Dalit organisations mobilised this ocean of Dalits on the streets of Bengaluru on Saturday throwing an open challenge to the present communal and casteist BJP rule in Karnataka ✊🏾
EWS is a misnomer; it's reservation for forward castes. The eligibility cut-off of annual income of 8 lakhs i.e. Rs. about 67,000/- a month, makes a mockery of the immense poverty of oppressed communities caused by the historical injustice of caste.
In its 2017 judgement in Abhiram Singh v. C.D. Commachen, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme court held that an appeal in the name of religion would constitute a corrupt practice under the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
Release Umar Khalid, Gulfisha Fatima, Jyoti Jagtap, Rona, Mahesh Raut, Khurram Parvez ..... and all those who have suffered in jails over the past 10 years for resisting this fascist regime
#release
#politicalprisoners
The Karnataka police which turns a blind eye to hate speeches against Muslims and rampant caste atrocities, has filed a FIR against 70 citizens marching in support of Sankey Road trees!
Reminding. SC Collegium has recommended BJP leader Victoria Gowri as a judge of the Madras HC. Part of BJP's Mahila Morcha, she even campaigned for the BJP during the 2014 election. She has publicly expressed prejudices against minorities.
For the 6th year running, Eid prayers were not allowed in the historic Jama Masjid in Shrinagar. All these claims of normalcy and such blatant restrictions on religious rights of Kashmiris.
After being harassed by Bajrang Dal goons on the train, the nuns were then detained by the police at Jhansi station and "quizzed" for 5 hours before being let off. Right on track, this project of the RSS.
Looks very similar to the pellet injuries that we've seen on Kashmiris for several years now. Said it before, I'll say it again. The worst of India is played out first in Kashmir before it is taken to other parts of the country.
Remarkable incident of Sunil Gavaskar standing up to a lynch mob to save a family from definite death. If only his fans and today's celebrities had this kind of humanity, belief and spine to stand up to majoritarianism.
We condemn this discriminatory and illegal act of prohibiting maids, vendors, and delivery Boys from using the lift in a building in Hyd.
Allowing pets while denying these hardworking people, who ease your life, feed you, and clean your homes, is inhumane and unacceptable.
On this day in 1831, Savitribai Phule, the radical educationalist and fighter against caste and patriarchy was born. Alongside her husband Jyotiba Phule, she started the first Indian girl’s school in Pune in 1848 and built the path for women's education in India.
Manipur continues to burn since May last year. You wouldn't know it if you saw the news.
Massive protests in Ladakh have erupted. But you wouldn't know this if you saw the news.
There is no free (mainstream) media or journalism left.
BIG BREAKING: Massive protest against Modi Govt in Leh & Ladakh.
Thousands of locals observed complete shutdown & hit the streets to demand the restoration of statehood for Leh & Ladakh.
This is an ultra-sensitive border state, yet Godi Media is completely silent on this!!
A day after Haryana home minister Anil Vij said that around “3000-4000 persons were held hostage in a temple” allegedly by Muslim rioters during the communal clashes in Nuh on Monday, the priest of the same temple refuted such a claim.
Street vendors from Church Street were evicted to make way for this privileged form of street vending! One street vendor approached the High Court which granted orders permitting him to do his street vending without interference from the BBMP or the police.
For the first time, we opened a stall on Church Street to sell my designs, and we sold out 60-70% of our stock (here's how it went 👇, A MINI QUICK Thread)
Obviously the driver cannot be expected to foot the bill for AC. If one has paid for a cab ride, that's what one gets. Petrol/diesel/cooking prices hiked. High cost of living. Diminishing wages Exploitative working conditions. Question the people causing this.
Shocking !! Driver refused to turn on AC unless we paid extra for air conditioning. Is this something new ? Had to cancel trip after getting into the cab.
@Uber
@Uber_Support
Indian Railways is systematically dismantled by the Modi government while selling dreams of bullet trains and vande bharat. People's struggles have increased as the number of general/sleeper coaches are reduced, senior citizen concessions is stopped, train fares have increased.
This is Islamophobic. Nothing moreover nothing less. Animals are butchered and consumed across the country by all communities (some perhaps a bit surreptitiously). Then to choose this day, and make this a convert action, reeks of Islamophobia.
