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109 eminent Tamil intellectuals appeal to Tamil Nadu voters to reelect Narendra Modi

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109 eminent Tamil intellectuals appeal to Tamil Nadu voters to reelect Narendra Modi

Ever since the Narendra Modi Government came to the center, the seemingly improbable started happening to the BJP as a party. Right from forming a BJP coalition government in the state of Jammu & Kashmir to sweeping the North East India with BJP or BJP alliances ruling all the 8/8 states in North East the BJP has proved itself not to be an untouchable party anymore.

Well, Tamil Nadu is no exception to this trend. For the first time in the history of BJP in Tamil Nadu 109 eminent intellectuals from the field of Tamil literature, Tamil scholars, scientists, writers, jurists, educationalists have given a joint appeal to voters of Tamil Nadu to reelect Prime Minister Modi and listed out the reasons for appealing so.

The Appeal reads out as follows:

An Appeal to Tamil Nadu voters

  • Narendra Modi’s Government completed its tenure of five years in center.
  • In this five-year tenure of Modi Government, various sectors had seen development. Ujjwala(Free Gas) scheme, increasing maternity leave to 26 weeks and constructing toilets throughout the country had created a positive impact on the life of women.
  • Measures taken by this Government to eliminate corruption had started to harvest benefits.
  • Ayushman Bharat is turning out to be the biggest healthcare social security scheme in the world.
  • India is transformed into the sixth largest economy from the state of economic crisis.
  • National OBC Commission is given the constitutional status for the first time in the history.
  • Kanchipuram and Velankanni from Tamil Nadu were announced as holy tourist circuit cities by Ministry of Culture.
  • Steps were taken to establish the first AIIMS hospital and college in Tamil Nadu.
  • Internal and external security is handled in the best possible way.
  • Number of Haj pilgrimages had seen steep increase.
  • Housing for All before 2022 under Prime Minister Awas Yojana Scheme is rolling out in an effective way reaching the right beneficiaries.
  • Hence, all of us named below wish Narendra Modi Government to come back to power again because of its exceptional performance in various sectors.
  • All of us named below appeal Tamil Nadu voters to re-elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi because of his care towards the nation, because of having zero accusation under his name and because of his selfless work for the nation to progress in global arena.

Addressing the media, senior journalist Maalan listed out the reasons why they want reelection of Prime Minister. Noted senior Tamil scholar Dr Saraswathi Ramanathan said how millions of women have benefited from Narendra Modi’s pathbreaking schemes like Ujjwala(Free Gas), Swachh Bharath(Toilets) & various other schemes.

Chennai Press Club where the Tamil intellectuals appealed to voters to reelect PM Modi

The following are the signatories of the the petition. The first 9 petitioners were present in the Chennai Press Club and appealed to the Tamil Nadu voters on behalf of the 109 eminent intellectuals to vote for PM Modi.

Signatories:

  1. Dr.Smt.Saraswathi Ramanathan- Tamil Scholar
  2. Major General.Thiru.Padmanabhan
  3. Thiru.Balachandar IPS, Ex-DGP
  4. Thiru.Maalan- Writer
  5. Thiru.Badri Seshadri – Publisher
  6. Thiru.CMK Reddy – President of Tamil Nadu Medical Association
  7. Dr.Muhammad Feroz Khan – President, Tamil Nadu Islam Jamath
  8. Thiru.Subbu – Senior Journalist
  9. Dr.Aandal.P.Sokkalimgam
  10. Padmabushan Dr. Thiru.R.Nagasamy
  11. Padmashri Srimathi.Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan
  12. Thiru.Anbazhagan – Fishermen Association president

Scientists:

  1. Thiru.G.Krishnan (ISRO)
  2. Thiru.Prof.Durairaj (ISRO)
  3. Thiru.Prof.Ramanathan (DRDO)

Judges:

  1. Justice Thiru.Ko.Su.Arumugam,
  2. Thiru.Satish Kumar,
  3. Thiru.T.P.Vishwanathan.

Tamil Scholars:

  1. Dr.Thiru.T.N.Ramachandran,
  2. Thiru.Ma.Ve.Pasupathi,
  3. Thiru.Sami.Thiyaraasan,
  4. Thiru.Pallathoor.Pazha.Pazhaniyappan,
  5. Thiru.Poet.Ra.Ramamoorthy,
  6. Thiru.Poet.Ramachandran,
  7. Thiru.T.Rajkumar,
  8. Thiru.Thillai Karthikeyam Sivam,
  9. Thiru.R.Ramasamy,
  10. Thiru.Prof.Jagannathan,
  11. Thiru.T.S.Thiyagarajan,
  12. Thiru.K.S.Sampath,
  13. Thiru.Dr.T.Chandrakumar,
  14. Thiru.Dr.Ra.Maadhu

Educationalist:

  1. Thiru.Va.Ve.Subramanian,
  2. Thiru.P.K.Balasubramanian,
  3. Thiru.U.Sundar,
  4. Thiru.Prof.R. Ramachandran,
  5. Dr.Srimathi.Usha Mahadevan
  6. Srimathi.Thirumamagal Kannan,
  7. Thiru.Subbarayaalu,
  8. Thiru.Kannan (Kumbakonam),
  9. Thiru.T.Chakravarthy,
  10. Thiru.Ganesh Sokkalingam,
  11. Prof. Thiru.N.K.Udhaya Prakash,
  12. Prof. Srimathi.S Bhuvaneshwari
  13. Thiru.S Chandrasekar, Rasipuram
  14. Srimathi.V Kausalya Senji
  15. Prof. Thiru.A.Udhayakumar
  16. Prof. Thiru.Ganapathy Subramanian
  17. Prof. Thiru.Kanagaraj Easwaran
  18. Prof. Thiru.A Parivazhagan
  19. Prof. Thiru.R Rajagopalan
  20. Prof. Thiru.K Sampath Kumar
  21. Prof. Thiru.U Sundara Rajan
  22. Prof. Thiru.S Gurusamy
  23. Thiru.D Lokraj Madhuraanthakam

Media Persons:

  1. Thiru.Kizhaampur Sankara Subramanian,
  2. Thiru.R.Natarajan,
  3. Thiru.Kolagala Srinivas,
  4. Thiru.Senkottai Sriram,
  5. Thiru.Pa.Krishnan,
  6. Thiru.Jeyakrishnan
  7. Thiru.Srivenkatesh

Poets:

  1. Thiru.Sedhu Gopinath,
  2. Thiru.Nandalala,
  3. Thiru.Pa.Veera Raghavan

Political Commentators:

  1. Srimathy. Banu Gomes,
  2. Thiru.Ariya Tamilan,
  3. Thiru.S.Ranganathan.

Archeologists:

  1. Thiru.S.Ramachandran
  2. Thiru.T Sathyamoorthy

Writers:

  1. Smt.Sivasankari – Writer
  2. Thiru.B.R.Mahadevan,
  3. Thiru.Aadhalayur Surya Kumar,
  4. Thiru. Umari Kasivelu,
  5. Dr.Thiru.Sivasakthi Balan,
  6. Thiru.Haran Prasanna,
  7. Thiru.Thanjai Ve.Gopalan,
  8. Thiru.Thanjai T.K.Gurunathan,
  9. Thiru.S.P.Sokkalingam,
  10. Thiru.Aravindan Neelakantan,
  11. Thiru.Jataayu,
  12. Thiru.Aamaruvi Devanathan,
  13. Thiru.Sudaahar Kasturi,
  14. Thiru.Pachaiappan.K,
  15. Thiru.Gaandhamani Narayanan,
  16. Thiru.Krishnan Subramanian,
  17. Srimathy.Latha Ragunathan,
  18. Thiru.Laxmana Perumal,
  19. Thiru.K R A Narasayya,
  20. Thiru.K R Murali,
  21. Thiru.Java Kumar

Social Activists:

