Anand Ranganathan@ARanganathan72
Oct 22, 2017
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Freedom of Expression under @Congress. A comprehensive, crowdsourced thread in response to @Shashi Tharoor's tweet: twitter.com/ShashiTharoor/
1. As a response to Romesh Thapar vs State of Madras (indiankanoon.org/doc/456839/), Pt Nehru brought the 1st Amendment. twitter.com/ARanganathan72
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This is how Nehru curbed FoS through 1st Amendment:
1. Reasonable restrictions
2. Foreign States
3. Public order
4. Incitement to an offence
2. Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote this poem on Nehru. He was arrested, spent ONE YEAR in jail. books.google.co.in/books?id=A1lXA dawn.com/news/1073415
3. THIS was how the Censor Board operated under Jawaharlal Nehru. books.google.co.in/books?id=KYbGB
4. Rajiv Gandhi BANNED (import) of Satanic Verses, making India the FIRST in the world to do so. (via @jaiprakash sharma) youtube.com/watch?time_con
5. India BANNED publication of Danish cartoons. Manmohan Singh PERSONALLY DEMANDED an apology from the Danish paper: indiankanoon.org/doc/313081/
6. Some recent examples of upholding Freedom of Expression by the @Congress govt in Karnataka. (via @Bhargav GN)
7. In 2012, the Indian govt under Manmohan Singh moved to block the Charlie Hebdo cartoons.
8. In 2012, upon Indian govt's request, Google blocked access to an "anti-Islam" film. livemint.com/Politics/9XNqU
9. Sonia Gandhi PERSONALLY WROTE to the Shahi Imam expressing OUTRAGE over Danish cartoons, soon BANNED by India: rediff.com/news/2006/feb/
10. @Congress BANNED the book 'India Independent' by French historian and economist Charles Bettelheim. (via @Kirtivardhan Dave)
11. @Congress BANNED the film Aandhi. (via @नेहा श्रीवास्तव (Nehā S)) books.google.co.in/books?id=ABbLC
12. @Congress BANNED the film Kissa Kursi Ka. I&B Minister VC Shukla PERSONALLY oversaw the BURNING of the negatives indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kissa-ku
13. @Congress tried to BAN The Red Sari, DEMANDED from the publishers they WITHDRAW the book. (via @Alok Malik) outlookindia.com/website/story/
14. @Congress BANNED Kishore Kumar's songs from playing on the radio. (via @Chanakya) archive.indianexpress.com/news/emergency
17. @Congress BANNED Michael Edwardes' Nehru: A Political Biography because it was critical of Nehru. (via @Avijit Roy(অভিজিৎ)🇮🇳) ia801602.us.archive.org/25/items/in.er
18. @Congress BANNED the book AND the film 'Nine Hours to Rama' as it exposed security lapses that led to Bapu's murder (via @Captain Marvel)
19. @Congress DEMANDED content screening from Google, Facebook after a post on Sonia offended it. (Via @Aarti Tikoo) india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/ind
22. Man ARRESTED under a UPA-enacted law for tweeting against @Congress leader's son. (via @SupariShambhu) ndtv.com/south/man-arre
27. @Congress BANNED Colin Maine's Dead Hand of Islam; SR Goel was prosecuted for publishing it. (via @Sanatana) voiceofdharma.org/books/foe/ch02
29. @Congress BANNED import of "The Ramayana" by Aubrey Menen.
30. @Congress BANNED Alexander Campbell’s 'The Heart of India', a take on Indian bureaucracy, for being "repulsive". (via VSP @Captain Marvel)
32. @Congress BANNED Arthur Koestler's The Lotus and the Robot because it referred to Mahatma Gandhi's sexual habits.
33. @Congress BANNED Mihir Bose's From Midnight to Glorious Morning, for offending religious sensibilities. books.google.co.in/books?id=j9ssD
38. @Congress BANNED (import of) Kurt Frischler's book Ayesha, specifically through a gazette notification.
44. @Congress BANNED Kashmeri & McAndrew's Soft Target: How The Indian Intelligence Service Penetrated Canada huffingtonpost.ca/danielle-critt
46. @Congress BANNED Nobel Laureate Bertrand Russell's Unarmed Victory. dailymirror.lk/134566/Sino-In
48. @Congress lodges an FIR against a person for calling Gandhi-Nehru 'Trash', burn his effigy. (via @Samas) indianexpress.com/article/india/
49. @Congress workers FORCE a restaurant to SHUT DOWN, file FIR, over a bill mocking the UPA. (via @DillliWaala) thehindubusinessline.com/news/congress-
50. @Congress BANNED import of the books Chandra mohini and Marka-e-Somnath.