This is a fun story I wrote yesterday. More than reporting, I enjoyed writing it. It's about Jains in Chandni Chowk who purchased 124 goats as part of their rescue operation to save the animals from being slaughtered on Eid.
Across Bengaluru, low-lying areas and slums housing thousands of families of daily-wagers, contract workers and others from the informal sector, are inundated. People have lost their possessions and food-grains. Shri
@BSBommai
must immediately announce relief and rehabilitation
After keeping Bhima Koregaon accused Shoma Sen in jail on trumped up charges since June 2018, National Investigation Agency has stated in the Supreme Court that she is not needed in custody anymore. UAPA sanctions this arbitrariness and brutal violence.
There has to be an end to this. Why do banks just refuse to make it convenient for people by using their language? What is the basis for this adamant refusal to use Kannada or other local languages? After all it is our money in these banks!
On December 25, 1927, at the Mahad Protest, Manusmurti Dahan Din was celebrated under the leadership of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. The Manusmriti that epitomises the subordination of Dalits, Women and other oppressed communities was publicly burned.
We've been told that normalcy is returning to Manipur. Is this normalcy? A child burned to death. More houses torched, including that of MLAs. This is a complete breakdown of constitutional machinery, and law and order. Perks of a double-engine government
Devasting news of Vivek Raj losing his life to caste discrimination in his corporate job. What does it say when a person has to give up his life to draw attention to the caste violence in corporate circles. Take immediate action
@CMofKarnataka
@SWDGok
It's all going downhill real quick. Now in Indore, Mahesh Patel, a petrol pump owner and a relative of a former BJP MLA, pulls on gun on safaikaramcharis in an altercation on non-segregation of garbage.
Elect Sanghi goons, you'll get a goonda Raj!
Last night at the football grounds adjacent to my home in Austin Town. Messi fans erupted after the last penalty and the party continued late into the night. This morning, kids are back to the ground running their drills and dreaming of a future in football.
In effect, the BJP government in Assam has prohibited, for three months, property transactions between members of different religions. Just a reminder that anti-Jew laws were the first wave of persecution against them in Nazi Germany.
via
@scroll_in
The desperation is showing. The speeches have become viciously communal with peppering of fear mongering and doomsday prophesies, all underlaid by blatant lies.
#WATCH
| PM Modi in Rajasthan's Banswara, says, "Congress is trapped in the clutches of the Leftists and urban naxals. What Congress has said in its manifesto is serious and worrying. They have said that if they form a government then a survey of property belonging to every
884 Anganwadi workers sacked in Delhi. This is because they protested against non-payment of their wages. This appears like the norm that workers will be denied their due wages and then thrown out of their jobs for demanding the due wages!
It was held that appeal was sufficient to annul the election in which such an appeal was made regardless whether the appeal was in the name of the candidate’s religion or the religion of the election agent or that of the opponent or that of the voters.
Recently revealed classified documents by CIA reveal that RSS instigated northern army officers to plot an assassination attempt against then Indian Army Chief Gen K.M. Cariappa.
Hindutva mob vandalised a Catholic school and assaulted a priest in Telangana’s Mancherial district. FIR is filed against school, NO cases against mob.
Allowing for exemption of factories from 48 hours work/week, giving weekly holidays and 9-hour working day, is encoding into law the exploitation of workers. Don't throw social justice for workers out, withdraw this
@mkstalin
@ptrmadurai
@cvganeshan1
Friends in
#Bengaluru
, please join this protest against the repression of political activists. The coming to power of NDA, has witnessed the targetting of journalists, communal lynchings and massacre of Adivasis in Bastar.
Date: 20th June
Time: 4.00 pm
Venue: Freedom Park
Chilling details of the sexual assault and rape by
#PrajwalRevanna
. This is his 68- year old maid pleading with him to not rape her. "I've fed your father and grandfather" she pleaded.
@siddaramaiah
these survivors should be provided all help needed as well as protection.
A person claiming to belong to BJP/RSS dupes a retired High Court Judge promising a Governor's post. Apparently he has posed for photos with several BJP leaders and ministers.
Yuvraj Swamy accused of cheating retired HC judge of ₹8.8 crore - The Hindu
The sangh parivar, in its quest for political power, will burn the country to the ground by its weaponisation of religion. Festivals are not about celebration, rather occasions for causing destruction. All the while selling off the nation's assets to its venture capitalists.
