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Chinese State media dubs Subramanian Swamy as a ‘CIA agent’ over his tweet on Beijing Winter Olympics: Here is what happened

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Chinese State media dubs Subramanian Swamy as a ‘CIA agent’ over his tweet on Beijing Winter Olympics: Here is what happened

On Saturday (December 25), MP Subramanian Swamy was referred to as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent by Chinese State media after the former alleged that PM Modi was being coerced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet Chinese Premier Xi Jinping in Beijing.

In a tweet, Swamy had claimed, “Putin as a junior partner of China has been summoned by Xi to be present in Beijing Winter Olympics. Putin is putting pressure on Modi to be in Beijing too so that the three can meet.”

While responding to his tweet, State media China Daily (EU Bureau) chief Chen Weihua slammed Swamy for spreading discontentment between India, Russia, and China. Weihua wrote, “What nonsense by a CIA agent trying to drive a wedge between 3 great nations.”

Screengrab of the tweet

He further added, “It would be great for regional and world peace if they meet either in Beijing or New Delhi or Moscow. Those in Washington clearly doesn’t like this to happen.” Instead of responding to being labelled as ‘CIA agent’ by Chinese media, Subramanian Swamy continued his attack on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.\

Swamy, who often peddles wild conspiracy theories, was seen retweeting tweets, casting aspersions about PM Modi’s intentions for not boycotting the Winter Olympics that are scheduled to be held in Beijing.

Earlier this month, Swamy had peddled debunked fake news from 2020 to claim that India had helped China to create the Wuhan coronavirus.

Interestingly, Swamy, who passes himself as a China expert, has also been misquoting people and adding imaginary claims to peddle China incursion theories in Arunachal and elsewhere.

Swamy’s Twitter fights with Chinese media are nothing new. In May this year, Global Times editor Hu Xijin had accused Swamy of being ‘ungrateful’ after China’s ‘help to India’ to fight the Covid pandemic.

Amid a bitter trade war between Australia and China, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had announced earlier this month that his country would diplomatically boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over ‘human rights abuses’ in China. The 24th Winter Olympics will take place from February 4 to 20 next year in Beijing in China under the shadow of Covid 19 pandemics.

Besides, USA and Australia, many other countries are considering boycotting and limited representation at the Winter Olympics on the issue of human rights violations and others. The China-Australia relations collapsed last year and Morrison said the decision of Australia was not surprising. He said that human rights abuses in Xinjiang were one of the factors behind the diplomatic boycott.

Switzerland allows legal gender change through ‘self-declaration’, without medical procedure or therapy

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Switzerland allows legal gender change through ‘self-declaration’, without medical procedure or therapy

People in Switzerland will witness simplification of the gender switch process from January 1st 2022 where people will be ensured of a legal gender change with just a formal visit to the civil registry office, according to reports. With it, Switzerland will join the league of those European countries which recognize gender change without any hormone therapy, medical diagnosis or bureaucratic measures.

Basically, a person can ‘become’ a man or woman or any gender as per individual wishes, and will be legally recognised so, without needing any medical procedure, therapy or vetting, by just registering themselves as per their gender of choice.

According to the new rules which are being introduced into Switzerland’s civil code, any Swiss citizen who have attained 16 years of age or above will have the right to change their gender status including their legal name through a simple self declaration at the civil registry office. Younger swiss people below the age of 16 will require the guardian consent.

The simplification of the gender change process will mean that people in Switzerland would no longer require certificates from medical professionals to confirm their gender identity. People in Switzerland will thus have the complete freedom to decide their gender without any regulation other than the registry. Other European countries with lesser regulations on gender change include Ireland, Belgium, Portugal and Norway.

Notably, Switzerland known as a socially conservative in the past had also legalized civil marriage of the same sex couples and adoption of children for such couples in September. Another south western country in Europe, Spain has been working on a bill that would allow anyone above 14 years to switch gender legally without the need of medical diagnosis or hormone therapy. 

In Scotland, the police have recently faced criticism after they declared that while documenting rape crimes they will use the ‘chosen gender’ of the perpetrator of the crime even when the rapist has male genitalia.

