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Ashok Maridas retweeted
वोट की रक्षा, लोकतंत्र की रक्षा! 🗳️
SIR के तहत मतदाता सूची से हटाए गए नामों की जांच करना और प्रभावित मतदाताओं को उनके अधिकारों के प्रति जागरूक करना हम सभी कॉंग्रेस के कार्यकर्ता साथियों की जिम्मेदारी—कर्तव्य है।
15 दिसंबर तक देशभर में ‘वोट रक्षक चौपाल’ आयोजित कर इस अभियान को हर गांव, हर शहर और हर बूथ तक पहुंचाएं।
अपना नाम जांचें: Iamvoterakshak.in
आइए, इस पर क्लिक कर हम सब ‘वोट रक्षक’ बनें!
अपने परिवार, मित्रों और आसपास के नागरिकों को भी इस अभियान से जोड़ें। लोकतंत्र की रक्षा के इस महा—जनअभियान में आगे आएं और अपनी सक्रिय भागीदारी निभाएं।
हर वोट कीमती है,
हर मतदाता का अधिकार सुरक्षित रहना चाहिए!
@INCIndia
@INCRajasthan
@kharge
@RahulGandhi
@kcvenugopalmp
@Sukhjinder_INC
@s_kanth
@GovindDotasra
#VoteRakshak #IamVoterakshak
#VoteBachao_DeshBachao
Ashok Maridas retweeted
I got a visa to India and was supposed to leave this morning to attend the Bharat Summit in Hyderabad. I had been invited as a panelist and speaker on the future of media and press freedom.
But «orders from above» in the Ministry of Home Affairs have cancelled my visa.
Here is my message for @AmitShah
Ashok Maridas retweeted
बड़ी खबर 🔥
2024 के लोकसभा चुनाव में भारी धांधली और वोटों के आंकड़ों में बड़ा गोलमाल!
'द रिपोर्टर्स कलेक्टिव' की एक सनसनीखेज जांच से यह साफ हो गया है कि प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 2024 का चुनाव साधारण तरीके से नहीं बल्कि भारी धांधली के सहारे जीता है।
चुनाव आयोग के आंतरिक दस्तावेजों से खुलासा हुआ है कि महाराष्ट्र, हरियाणा और जम्मू-कश्मीर के कई निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों में वोटों की गिनती और वोटिंग के आंकड़ों में भारी अंतर है, जिसके दम पर केंद्र में यह सरकार बनाई गई।
महाराष्ट्र, हरियाणा और जम्मू-कश्मीर राज्यों में चुनाव आयोग के आंतरिक रिकॉर्ड्स की गहराई से जांच की गई, जिसमें कुल 530 निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों के 4,212 दस्तावेजों को खंगाला गया और 467 विधानसभा तथा 63 संसदीय सीटों को शामिल किया गया।
इनमें से कुल 51 सीटों के रिकॉर्ड में गंभीर गड़बड़ियां और विसंगतियां पाई गईं। इनमें से 19 सीटें ऐसी हैं जहाँ चुनाव आयोग के रिकॉर्ड में मतदान केंद्रों पर वोट डालने वाले मतदाताओं की संख्या शून्य या नील दर्ज कर दी गई।
वहीं, अन्य 32 सीटों पर मतदाताओं द्वारा डाले गए वोटों और ईवीएम में गिने गए वोटों की संख्या में भारी अंतर सामने आया।
आंकड़ों के मुताबिक, मुंबई उत्तर सीट पर 7.78 लाख और हरियाणा की बड़कल सीट पर 1.72 लाख वोटों का बहुत बड़ा अंतर देखने को मिला।
इसके अलावा कैथल सीट पर जहां केवल 215 नागरिकों के वोट डालने का रिकॉर्ड था, वहीं ईवीएम में 1,67,285 वोट गिन लिए गए।
इसी तरह श्रीनगर लोकसभा सीट पर 6,66,046 वोट पड़े थे लेकिन EVM में 6,72,942 वोट गिने गए यानी 6,896 अतिरिक्त वोट सामने आए।
इन गंभीर आंकड़ों और खुलासों के बाद डेटा एक्सपर्ट्स का साफ कहना है कि चुनाव आयोग इस बात का कोई भरोसा नहीं दे सकता कि चुनाव पूरी तरह निष्पक्ष और पारदर्शी हुए थे।
यह रिपोर्ट इस बात का पुख्ता सबूत है कि 2024 का जनादेश और देश की लोकतांत्रिक व्यवस्था के साथ बड़ा खिलवाड़ किया गया है।
जब EVM के आंकड़े और पोलिंग बूथ के रजिस्टर ही मेल नहीं खा रहे हैं, तो ऐसी व्यवस्था की वैधता पूरी तरह खत्म हो जाती है।
देश के लोकतंत्र को बचाने के लिए ज़रूरी है कि इस पूरे चुनावी घोटाले की निष्पक्ष और उच्चस्तरीय जांच हो।
Ashok Maridas retweeted
Jaisa raja, waisi praja.
