Tara Krishnaswamy
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Cannes Gold+2 Silvers - social impact. Co-founder @politicalshakti, @citizensforblr. Politics/urban governance/gender/federalism/author. @[email protected]
Joined January 2009
Send him this 1.5 mins to open his eyes.
Hathras case a small issue, woman was not gang-raped, says UP minister.
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Both cricket and politics in India suffer from Gujarat.
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In Iran, women removing the Hijab is courageous. In India, women wearing the Hijab is courageous. It isn't contradiction; it is standing up to patriarchal hegemony & an oppressive state in both cases.
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The ugly racism against Indians in America sounds much like ugly Islamophobia in India. The shoe is on the other foot, and it hurts.
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1 year of Karnataka’s Shakti, free bus travel for women:. 5% point increase in women in the formal labor force . Savings of Rs 680-1300 monthly for women . 309.5 cr increase in GST collection due to women spending saved money . Free mobility for women is good for the economy!
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MP Bansuri Swaraj, public representative, took oath today. Not in her language. Not in a language of her people of New Delhi . Not in a language spoken in India. But in a language not spoken for 1000’s of years. Fits right into a party stuck in the past.Out of touch with India.
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Niti Aayog says 44% rural Gujarat, 38% overall GJ is undernourished. This is 30 years of BJP and nearly half it’s people don’t have enough to eat!. For reference - TN, KL are below 3%. PB below 5%. KA, AP, MH 7%. And these chaps are “developing Bharat!”
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Imagine a PM asking his fellow citizens not to be scared of his government.
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Tamil Nadu has developed much faster than the India lm average and every single BJP state. What is PM Modi’s resolution? Slow down Tamil Nadu and reduce its pace of growth?.
It is my resolution that Tamil Nadu must develop at a pace similar to India's development. Over the past 10 years. If AIIMS were inaugurated in India, we made sure that Madurai, too, got its AIIMS. If the poor have been guaranteed treatment for Rs. 5 Lakh in India, you must
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Budget for free bus travel for women in TN = 1200 cr.Budget for free bus travel for women in KA (est) = 1000 cr.Population 1.2 cr less in KA.Cost of 100 episodes of #MannKiBaat = 830 cr (RTI). Cut 1 man’s spend to fund crores of girls/women, raising education levels, GDP.
Who is going to pay for this?Is Congress going to pay from its coffers or is RG going to pay?It is very easy giving away hard earned tax payers money!What Karnataka needs is investment for good jobs for its youth.Karnataka already has nearly 30000 cr of subsidies!.
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What nonsense is the FM saying? I studied Hindi as my second language from 1st standard all way in Madras. As did 1/2 the class. One always could and still can. Hard to believe she’s from TN!.
For many years, in the name of opposing ‘Hindi imposition’, there is a practice of not allowing the study of Hindi & Sanskrit in Tamil Nadu. It is to an extent that we cannot learn Hindi or Sanskrit even if we wish to. You have every right to develop the Tamil Language. But
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Where is the cultural spine of other governments? Why does TN alone constantly speak up for one and all? #DahiNahiPoda
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If Karnataka uses its own money to feed and support its own unemployed and poor, Hindutva calls it freebies . If Karnataka’s money is used by the PM for rations of 81 cr poor - mostly in UP, MP etc - Hindutva calls it a masterstroke.
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Speechless accepting my Swiggy order from an older gentleman who looked like a senior citizen. Triggers memories of aged, ancients slogging in the crushing heat for NREGA wages. It’s heart rending to see 70 and 80 year olds have to work. Not having social security is tragic.
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Don’t pray for me on a temple built on bodies and blood. You want the well being of 140 cr Indians - stay away from public office.
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Not a single guarantee on health, education, economy, jobs or rule of law . Not a single reason to elect them.
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Nari Shakti government and its loyalists telling the women of India that they don’t matter.
VIDEO | Celebrations galore at Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh's residence in Delhi after his loyalist Sanjay Singh gets elected as the new WFI President.
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Dear @ECISVEEP! #Jayanagar election: 1 Why Election Agent not given printed copies to tally 2 Why MP Tejasvi Surya inside counting hall 3 How did he have a phone 4 Why did your Observer step out, talk to him 5 Why rejected Postal Ballots without seal-unauthenticated sign counted.
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We really don’t know what a “better life” looks like, instead we aspire to stuff like lots of flyovers, underpaid help, pure veg, arranged marriages and glory of the past.
Public transport in Finland is next level . 📹 joshlevine485.