RBL Bank shares hit 52-week-low after RBI action: Here is what happened

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RBL Bank shares hit 52-week-low after RBI action: Here is what happened

On Monday, December 27, 2021, the RBL Bank shares hit a 52-week-low by plunging 15% to Rs 146 per share on the opening deal on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), hitting the lower circuit. The share price fell after a series of developments over the weekend where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sent a nominee to bank’s board a day after the sudden departure of Vishwavir Ahuja as the bank’s CEO.

On December 25, Reserve Bank of India appointed Yogesh Dayal, the chief general manager in-charge of the department of communication, as an additional director of RBL Bank’s board for a period of two years. Later on the same day, RBL Bank informed the exchanges that long-term MD and CEO Vishwavir Ahuja had gone on a leave with immediate effect.

Rajeev Ahuja, executive director of RBL Bank, was named as interim MD and CEO. The decision is still under the process of regulatory approval. Though it is unclear why the RBI took such drastic steps, there must be something extremely wrong in the functioning of the bank that such steps were taken.

As per the reports, the regulator appoints its officials on a bank’s board only if it feels there is a need for a closer look into the bank’s functioning. The reason could be anything from government issues to financial problems. It is noteworthy that early this year, RBL had sought approval from the regulator to extend Ahuja’s tenure for three more years, but it got approval for one year only.

There is a possibility that the asset quality of the bank could be a matter of concern. According to Money Control’s report, “the gross non-performing assets (Gross NPA), net non-performing assets (Net NPA) ratios rose by 41bps/13bps (one basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point) on-quarter to 5.4 per cent/2.14 per cent. In Q2 of FY21, the Gross NPA and Net NPAs stood at 3.34 per cent and 1.38 per cent.”

Rajeev Ahuja, while talking to Economic Times, said, “I am not changing the financials of the bank one wee bit. RBI has extended its full support, and in our conversations with it, the regulator has had no issues.” He further added that the bank has Rs 15,000 crores of excess liquidity, and it would be more than enough if there is any sudden deposit outflow.

Economic Times quoted Ajay Bodke, an independent market analyst saying, “After facing withering criticism for their ham-handed approach in not spotting trouble brewing at Yes Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, DHFL, PMC, Reliance Capital etc. over the last few years, RBI must have felt the need to crack the whip before panic sets in among small depositors.”

In a statement, RBL Bank tried to calm investors. They informed the exchange that the bank’s business would run as usual. It further added that the business and financial trajectory would continue to see improvement. The bank said, “The financials of the bank remain robust with a healthy capital adequacy of 16.3 per cent, high levels of liquidity as reflected through liquidity coverage ratio of 155 per cent, stable net NPA of 2.14 per cent, credit deposit ratio of 74.1 per cent and a leverage ratio of 10 per cent, for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.”

Union writes to FM

Though the bank says its financials are strong and there is nothing to worry about, the trade unions have written to Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister. In the letter, the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) said, “We are worried and concerned about the developments that are taking place in the affairs of RBL Bank Ltd, the Kolhapur-based private Bank.”

It further added, “The sequence of events leading to the sudden exit of Mr Vishwavir Ahuja along with the induction of Dayal from the RBI on the Board as additional member indicates that everything is not ok with the bank.”

In conversation with CNBC-TV18, Ahuja said that RBI had given him the assurance that the regulator was comfortable with the performance of the bank.

He further said that the transition of the leadership at the bank was already underway, and the bank would see a much better third quarter.

BrahMos missile is not to attack others but to ensure no country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on India: Rajnath Singh

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BrahMos missile is not to attack others but to ensure no country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on India: Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh while addressing the public gathered in Lucknow on Sunday stated that India wanted to manufacture the BrahMos missiles not for attacking any country but to prevent the enemy forces from casting an evil eye on the safety and security of the country.

Rajnath Singh confirmed that the manufacture of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles was to protect India from external threats. The Defence Minister laid the foundation of a BrahMos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow and stated that the BrahMos project was the proof of the defence cooperation existing between India and Russia.