52. Maharashtra under @Congress PROSECUTED a man for selling Lady Chatterley’s Lover. SC, sadly, confirmed the BAN. huffingtonpost.in/aditya-bapat/t
59. @Congress SACKED Editor of its mouthpiece for publishing columns that passingly & without malice wrote the truth indianexpress.com/article/india/
61. @Congress BANNED one of the greatest ever film director, Satyajit Ray's film Sikkim, purportedly DESTROYED the negatives.
62. @Congress BANNED Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Mr Tharoor HATED the film; NEVER condemned or wrote against the ban.
63. @Congress ORDERED a journo to LEAVE India within 5 hrs. He reported on Emergency and Sanjay slapping Indira 6 times (via @Mohit Bhagwati)
64. @Congress'sRajyaSabha MP proposed BANNING of the book Hindu Temples : What Happened to Them. (via @pranasutra)
web.archive.org/web/2007092723
66. @Congress CENSORED RSS' Organiser; PROSECUTED the publishers, who won the landmark case. (via @prafulla ketkar 🇮🇳) indiankanoon.org/doc/43023/
67. CBFC under @Congress virtually banned, HARASSED makers of the '1984 riots' film Amu; film couldn't be screened. thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/
68. @Congress BANNED the film Gokul Shankar for depicted psychological inclinations of Nathuram Godse. homegrown.co.in/article/25265/
69. Law enforcement under @Congress slapped SEDITION, cybercrime charges on a cartoonist. (via @Damani 87.58 🇮🇳) thehindu.com/news/national/
70. @Congress BANNED MS Sathyu's landmark film Garam Hawa.
71. @Congress govt SUPPORTED the punishment meted out to 2 journalists by the Karnataka Assembly. (via @cmatt) indianexpress.com/article/india/
93. CBFC under @Congress virtually BANNED the film Had Anhad. HC REBUKED CBFC & FCAT, cleared the film for viewing. thehoot.org/free-speech/ce
94. CBFC under @Congress DEMANDED Rushdie's voiceover comment on Indira Gandhi in Midnight's Children be REMOVED. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/
95. @Congress's Rajiv Gandhi gave an ASSURANCE he would BAN The Last Temptation of Christ. (via @y_postandspread)
ucanews.com/story-archive/
96. @Congress DEMANDED intimate scenes between Nehru & Edwina to be CUT; film got shelved. (via @नंदिता ठाकुर) telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews
97. @Congress (DF govt) BANNED Laine's Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India. PM Vajpayee disapproved of the ban.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Go
98. @Congress shamelessly PLEADED to NOT lift the BAN on Laine's book. SC disregarded advice. (via @Indian Chomsky) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Supreme-
99. @Congress BANNED SC Goswami's film Runumi, based on Ibsen's play, without giving ANY reason. telegraphindia.com/1100315/jsp/no
100. @Congress IMPOSED THE EMERGENCY. newslaundry.com/2013/12/06/ind
101. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on the film Kya Super Kool Hain hum, for offending the sensibilities of Christians. firstpost.com/entertainment/
102. @Congress MLA DEMANDED a BAN on Sunny Leone's condom ad, saying it shames us. newindianexpress.com/entertainment/
103. @Congress SACKED its prominent regional leader who called @officeofrg a joker. (via @Divyanshu Yadav) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kerala-C
104. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on the film Nishabd.