  1. Thiru.N.Muthuraman,
  2. Thiru.M.Rajaram
  3. Thiru.B N Thiyagarajan
  4. Thiru.Chitti Venugopal
  5. Thiru.Chella
  6. Thiru.N Harihara Subramanian
  7. Srimathy.Padmavathy Mahesh

Lawyers:

  1. Thiru.Vijayashree Ramesh

Carnatic Musicians:

  1. Thiru.T N Seshagopalan
  2. Thiru.Santhanakrishnan
  3. Srimathy.Gayatri Venkatraghavan
  4. Thiru.Keyboard Sathya

Film artists:

  1. Thiru.ARS
  2. Srimathy.Madhuvanthi Arun

Others

  1. Astrologer Thiru.Selvi
  2. Thiru.Veeramani Raju
  3. Thiru.S.Sriprakash – Social activist
  4. Thiru.Erode Nagaraj – Mirudhangam artist

EC puts a ban on Yogi Adityanath campaigning, the UP CM visits Hanuman Setu Mandir in Lucknow, recites Hanuman Chalisa

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EC puts a ban on Yogi Adityanath campaigning, the UP CM visits Hanuman Setu Mandir in Lucknow, recites Hanuman Chalisa

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday visited the Hanuman Setu temple at Lucknow to offer prayers after he was barred from campaigning for 72 hours by the Election Commission on Monday for allegedly making objectionable statements in his speeches.


According to the reports, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister reached the temple of Bajrang Bali at Hanuman Setu in the middle of the city at around 9.30 on Tuesday morning and worshipped the Lord Hanuman by reading Hanuman Chalisa.

Yogi Adityanath was present at the temple for about 20 minutes. However, during his visit to the temple, he did not speak to the media present there.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh also visited the temple before filing his nomination to contest as a BJP candidate in Lucknow, but after Yogi Adityanath left. Reportedly, the Chief Minister was supposed to accompany him for the nomination but decided to drop the plans after the Election Commission banned him from campaigning for 72 hours. His ban came into effect on Tuesday morning.

Hanuman Setu Mandir

On Monday, the Election Commission had banned UP CM Yogi Adityanath for 72 hours and BSP chief Mayawati for 48 hours starting from 6 am tomorrow, for violating Model Code of Conduct by making objectionable statements in their speeches.

The Election Commission had barred Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his “Ali and Bajrang Bali” response to BSP supremo Mayawati’s appeal asking Muslims to vote for the opposition alliance in the state. At a public rally at Deoband on April 7, Mayawati was openly polarising votes by asking Muslims not to split their vote between Congress and SP-BSP alliance and rather consolidate their vote in favour of the alliance candidate.

Darjeeling is just one of many troubles for West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Ashish Shukla
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Darjeeling is just one of many troubles for West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Darjeeling goes to poll on Thursday and the troubles of Mamata Banerjee seem to be converging on most counts.

The hill station which has been a stronghold of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2009 holds a grudge against Mamata Banerjee and her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) for causing unprecedented violence in the quaint little town.

The 2017 firing led to the death of 11 Gurkhas and there is a palpable hostility against Mamata Banerjee and TMC goons.

The 104-day strike in 2017 was called by the Gurkha Janmukti Morcha in protest against Mamata’s decision to include Bengali as a medium of instruction in the schools of the hills. It says 11 people killed at the hands of the police.

Darjeeling is not just the only storm brewing in Mamata’s cup of woes. The West Bengal chief minister is falling foul of every institution of this country—be it CBI, Election Commission or Supreme Court. It’s another matter though that it still has not evoked any censure from the so-called watchdogs of democracy, the media.

Supreme Court has noted with concern that “something serious was going on” in West Bengal after customs officials alleged that state police stopped them from screening the luggage of wife of Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of Mamata Banerjee.

Election Commission is already doing its bit by stretching the elections in West Bengal to each and every seven phase of the poll and relieving police officials from poll duty allegedly due to their proximity to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) state government.

Election Commission (EC) is also reconsidering re-elections in Cooch Behar, one of the two constituencies in West Bengal which went to polls in the first phase on April 11, the other being Alipurduar, after incidents of violence and rigged polling emerged via independent sources.