Singh said, “The BrahMos missile and other weapons and defence equipment we are manufacturing are not to attack any other country. It has never been the character of India to attack any other country or grab even an inch of land of any country,” adding, “We want to manufacture BrahMos on Indian soil so that no country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on India,”

Rajnath Singh further mentioned the acts of terrorism committed by Pakistan against the nation. He said, “There is a neighbouring country. It got separated from India sometime back. I don’t know why its intentions vis-a-vis India are always bad. It committed acts of terrorism in Uri and Pulwama,”

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was also present at the event and announced the acquisition of 200 acres of land by the government for the project.

Notably, BrahMos is an Indo-Russian joint project that formed out of the association between the DRDO and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroyeniya resulting in the formation of the multinational defence corporation known as the Brahmos Aerospace. Brahmos missile got its name from the names of two rivers, that is the Brahmaputra in India and the Moskva from Russia. 

Recently, India successfully conducted the test-fire of the air version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which marked a ‘major milestone’ in BrahMos development.

Punjab & Haryana High Court allows minor Muslim girl to marry Hindu man as per Personal Law Board even though she married as per Hindu rituals

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Punjab & Haryana High Court allows minor Muslim girl to marry Hindu man as per Personal Law Board even though she married as per Hindu rituals

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the police to provide protection to a 17-year-old Muslim girl who had married a Hindu boy against the wishes of her family and relatives. The court, in its order, noted that being a Muslim girl, she was at liberty to marry anyone of her choice once she attained puberty, implying that minimum age law for marriage does not apply to Muslims in the country. The court further added that the guardian had no right to interfere.

The 17 year old Muslim girl had married a 33 year old Hindu man at a Hindu temple as reported by Live Law. However, she has sought protection under the Muslim Personal Law Board. In case of inter-religious marriages, if a person does not convert to the religion of the spouse, the same is registered under the Special Marriage Act. In which case, Muslim Law Board rules will not be applicable. Similarly, if the Muslim girl married as per Hindu rituals in Hindu temple to a Hindu man and if she had reverted to Hinduism, then the same shall be governed under the Hindu Marriage Act, in which case, too, Muslim personal law would not be applicable.

Justice Harnaresh Singh Gill said, “The law is clear that the marriage of a Muslim girl is governed by the Muslim Personal Law. As per Article 195 from the book ‘Principles of Mohammedan Law by Sir Dinshah Fardunji Mulla’, Petitioner No.1 (girl), being 17 years of age, is competent to enter into a contract of marriage with a person of her choice. Petitioner No. 2 (her partner) is stated to be about 33 years old. Thus, Petitioner No. 1 is of marriageable age as envisaged by Muslim Personal Law.”

He further observed, “The court cannot shut its eyes to the fact that the apprehension of the petitioners needs to be addressed. Merely because the petitioners have got married against the wishes of their family members, they cannot possibly be deprived of the fundamental rights as envisaged in the Constitution.”

The couple had approached the court to get protection

The petition was filed by one Nargis, who is 17-year-old and her 33-year-old Hindu Husband, in which they sought police protection as the family of the girl were not happy with the marriage.

The advocate representing the petitioner told the court that under the Muslim law, when a girl attains puberty, she is considered to be a major. Thus, keeping that presumption in mind, a person who belongs to Islam attains majority at the age of 15 years. The advocate further added that when a Muslim girl or a Muslim boy attains puberty, they have the right to marry the person of their choice and the guardian has no right to interfere in the matter.

He quoted Article 195 of the book ‘Principles of Mohammedan Law by Sir Dinshah Fardunji Mulla’ in which it was noted that “every Mahomedan of sound mind, who has attained puberty, may enter into a contract of marriage.”

Bill introduced to increase the marriageable age of girls irrespective of religion

It is noteworthy that recently Smriti Irani, Union Minister, Women and Child Development, introduced the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021. The bill sought to increase the marriageable age of girls to 21, equal to that of boys. Furthermore, while introducing the bill, the minister added that it would be applicable to every girl irrespective of religion.