thehindu.com/todays-paper/t
105. @Congress FILED a POLICE CASE against the maker of a spoof video. (via @Ankit Rajpt) youtube.com/watch?v=cc9u65
106. @Congress Chief Minister BANNED crossword puzzles. (via @manoj hegde) books.google.co.in/books?id=5s8YA
107. Close aide of @Congress wanted to BAN the 1984 sikh genocide film already in trouble re CBFC (via @DirectDilSe) thehoot.org/free-speech/me
108. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on EVMs. thestatesman.com/india/congress
109. @Congress CM BANNED alcohol in his state. When he became the PM he wanted to BAN alcohol in ALL of India. indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pm-morar
110. @Congress MP DEMANDED a BAN on film Dum Maro Dum, because it portrayed Goan women in an objectionable manner. thehindu.com/todays-paper/t
111. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on Jaswant Singh's book Jinnah, India-Partition Independence. news18.com/news/politics/
112. @Congress wanted to dish out LICENSES to journos, that could then be TAKEN AWAY by the govt. (via @Tarun Chaturvedi) thehindu.com/news/national/
113. @Congress Chief Minister tried to BAN the legendary cartoonist RK Laxman. (via @manoj hegde) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/RK-Laxma
114. @Congress DEMANDED withdrawal of a book from syllabus claiming it ridiculed Rajiv Gandhi. (via @Varun Gangal) indiatoday.intoday.in/story/malayala
115. @Congress ARRESTED and JAILED historians & writers critical of Nehru post Indo-China war (via @patriotic_ayush) archive.org/details/Dharam
116. @Congress wanted to KEEP THE BAN on the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. SC DISREGARDED plea. (via @Radhakrishnan Gopinathan) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Priests-
117. @Congress JAILED the great Indian actor Utpal Dutt for performing political plays. (via @morningangleton) indiatoday.intoday.in/story/utpal-du
118. @Congress's Jawaharlal Nehru ISSUED DIRECTIONS to ministers to NOT ATTEND Sardar Patel's funeral. (via @गोपी कृष्ण)
119. @Congress's Nehru STRONGLY ADVISED Rajendra Prasad to NOT ATTEND Sardar Patel's funeral. The President IGNORED Nehru. (via @Ashoka Prasad)
120. @Congress BANNED iconic director Louis Malle's documentary Phantom India. (via @Surjit Bhalla) nytimes.com/1985/04/07/mag
121. @Congress BANNED the great investigative journalist Jack Anderson's documentary Rajiv's India. tribuneindia.com/2006/20060521/
123. @Congress (UPA) ORDERED the BLOCKING of HUNDREDS of URLs, including twitter accounts of journalists @Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 & @Shiv Aroor.
124. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on the song Bharat Mata Ki Jai from the film Shanghai. mid-day.com/articles/mumba
125. @Congress MP TORE DOWN posters of the film Arjun Reddy saying they ruined minds of youngsters, DEMANDED a ban. (via @Prasanth Kumar)
126. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on the film Namo Saune Gamo. theindianpanorama.news/india/congress
127. CBFC under @Congress virtually BANNED the film, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. reuters.com/article/idUS12
128. @Congress BANNED @Republic news channel from its press conference. (via @Divyanshu Yadav) youtube.com/watch?v=i4XG6c
129. CBFC under @Congress ORDERED director to cut scenes, saying Emergency was NEVER imposed. (via @Tracking Evangelism) mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/
130. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on Opinion Polls. archive.indianexpress.com/news/congress-
131. @Congress BANNED Johar's film Nasbandi.
132. @Congress BANNED Marijuana, leading to increase in hard-drug use and great hassle for terminally ill patients. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/The-join
133. @Congress BLOCKED release of 1962 war film Bhool Na Jana, forcing Daan Singh into oblivion. (via @Dr. Urchin Spock) youtube.com/watch?time_con
134. @Congress ARRESTED makers of Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol, CENSORED it, STORMED the theatres; film was pulled. thehindu.com/features/metro
135. @Congress's Nehru LIED about Sardar Patel to FORCE R Prasad's hand and PREVENT him from becoming President. 1/n ia801605.us.archive.org/21/items/in.er
135. Nehru writes to Rajendra Prasad, CLEARLY mentioning that he & Sardar Patel have JOINTLY reached a decision for the President's post 2/n
135. Rajendra Prasad calls Nehru's bluff, sends Nehru's letter to Patel. It becomes clear Nehru is LYING; he NEVER consulted Patel. 3/n
135. Caught, Nehru plays the victim card, mollifies Sardar Patel, then writes apologetically to Rajendra Prasad admitting to his lie. 4/n
135. Patel's heart melts, he writes to Rajendra Prasad emphasising how burdened Nehru is, doesn't realise the import of his writings. 5/n
135. Rajendra Prasad's heart melts, too. He forgives Nehru, agreeing that Nehru is too overburdened; is apologetic himself. Matter ends. n/n
136. @Congress's Nehru, angry, asked for Rajendra Prasad's speech to be BARRED from distribution. (via @Ashoka Prasad) books.google.co.in/books?id=Jgd0B
137. @Congress's Nehru STRONGLY ADVISED President Radhakrishnan to NOT ATTEND Rajendra Prasad's funeral. The President IGNORED Nehru.