Anil Ambani Group have defaulted on loans totalling a little more than ₹43,800 crore! And they don't even need to run from the lenders.
60 listed firms disclose ₹75,000 cr. default - The Hindu
Confidential 36-page report by the Madhya Pradesh Accountant General exposes major scam in the Madhya Pradesh government's nutrition programme for children, costing taxpayers crores of rupees and leaving the children facing the risk of malnutrition.
Congratulations to Tasmida Johar, India’s first woman graduate from the displaced Rohingya community.
It's unimaginable the trauma suffered by her. Such an inspiration.
@AlizaNoor1501
We have to fight to put an end to this bulldozer injustice. According to reports, in 2023, over five lakh Indians faced forcible eviction with one lakh houses being demolished.
Their homes in Jai Bhim Nagar Powai, where they have lived most of their childhood, were demolished by BMC two days ago. We found them coming out from the rubble today morning with this copy of the Indian Constitution.They went searching for it. Their search for justice continues
Friends in Bengaluru.
Please join the joint call of students for protest against the brutal attack by ABVP Goons in JNU today. Join us tomorrow (06.01.2020) at Town Hall at 4. 00 pm.
So in JNU, Delhi, the capital, mobs run wild. This is the development as promised.
So the Biden government is not defending Jack Dorsey. He has not claimed this to be an attack on the US. American media has not turned the act of defending him into a patriotic task
Jack Dorsey Loses $526 Million Net Worth Hours After Hindenburg Report
“This proves that a patriot’s voice cannot be crushed by fascists" -
#KanganaRanaut
thank home minister Amit Shah after receiving Y-plus category security ahead of her Mumbai visit on September 9
Read:
The inhumanity of destroying homes that takes people years, sometimes generations, to build up. The illegality of denying people their constitutionally guaranteed right to shelter. The bulldozer is the new anti-poor symbol.
Nearly 1000 homes, mostly belonging to Dalits, Muslims, and OBCs, were demolished in Delhi's Tughlakabad, leaving thousands homeless in the name of illegal encroachment, without making any provision for their resettlement.
This is the general compartment in Prashanthi Express (18464). If it was crowded till now, it somehow got more crowded here at Guntakal. Packed with migrant workers returning to Odisha abd West Bengal. Instead of fancy new trains, what each train needs more general compartments!
Met Sudha last year when she came (in custody) to Bangalore to attend her father's last rites. Jail time had not dented any of her dreams for a just society. Power to her, Bhima Koregaon 11 and all jailed for trying to realise Babasaheb and Bhagat Singh's dreams for our country.
For urgent release
A woman has tested positive for
#COVID19
in Byculla women's jail, Mumbai, where Prof.Shoma Sen & Lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, both falsely accused, remain incarcerated for over 18 months
This is a serious threat, and the court should release them now.
#ReleaseBK11
Awesome
@free_thinker
and
@zoo_bear
for being nominated for the Nobel Peace prize. Your determined, brave and relentless battle against misinformation, lies and fake news is inspiring. Thank you for what you do.
Fighter Ravi, a notorious rowdy sheeter enjoying a moment with PM Modi. Now BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje said including Ravi in a welcome committee during Modi’s visit to Mandya was a lapse. But he's still a Party member and a ticket aspirant.
Why is the BJP the only party resisting counting of all Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) paper slips in elections? Just makes it all very suspicious since this can only add credibility to the election process.
#BJPjawabdo
#CountallVVPATs
A youth known locally as a BJP worker and five associates, each of them in lungi and skullcap, were detained by Murshidabad police on Wednesday after local people allegedly caught them throwing stones at a train engine.
Majestic bust stand right now. Announcement being made that bus travel to their homes is free. Absolutely welcome decision. Now to declare all train travel by inter -state migrant workers free as well.
@aicctukar
@vinaysreeni
Just a week ago a Church in Kengeri was demolished. Now this. Incidentally the BJP government passed the Karnataka Religious Structures (Protection) Act, 2021 to protect protect religious structures on public land. Still no protection?
A 20 feet
#Christ
statue & a small prayer hall demolished in
#Mulbagal
,
#Kolar
#Karnataka
by dist officials. Tehsildar claims the statue built is in govt land & they have received court order.
