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Man interrupts Congress briefing, unfurls tricolour and says referring to Yogi Adityanath as ‘Ajay Bisht’ is an insult to Indian culture

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Man interrupts Congress briefing, unfurls tricolour and says referring to Yogi Adityanath as ‘Ajay Bisht’ is an insult to Indian culture

In an unexpected turn of events, a man who appears to be an admirer of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath interrupted the press briefing by Congress. The briefing at All India Congress Committee (AICC) was disrupted with pro-Yogi Adityanath and Vande Mataram slogans.


The man entered the AICC when Congress spokespersons Pawan Khera was speaking to the media persons. Before anyone could make sense of it, he pulled out the tricolour and demanded that Yogi Adityanath not be called as Ajay Singh Bisht.

“Yogi Adityanath ko Ajay Singh Bisht kehna Bharatiya sanskriti ka apmaan hai, Vande Mataram, Bharat mata ki jai,” (To call Yogi Adityanath Ajay Singh Bisht is to insult Indian culture, Vande Mataram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai)” he said aloud before being escorted out of the room.

A visibly stunned Khera who was seated along with Randeep Surjewala was clueless for a few seconds. However, soon after he called the security to take the man away.

The man who created disturbance in the media briefing of Pawan Khera said, “Is this (AICC) a government office, why can’t I go in there? My first demand is that those whose parents or partners are foreigners should not be allowed to contest elections in India as it is a matter of national security.”

We had reported earlier how the left-liberals have been targetting and insulting Yogi Adityanath by referring to his birth name Ajay Singh Bisht.

In the sacred traditions of Hindu Dharma, it is mandated that once a person takes the vows of a Sanyasi, he ceases to be the individual he was until that moment. He takes a new name, shreds all ties with his family and dedicates the remainder of his life to the Gods above and Dharma.

it’s indeed a grave insult to the Mahant of Gorakhnath Muth and sacred Hindu traditions. For all practical purposes, Ajay Singh Bisht died when he took the sacred vows of a Sanyasi and was reborn as Yogi Adityanath. There is great significance associated with that ritual. When Ajay Singh Bisht chose to forsake his name, he surrendered his ties with his family, he surrendered his attachment with his parents, his siblings, his friends and every person he had ever loved and cherished until that point. He gave it all up for Dharma as every Sanyasi does. Therefore, associating him with the name he was given at birth is a grave insult to the numerous sacrifices Yogi Adityanath and other saints like him have made in the service of Dharma.

Twitter intellectual Sagarika finds Brahmin voters for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra even though she is not contesting elections

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Twitter intellectual Sagarika finds Brahmin voters for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra even though she is not contesting elections

Sagarika Ghose, as we have already said, is a cautionary tale. She has gone on to admit that she is a Nehru fan-girl and now she is back rooting for his great-granddaughter, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

While she has earlier blamed former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri’s death for ‘dynasty politics’, today she went a step ahead to find ‘Brahmin’ voters for Priyanka Gandhi who is not even contesting the current elections.


As seen above, while visiting Assi Ghat in Varanasi, where Prime Minister Modi is contesting the elections for his second term in the Lok Sabha, Ghose, who identifies herself as a ‘liberal’ met a bunch of young people, she chose to identify as ‘Brahmins’. These young Brahmins are already voting for Priyanka Gandhi even though she is not contesting elections. The Brahmin youths, as identified as Ghose will vote for Priyanka despite not having received their salaries.

Curious minds want to know:

  1. If Priyanka Gandhi is not contesting the elections, how will they vote for Priyanka Gandhi?
  2. Since the only description about these youths is their caste identity and that they are not paid their salaries, are they paid salaries for being Brahmins? If so, what is the procedure to apply for a job there?

In Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh, chaiwala’s and chowkidar’s sons top the 10th board exam

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In Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh, chaiwala’s and chowkidar’s sons top the 10th board exam

It is a moment of pride for the sons of a chowkidar (watchman) and chaiwallah (tea seller) as the two boys are amongst the toppers of the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE). MPBSE declared the results of class 10 today.