138. @Congress's Nehru BANNED import of cosmetics. His daughter protested. Nehru asked JRD Tata to make cosmetics. india-seminar.com/2015/675/675_v
139. @Congress BANNED Periyar's Sachchi Ramayan, SEIZED all copies. The High Court SET ASIDE the ban. books.google.co.in/books?id=n-KUI
140. @Congress KEPT the BAN on harmonium imposed by British head of AIR for years. Nehru hated harmonium (MO Mathai) livemint.com/Opinion/Y12e6G
141. @Congress wants to STALL, BAN release of the film Padmavati. (via @Tejas Bhatt) indiatoday.intoday.in/story/padmavat
142. @Congress's Nehru JUSTIFIED curbing Press Freedom through his DRACONIAN Press (Objectionable Matter) Act, 1951 ia902307.us.archive.org/33/items/newst
143. @Congress's Nehru allegedly got a TOI column DISCONTINUED as it was too critical of him. (via @Rahul Roushan) thehoot.org/story_popup/ne
144. @Congress buried, seized, and burnt copies of the Shah Commission Report. Only 3 survive. (via @Suresh Nakhua (सुरेश नाखुआ) 🇮🇳) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/30-years
144. The Shah Commission Reports:
A. countercurrents.org/shah-commissio
B. countercurrents.org/shah-commissio
C. countercurrents.org/Shah-commissio
145. @Congress BANNED the magazine Cross Roads. SC OVERTURNED the ban. Nehru OVERTURNED the SC through 1st Amendment indiankanoon.org/doc/456839/
146. Police under @Congress SUSPENDED a constable for criticising @Siddaramaiah. (via @umesh S)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru
147. Police under @Congress ARRESTED a man for criticising @Narendra Modi.
bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/crim
148. Police under @Congress ARRESTED students for defaming @Narendra Modi. (via @Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳) theguardian.com/world/2014/jun
149. @Congress CM proposed the Emergency six months BEFORE the actual Emergency. indianexpress.com/article/india/
150. Commission under @Congress DEMANDED ban on Rang de Basanti; passed ONLY after minister said yes. (via @elfrank animan)
m.rediff.com/news/2006/feb/
151. @Congress BANNED Nakoula's film Innocence of Muslims after US Consulate was attacked by protesters in Chennai. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/U
152. @Congress BANNED the iconic play Ningalenne Communistakki; the actors were ARRESTED. (via @morningangleton)
frontline.in/static/html/fl
153. @Congress BANNED film songs from being played on the All India Radio. frontline.in/static/html/fl
154. @Congress BANNED Krishna Chakravarty's novel Amanabik. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq
155. @Congress DEMANDED a BAN on the iconic film Parasakthi. thehindu.com/todays-paper/t
156. Police under @Congress ARRESTED editors Ajay Mitra and Guru Sharan Singh of Singhbhum Ekta and Samata respectively.
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157. CBFC under @Congress BANNED the film Samskara, based on Ananthamurthy's famous novel by the same name. thereel.scroll.in/837832/an-acti
158. @Congress BANNED Rabindra Sangeet (26 songs). books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq
159. @Congress's CM BURNT copies of the magazine 'Sunday' because it published stories on him and his family's misdeeds.
160. @Congress workers BURNT copies of newspapers and magazines, THREATENED editors with physical liquidation.
162. @Congress enacted the DRACONIAN anti-Press bill.
162. @Congress's CM revealed the idea for the DRACONIAN anti-press bill had been Indira Gandhi's. books.google.co.in/books?id=SVu8C
163. Police under @Congress BEAT UP journalists protesting against its draconian anti-press bill.
164. @Congress BANNED Prakash Jha's documentary Faces After the Storm. rediff.com/movies/report/
165. @Congress BANNED the film Nastik. books.google.co.in/books?id=ZsKR1
166. CBFC under @Congress DENIED film certificate to Jayan Cherian's iconic Dalit film Papilio Buddha; @Congress under (@Manish Tewari & @Oommen Chandy) BANNED it from IFFK. news18.com/news/india/pap (via @Loose_Bull 🇮🇳)
167. @Congress leader DEMANDS a BAN on the film Padmavati. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/co
168. @Congress BANNED Western and pop/rock music from the All India Radio. books.google.co.in/books?id=gSGiA
169. @Congress BANNED India Peoples' Theatre Association.
170. @Congress ordered electricity of newspaper offices to be cut so they couldn’t print the next day's paper.
171. @Congress BANNED the famous play Haripada Master.
172. @Congress BLOCKED the Dilip Kumar film Ganga Jumna. twitter.com/ARanganathan72
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A little before the Menon-Kriplani election, Dilip Kumar's Ganga Jamuna was blocked by the I&B Minister. Dilip Kumar came & met Nehru. 2/4
173. @Congress BANNED Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's play Mahesh and Rabindranath Tagore's plays Gora and Bisarjan.
174. @Congress BANNED fourth part of Utpal Dutt's serial, Insurgent Theatre.
175. @Congress BANNED dozens of channels for, among other things, showing "obscene and women degrading content" that for it included lingerie, Hawas, Sizzling Hits. (via @Vijay)
176. @Congress BANNED Balraj Sahni's iconic play Jadoo ki Kursi that lampooned Nehru.