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Once in a blue moon, a city gets a chance like this. A public policy expert .A renowned educationist.A revered environmentalist. Fresh hope against stale, hate-mongering seat-warmers. Vote @rajeevgowda .Vote Mansoor Ali Khan.Vote @Sowmyareddyr . Do best by Namma Bengaluru!
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That a people won’t riot over faith shows that they are civilised. Hindutva won’t get it. Hindutva won’t get us. #TirumalaLaddu
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Take a moment and remind yourselves that polio was eradicated in India without this drama and ominous “platforms.”.
As India, and the world, await a credible #Covid19 #vaccine, @NandanNilekani has proposed a massive digital platform on the lines of the #Aadhaar model to ensure the administration of the vaccine to 1.3 bn Indians. Read more:
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Subramanian Swamy, former Minister & ex BJP Rajya Sabha member claimed that PM of India, Modi was being blackmailed to not act on Chinese incursion. Pin drop silence from media. 0 coverage.
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Why is @Sowmyareddyr's election important for all of us, especially citizens not affiliated with any party? Why should BJP supporters care? Why should BJD, SP, Shiv Sena care? As a civil society activist closely associated with her campaign, election & counting - here is why (1).
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This evening in @thenewsminute’s session with @ptrmadurai, he said something very unheard of from India’s politicians: When the pandemic is over, we will get TN’s finances in shape & build world class urban public transport systems. Comparable to the best in the world! (1/n).
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@sprakaashbjp You & I have been on many panels, critiquing elected governments/representatives. It is my right as citizen. I don't need to win any poll. I am bigger than all of them - I pay their salaries. Perhaps you commit never to appear on media until you meet your own random criterion?.
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Karnataka is an interesting state. Neighbors, Maha & Telangana keep staking claim to territories inside KA. Ruling BJP takes no offense. Worse, instead of fronting Karnataka public figures, they push outsiders Savarkar & Shivaji. All in election year! Won’t KA assert its rights?.
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What a kid! Explains merit = privilege in one stroke! #NEET will decimate public health.
Watch | நீட் - மருத்துவ மாணவரின் உலுக்கும் கேள்விகள்!. சென்னை குரோம்பேட்டையில் நீட் தேர்வு தோல்வியால் உயிரை மாய்த்துக் கொண்ட மாணவர் ஜெகதீஸ்வரனின் நண்பர் ஃபயாஸ்தின் கேள்விகளுக்கு பதில் கிடைக்குமா?. #SunNews | #NEET | #MedicalStudent | @mkstalin
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Tells us the pent up, unfulfilled demand of women’s mobility when they can’t or aren’t allowed to afford it. Imagine increase in skills, education, consumption, livelihoods, economic activity due to increased mobility! This ain’t no freebie; it’s an investment in human capital.
5,71,023 women travelled on the buses of 4 RTCs in Karnataka on the 1st day of the Shakti scheme (1 pm to midnight). Tickets worth Rs 1,40,22,878.00 were issued to them for free. Final numbers likely to rise as late-night bus schedules not included. @BBPVedike @NammaBengaluroo
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In Tamil Nadu, Modi picks Congress’s Kamaraj, Tamil language and “development of state,” as campaign issues. He literally has nothing at all to offer its voters.
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#CongressPresidentPolls In ~150 years of INC, it has had 97 Presidents while the BJP+RSS+Jan Sangh have had 29 Presidents across them, in their ~125 years. The diversity of leadership looks like this. INC has had 12/97 female Presidents, ~12%; BJP++ have had 0. (1/2).
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Because when 50 people go in one vehicle, they need priority over 50 different polluting, congesting private vehicles. #BusPriorityLane should be expanded to cover all of ORR, and all arterial roads in Bengaluru.
Its high time to remove Bus priority line at Outer Ring Road. The vehicles traffic Jam are more than a KM. Why separate lane for BMTC bus when there is no frequency. Plz act.@CMofKarnataka @kiranshaw @BMTC_BENGALURU @Namma_ORRCA @srinualavilli @RevathyAshok @tdkarnataka @tarauk
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What happens in cosmopolitan cities that our privilege won’t let us see?
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Gosh! Brings tears! 8.2 mins. Openly admits violence against women is the biggest problem (contrast with UP!) Directly addresses children, survivors; asks parents, schools to do right by them. New/existing policies, schemes, institutions, justice. Bravo CM @mkstalin !.
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Congress decision to field KL Sharma from Amethi is a master stroke. Every minute has been made stressful for her. #Elections.
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0 tweets on Manipur.
Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour.
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Clearly men have evolved to be independent of water.
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You’re discovering this in 2021? People also walk on fire, pierce their cheeks with the Vel. It’s the only state with 50 years of rationalist, secular, federalist politics + temple as the official government symbol. Female higher edu GER of 48%, GJ 18%. You don’t, won’t get it.