Saregama to change lyrics and name of Sunny Leone starrer ‘Madhuban’ following outrage for hurting Hindu sentiments

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Saregama to change lyrics and name of Sunny Leone starrer ‘Madhuban’ following outrage for hurting Hindu sentiments

Music company Saregama has announced that they will change the lyrics and name of its recently released music video Madhuban after a widespread protest against it. Hindu groups and social media users have been demanding a ban on the song, alleging that Sunny Leone’s sensual dance moves on the song on Krishna and Radhe hurts the sentiments of Hindus.

In a statement issued on Twitter today, Saregama said that they are changing the lyrics and name of the song due to the feedback the song has received. The statement said, “In light of the recent feedback & respecting the sentiments of our fellow countrymen, we will be changing the lyrics & the name of the song Madhuban”.

Saregama also informed that “The new song will replace the old one across all platforms over the next 3 days.”

The decision by the company was taken after Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra issued a warning to remove the song within three days. He had said that if Sunny Leone and music directors Shaarib and Toshi don’t withdraw the song within three days, they will face action and FIR will be registered against them.

“Some vidharmis are constantly hurting Hindu sentiments. Radha is our goddess. We worship her and have different temples for her. Can Shaarib compose such a song on his own religion? They are hurting Hindu sentiments. I am warning Sunny Leone ji, Shaarib and Toshi ji to understand. If they don’t remove the song after apologising in three days, then we will take action against them,” he had said.

The song sung by Kanika Kapoor and Arindam Chakraborty and starring actress Sunny Leone was released on YouTube on 22 December by the Music giant. The lyrics of the song is based on the song ‘Madhuban mein Radhika naache’ by Mohammad Rafi in the 1960 movie Kohinoor, and people were unhappy over the dance moves used in a song on love of Krishna and Radhe. Netizens had alleged that the song is against Hindu devi Radhe Ma, and mocks the Hindu religion.

The social media users had slammed the makers of the song for not seeing the mismatch between the dance and the lyrics of the song. After the song received lots of negative comments on YouTube, the comment section for the sone on YouTube was disabled.

After online protests, priests in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh had also come out demanding that Sunny Leone’s latest video album be banned. The priests had threatened to move court if the government does not take action against the actress and the music video.

Condemning the lyrics, the theme and the seductive moves of Sunny Leone on a song depicting Hindu goddess Radha, Akhil Bhartiya Tirth Purohit Mahasabha’s national president Mahesh Pathak had said that Sunny Leone has maligned the prestige of Brijbhumi by presenting the song in a “derogatory manner”.

Mumbai police arrests two people for posing as NCB officers to extort money after Bhojpuri actress ends life due to their threats

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Mumbai police arrests two people for posing as NCB officers to extort money after Bhojpuri actress ends life due to their threats

Mumbai Police have arrested two people for impersonating NCB officers and extorting money from people, according to reports. The two accused identified in the case Suraj Pardesi and Pravesh Valimbe are both residents of Mumbai. The accused arrested in the case were also involved in extorting money to the tune of Rs.20 lakhs from a 28-year-old Bhojpuri actor who later committed suicide because of the extortion.

The police told ANI, “The actor was present at the rave party with friends at a hotel in Santacruz (West), when these two fake NCB officers demanded Rs 40 lakh from her and her friends. These fake officers said that they are to be arrested for consuming drugs. Later, they realised Rs 20 lakhs from her. It also came to light that Arif Ghazi, who attended the party with the actor, was behind it. After the incident, the Bhojpuri actor got scared and committed suicide through hanging on December 23 (Thursday).”

DCP Manjunath Singe said that the fake NCB officers continued to call her and made attempts to extort money, following which the actor committed suicide to get rid of the threats. A case was registered by the police under ADR and sections 306, 170, 420, 384, 388, 389, 506, 120B, and 34 of Indian Penal Code(IPC).

The police said that the actress, who worked in Bhojpuri movies and stayed on rent at Jogeshwari (West), died by suicide at her residence on December 23 as she was being blackmailed and threatened by the accused. Following her death, her friend narrated the incident to the police. After that, the Amboli police took suo motu action and registered an FIR into the matter, when they found about the rave party raided by the fake NCB officers.