177. CBFC under @Congress DELETED one entire song by the legend Pradeep because it objected to the lyrics. books.google.co.in/books?id=OAI0s
178. @Congress goons ATTACKED Utpal Dutt's play Nightmare City with BOMBS; govt imposed SEDITION charges. Play couldn't be performed. books.google.co.in/books?id=WKLTv
179. CBFC under @Congress BANNED two songs from the film Phir Subeh Hogi. The ban lasted for NINE YEARS. books.google.co.in/books?id=OAI0s
180. @Congress BANNED import of Masani's biography of Indira Gandhi; pressurised the publisher. One objection related to treatment of Mrs Gandhi's taste in clothes. Book released only after the Emergency. (via @Prasanna Viswanathan)
181. Police under @Congress RAIDED Magsaysay winning journalist Gour Kishore Ghose's house, then JAILED him. (via @hum_bolega) facebook.com/pg/Gourkishore
182. @Congress youth wing DEMANDS a BAN on the film Padmavati. patrika.com/pali-news/yout
183. @Congress's @Kapil Sibal BANNED from textbooks a 50 year old cartoon by Shankar; APOLOGISED for it being present in the first place. thehindu.com/news/national/
184. @Congress youth wanted to BURN copies of @TIME to protest its labelling PM Manmohan Singh as an Underachiever. They got confused and BURNT @The Times Of India instead. (via @manoj hegde)
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/T
185. @Congress got all copies of @The Economist CONFISCATED at Indian airports because it had published this cartoon of Indira Gandhi. economist.com/node/10943271 (via @卐 Chowkidar ➡️ Akshay Patel 🇮🇳)
186. @Congress initially CENSORED, REFUSED to broadcast on national television the late Shashi Kapoor's iconic and landmark film New Delhi Times, directed by @rameshfilms. indiancine.ma/AACM/info
187. @Congress BANS @TIMES NOW from attending @OfficeOfRG's press conference. twitter.com/TimesNow/statu
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Congress blocks TIMES NOW from attending Rahul Gandhi's press conference in Gujarat
188. @Congress's Mani Shankar Aiyar, who collected money for the Chinese during the 1962 war - an allegation denied by him - ORDERED the removal of a plaque commemorating VD Savarkar at the jail where he spent a decade in solitary confinement. The plaque was REMOVED.
189. @Congress INSTRUCTS authorities to BAN @Sunny Leone from expressing her freedom to act and perform a show. Police under @Congress REFUSE to promise safety for her and her crew. indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sunny-le
190. @Congress got Prahlad Keshav Atre, Editor of The Maratha, JAILED for authoring an article. Atre continued to write editorials while being inside prison. (via @Varun Gangal) dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-
191. @Congress goons VANDALISED and RANSACKED the auditorium where noted theatre personality Hirannaiah was speaking and FORCED a grovelling apology off him. Hirannaiah had poked fun at Siddaramaiah and Sonia Gandhi. (via @umesh S) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/No
192. @Congress BLACKED OUT the legendary artist & India's treasure @Sonal Mansingh for speaking out against the Emergency. 20 years later, @Congress INSTRUCTED US embassy to DENY visa to @Sonal Mansingh's troupe. (via @Shefali Vaidya. 🇮🇳) youtube.com/watch?v=vBU2e8
193. Theatre Performance Board (Maharashtra Rangbhoomi Parinirikshhan Mandal) under @Congress virtually BANNED Kiran Nagarkar's famous play Bedtime Story. Play could only be staged decades later. livemint.com/Leisure/kbEtCe
blogs.reuters.com/india/2015/03/
194. @Congress BANNED Pratap Sharma's play A Touch of Brightness. qtpthescript.blogspot.in/2010/06/dolly-
195. Police under @Congress SET FIRE to a newspaper building because it was unhappy with its news reports and coverage. CM and administration stayed silent; Senior government officer issued a veiled warning to the Indian Express. indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-
196. @Congress BANNED Vijay Tendulkar's landmark play Sakharam Binder. scroll.in/magazine/85830 nytimes.com/2004/11/03/the
197. CBFC under @Congress BANNED Amol Palekar's Marathi film Thang. indianculturalforum.in/2016/07/08/imp
youtube.com/watch?v=yQREJ-
198. @Congress BANNED the entry into Punjab and Chandigarh, of newspapers published outside. When @The Indian Express protested by printing blank pages, @Congress THREATENED to stop their distribution altogether. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6
199. @Congress's state Home Minister BANNED Dilip Kumar's iconic film Jugnu.