This is the temple chariot procession of #Thiruvarur. Check the crowd. These are obviously devout Hindus, how and why they vote for DMK, I will never understand
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Kejriwal is arrested, Congress stripped of finance, opposition raided, extorted, coerced, bought/sold like cattle, ECI/ED/IT exploited, media fakes his popularity & he waxes on about himself … time is ripe for him to go that 1 step too far. Then people show them who’s boss.
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When I wrote the United States of South India years ago about skewed tax devolution against giver Southern states, suggesting a federation of states for better bargaining with FC, scrutiny on receiver states outcomes, flames of hate came my way, & TNM, @dhanyarajendran (1/n).
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@anshu2701 Just you don’t think well of Muslims, Americans like you, don’t think well of Indians.
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Three cheers for whoever runs the Congress Kerala twitter handle. Adipoli !.
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It’s only revadi if the poor get it. It’s only corruption if the opposition does it.
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Thanks @tmkrishna for unwittingly sanitising Music Academy of Brahminical casteists & sexual harassers. Kudos to Music Academy! They would’ve anticipated this backlash, having decided upon a reformist, but used their privilege to do the right thing, nonetheless.
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Unconvinced about BJP in TN LS elections. Mobilised crowds mean little . His primary product on offer is anti Muslim hate. 0 market in TN. Secondary is anti Congress hate. Near 0 market. Tertiary is corruption. Teeny market. Development. TN voters know he doesn’t deliver.
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2 language policy is one of the best policy decisions by Dravidian politics. It saves TN everyday from the BJP.
Tamil Nadu has given us great minds like Periyar, Annadurai, Kamaraj, and Kalaignar. It has inspired the fight for social justice in India and around the world. And it will be at the forefront of this battle to save our democracy. Every time I come here, with love and humility,
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He’s referring to Muslim auto drivers?. Effect of an unrepresentative judiciary = free hand to bigotry . Reservations in the judiciary will regulate quality, deliver better justice.
A judge of an Indian Constitutional Court referring to fellow citizens of a different faith as Pakistani! Astonishing!.
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TN has 41% female workforce in factories. In 25 years, it has been at 36-44%. Next, KA at 14%. Women MUST work in formal labour for a state to develop - no other path. It means women have education, health care, steady income. Well done - truly credit to the Dravidian model !.
Tamil Nadu recorded the highest share of women in the factory workforce for more than two decades. The story makes a print appearance today. Full story here.
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Those who refer to Annamalai as Garu are predicting BJP seats in TN. That’s the tweet.
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As pollsters revise estimates, what they won’t admit is . INDIA alliance has run a terrific campaign . Owning the narrative, forcing Modi to succumb to their offensive, baiting him to stumble, forcing all spotlight on their manifesto. Net: LS 2024 isn’t about Modi or his work.
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Hey @ECISVEEP! Do you have any intention of earning your keep?. Using religion in her campaign etc. It's conveniently in your local language, so get on with it.
#WATCH | Chennai: Union Minister Smriti Irani says, ". There are states in this country where INDI alliance partners killed people for saying 'Jai Shri Ram'. Today it is our greatest fortune that we are standing here with our heads bowed at the feet of Lord Ram. The date was
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Do you know how to institutionalize casteism?. Imagine a scheme that says. No need to finish school.Be a cobbler just like your family . GoI will incentivize you . Criteria?.You must be from the .cobbler caste.Not any other. Read on about PM Vishwakarma in my column this week.
PM Vishwakarma: Institutionalising Casteism in New India | @tarauk .#TellingTallTales .
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So is the throne. Monarchs wield it & sit the throne. Same sound reason for Nehru or any PM not to use a throne, applies to the Sengol. Don’t follow? We’re a democracy; Parliament a House of Representatives not rulers. Tamil appeasement + self aggrandiazation running amok
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#BangaloreProtests crowd at Eidgah Khuudus Saheb must be 2 lakhs. Entirely peaceful, safe. Everyone making way for women. Every street in Cantt for 3 km radius all sides are chock full. ONLY TRICOLOUR. Preamble pledge on Kannada brings tears! #IndiaAgainstCAA_NRC
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This is a terrible indictment of the EC @ECISVEEP . Voters saying they pretend to be BJP supporters to even enter the booth!. 2024 election management by EC has takeN India 50 years backwards to the era of booth capturing!.
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Can you believe this?. Of every 100 girls conceived in Gujarat, less than 10 make it to college!. 79% wasting is worse than UP, Bihar. Its consumption expenses are close to Rajasthan, MP. While it’s claimed per capita income is like TN, Karnataka. Read on . for the mystery.