The total percentage of students who passed the exam this year remains 61.32% as compared to 51.39% in 2018. With 499 marks out of 500, Gagan Dixit and Ayushman Tamrkar secured 99.8% each and were declared the toppers. The second position has been secured by Dipendra Kumar Ahirwar who scored 497 marks out of 500. The third position has been shared by six students.

Dixit’s father is a farmer while Tamrkar’s father is a chowkidar. Tamrkar who hails from a humble background, unlike other students, did not have the luxury of time for his studies. Apart from helping her mother in household chores, he often had to do his father’s job whenever his father was on leave. Not just that, he also used to work at a grocery store to arrange his fees.

Rajkumar Soni is the son of a tea seller and is among the six students who shared the third position.

Girls remained ahead of boys in terms of passing percentage. Out of the total students who appeared for the examination this year, 63.69% of girls passed the exam in comparison to 59.15% of boys.

Priyanka Sharma puts up a spirited fight: ‘I will not apologise, if someone should be arrested, it should be Mamata Banerjee’

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Priyanka Sharma puts up a spirited fight: ‘I will not apologise, if someone should be arrested, it should be Mamata Banerjee’

BJP youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested and taken into 14-day custody by the West Bengal Police after she posted a meme on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has refused to apologise for the meme. She said that if someone should be arrested, it should be Mamata Banerjee because of the language that she uses for the Prime Minister. Priyanka was released today from jail after the Supreme Court had granted her bail yesterday.


Addressing a press conference at BJP Office, she said that she did not do anything wrong therefore she would not apologise. Sharma was kept in custody for 18 hours by the West Bengal police despite the Supreme Court order to release her with immediate effect yesterday. She was released in the morning today but before that, she was forced to sign an apology declaring that she would not post such content in future. Initially, the Supreme Court had said that she could be granted bail if she apologises for posting the meme, but had later modified the order saying she should be released without any condition, but had ordered her to apologise after her release.


“My bail was granted yesterday but still I was not released for another 18 hours. They did not allow me to meet my Advocate and family. They made me sign an apology”, said Sharma. Sharma was released from jail today after a Bench of Justice Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna warned of issuing a contempt notice to the officials involved. A closure report was filed by the West Bengal government in the trial court yesterday itself, but the Supreme Court was not informed about that yesterday by the Counsel for West Bengal.

The court will hear the Sharma’s plea seeking action against the West Bengal police in the first week of July.

AAP’s Bhagwant Mann does Bhangra, throws flowers at protestors waving black flag during his roadshow

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AAP’s Bhagwant Mann does Bhangra, throws flowers at protestors waving black flag during his roadshow

Aam Aadmi Party has begun savouring the taste of failure in barely six years of its existence. With its political existence nearly fragmenting AAP is giving its desperate last shot to hold on to relevance. The senior party leader, Bhagwant Mann, who is representing AAP party from Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, in this pursuit, took to the streets of Punjab before the last phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

However, Bhagwant Mann during his roadshow on May 14, in Benada village, Punjab was greeted with black flags and hooting. Nevertheless, the leader of the AAP, who by now has mastered the art of making a fool of himself, stood on his car and started doing the Bhangra (the Punjabi folk dance). He reportedly showered flowers at the protestors who waved black flags during his road show.


Notably, Benada village has been adopted by the AAP leader and locals there were miffed as they claimed that he has not carried out any development work in the village since the time he has extended his support to them.

Somehow, such resentment is not new for the Aam Aadmi Party. The party chief, Arvind Kejriwal on Monday was greeted with similar black flags as the Aam Aadmi Party convenor launched AAP’s election campaign in Punjab. He was reportedly doing a roadshow for Bhagwant Mann.

Asking him to return, protesters shouted slogans against him for maligning the image of the state over drugs.

Meanwhile, AAP has been lately coming across as a complete non-performer. The party’s recent desperation to remain in power has pushed them to such drastic levels that Bhagwant Mann had indicated that the party is willing to dissolve and merge with Congress party. Moreover, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal has also been literally pleading with Congress to form an alliance in Delhi, as he is aware of the fact that he alone can not defeat the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, which had won all the seven seats in 2014.

In fact, the recent political scenario shows that, however, hard the AAP might be trying, it has lost the charm it had enjoyed five years ago. With most of its distinct forces abandoning the party, the citizens too, have decided to shun the party, which has no underlying ideology except deceit and drama.