TMC goons have attacked BJP workers during Cooch Behar elections a few days ago and devised novel ways to ensure majority vote in favour of their party. Reports have emerged that either TMC intimidators stand behind a voter and ensure he/she votes for no other than TMC or have applied nail-polish on BJP button so as to identify who has voted for the “lotus”.

While the shameful conduct against working CBI officials in February in Kolkata is still fresh, it seems TMC is pulling no stops to ensure it’s a law into its own and is not adherent to the practices of democracy in India.

BJP is putting up a spirited fight despite its leaders being denied to land in the state for electioneering, intimidation and brazen muscle-flexing during elections, be it panchayat, assembly or now Lok Sabha polls.

Everyone understands the situation in West Bengal is spiralling out of control. Paramilitary forces were present only in 40 out of 100 polling booths in Cooch Behar and incidents were reported throughout the polling day on April 11.

OpIndia has reported an alleged audio clip of a TMC leader in Cooch Behar who is asking his cadres to ensure 100 per cent votes in favour of the party. He is allegedly heard asking workers to rig votes openly. BJP has submitted this clip to Election Commission for review. They sat on a dharna outside the Election Commission office in the wake of Cooch Behar polling.

These early indicators apparently point at a violence-ridden election in rest of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the coming days and weeks. As said, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar, have already gone to polls. The details of seats and elections dates in the remaining six phases in West Bengal are as below:

  • Three constituencies — Jalpaigudi, Darjeeling and Raigunge — will go to polls in phase 2 on April 18.
  • Four constituencies — Balurghat, Malda Uttar, Malda Dakshin, Jangipur and Murshidabad — will go to polls in phase 3 on April 23.
  • Eight constituencies — Behrampore, Krishnanagar, Bolpur, Birbhum, Ranaghat, Burwan Durgapur, Burdwan Purba and Birbhum — will go to polls in phase 4 on April 29.
  • Seven Constituencies —Bongaon, Barackpur Howrah, Uluberia, Hoogly, Srirampore, Hoogly and Arambag — will go to polls in phase 5 on May 6.
  • Eight constituencies — Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Purulia, Bakuda, Jhargram, Medinipur and Bishnupur – will go to polls in phase 6 on May 12.
  • Nine constituencies — Dumdum, Barasat, Basirhat, Joynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kol Dakshin and Kol Uttar — will go to polls in phase 7 on May 19.

Meanwhile, our Lutyens Media which leaves no stone unturned on reporting any alleged Model Code Conduct (MCC) violation in the ongoing polls, have nothing to write in editorials against TMC and its party leader for open murder of democracy in the state of West Bengal.

Karnataka: I-T raids on close aides of CM Kumaraswamy and his brother Revanna ahead of April 18 elections

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Karnataka: I-T raids on close aides of CM Kumaraswamy and his brother Revanna ahead of April 18 elections

The Income Tax department has carried out a series of raids on close aides of Janata Dal-Secular leaders in Mandya and Hassan districts of Karnataka ahead of the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

According to reports, on the early hours of Tuesday, the IT officers carried out raids on at least five people known to be close aides of JDS strongman HD Revanna, brother of Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy and Minister CS Puttaraju. The IT officials have also conducted raids on the residence of a close relative of the HD Devegowda family in Haradanahalli village.

A team of 15 IT officials has also raided HD Revanna’s close aides Karle Indresh and former MLC Patel Shivaram in the Hassan city. Reportedly, another team has also conducted raids on the saw-mill in Pandavapura, Mandya belonging to a close aide of the minister CS Puttaraju. It is being reported that the raids are being carried out on contractors related to JD(S) leaders over allegations of laundering money.

Raids are also being carried out in Maddur, at the residence, and business premises of Zilla Parishad President and CM Kumaraswamy’s close aide Nagarathna Swamy and that of Zilla Parishad member Timme Swamy.

