Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar took his arrest in an extremely sporting manner (ha ha).
I congratulate my BJP friends for finally being successful in their mission of arresting me.
The IT and ED cases against me are politically motivated and I am a victim of BJP's politics of vengeance and vendetta.
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) September 3, 2019
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant is cooing happily about new auto entrants on a day the Sensex tanked and the rupee fell to a nine-month low. Remember Marie Antoinette’s remark, “Let them eat cake!”?
What slowdown? New auto entrants with exciting new models are cruising ! https://t.co/p5GIFR9GZ0
— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) September 3, 2019
More happy news, this time from Indian Railways, which is showing off its swanky new AC premium lounge at subsidised rates in Bihar.
An air conditioned paid premium lounge of 1100 sqft. area was commissioned yesterday in Bhagalpur station of Bihar. Passengers can avail this facility available at heart of platform on payment of nominal charge of Rs 30 and Rs 50 per hour for sofa and recliner respectively. pic.twitter.com/5ORGRHoxlk
— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) September 4, 2019
How to promote ‘desi’ cows? Union minister Giriaj Singh looks for foreign inputs of a very special kind — you’ll never guess…
To promote desi cows, govt orders semen from Brazilhttps://t.co/eROxzQlQEh
— Shandilya Giriraj Singh (@girirajsinghbjp) September 4, 2019
An India-Pakistan war has broken out — between BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.
If India does not protect Hindus who will protect them? Pakistan? India shall forever remain a home for persecuted Hindus, irrespective of your opposition Sir https://t.co/ZNOz0GazER
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 3, 2019
India should protect all Indians, not Hindus. Worshippers of two-nation theory can never understand that this country is much, much bigger than one faith
Constitution says Bharat will treat all faiths, races & castes equally. This isn’t Hindu Rashtra, it never will be inshallah https://t.co/oeS2uZ88aI
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) September 4, 2019
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram gave us his 5 per cent take on his father P. Chidambaram’s “5%” remark on the economy.
5%…Do you know what is 5%? Chidambaram trolls Modi govt over GDP while going back to CBI custody – India News https://t.co/6ztiEpAAh0
— Karti P Chidambaram (@KartiPC) September 3, 2019
Can you spot the difference between these two tweets by US President Donald Trump? The first was deleted but not before twitterati grabbed a screen shot. Note, how his first tweet converts London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan into a Jew, and the second corrects that but still manages to misspell his surname.
The incompetent Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was bothered that I played a very fast round of golf yesterday. Many Pols exercise for hours, or travel for weeks. Me, I run through one of my courses (very inexpensive). President Obama would fly to Hawaii. Kahn should focus on….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2019
Congress leader Kapil Sibal lists the milestones of the 21st century. These won’t be making the BJP’s list, for sure.
Milestones in 21st century India :
1) Bike worth Rs 15,000 , rider fined Rs 23,000
2) FIR against Print journalist Pawan Jaiswal : Cannot circulate
videos of children being fed roti with salt
3) JNU asks Romila Thapar for her CV
4) Muscular India collapsing economy— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) September 4, 2019
Twitter lesson for the day: watch your fingers else an accidental ‘like’ may land you in trouble. A pesky troll might have caused this miscommunication between actress Swara Bhasker and BJP MP Lallu Singh, but all is well that ends well.
मर्यादा पुरूषोत्तम श्री रामचंद्र की नगरी अयोध्या के सांसद @LalluSinghBJP आपके handle ने कल रात एक ट्वीट ‘like’ किया था! आपका वो छोटा सा action एक बहुत गहरी सामाजिक समस्या और मानसिकता को दर्शाता है। कृपया मेरा संदेश पढ़ने का कष्ट करें! 🙏🏿 #notcool #notokay pic.twitter.com/wO5O6SjEI0
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) September 3, 2019
यह कृत्य में अनजाने में scroll करते वक़्त हुआ होगा जिसके लिए मैं क्षमा प्रार्थी हूँ। मेरा इस तरह का कोई उद्देश्य किसी की भावनाओं को आहत करने का कभी नही रहा है। आप मेरे सामाजिक व व्यक्तिगत जीवन के बारे में स्वयं पता कर सकती है।
— Lallu Singh (@LalluSinghBJP) September 3, 2019
बहुत धन्यवाद श्री @lallusinghbjp जी आपके स्पष्टीकरण के लिए। और इस शालीन प्रतिक्रिया के लिए भी आपका धन्यवाद। 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 https://t.co/IpMcoh0rDd
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) September 3, 2019
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