#Gujarat is a financially well-off state by typical measures. However, it does not reflect in #development outcomes. In this week's #TellingTallTales, @tarauk looks at the anomalies in the numbers.
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Such respect that the banner behind has no Telugu even in Tirupati!.
PM Shri @NarendraModi ji led central government respects all Indian regional languages and therefore at today’s Southern Zonal Council meeting, facilities for translation into all languages of the states that are in the Southern Zonal Council has been made.
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Arrested youngsters sit in #BLRSouthWarRoom spontaneously, so upset. Say every second of every call is recorded and they don’t have time to go to the rest room with the deluge of ICU requests. Ask the MP to listen to recordings before making scandalous claims. #TejasviSurya
Just spoke to 1 of 17 alleged Madarasa attendees - bumped into him in South War Room. Went to Frank Anthony & Dayanand Sagar. Others demoralised by fake drama about colleagues working day & night! Bommanahalli bribe with Rohit/Netra has been cast as Bangalore South Muslim issue!
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ONE MLA @Sowmyareddyr sits with BBMP War Room employees who have been fired *without* any evidence of wrongdoing, basis #TejasviSurya’s words. They haven’t been arrested as there is no cause. Loss of livelihood for no reason other than MP’s claims. Where are the other BLR MLAs?.
Arrested youngsters sit in #BLRSouthWarRoom spontaneously, so upset. Say every second of every call is recorded and they don’t have time to go to the rest room with the deluge of ICU requests. Ask the MP to listen to recordings before making scandalous claims. #TejasviSurya
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TN Muslims donate land for Hindu temple and join festivities! . This is so beautiful!. A land bereft of RSS/BJP can be this harmonious!.
தமிழ்நாடு ❤️. In Tiruppur's Ootappalayam village, Muslims have donated 3 cents of land to the Hindu community to build a Ganesha temple as the village lacked one. Muslims and Hindus together participated in the Kudamulukku function of the newly built temple
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What a session!. If you’re not watching it live, what’s the point in voting?. He’s made every one of them get up and answer. The 3 front benchers also.
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Here it is, side by side. Kerala & TN: 2 poorest large states in the 60s & the same 2 with least poverty by 2021. UP: Went from one of the least poor to the third poorest. Gujarat went . wait . Gujarat didn't go. Gujarat changed to Hindutva & keeps its poor, poor.
This chart illustrates one of the most remarkable stories of Independent India. During the 1960s, Kerala & Tamil Nadu were the poorest Indian states, with over 67% of the population in both states living below poverty line. Today, both states have the lowest levels of poverty.
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As someone who works with her excellent Karur internship program for young people to learn governance & politics, I can attest to her DAILY simplicity. Her default travel is by train, non-A/C. She can't afford photo-ops because she literally cannot afford it #BharatJodoYatra.
This is Congress MP, the much beloved Jothimani Akka, a #BharatJodo yatri and an inspirational woman. Here she is taking a power nap in-between the intense work she does all her waking hours! No fake publicity, no tall talks. Only #Humility and #NoFear .I salute her!
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Total Fertility Rate as per NHFS 5 .(2.1 = replacement rate).———————————————- .KL/Muslim 2.TN/Muslim 1.8 .AP/Muslim 1.7.TS/Muslim 2.KA/Muslim 2.1. UP/Hindu 2.7.Bihar/Hindu. 2.9. Who subsidies who?.Money defies gravity, flows South to North.
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Annamalai defending indefensible is how power crumbles under its own weight. FIR on accused MP was NOT filed by Delhi police until SC ordered. For POCSO, minor, no discussion; law says arrest/remand now, no bail. MP is serial offender; 28 survivors complaints #WrestlersProtest.
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Dear @sardesairajdeep Just watched your show, comments from you, BJP panelist on the 40% female nominations to the ballot. Stunned, quite frankly! Allow me to say why (1).
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Kantesh, son ex-BJP Dy CM Eshwarappa, got an injunction order now against publishing explicit videos of him!. Perverts Janata Party . #PrajwalRevanna.
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Go to CoWIN.Type your mobile number.Input your OTP.Download your certificate. HIS FACE IS GONE!. Remember:.Image is everything.People are nothing. #CovidShield.
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The #SenthilBalaji episode will backfire very badly on the BJP. They’re going to eat humiliating crow in TN.
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NCW Reactions . Rape - 0.Gangrape - 0 .Mass rape, Manipur - 0.Rape by MLA - 0 .Rape by WWF Chief - 0 .Parole for serial rapist murderers - 0 .Rape of minors, SC/ST - 0 .Remission of rapist murderers - 0 .Celebration of rapist murderers - 0. Tweet by victim/friend - OUTRAGE.