200. @Congress gave orders, repeatedly BLACKED OUT television coverage of Netaji Subhas Bose's daughter. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6
201. Theatre Performance Board (Maharashtra Rangbhoomi Parinirikshhan Mandal) under @Congress BANNED Vijay Tendulkar’s iconic play Gidhade (The Vultures). youtube.com/watch?v=uriNga
202. @Congress CM BANNED the film Jharna.
203. Police under @Congress in Gujarat RAIDED without warrant the offices of Gujarati magazine @Sadhanaweekly, framed conspiracy charges. Raid was allegedly ordered by the Home Minister. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq
204. @Congress CM ORDERED a ban on giving advertisements to a newspaper because he was unhappy with its news reports and coverage. @Congress DEFENDED its action, saying that the news reports were anti-national. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq
205. @Congress BANNED Amol Palekar's Vasanakand (The Inferno of Lust), written by Mahesh Elkunchwar. indianculturalforum.in/2016/07/08/imp
206. @Congress's @Sanjay Nirupam DEMANDED that @Madhur Bhandarkar's film Indu sarkar be first screened for senior Congress leaders for a "no objection certificate". ndtv.com/india-news/bef indiatimes.com/entertainment/
207. @Congress CONFISCATED copies of the Dalit magazine Aakrosh, ARRESTED four persons, including the Editor for publishing poems critical of the Swaminarayan sect in the wake of the burning alive of a Dalit. books.google.co.in/books?id=0vekq
208. @Congress BANNED the book Oppression in Punjab, got CFD secretary ARRESTED, filed SEDITION charges against the authors of the book. Read the book here: unipune.ac.in/snc/cssh/Human
209. CBFC under @Congress BANNED Ashvin Kumar’s film Inshallah, Football. It went on to win a National Award after the ban was later revoked. youtube.com/watch?v=6_zBZ5
210. CBFC under @Congress BANNED Nobel nominee @Callum Macrae's acclaimed documentary No Fire Zone because it could have "strained friendly relations between India and Sri Lanka." blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/ youtube.com/watch?v=Ml3Kpr
211. CBFC under @Congress BANNED Shyam Benegal's iconic film Nishant despite it being India's official entry to the Cannes Film Festival. Film was cleared after Benegal personally persuaded Indira Gandhi to watch it. youtube.com/watch?v=nEZMvi
213. @Congress lodges a complaint under section 66 with Bhopal Police cyber cell against BJP spokesperson @Suresh Nakhua (सुरेश नाखुआ) 🇮🇳 for circulating a spoof video that parodied @Rahul Gandhi.
214. @Congress BANNED @The Times Of India from receiving advertising because the latter was critical of the govt's Prohibition policy. Nehru backed the ban, even craftily counselled CM Desai to lie about the real reason for the ban. (h/t @Arvind S Dev 🇮🇳) books.google.co.in/books?id=SXpDA
215. @Congress BLOCKED appointment of judges to the Supreme Court if they were in ANY WAY associated with the ideology of @RSS, or even so much as attended the funeral of an RSS person. [From Supreme Whispers, Chandrachud, 2018]
216. @Congress asked its members to take a “positive stand AGAINST criticism" of Nehru and "emphasised that those who criticise him are TRAITORS.”
The authors of this letter, demanding Nehru's resignation, were ARRESTED and JAILED. (h/t @Alok Bhatt) othisaivu.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/letter
217. @Congress's Nehru unsubscribed and BANNED @The Times Of India from his house because he thought they were on a mission to criticise him. He DEMANDED an apology from Blitz for reporting that Indira had received expensive sarees from an unknown businessman. [Reminiscences, Mathai]
218. @Congress's Nehru told @Hindustan Times editor that he was the LOWEST form of human existence. Nehru then approached the employer and got the editor FIRED, his column BANNED. Possibly the first (non-digital) case of tagging the employer. [Reminiscences of the Nehru Age, Mathai]
219. @Congress's Sonia Gandhi DEMANDED all studies coming out of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Research be politically vetted after a study ranked Gujarat No. 1 in economic freedom. The director, @Bibek Debroy, REFUSED, said he was made to QUIT. huffingtonpost.in/2015/11/05/bib
220. @Congress's Sonia Gandhi [10 Janpath] rang up @Bibek Debroy, Director (Research) of Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Research after learning he had invited Editor of RSS' @Organiser Weekly, DEMANDING withdrawal of invitation. Prof Debroy REFUSED. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Intolera
221. @Congress ORDERED massive raids at the @The Indian Express building and its owner R Goenka's guesthouse, incensed at the paper's investigative reports on Reliance-Govt nexus courtesy Arun Shourie & @S Gurumurthy who was ARRESTED under Official Secrets Act. nytimes.com/1987/09/13/wor
222. @Congress ORDERED the COMPLETE takeover of the @The Indian Express building & press after the raids [following @S Gurumurthy's reports] that were widely condemned. The UNPRECEDENTED annexation of the entire building was in VIOLATION of Supreme Court orders. books.google.co.in/books?id=hDmn6
223. @Congress's member files a Police complaint against @Netflix India, @Sacred Games, and @Nawazuddin Siddiqui for referring to Rajiv Gandhi as Fattu (Pussy); asks for FIR to be filed under IPC and the IT act. (h/t @Dibyasundar Nayak) twitter.com/TimesNow/statu
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Cong worker files complaint against Netflix show Sacred Games for tarnishing Rajiv Gandhi's image in Bofors scandal
224. @Congress's Pandey & Pandey HIJACKED a plane carrying 126 passengers, shouting "Indira Gandhi Zindabad" and demanding that she be released & all cases against her withdrawn. @Congress REWARDED both Pandeys with election tickets. (h/t @Nupur Sharma) indiatoday.in/magazine/india
225. @Congress comprehensively RIGGED the 1987 J&K elections through rampant malpractices, arrests, curfews; even recalling a defeated candidate (GM Shah) who had trudged back home dejected and declaring him the winner.