The IT raid at Hassan and Mandya comes at the backdrop of a recent audio clip that had gone viral, in which two people allegedly belonging to JDS were discussing strategies to win the Mandya Lok Sabha elections. In the audio, one of the JDS leaders was caught saying that JDS was intended to distribute at least Rs.5 lakh per booth, which amounted to an election expense of about Rs.150 crores to secure the victory JDS candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy against actor-turned-politician Sumalatha Ambareesh.

Following these reports, the IT officials seem to have taken precautionary measures against the use of money power in the Lok Sabha elections. Earlier in this month, the IT officials had also carried out similar raids on the close aides of HD Revanna in Hassan and CS Puttaraju in Mandya.

The JDS headed by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is facing an uphill task in both Hassan and Mandya Lok Sabha constituency. Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy is contesting from Mandya while HD Revanna’s son Prajwal Revanna is contesting against BJP candidate A Manju from Hassan.

Uttar Pradesh: Huge cache of illegal weapons and liquor seized from Bulandshahr

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Uttar Pradesh: Huge cache of illegal weapons and liquor seized from Bulandshahr

Ahead of the 2nd phase of Lok Sabha elections, the Uttar Pradesh Police have seized a huge cache of weapons, live cartridges and liquor during regular checking in the Bulandshahr district.


SSP N Kolanchi said, “405 illegal weapons, 739 cartridges, liquor worth Rs 2 crore, Rs 1.5 crore cash have been seized. We will continue checking like this.”

In the wake of ongoing Lok Sabha Election, the Uttar Pradesh police have issued a notice saying, whoever found with illegal weapons with them would go behind the bars.

Bulandshahr will go to polls on April 18 and counting of votes will take place on May 23.

In the wake of the Lok Sabha election, strict actions have been taken to curb illegal weapons, illegal liquor and drug trafficking and criminal elements.

Under the Special Campaign across the State to conduct fear-free and fair Lok Sabha elections after the imposition of the Model Code of Conduct in the past one and a half months, Madhya Pradesh Police also seized 3,483 illegally possessed weapons and 1,300 cartridges including 722 firearms.

Apart from this, in the same period, the police seized 2.14 lakh litres of illegally transported liquor worth Rs 4.91 lakh and drugs worth Rs 6.78. Across the State, police action has been taken against 25,844 persons involved in criminal and anti-social activities and in addition to this, preventive action has also been taken against 32,919 people.

Under the special drive by the police, during the period February 15 to March 31, 2019, under Gwalior, Chambal, Indore, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Balaghat, Sagar, Rewa, Bhopal, Hoshangabad, Shahdol, STF and Rail Zone in the police action 32,919 persons have been booked under preventive action.

‘We will pay back with interest’: Mayawati fumes over EC’s 48-hour ban, calls it a ‘black day’

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‘We will pay back with interest’: Mayawati fumes over EC’s 48-hour ban, calls it a ‘black day’

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has called the Election Commission (EC) order which has barred her from campaigning for 48 hours starting from 6 a.m. tomorrow, as a one-sided decision. She said that there was no allegation of delivering a provocative speech in the April 11 show-cause-notice of the EC and that it only had the allegation of asking for votes in the name of one community.


Addressing a press conference, she alleged that she has been deprived of her fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression. She even went on to say that the day will be remembered as a Black day in the history of EC. The BSP supremo blatantly denied having asked for votes in the name of religion despite there being video evidence for it.


In the video, Mayawati was clearly seen asking Muslim voters during a rally in Saharanpur not to split their vote by supporting the Congress Lok Sabha candidate and instead consolidate their vote in the favour of SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate. She even accused the EC of having an anti-Dalit mindset. Calling the EC order as unconstitutional and cruel, she appealed to voters to turn in larger numbers than expected.

Mayawati has even accused the EC of not taking any action against PM Modi for asking votes in the name of martyrs. She even warned that when she comes back to form the government, she will ‘pay back with interest’.

The Election Commission has also imposed a 72-hour ban on Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath for his ‘Bajrangbali’ remark along with a 48 ban on BJP leader Maneka Gandhi. Senior SP Azam Khan has also been banned from campaigning for 72 hours following his ‘underwear‘ remark against BJP Lok Sabha candidate Jaya Prada.