#Church
authorities &
#Christian
community contend that the matter is still before court
In solidarity with
@ChetanAhimsa
Since coming to power the Modi government has subverted every single democratic institution and clamped down on dissent and resistance. Speaking against a government policy or action cannot be seen as anti-national!
Roughly translated. We joined the queue hearing that vaccination was being done here. Others kept coming, got vaccinated and left. We enquired about this. They asked our caste and said that it only for Brahmins and not SC (Scheduled Caste). We've filed a complaint with the police
@vivekagnihotri
This is Islamophobic hate speech which should be reported.
@Twitter
any action against this compulsive Islamophobic person
@elonmusk
will twitter remain a platform for people to engage in dehumanising hate speech.
Navayuga Engineering Company Limited is contracted to build the Uttarkhand tunnel that has collapsed and trapped 41 workers? It's the same company building the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway where 20 workers and engineers lost their lives.
These young children have been forced to the streets in defence of their Muslim teachers who were victimised only because of their religious identity. They've taken it upon themselves to fight this vicious communal politics.
While acknowledging his brave act, many opine that he may not do the same today, because of polarisation/fear that ED/other agencies would be unleashed on him. Surely the circumstances then too, were tough. Moreover it's not whether he'll repeat his actions, it's whether we will
Prasar Bharati, which runs Doordarshan and All India Radio, has signed an exclusive contract with RSS-backed Hindusthan Samachar and will entirely rely on the RSS-backed news agency Hindusthan Samachar for its daily news feed.
11 persons convicted on the charges of gang rape and the murder of seven family members of Bilkis Bano, walked out of the Godhra sub-jail under Gujarat government's remission policy. Sickening.
Salute to the rat miners who saved the tunnel workers. Among the rat miners are Munna Qureshi and Feroz Qureshi. Says much that, to save the workers, they came to Uttarakhand, the same state where Muslims face state-sanctioned violence and expulsion.
He is an accused. He is wrongly arrested and jailed. He cannot hold a glass due to his hands shake on account of Parkinson's disease. Forced to approach Court to use a straw. Court will hear this request in 20 days. Such are the courts in these days and such are the times.
Reminder that these cricketers took the knee a couple of years ago in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Strict silence on all "internal matters" even the wrestlers struggle for justice. Such spineless people.
Read this thread to understand the precarious state of civil liberties in the country. Arrested persons but no FIR shown/given to them, and vociferous objection to an application seeking a copy of the FIR. Lawlessness of bulldozer (in)justice reigns today.
History by and for the WhatsApp University.
Jan Sangh was formed in 1951. Golwalkar denounced the freedom struggle as territorial nationalism which deprived "us" of the content of our real Hindu Nationhood.
Guess who British colonial rulers feared & hated most in India? Yup it was the RSS & JanSangh. Highly organized, disciplined & fierce, they scared the sh
#t
out of Brits. RSS is India’s crown jewel, it’s backbone & its most loyal civil society protector. We shd be proud of them!
Every rapist, murderer or thief always have a strong emotional, physical, psychological or financial reason to commit a crime, no crime ever happens without a reason, yet they are convicted and sentenced to jail.
If you are aligned with the criminals strong emotional impulse to
A 65-year-old Dalit is being publicly humiliated, he is being paraded around the village with a garland of shoes around his neck, The upper caste village head husband and his associates are responsible for this act, incident happened in UP's Kaushambi.
Just your ordinary privileged communal mysogynist upper caste person, who (ab)used his political power because he cannot stand the thought of being beaten by a woman. Yet this act of hubris will be his downfall.
Stand with
@Sowmyareddyr
Truck driven by BJP workers was caught in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh with a full load of Electronic Voting Machines!
@ECISVEEP
fully cooperating with the RSS-BJP to fix
#LokSabhaElections2024
!
While Covid patients struggled for beds, medication, oxygen, BJP leader and former MP, Vijay Sankeshwar, recommended an unscientific unproven lemon therapy. Now a teacher, Basavaraj Malipatil, died while trying this. Any action against this fake doctor?
