ThePrintIndia
Starting a new innings as Editor, Politics
@ThePrintIndia
. Rebooting my opinion piece on
@AmitShah
's allegorical description of political adversaries as snakes, mongooses, cats and dogs.
In the past 10 years, Mamata Banerjee has made at least nine retired IPS officers members of her Trinamool Congress, 4 were ministers, reports
@madhuparna_N
via
@ThePrintIndia
My house was 30 metres away but I must take 5 km detour! Police state is something I read in books! Are we supposed to be humbled/terrified
@DelhiPoliceCom1
@AmitShah
?
Prakash Javadekar is "useless" and Smriti Irani is a "great friend" while NSA and PMO are hooked to Republic, Arnab Goswami's WhatsApp chats with ex-BARC chief executive also reveal why Amit Shah in the govt was 'great news' for them via
@ThePrintIndia
We hardly remember who opposed Roosevelt and Thatcher because it became nearly impossible to fight against their popularity. I suspect that the Modi phenomenon is turning out to be something like that, a brilliant take from
@virsanghvi
via
@theprintindia
How do you explain the PM and his government coining one slogan after another to beat the triple crises, ostensibly? Never mind the joke, the secret may lie in Brezhnev's vodka. Read on this week's
#NationalInterest
by
@ShekharGupta
via
@ThePrintIndia
Vajpayee-Advani's NDA is over, used and discarded. Narendra Modi and Amit Shah’s BJP has finished the NDA and written new rules and equations in national politics, writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
via
@ThePrintIndia
Is Modi losing his touch? Why has he turned a blind eye to the plight of migrants and directed all his messaging only at the middle classes and elites?
@ShekharGupta
flags vital questions in
#NationalInterest
, which may have a great bearing on Indian politics in times to come
Vande Bharat vs Bharat ke bande: Can Narendra Modi be losing his political touch so soon?
@ShekharGupta
writes in this week's edition of ThePrint's
#NationalInterest
Time for the railways to clear the air. Punjab IAS officer says Railways not paying 85% of migrants fare, state footing entire bill, reports
@ChitleenKSethi
via
@ThePrintIndia
Following a presentation & discussions with Sh. Prashant Kishor, Congress President has constituted a Empowered Action Group 2024 & invited him to join the party as part of the group with defined responsibility. He declined. We appreciate his efforts & suggestion given to party.
Reminds me of my crime reporting days: "The deceased was riding the pillion." A colleague had then consoled me: "Don't worry. I was once covering a sati incident in Rajasthan and my boss asked me angrily how come I didn't get her husband's reaction."
1-2-3 count in the BJP isn't as easy as before: Modi, Shah, Bhagwat. Now you'll need to fit Yogi somewhere. He hasn't done much good for UP but what he does today, others in the BJP do tomorrow, writes
@ShekharGupta
in
#NationalInterest
via
@ThePrintIndia
Delhi's Sanskriti and some other schools hike fees by 10-35 % amid Covid-19 crisis. Harried parents write to the PM, reports
@s_kritika
via
@ThePrintIndia
Sharjeel ‘radicalised’ by books, including one by political scientist Paul R Brass and a thesis on communal riots during Partition, Delhi Police chargesheet says, reports
@BhadraSinha
via
@ThePrintIndia
Bhagwant Mann touching Kejriwal's feet is a given in a high commandist party but it doesn't help the new Punjab CM. He and Kejriwal have many other conflicting interests and objectives, I
@dksingh73
write in
#PoliticallyCorrect
via
@ThePrintIndia