After Veer Savarkar, Congress govt in Rajasthan removes demonetisation reference from school textbooks

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After Veer Savarkar, Congress govt in Rajasthan removes demonetisation reference from school textbooks

The Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara has said that the Congress government in the state has removed all references about demonetisation from school textbooks. The textbooks have been revised and will be published for the current academic session.

Dotasara said, “Demonetisation was a most unsuccessful experiment. The three objectives the Prime Minister had mentioned for demonetisation — end of terrorism, corruption and bringing back black money — couldn’t be achieved and the public was forced to stand in line. It also put a burden of more than Rs 10,000 crore on the country.”

The previous government of the BJP led by Vasundhara Raje had added a portion on demonetisation in the political science textbook of Class 12 in 2017, terming the decision of the central government decision to demonetise notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 as a historic move to remove black money.

A picture depicting a woman committing johar has also been removed from the Class 8 textbook. Dotasara said, “It was felt that there was no need for the picture in an English textbook. Moreover, we felt that it wasn’t appropriate that today’s women read textbooks, which carry pictures of women committing self-immolation. What are we trying to teach by that?”

The Ministers statement comes after the Congress government in Rajasthan had decided to change the class 10 school textbooks in the state, reversing the previous BJP Government’s decision to include the contribution of freedom fighters like Veer Savarkar in the school curriculum. The textbook would now depict Savarkar as a traitor who begged for clemency from the British government.

Tajinder Bagga throws a challenge, says if Derek O Brien can prove he was anywhere near the spot of violence, he will quit politics

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Tajinder Bagga throws a challenge, says if Derek O Brien can prove he was anywhere near the spot of violence, he will quit politics

BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga who was detained by the West Bengal police after a clash erupted between BJP and TMC workers has issued a challenge to TMC leader Derek O’Brien on the latter’s unfounded allegations. In a recently concluded press conference, Derek O’Brien had defended his government’s move to arrest Tajinder Bagga claiming that the BJP is getting outsiders in West Bengal and these outsiders are responsible for the ensuing violence on the streets in Kolkata.


Tajinder Bagga had issued a challenge to Derek O-Brien to prove his involvement in the ongoing violence in West Bengal. Bagga has claimed that if Derek successfully proves that he was within 500 metres of the spot when the violence broke out, he will quit the politics. However, he also said that if Derek can’t prove his charges, he should leave the politics.

As 9 Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal go to polls this Sunday in the last phase of the elections, Kolkata streets yesterday were marked by violence that broke out between TMC and BJP supporters in the election roadshow of BJP president Amit Shah. Amit Shah’s roadshow received a massive reception as a large number of people gathered to participate in his roadshow. Towards the end of the roadshow, violence broke out between TMC and BJP supporters. Since then both parties have been pinning the blame of the violence on each other.

Today, TMC’s Derek O’Brien convened a presser to attack the BJP, claiming that the bust of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar was vandalised by BJP workers. However, according to the screenshot of a Facebook post by one Biraj Narayan Roy that has gone viral, the incident was orchestrated by Trinamool itself. Roy, who claims to be a student of the University and an eyewitness, calls it disgusting politics and blames Trinamool for the entire mess. He claims it was virtually impossible for the BJP Karyakartas to reach the place where the Status was. He says it was smashed by Trinamool itself, then the media was summoned and the BJP blamed through it.

Earlier, Mamata Banerjee had threatened BJP that she is capable of usurping the BJP headquarters in 1 second and that they should thank their good fortune that she is sitting ‘silently’ now.

After being touted as a ‘game changer’ in 2019 elections, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s roadshow in Ujjain draws thin crowd

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After being touted as a ‘game changer’ in 2019 elections, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s roadshow in Ujjain draws thin crowd

On Tuesday, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra did a roadshow in Ujjain as part of the election campaign in Madhya Pradesh. And going by the videos of the roadshow circulating on social media, it seems the roadshow was not a success and it drew a very thin crowd. In videos posted in social media, Priyanka Gandhi could be seen hurrying through the streets of Ujjain and a thin crowd running to keep up with the vehicles.


Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been touted as a wild card for the Congress party to take on Modi government, but she doesn’t seem to be helping the party in any apparent way. The people of Ujjain have made it quite clear that merely carrying the name of Gandhi and supposed looks of Indira Gandhi is not enough to grab their interest.

Earlier, the Congress, fearing defeat in Varanasi had decided to field Ajay Rai against PM Modi, after fueling speculations that Priyanka Gandhi would be contesting against the PM. She has also got into trouble with an Animal Rights activist, Gauri Maulekhi, who accused her of “serious violation” of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and seeking her “immediate arrest”. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had also served her a notice for using children in election campaigns.

Such a low turnout during the election campaign is not new for Congress. Earlier this month the Congress president Rahul Gandhi was found to be addressing a gathering of empty chairs during his rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur. Hardik Patel also had to face a similar kind of embarrassment. The leader of Patidar Andolan Anamat Samiti (PAAS) while addressing his first public meeting in Bhopal also had to witness the sight of a large number of empty chairs.

On Tuesday, Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar’s rally in Maharashtra’s Ulhasnagar, which could be his last attempt to woo voters as India goes to vote for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from tomorrow, turned out to be a miserable failure as he was seen addressing a half-empty ground.

Mani Shankar Aiyar shouts ‘F*ck off’ to journalist, again, even as pliant media apologises and turns a blind eye

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Mani Shankar Aiyar shouts ‘F*ck off’ to journalist, again, even as pliant media apologises and turns a blind eye

Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, who recently came out of the woodwork and interacted with media to express his unsavoury remarks for the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi, appeared thoroughly rattled as journalists questioned him over his ‘neech’ remark on PM Modi. Mani Shankar had recently penned an article in which he had defended his ‘neech’ remark for PM Modi he made in 2017 for which he was temporarily ousted from Congress.


In his recent interaction with the media, Mani Shankar Aiyar said to one of the journalists that he was getting ‘angry’ at his choice of questions. “There is a person in India, Narendra Modi. Haven’t you heard about his sharp attacks? Go and ask him,” Aiyar said. When the journalist dared to ask him, what he thinks would be the result on 23rd May, Aiyar shoved away the mic held to him and imperiously shouted “F*ck off” to the journalist.

However, what is truly amazing is the servility of the reporter who kept apologizing to Mani Shankar Aiyar for asking him seemingly tough questions and driving him up the wall. However, this is not the first time that Mani Shankar Aiyar has lost his cool on National television. Even as Aiyar lost temper and attempted a shoddy parody of PM Modi, the reporter continued profusely apologising for his questions that rubbed Aiyar the wrong way.

In 2017, Aiyar was expelled from Congress for his unruly behaviour and using a casteist slur to attack PM Modi. Many people at that time had speculated that his expulsion was because he might have upset Congress’ caste strategy with his ‘neech’ comment. However, it was just a smokescreen to placate the growing protest against Aiyar for his repulsive casteist remarks. The ouster was short-lived as he was again quietly reinstated in the party by the Congress president Rahul Gandhi, emboldening him and giving an impression that one can get away unpunished with abusing and using casteist slurs against opponents.

Aiyar had been incorrigible in his approach to attack his opponents. Earlier, during 2014 elections, Aiyar had contemptuously insulted Modi by saying that he was a ‘Chaiwala’ and he should dream of serving chai to parliamentarians, not of becoming the PM. Modi being an astute politician, used this barb to his advantage and scored a home run with his ‘Chai pe Charcha’ campaign and instantly connecting with the aspirational middle-class.

Aiyar’s cavalier disregard for civility in public life was evident when he was seen forcibly yanking the mike off the Republic TV journalist and shouting at the journalist to “f*ck off“. Aiyyar clearly felt no compunction for his act, as he pulled off the same incident of abusing a journalist. What was horrific then was that an India Today reporter was seen shielding Mani Shankar Aiyyar and defending his misbehaviour against a fellow journalist.

Even in the recent case where Mani Shankar Aiyar asks the CNN News18 reporter to “f*ck off”, the journalist who is being abused by Aiyar is seen abundantly sorry for his questions. The glaring servility of the media towards the habitual offender can’t be more pronounced. Instead of asking tough questions to his bosses- Congress leadership and Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his reinitiation in the party, journalists enthusiastically lap him up for his irrelevant political views only to take the rap for their misplaced alacrity.