A Prime Minister whose dog-whistle about identifying Muslims by their clothing has contributed to an increasingly hostile and unsafe environment for Muslims in India presides over a governance model characterised by:
1️⃣Widespread violence against Muslim citizens, followed by impunity.
At least 54 people were killed in 322 reported hate crimes targeting minorities across India in the first nine months of the year. And we know that only a small fraction of documented hate-related incidents and cases of mob violence result in formal First Information Reports (FIRs), prosecutions or convictions <image 1 attached>
2️⃣The deliberate erasure of Muslim religious sites.
The laboratory for this project is, unsurprisingly, the home state of the Prime Minister and his partner-in-crime, the Home Minister.
In Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, a pattern of systematic erasure of Islamic shrines is unfolding, with reports describing a 'plan to wipe out dargahs'. Several historic shrines, including the Haji Mangrol Dargah, Pir Silar Shah Dargah, Garib Shah Dargah and Jafar Muzaffar Dargah, have been bulldozed in the district. <image 2 attached>
3️⃣The deliberate erasure of Muslim homes.
Governments in BJP-ruled states such as Uttar Pradesh and Assam have institutionalised what has come to be known as Bulldozer Raj, with Muslim homes being demolished, often without due process or meaningful recourse for those affected.
Recently, on November 1, the Assam government carried out a series of demolitions in Alamganj, Dhubri. On Nov 8, Himanta Biswa Sarma posted the following on his X account:
"Just before Diwali, we undertook this Ghar ki Safai in Lakhimpur." <video attached. Pay particular attention to the insensitive background music>
None of this happens in isolation.
❌Modi himself, and other BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Giriraj Singh, and Nupur Sharma - only to name a few - have repeatedly been associated with hate speech, discriminatory rhetoric or actions targeting Muslims, with NO meaningful accountability.
❌When those at the top act with impunity, the system beneath them works, predictably, to Muslims’ disadvantage. There is little reason to expect a leadership that keeps feeding this hate machine will ever treat Muslims as equal citizens.
🔔That is why it matters who occupies the highest office in the country. India needs a Prime Minister who believes in equal citizenship, irrespective of religion, caste, tribe, gender or economic status.
And Modi is not that person.
Ashok Maridas retweeted
Exclusive. ECI’s internal records of 2024 elections: On 51 seats of Maharashtra, Haryana and J&K, votes counted differed from votes cast. ECI rules say such mismatch should trigger probe into possible rigging.
@TweetSumedha & @VenkateshNSS report
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Ashok Maridas retweeted
to the most respected finance minister. i have a doubt. please find time to answer me.
you say that the venue for a debate is the parliament.
you say that my home minister, amit shah has offered a special session to debate.
you say that if rahul gandhi - the leader of opposition, wants to debate my prime minister, he should come to the parliament.
ma'am, let's start by pointing out some facts.
jul 20 - the parliament session opens. narendra modi, the ever so hon'ble prime minister - addresses the media - outside the parliament. he asks for a fact-based debate.
jul 24 - Amit Shah's National Honour Bill is introduced in Rajya Sabha, by Nityanand Rai, who is MoS for home affairs. Jairam Ramesh asks "Where is the Cabinet Minister". This is present in the RS Transcript.
jul 29 - Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition - asks "why is the Home Minister not here today?". This is also present in the LS Transcript.
jul 30 - Rahul Gandhi asks "why Shah is so scared of coming to Parliament"
aug 4 - Amit Shah, is seen in the parliamentary complex. at an NDA Parliamentary Party Meeting. He Doesn't enter the house. as per reporting from Navbharat Live.
aug 6 - Mallikarjun Kharge, in Rajya Sabha, asks "Why is the Prime Minister not coming? Why is the Home Minister not coming?" as Per Kerala Kamudi - this is consistent with the RS transcript.
aug 11 - congress MP Manickam Tagore attacks the absent home minister. as per reporting by the ANI.
aug 12 - Amit Shah says to the media, "have been coming to Parliament regularly since the Session began; I sit in my chamber."
talking to the media, at around 12:30 PM, Amit Shah offered "If the Opposition wrote to the speaker, there would be a debate from 3 PM wednesday (12 aug - the same day) to 3 PM thursday (13 aug - the next day)
this was roughly a 2 hour window to submit the letter.
he further said "I will sit in the House; I will listen to everyone and respond to every point."