“The deceased and her friends got scared and requested them to settle the issue. The accused demanded Rs 40 lakh and finally settled at Rs 20 lakh,” a police officer said. Police also found that the actress’s friend Asir Kazi, who was also present at the party, was also part of the extortion racket.

Notably, the NCB team in Mumbai have been conducting multiple raids across Mumbai in which eight operations were carried out and six cases registered. NCB Zonal director Sameer Wankhede said, “NCB Mumbai in its continuous fight against Drug Suppliers and Peddlers in Mumbai, NCB Mumbai launched several operations at various places of Mumbai and seized a total 2.296 Kgs of Amphetamine, 3.906 Kgs of Opium and 2.525 Kgs of Zolpidem tab from 10.12.2021 to 14.12.2021 and intercepted 1 Ivorian national. The NCB Zonal Director also said, We have conducted seizures, raids at eight locations in the last two days.. We are ready for New year and keeping a close tab on the upcoming events.”

‘Priyanka Gandhi told me that women who wear jeans, carry phones are not influenced by PM Modi’: Digvijaya Singh

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‘Priyanka Gandhi told me that women who wear jeans, carry phones are not influenced by PM Modi’: Digvijaya Singh

On Sunday (December 26), veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh courted controversy after he claimed that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told him that women who keep mobile phones and wear jeans do not support Prime Minister Modi. He made the contentious remarks in the presence of other Congress leaders at the Narmada Mandir Bhawan in Tulsi Nagar area of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

Digvijaya Singh said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had told him that only older among aged 40-50 years and above are influenced by PM Modi, and the women who wear jeans and use mobile phones are not influenced by the PM. Therefore, Congress should work on approaching these younger women, she had advised him.

While speaking to the Jan Jagran training workers, Singh said, “Priyanka Gandhi told me a remarkable thing that I did not think about. She said that women between the age group of 40-50 are somewhat under the influence of Modi. But the girls who wear jeans, carry mobile phones are not at all awed by him.”

Digvijaya Singh further added that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra told him, “We need to discuss this issue. Because these girls are the ones who are on social media. Try establishing a connection with them. I will suggest Mahina Congress to engage the youth so that we can take them along us.”

During the same event, he had peddled the lie that Veer Savarkar advocated Hindus to consume beef. “Veer Savarkar, in his book, said that Hinduism has nothing to do with Hindutva. He never considered cow as ‘maata’ and had no problem in consuming beef,” he had alleged. Singh was then slammed by BJP leader Rameshwar Sharma for defaming and conspiring against the Hindu community.

PM Narendra Modi lauds the Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan of Arunachal Pradesh to end hunting of wildlife

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PM Narendra Modi lauds the Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan of Arunachal Pradesh to end hunting of wildlife

It turned out to be a special day for Mama Natung, the minister of Forest and Environment of Arunachal Pradesh, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised his initiative ‘Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan’ which is spinning a new hope of wildlife conservation.

Modi in his address to the nation in the 84th episode of his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on December 26, praised the people of Arunachal Pradesh for surrendering their air guns to save wildlife.

Narendra Modi said that Arunachal Pradesh has more than 500 species of birds. This includes some indigenous species which aren’t found anywhere else in the world. But now the number of birds in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh declined due to hunting.

Now to rectify the situation, an ‘air gun surrender campaign’ has been launched and people of all communities of Arunachal Pradesh have accepted it with open heart and they are participating in it.

‘Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan’ was launched in March this year in Arunachal Pradesh and according to PM Modi, so far 1600 air guns have been surrendered.

The initiative getting praise and a special mention by PM Modi left the Arunachal Pradesh minister excited.

Mama Natung thanked PM for praising the initiative and said, “acknowledging our wildlife conservation effort; Air gun Surrender Abhiyan in his Mann Ki Baat. It’s a big moral boost for us and could only be possible under our visionary chief minister Pema Khanduri.”

Arunachal Pradesh CM Prema Khandu said that PM encouraged people for their conservation effort by mentioning the same in his Mann ki Baat address.