The hurling of expletives at journalists by Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar shows that the politician has very low regard for the journalists and is confident of having to suffer no consequences for his flagrant misdemeanour. It also exhibits his unmitigated trust in the Congress party leadership that wouldn’t take any sustained and irreversible action against him. Media journalists would do well to realise that brown-nosing to this apparently abusive politician won’t yield any good, but only encourage him to continue with his scurrilous behaviour.

2019 Lok Sabha elections: Pro incumbency wave, a tectonic shift in the voting pattern of Bengal and high voter turnouts

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2019 Lok Sabha elections: Pro incumbency wave, a tectonic shift in the voting pattern of Bengal and high voter turnouts

As Lok Sabha elections reach its final stage, if the voter turnout and on-ground pulse is anything to go by, there does not seem to be a massive anti-incumbency being reflected right now. The estimated voter turnout in the sixth and penultimate phase of voting which took place on Sunday, May 12, was 64.59% with West Bengal registering as high as 84.50% participation.

Speaking on the voter turnout and what it could mean, Pradip Bhandari, Jan Ki Baat founder who anchors ‘Lalkar’ on Republic TV, said that vote-share-seat-share theory is a big bogus one propagated by lazy commentators who don’t want to come out of their drawing rooms. He said that while there is no direct correlation between voter turnout and election outcome, at best the voter turnout could reflect the mood of the nation.

“The voting outcome has largely been the same as it had been in 2014, except in Delhi where among other things, the voter turnout in the Muslim-dominated area has been comparatively lesser. This could be because the outcome value of Muslim voter in Delhi has reduced, which has discouraged some of them. This neutralising of the vote has been an unprecedented development,” said Bhandari.

Commenting on the difference between voter motivation in Bengal in 2014 vs 2019, he said, “The 2019 Bengal voter is not the same as 2014 voter. The voter is voting for a decisive reason despite violence in many places. In 2014, Bengal voted to ensure Mamata gets a majority. In 2019, the same cannot be said.”

It was reported that Hindus were being stopped from casting their votes in Medinipur constituency whereas one BJP worker was found dead on the day of the voting and two other BJP workers were shot at. Bhandari said that the last phase of voting in Bengal will be most crucial.

“In Madhya Pradesh, the voter turnout has been quite good, similar on the lines of 2014. It could suggest different things in different places. Like, motivation for a higher voting percentage in Guna is different from the motivation for high voting percentage in Bhopal. Bhopal always has polarised elections. Berasia and Sehore assembly seats will decide the fate of Bhopal seat where Congress has fielded Digvijaya Singh against Sadhvi Pragya of BJP,” Bhandari said. Digvijaya Singh, however, was engrossed in voting in Bhopal, where he has contested against BJP’s Sadhvi Pragya, and could not cast his vote.

Uttar Pradesh, which is pegged as the deciding factor in general elections may not see the Mahagathbandhan sweeping the state. “For gathbandhan to do good, it has to be either extremely low turnout or extremely high turnout. Neutral voter (or floating voter) perspective also needs to be taken into consideration. If the neutral voter chooses to go for welfare and leadership, the caste factor may not play an important role in the outcome. While gathbandhan has made a strong case on paper, how much of it is reflected on the ground, one can only wait and watch,” Bhandari said. Uttar Pradesh also saw a minuscule increase in voter percentage in the 14 constituencies which cast their vote on Sunday.

Another place which will show a decisive result will be Haryana. Trends reflect that there has been a Jat vs anti-Jat fight like in 2014 but it has only polarised now. Rohtak and Sonipat will throw surprises Bhandari said.

The overall voter turnout in the sixth phase of polling was down by 2.96% as compared to 2014.

The seventh and the final phase of polling will take place on Sunday, May 19 which again has 59 seats going to polls including Varanasi from where PM Modi is seeking his second term. In 2014, the BJP had won 33 out of these 59 seats, which brought up the tally to 282 helping BJP come out as the single largest party in over 30 years.

The counting of ballots will take place on Thursday, May 23.

Note: Above percentages are estimates and the actual percentage may slightly vary.

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