EC rubbishes media reports of cancelling LS elections in Vellore over alleged use of money to influence voters

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EC rubbishes media reports of cancelling LS elections in Vellore over alleged use of money to influence voters

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday rubbished media reports which claimed that the EC may cancel the Lok Sabha elections in Vellore constituency in Tamil Nadu over alleged use of money to influence voters. In a statement issued, the EC has clarified that no order has been issued yet to cancel the Lok Sabha elections in Vellore which is scheduled to go on polls on 18th April.

Last month, the Income Tax department and the EC had raided DMK treasurer Durai Murugan’s residence in Vellore and reportedly seized a large amount of unaccounted cash. DMK is the alliance partner of Congress for Tamil Nadu and in their seat-sharing arrangement, the Vellore seat has gone to DMK.

Yesterday, many media outlets had reported that the EC wants the Vellore polls cancelled as the money recovered in the above raids could have been used to influence voters. The Indian Express report had claimed that on Monday the EC has recommended to President Kovind that the elections in Vellore be cancelled. The letter was received by President Kovind’s office on Monday night, the report says. “Rashtrapati Bhavan received the EC’s proposal Monday night. The recommendation, The Indian Express has learnt, will be shared with the Law Ministry for its views on Tuesday. However, cancellation is imminent since the President, in this case, has little choice but to accept the EC’s proposal,” The Indian Express report said.

The Indian Express report was then curated by leftist propaganda websites like The Scroll and The Wire. Many other publications like The Hindustan Times and News18 among others had also carried the report that Vellore Lok Sabha elections may be cancelled.

The EC’s official spokesperson, Sheyphali Saran has clarified that no such order of cancellation of elections has been issued yet.

Update: In an update late last evening, the Election Commission has written to the President of India recommending cancellation of polls in Vellore following the massive cash haul. 

Mommy media and nanny ecosystem try to mediate between warring children, AAP and Congress

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Mommy media and nanny ecosystem try to mediate between warring children, AAP and Congress

The Aam Admi Party and Congress love-hate relationship have been making headlines recently. After a long spell of planted stories and misplaced comments about the alliance between the two parties for Lok Sabha election in Delhi either being finalised or cancelled, recently, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal, the two soul-brothers when it comes to drama, took to Twitter to pass on love letters to each other.

While Rahul Gandhi said that he was willing to let AAP contest on 4 out of 7 seats, Rahul alleged that it was Kejriwal who was doing a ‘u-turn’, however, Congress’ doors were still open. To that, Arvind Kejriwal said that AAP was doing no U-turn and that Congress was actually helping BJP by not finalising an alliance.

After this elaborate drama, the Lutyens’ media went into a tizzy. The concern that BJP might benefit from the fight between the two children concerned mommy media to a large extent. The entire nanny ecosystem jumped in to try and pacify the situation between the two warring children.

An exasperated Nikhil Waghle commented, quote tweeting Sanjay Kumar of CSDS, that by not allying with AAP, Congress is trying to help BJP win Delhi.


Nikhil then got into a war of words with a Congress office-bearer. While the Congress office-bearer defended Congress, ‘neutral’ journalist Waghle defended AAP and blamed Congress.


‘Neutral’ journalist Saba Naqvi too took Twitter to give some sound advice to the children, who were airing their dirty laundry in public.


Naqvi tweeted that Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal should sit across the table, shake hands and announce an alliance. She said, “the people of Delhi deserve their best behaviour”.

Ashutosh, who went from being a journalist to an AAP politician to again a journalist recently, took to Twitter to play nanny too. He tweeted to Kejriwal saying that if they want to defeat Modi and Shah, an alliance is imperative.


Neutral and secular commentator Tufail Ahmed too advised the two children, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal to bury the hatchel. He advised Kejriwal to not be greedy and concede to Rahul Gandhi’s reasonable offer instead of benefiting BJP.


Finally, while several other “neutral” commentators and journalists tried to play mommy to the children, Nikhil Waghle pronounced the final verdict.