In Arunachal Pradesh where hunting is a community practice, Mama Natung launched the campaign to win away people from hunting as the wildlife in the state was under threat. Arunachal Pradesh covers an area of 83,743 sq km, out of which 80 percent area is covered with forests where there are some 500 species of birds and animals. Ahead of the launching of the programme on March 17, the local administration, forest department, NGOs and community-based organizations launched an awareness drive.

When the programme was launched at Lumdung village in East Kameng district, as many as 46 air guns were surrendered and the government gave them appreciation letters. So far 2000 air guns have been surrendered.

Earlier hunting was a sessional activity but with the proliferation of air guns and rifles, found freely in markets, hunting posed a threat on the wildlife and often authorities found it difficult to enforce the Wildlife Protection Act.

Initially, people either opposed or remained reluctant to drop air guns and stop hunting but gradually they were convinced that the safety of wildlife was equally important for them. Hence in no time, the campaign gained momentum and people are coming forward to save birds.

“We need to change our mindset of looking at birds and animals only as a source of meat, as hunting isn’t a necessity in today’s date. We also need to understand the important role that wildlife plays in balancing the environment,” minister Natung had said at an ‘Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan’ programme in Yingkiong last week. 285 locals of the Upper Siang district had surrendered their airguns on the day.

‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ slogan by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is silly and self defeating

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‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ slogan by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is silly and self defeating

Someone has to say it.

“Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon” slogan Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been using for upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections is silly.

First of all, if taken out of political context, it perpetuates stereotype that girls are always into catfights and always indulging in fights.

‘Lad rahi ladki’

And second of all, granddaughter of Indira Gandhi should be the last person to say this – the ‘ladki’ so to say, waged a war against Pakistan and won. So even before Priyanka Gandhi Vadra came with her baby steps on the political ground with the lame ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ slogan, her grandma had been there, done that already.

With all her flaws, Indira Gandhi ruled the country with an iron fist and let us not forget the Emergency. For 21 month period. Lost elections and then won back with a landslide.

And then she is also daughter of Sonia Gandhi. Who is the longest serving President of the Indian National Congress.

While the party has now been reduced to the family business of the Nehru-Gandhi family, it is the Grand Old Party of India which has been in power for the better part of independent India. Does Priyanka Gandhi know that her mother was made party president within just 62 days of becoming primary member? Does she know how the ‘ladki’ that her mother was ‘fought’ and became the party president the first time? Let me do the honours.

In December 1997 Sonia Gandhi joined Congress formally and addressed her first election rally in Tamil Nadu. Soon, Sitaram Kesari, who was the Congress party president, was being forced to step down to make way for Sonia Gandhi to become the party president. At 82, Kesari wanted to stick around as party president a little longer.

On March 14, 1998, Congress Working Committee decided to ask Kesari to step down so Sonia could take over. He was reportedly locked up in the bathroom at Congress headquarters in Akbar Road so he could not stop Sonia from entering the office with her supporters to take over as party president.

Fair play, eh?

So, Priyanka, you come from an extremely privileged background. That there were people like Congress leader from Prayagraj Haseeb Ahmed rooting for you and asking you to take over the reins of party as well as country even before you had taken the plunge in politics says a lot about your privilege. All you’d have to do, should you choose to contest elections for Assembly, which I doubt you’d do because Gandhis never go below MP elections, you would have to ask and someone will vacate a ‘safe seat’ for you.

In context of Uttar Pradesh, the one who should actually use ‘Lakdi Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ slogan would be Mayawati. She has served as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in four separate terms. As a Dalit leader, she has had to put up a fight where caste equations matter the most: In Indian politics. Do you know she was the first female chief minister of India from a scheduled caste?

She may have had her flaws and political career muddled with allegations of corruption, but then isn’t your own brother Wayanad MP out on bail?

For ‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’, you’d have to give up on your family name, fortune, money and manpower and fight and win elections and prove it was not served to you on a ready platter like your brother and other members of the family. Till then, your slogan is as empty as your sibling’s beautiful mind.

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