Rahul Gandhi said "We are not interested in listening to his lecture, Who shot those students? Who blinded that student? Who ordered the lathi charge?"
this referred to the Pellet Shots fired at the Student, Sahil Lochav. He asked about the Lathi Charge that happened in the protests on July 20th.
The Opposition wanted a statement from Shah about this, Shah wanted them to submit a letter to the speaker, in a window of roughly 2 hours - after not being present for 17 straight settings. with no recorded appearance.
aug 13 - Lok Sabha sits for 4 minutes. 11:00 AM to 11:04 AM. The National Song, Vande Mataram, is played. and then, the house is adjourned sine die. Both ever so honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Shri Amit Shah were present on these days. for the 4 minutes.
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Respected Finance Minister Ma'am,
These were the facts I have pointed out. I have not said anything that was my own opinion. I have not framed the facts in a way that support any party. My facts were gathered by scraping Documents from the LS and RS portal, OCR'ing the PDFs, then parsing them and then Aggregating News Sources. - and pointing out facts from them. Cold, Hard, Records.
I have not asked any questions yet - which I will do now.
I am a human. I have evolved Pattern Seeking skills.
I spot a pattern here. I see that for the entirety of the Monsoon Session, Prime Minister Modi, and Home Minister Shah, did not utter a word on the record of the Lok Sabha. They were not present in the house except for the last 4 minutes, on the last day.
Shah says "He was sitting in his cabin",
Ma'am, I don't think debates happen when you sit alone in a cabin. It happens on the floor, where the other side can ask questions too.
I don't see a meaningful debate happening in an environment like the Parliament. I say this with utter disappointment.
If Parliament is the venue for debate, why did the two most senior members of the government not speak there once in 19 sittings? And why was the one offer to debate made to the press on the 18th day, with a deadline of a couple of hours?
Why are there "offers" even? I think it is your responsibility to be in debates because that is your entire job.
As you say, "Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them." -- Well, were Amit Shah or Narendra Modi, hearing the Questions being asked? They were not in the house even.
Please Answer my Doubts. I would be very obliged if you do so.
Regards,
Sarthak
Rahul ji, you ask the Prime Minister to choose a venue for a debate. There is already one: Parliament, where you happen to be the LoP.
Just yesterday, Home Minister Shri @AmitShah offered a special session to debate SIR and EVMs. Why not show the same enthusiasm for a debate in Parliament that you show while issuing challenges on social media?
Demanding answers also carries an obligation to hear them.
There have been several occasions when you and your party have walked out of Parliament while the government was responding to your allegations. How do you claim to be so eager for a debate when you don’t even stay to hear the other side?
It doesn’t stop at walkouts. You and the INDI Alliance have repeatedly disrupted proceedings, leading to entire sittings being washed out. If you are so keen on debating, why not allow Parliament to function in the first place?
And then there’s the mock Parliament you recently held at the Congress President’s residence. Frankly, that was more a ‘mockery of Parliament’ than a ‘mock Parliament’. You found the time and enthusiasm for that exercise. Surely, the real Parliament deserves at least as much.
You speak endlessly about protecting democracy and the Constitution. But that respect should also reflect in how you treat the institutions they have established.
As for the issues you frivolously raise, bring specific allegations and evidence to back them up. Simply throwing together a long list of accusations doesn’t make your case any stronger. As LoP, you are expected to show some seriousness and responsibility.
You say, “Daro mat.”
Then bring the facts, face the scrutiny and stay to hear the answers. In the House, uphold the standards of debate you demand from others.
Ashok Maridas retweeted
Dear Mrs. Sitarama,
1.Which "legal and commercial matter" required Tata Trusts and Tata Sons to be hosted at Amit Shah's residence?
2.When is crony number 1 going to appear in the game and which pieces of Tata is he going to get?
Finally, all India's businesses except 3-4 of your cronies, already hate all of you and don't need any incitement.
Being the LoP @RahulGandhi, I suggest you refrain from politicising every issue. Also, casually labelling commercial and legal matters as criminal is unacceptable.
You have repeatedly decried the successes of Indian industry & our entrepreneurs. Now, are you trying to incite our business leaders to join you in spreading distrust & toxicity?
For decades, your party had smothered the spirit of the Indian entrepreneurs under the stifling ‘Licence-Quota Raj’ & inflicted poverty on crores of Indians.
On the other hand, our government led by PM @narendramodi values the Indian industry as job creators & drivers of economic growth. Our policies have been tailored to enable enterprise, support industry and encourage investment.
Political parties, leaders, governments and institutions share an equal responsibility to support our industry, strengthen our farmers and secure the future of our youth.
Therefore, it is essential to engage constructively rather than casting baseless aspersions to suit your narrow political motives.
