New Delhi: Let’s start this round by being cute. US Congresswoman Alexanderia Ocasio-Cortez took a break from her usual impassioned political tweets to post this adorable clip.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 9, 2019
On a more serious note, Mohammed Salim, CPI (M) leader, jumped to the defense of journalist Ravish Kumar, this year’s Ramon Magsaysay award winner, when filmmaker Ashoke Pandit referred to him as the “Hafiz Saeed of Indian media”.
1. He shook hands with Shinzo Abe with Tiranga upside down.
2. He claimed that Indians were ashamed of their country before he assumed office.
3. He walked & got pulled back by a Russian official while the Jana Gana Mana was played.
Sadly, he’s PM of India & not Ravish Kumar. https://t.co/yCA9Mwg7Je
— Md Salim (@salimdotcomrade) September 10, 2019
Looks like Jairam Ramesh, Congress Rajya Sabha MP, is a stickler for constitutional terminologies or simply nitpicking. Take a look at his fact-checking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tweet.
Somebody should tell our PM that provinces became states on Jan 26 1950 when our Constitution came into effect. https://t.co/6dpYeAarJK
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 9, 2019
Sharmistha Mukherjee of the Congress was most alarmed by what she saw outside her window ledge, up in the hills. Guess who came visiting?
Just now had d most scary experience of my life. Saw a snake peeping thru a fixed glass window in my cottage in d hills. Luckily it didnt come thru d other room where d window was wide open! It slithered away on its own, perhaps getting scared by my screaming! Gosh! Its scary! pic.twitter.com/hfR2wTXdYk
— Sharmistha Mukherjee (@Sharmistha_GK) September 10, 2019
Anil Vij, Haryana BJP minister, publicly declared why he, for one, is not scared of Congress’ Haryana bigwig Bhupinder Hooda.
भूपेंद्र सिंह हुड्डा हैं क्या जंगली जानवर, कोई उनसे क्यों डरे : अनिल विज https://t.co/2OBUnIe1oz
— ANIL VIJ MINISTER HARYANA (@anilvijminister) September 10, 2019
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal is definitely experiencing a meltdown. Read how soft and mushy the Lokpal Bill warrior is now.
Happy birthday Rohan. God bless u https://t.co/4ia1XWTZO4
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) September 10, 2019
Is another prominent Congress politician on his way to jail? BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga seems to think so.
Next number Kamalnath
— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) September 9, 2019
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav shot off a report card on the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh and it doesn’t make happy reading …
उप्र में अपराध के हालात देखते हुए प्रदेश सरकार को एक बिंदुवार बुलेटिन शुरू कर देना चाहिए:
० रविवार को ग्राम प्रधान मुन्ना राय की हत्या
० घोसी कोतवाली में पुलिस द्वारा बर्बर पिटाई से युवक की मौत
० बागपत में दिनदहाड़े सिंडिकेट बैंक में लूट
० हापुड़ में भाजपा नेता की हत्या pic.twitter.com/IO0hvSH7QJ— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) September 10, 2019
Shashi Tharoor, meanwhile, discarded his Nehru-jacket-kurta combo for something a little more comfortable — see for yourself.
A couple of weeks ago, before all the political kerfuffle in the media, I managed a brief three-day escape to @SonevaFushi in the Maldives. Feels like aeons ago now but I’ve never been on a more perfect getaway. #DiscoverSoneva pic.twitter.com/fVPhZX2qv6
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 10, 2019
Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Pakistan’s science and technology minister, is at it again. After insulting India’s space programme, he’s now insulting our intelligence with this allegation that India has a role to play in the Sri Lankan cricket team’s decision to not tour Pakistan.
Informed sports commentators told me that India threatened SL players that they ll be ousted from IPL if they don’t refuse Pak visit, this is really cheap tactic, jingoism from sports to space is something we must condemn, really cheap on the part of Indian sports authorities
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) September 10, 2019
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