Here is @Shashi Tharoor himself ADMITTING to the Rigging.
226. @Congress leaders file a petition in the National Herald Case (in which they stand accused of monumental fraud) to RESTRAIN @Subramanian Swamy from tweeting, particularly the acronyms and sobriquets invented by him, like TDK and Buddhu. (via @J Gopikrishnan) financialexpress.com/india-news/nat
227. @Congress's @Rahul Gandhi asks for a BAN on media-reporting of the National Herald Case in which he is out on bail. Court REFUSES. (via @Spaminder Bharti). opindia.com/?p=117029 twitter.com/ANI/status/102
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Income Tax matter: Counsel for Rahul Gandhi also asked Court to restrain media from publishing the matter, High Court refused to stay media reporting
228. @Congress BANNED one of India's greatest director, Ritwik Ghatak's 1970 documentary Amar Lenin. Film was later released only after Indira Gandhi personally saw and approved of it. (via @Sanjib Anti Left) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/ timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/D
229. @Congress ORDERED TV coverage of the Tiananmen Square Massacre to be TONED DOWN. Consequently, the I&B Minister KK Tewary CENSORED the events at Tiananmen Square in which 10,454 people demanding FoS were butchered. books.google.co.in/books?id=SfxtA indianexpress.com/article/opinio
230. @Congress's Indira Gandhi got @Subramanian Swamy SACKED from his job just because she didn't like his books, theories, and ideas. Dr Swamy went to court and won. It took him 22 years. youtube.com/watch?v=wQ67t_
231. @Congress government decides to pass a BARBARIC "Blasphemy Law" that makes the sacrilege of all religious texts punishable with LIFE IMPRISONMENT. twitter.com/capt_amarinder
Capt.Amarinder Singh@capt_amarinder
Aug 21 18
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The Cabinet today decided on amendments to IPC to make sacrilege of all religious texts punishable with life imprisonment. We will place the Bill in the Vidhan Sabha for approval. I stand firmly committed to preserve communal harmony in the State.
232. @Congress intimidated, hounded, harassed journalist @Chitra Subramaniam while she investigated the Bofors Scam, resulting ultimately in her getting fired. forbes.com/forbes/1997/07
233. @Congress (through Vincent George, PA to Sonia Gandhi) attempted to threaten and censor journalist @Kanchan Gupta 🇮🇳 for writing his Pioneer column Rome Rajya Vs Ram Rajya. twitter.com/KanchanGupta/s (h/t @Ajit Datta)
Kanchan Gupta 
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I wrote this piece; Vincent George called the then Executive Editor; much shit happened; I packed my bag and left. indiarightsonline.com/Sabrang/relipo
234. @Congress's Indira Gandhi hinted at crackdown on Marxism. (h/t @Shakuntala Iyer)
235. @Congress wanted to BAN the Communists from taking part in democratic elections. (via @indianhistorypics)
236. @Congress's Nehru DISMISSED the first ever democratically elected Communist govt, of Kerala, in 1959. Congress was part of Vimochana Samaram, that instigated violent protests, police action. The US Ambassador went on record saying CIA FUNDED Cong to foment trouble in Kerala.