The Constitution of India ensures justice to all its citizens & our Honourable Courts are entrusted with upholding it. History is witness to the shoddy manner in which you, your party and the PMs belonging to your party have demeaned the judiciary.
So Rahul ji, refrain from seeing ghosts everywhere.
Wow...alarming situation!
Just a few days ago, Modi ji was boasting that India’s foreign exchange reserves exceed $700 billion and that the banking system is in its strongest position in decades. As with all things, he conveniently left out the full picture.
India’s forex reserves had actually fallen by about $51 billion from their early-September levels. More worryingly, RBI has already deployed more than half of the $140 billion foreign-currency mobilisation haul.
In fact, over the last six months, the RBI has repeatedly stepped in with major measures whenever the exchange rate approached the ₹97/USD mark.
When you take lessons in economic policy from the world’s fourth-largest unregistered NGO, this is what you get.
It makes you wonder: without this extraordinary support from the RBI, the dollar would have long crossed the ₹100 mark.
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Ashok Maridas retweeted
Urgent #Neha Bora #ReleaseNehaNow:
After a lot of pressure on Delhi Police, colleagues have been informed about Neha's whereabouts. She has been transported across Delhi for 5 hours where she was the lone detainee.
Her lawyers have met Neha at the R K Puram station. It is mid night and police is not giving any clarity about her release.
Neha has been sick for the past few days and needs her medicines. The police is even refusing us to give her that.
Why is Delhi Police holding Neha until Mid Night in a Police station?
When will Neha be released? Why is a women student leader being put in a police station at mid night?
Shame on Delhi Police @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi
Ashok Maridas retweeted
Statement from @AISA_tweets @neha_aisa
@CPDelhi We demand her immediate release
Why is Neha being denied her medicines ?
Why was she driven around Delhi for 5 hours ?
#ReleaseNehaBora
Ashok Maridas retweeted
Called 100 .Asked them about whereabouts of Neha Bora. Instead of giving any information they asked me if I live in sector 6 Dwarka & cut the phone .
I needed a simple answer . Meanwhile got a call back to say aap parliament thane chale jao wahan se pata chal jayega .
@CPDelhi
Ashok Maridas retweeted
These led 100 more goons attacking protestors in CP yesterday . They were not detained, not stopped by Delhi police. They even attacked girls. With hundreds of police & other allied forces they unleashed violence. They claimed they came to protect the police !! Shame
@CPDelhi
Ashok Maridas retweeted
If Elections were held today,
WHO would you vote for?
Please vote and share.
94%Rahul Gandhi
6%Narendra Modi
305 votes • Final results Ashok Maridas retweeted
Santosh “Ji”,
First, read the withdrawal letters relating to thousands of Form 7 applications filed by RSS and BJP cadres.
Then answer a few simple questions:
Why are so many of these applications now being withdrawn?
Where did your cadres get pre-printed Form 7s containing voters’ details?
Where did they obtain voter data, including information identifying voters by religion?
Were machine-readable electoral rolls or voter databases made available to you? If yes, by whom?
And most importantly:
Why is the BJP-RSS ecosystem repeatedly answering questions that are being asked of the Election Commission and the CEC?
Are they paying you to be their spokesperson?
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P.S. Santosh “Ji”, when is the RSS finally going to register itself?
Ashok Maridas retweeted
The Election Commission of India is under fire like never before.
The SIR has struck 13 crore names off draft rolls, putting the EC at the centre of intense public debate over its role in deciding who gets to vote — and who doesn’t.
HOWEVER, what nobody knew: through that same period, some of the sharpest questions were being asked from inside.
Out today, after months of work. Our #ExpressInvestigation 🧵
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Ashok Maridas retweeted
Two Muslim women journalists allege they were assaulted inside a Delhi police station. I, Teesta Setalvad speak to them about journalism, fear, human rights and the unanswered questions. @sabrangindia . Watch a snippet here @FoejMedia @AltNews @Article19_India
#PressFreedom #DelhiPolice #TeestaSetalvad #HumanRights #Nafeesa Khan #Shaheen Khan
This unacceptable. The guilty must be punished.
@DelhiPolice
We demand immediate action against the accused police officers who assaulted the journalist Shaheen Khan
Wow...
Hyderabad ASDD SIR deletion numbers are massive, far beyond what we could have imagined
Here’s just a teaser: in two Assembly constituencies alone, the number of deleted voters is higher than the total voter turnout in the 2023 Assembly election!
And this is only the beginning.
More shocking findings will be revealed tomorrow in our full Hyderabad analysis, followed by a detailed Telangana-wide analysis
The scale of these deletions demands serious scrutiny
#DataForBetterLives
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