The final verdict seems to be simple. If BJP returns to power, the nanny ecosystem, or at least a part of it, is ready to blame Congress. Not Rahul Gandhi because the Prince must be protected, of course.

YouTuber reveals how Muslims were allegedly celebrating as historic Notre-Dame Church was destroyed by fire

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YouTuber reveals how Muslims were allegedly celebrating as historic Notre-Dame Church was destroyed by fire

On Monday evening, a fire broke out at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris destroying its tower and severely damaging its roof. The fire began at about 6:30 p.m and it took about nine hours to bring the fire under the control.

The 850-year-old Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is one of the most iconic structures in the city, an acclaimed marvel of Gothic architecture. The fire that ravaged through the structure has completely destroyed its spire, famous windows of stained glass and its roof.

However, most of the main structure and the bell towers have been saved. As per latest reports, efforts are underway to salvage some of the artworks trapped inside. French president Emanuel Marcon has stated that the cathedral will be re-built.

Shockingly, as the historic church was burning, social-media users with Muslim names were found celebrating the catastrophic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday.

A social media user named Damien Rieu has shared a video in which several Muslim named users can be seen responding to a video of the Paris church with a “laughing” face emoji on Facebook.


Paul Joseph Watson, a popular YouTuber has also shared some tweets regarding the shocking celebration from the people belonging to the Muslim community and also how digital news portals like Buzzfeed attempted to manipulate and overlook the shameful celebrations after the historic church gutted by the fire.


Watson had shared a screenshot of reactions to the Notre Dame fire posted on the channel France 24 Arabic. People with Muslim names are seen rejoicing and celebrating the destruction of Notre Dame. One user named Kamil had written, “I dedicate this beautiful and wonderful fire to my family and little brother and we wish the nest fire be in the grill congratulations congratulations hopefully the mass destruction of France the center of evil.”

Another user named Samir Ti had written, “Oh no awesomeness, it is a beautiful fire omg it is the most beautiful fire in the world”.

Some of the names of the social media users who were found to be laughing after fire engulfed the church are Wahid Hadji, Oubbad Jsk, Yusuf Mohammedzai, Hessam Massa, Mohamed Hiadi, Mohamed Bensalem, Alaa Atfeh, Raidh Khaled, Ammar, Sofiane Abdelhakim, Noui Oua, Mohamed Amin, etc.

Robert Spencer, Director of the Jihad Watch, pointed out many Muslims “believe that the ruins and destruction of non-Muslim structures testify to the truth of Islam.” According to Spencer, The Quran “suggests that the destroyed remnants of ancient non-Muslim civilizations are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth.

He further cited Quran 3:137- “Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.”

Karnataka: BJP accuses Congress of running a fake voter ID racket after handheld printer and voter slips found in EC raids

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Karnataka: BJP accuses Congress of running a fake voter ID racket after handheld printer and voter slips found in EC raids

On Monday, the Bengaluru city police and the Election Commission last night raided a place in Chikpet area and allegedly found handheld printers and voter slips relating to Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha constituency were found.

As soon as the news of the raid became public, the BJP accused Congress of indulging in fake voter ID racket. Taking to Twitter, the BJP alleged that the Karnataka Congress lawmaker Rizwan Arshad, who is also the Bengaluru Central Lok Sabha candidate for Congress, of being involved in it.

The BJP alleged that as many as 18 people who were involved in printing the fake voter ID were arrested. The BJP has alleged that Youth Congress National Secretary Ibrahim Khaleelulla was running the racket from room no. 507 of 3rd floor of Prabhat Complex in Chikpet area. The BJP also sought that based on this, the Congress should be disqualified from contesting the elections and Arshad be banned from contesting elections till the investigation is complete.

Meanwhile, Rizwan Arshad has denied all the charges and said that ‘sensing defeat’ the BJP has ‘launched an extraordinary attack’ on him as they don’t want an ordinary boy to succeed. The BBMP Commissioner M Manjunath Prasad has said that while prima facie there is no foul play involved, further investigation is currently on in this regard.

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