Yesterday, in High Court, overhead a couple of lawyers comment on a young woman advocate "Her hair colour and style costs 20k saar", "Can't she keep her gown in place", "Such a tight pant saar". No other empty chair, so suffered their anxiety about women, their freedom and choice
All of the terminated workers are either inter/intra- state migrant workers. Without work and salary they are finding it hard to survive in a city like Bangalore.
#YazakiTakeWorkersBack
Classic case of abuse of judicial powers. Some inconvenience to Judges, leading to them invoking suo motu powers and passing eviction orders in violation of Constitutional guarantees, principles of natural justice and the Street Vendors act, 2014.
In the last 6 years, Railways has abolished nearly 72,000 posts of Group C and D categories, including peons, waiters, sweepers, gardeners, etc. What surer way to kill reservations in jobs than by abolishing government jobs.
Manipur Governor declares Easter weekend as workdays in a state where Christians are over 40%. In 2014, the Modi government declared 25th December as "Good governance day". This is not a symbolic attack. This is an attempt at erasure and subjugation.
Yet again we see the coordinated mobilisation of celebrity accounts, esp cricketers, to push the BJP narrative. No surprise that they maintain silence on Bilkis Bano, Manipur, Wrestlers protest, etc. They are not paid accounts; they are enablers of fascism. This is their ideology
Prime Minister is out of touch with reality and common people's lives (and performers are masquerading as journalists)
- Rural India has no metro
- Handful of cities have metros where coverage is partial
- Free bus has increased Metro footfall in Bengaluru
- Women travel freely!
🚨🚨Few Political Parties providing Free Bus travel to women, that's why there is no one to travel in Metro Trains. It is also affecting the traffic and harmful for the environment.
—Narendra Modi
Logic left the Chat😂😂
Finally. Arrested in June 2018, she has been incarcerated for almost 6 years. These draconian laws have to go, and this fascist regime has to be thrown out of power.
Supreme Court grants bail to Shoma Sen in Bhima Koregaon case |
Rough translation:
In Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, the priest who prevented a Dalit girl from entering the temple, got bail a few hours after his arrest.
It was celebrated in the court premises with chants of "Har Har Mahadev".
MP के खरगोन में दलित लड़की को मन्दिर में प्रवेश से रोकने वाले पुजारी को गिरफ्तारी के चंद घंटों बाद बेल मिल गई।
बेल के बाद न्यायालय परिसर में इसका जश्न मनाया गया और "हर हर महादेव के नारे लगाए गए"।
@newsclickin
Such a joke to see a person who has built his life on unearned freebies - caste privilege, inherited wealth and state largesse - spewing venom against welfare schemes.
This is how U celebrate your festival?
“Khoon Se Iss Dharthi Ko Ham Nehla Denge,Hum Tujhko Teri Awkat Bata Denge” provocative song was played in front of Masjid e Mehbus Gulbarga
The procession was led by the BJP leader
Gulbarga Police Should take immediate action against them
Salute to advocates
@vrindagrover
@advsoutik
Devika Tulsiani, Haji Yusuf Qureshi (Late) and Mohd. Furquan Qureshi, for diligently pursuing this case and ensuring this conviction. Respect to the victims and their families for not seeking death sentences to the accused.
2018 Hapur lynching case : Sessions Court in UP finds ten persons guilty of the murder of 45-year-old Qasim and assault of 62-year-old Samaydeen. All convicts sentenced to life imprisonment and fine of Rs. 58,000/- each.
Sudha Murthy seeks "blessings" of Sambhaji Bhide. The same man who is an accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence and most recently refused to speak to a female television news reporter as she did not sport a bindi.
Three Anil Ambani companies owe banks Rs.₹86,188 crore. Private loot of public money.
Three Anil Ambani companies have reportedly been accused of fraud by banks — the amount at stake is nearly ten times more than what Mallya owed via
@BiIndia
Talking about wealth
- Tejasvi Surya’s wealth grew by 2986% in past five years
- BJP, the richest party, it's wealth grew by 1009% in past five years
Also top 1% in India own more than 40% of total wealth while the bottom 50% (700 million) has only 3%
Today, on
#Ugadi
the garbage drivers and loaders are forced to continue with their strike demanding an end to contract system. Listen to Srinivas, who works in BBMP, about his working conditions. They do essential service for
#Bengaluru
and we must
#SupportWorkersStrike