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No. We will communicate in whatever language catches our fancy. How is it the Home Minister’s concern how 2 individuals communicate? Does he have no Home Ministry work?.
@siddaramaiah @AmitShah Shri @AmitShah has stated that; "When citizens of States who speak other languages communicate with each other, it should be in the language of India.”. Shouldn't Indians communicate with each other in a language that was born in India, dear @siddaramaiah?. #CONgressImposedHindi.
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South is a different universe than the North, Central, East and West … polar opposite data on tolerance.
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Congratulations @Sowmyareddyr! Relentless campaign in a tough election harassment, rowdyism, blatant misogyny by tge losing side. They were campaigning even on voting day! Surrounded by family & friends at her home as results ariived, she has beat Modi’s roadshow effect as well!
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Auto driver who used to drive for Ola says the Karnataka BJP government is exactly like Ola. If it costs people 100, they’ll keep 40 for themselves.
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BJP’s election post mortem report says UP District Magistrates didn’t help it win!. So, Yogi has transferred 12 DMs!. ZERO respect for Constitutional separation of powers . Public admission of running a party state.
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Janitorial work 8-6 PM. Plus work at home, child care. One is a senior citizen - no retirement. Chronically ill adult daughter. Free mobility + basic income + rations = they can breathe . Hand is attached to their heart, they say. They will vote today.#KarnatakaElections
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Simply brilliant campaigning. Textbook. Humbly introduces himself as candidate .Explicitly asks for vote .Treats voters as intelligent, thoughtful.Relates their issues to national policies .Personalises national issues to their lives.INC benefits.Distinguishes from opponents.
My campaign speech in Arimalam, Thirumayam Assembly, Sivaganga Parliament, this evening
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Congress presidential election prep is getting breathless media attention. Meanwhile, BJP got a new, same-President: no contestants, no election, no votes, no media breathlessness . If contestants, elections makes INC dynastic, then lack of it makes BJP what? An old boys club?.
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The open abuse of the South is Modi divulging exit poll data? . He’s lost the South and lost hope of winning the South?.
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//The lettered have lost faith in Thiruma, says Anbumani Ramadoss//. நான் @thirumaofficial உடன் நிற்கிறேன்! He is one of the tallest intellectuals of the day. Tara Krishnaswamy .MS Computer Science #StandWithThiruma @WriterRavikumar.
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~1.2 cr kids dropped out of enrollment 2 years ago. ~1.2 cr more kids dropped out a year ago. 6% less kids in 2 years!. Overall population of kids increasing .School enrollments decreasing. Meanwhile GoI amends RTE to detain in 5th, 8th if they fail . Means even more drop outs!
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Every Onam, every North Indian politician reminds us why we are an entirely different culture that they don’t understand, pronounce or appreciate; and they make the best case ever for a federal india, states autonomous and as distant as possible from Delhi.
भगवान विष्णु के पांचवे अवतार प्रभु वामन जी की जयंती पर आप सभी को शुभकामनाएं। भगवान विष्णु जी की कृपा आप सभी पर सदा बनी रहे।
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Exactly what they said when MGR decided to universalise mid day meals in TN. He didn’t stop. It transformed Tamil Nadu. And many states, after.
Paying MSP for farmers is simply unaffordable for any Govt. @RahulGandhi promise today is a desperate throw of the dice.
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Reminder:. Not MP’s job:.- Local roads, parks. Corporator. - Schools, hospitals, water, electricity: MLA.- MP LADS too minor. MP’s job: .- National laws, LS interventions.- National budget allocation+spend.- GoI projects in state+constituency: central schemes, Metro, highways . .
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Many hold back in fear but not the mighty H S Doreswamy. He kept on fighting, from the British to CAA/NRC/NPR! He was entirely against Hindutva politics! What a inspiration to be 102 and stand up for India! @Ram_Guha @KavithaReddy16
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I’ve worked with some remarkable politicians. Senthil, though is a bona fide hero .A moral compass for public good even at great personal cost . I’ve worked with him in 2 states .In my opinion, India cannot get better representation . Donate to Senthil!.You’ll sleep well.
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This is how strong the mood on the ground is. Don’t get carried away by their propaganda.
#Karnataka .@BJP4India MP @mepratap who came to participate in #RamTemple Pooja near #Mysuru was sent away by villagers claiming he was anti- dalit. The Pooja was held where the #RamLalla stone was mined that is consecrated at #AyodhaRamMandir
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