237. @Congress MLAs support Privilege Motion, DEMAND stringent action and an EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT for Defence Expert @Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for posting a sarcastic video. newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/
dailypioneer.com/2018/state-edi
238. @Congress's PM Manmohan Singh personally SCOLDED, then ORDERED @Prannoy Roy to pull an @NDTV story (Ministers' report card) critical of the UPA. The story was ALTERED and criticism removed. ( h/t @Alakh Niranjan; @Valeria A. García's Accidental Prime Minister) opindia.com/2018/09/senior
239. @Congress BANNED Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, voted the fifth greatest English language novel of the twentieth century. Huxley was accused of being a pornographer. (via @Pallavi Kamat) books.google.co.in/books?id=2PQzA archive.org/details/Amusin
240. "The Statesman's turn would come next."
@Congress's Kamal Nath disclosing to American officials his government's plans to ged rid of one of the staunchest critics of the Emergency, the legendary CR Irani of the newspaper @The Statesman. wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1
241. @Congress and its leader Shaktisinh Gohil supported the BAN on Joseph Lelyveld's The Great Soul ordered by the then CM of Gujarat @Narendra Modi, calling it “perverse and baseless, and an insult to the father of the nation." Gohil also wanted to BURN Lelyveld's effigy.
242. @Congress's Law Minister M Veerappa Moily declared that the Central govt would BAN Joseph Lelyveld's The Great Soul. Both he and the Congress backtracked after an appeal by Mahatma Gandhi's grandson to not ban the book. dnaindia.com/india/report-c
243. @Congress (UPA) either ignored the request or refused to give a No Objection Certificate to Peter Heehs' The Lives of Sri Aurobindo, that was BANNED by @Naveen Patnaik, despite a request by the High Court to "take a decision ASAP". (h/t @Gautam Chikermane) thefreelibrary.com/Sri+Aurobindo%
244. @Praful Patel, Aviation Minister in the UPA (headed by @Congress) got publisher to withdraw @Jitender Bhargava's book The Descent of Air India. The book blamed the Minister's policies and his handling of Air India. The Congress stayed silent. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-
245. @Congress objects to some scenes in the upcoming film Kedarnath, says the film violates the faith of crores of Hindus, DEMANDS some scenes be removed immediately. "NO ONE has the right to violate our beliefs." (h/t @Rudra) swarajyamag.com/insta/kedarnat
246. Police under @Congress ARRESTS a journalist for making a speech that criticised Tipu Sultan, books him under the DREADED section 295A. (h/t @Alo Pal) opindia.com/2018/11/journa timesnownews.com/india/article/
247. @ALL INDIA RADIO आकाशवाणी under @Congress FIRED the iconic music director Hridaynath Mangeshkar for his musical composition because it was based on Veer Savarkar's Marathi song. (via @ગુજરાતી मराठी Siddharth) youtube.com/watch?time_con
248. @Congress's @HP Youth Congress President files complaint against a man for his Facebook post on @Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra. Police file charges under the dreaded Section 295A. The accused would soon be arrested, says DSP Shukla, Himachal Police. news18.com/news/india/shi
249. @Congress's Maharashtra Youth Congress President DEMANDS that #AccidentalPrimeMinister be shown to his party BEFORE release, or else they will NOT allow the film to be screened anywhere in case they disagree with some scenes. (via @Rudra) twitter.com/ANI/status/107
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Dec 27 18
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Maharashtra Youth Congress writes to makers of #TheAccidentalPrimeMinister & asks to show them the movie before release & if some scenes are found unfactual, they should be deleted else, Youth Congress will not let the movie be screened anywhere in the country.
250. @Congress workers DEMAND suspension of a school headmaster for calling CM Kamal Nath 'Daaku' (Dacoit). Within hours, the headmaster is SUSPENDED. (h/t @MeShivPrakash) timesnownews.com/india/article/
251. @Congress workers workers storm in, disrupt the screening of the film The Accidental Prime Minister, vandalise the theatre, tear apart the screen; this on the day their leader @Rahul Gandhi speaks of rising intolerance in India. (h/t @Advaita Kala) dnaindia.com/india/report-c
252. @Congress CHARGED the great Utpal Dutt with SEDITION for his play Duswapner Nagari; JAILED him for 7 months for Kallol. Congress workers BURNT the set, THRASHED actors, poured BOILING water over the director. (h/t @Shiv Mishra) indiatoday.in/magazine/inter timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/T
253. Police under @Congress CHARGED the Dalit activist and Editor Sudhir Dhawale with SEDITION under the DREADED Sec 124. He spent FORTY MONTHS in jail. Mr @Kapil Sibal was the Law & Justice Minister. indianexpress.com/article/india/ caravanmagazine.in/law/sudhir-dha
253. @Congress, holding power at the Centre, stayed SILENT when, not one, not a hundred, but EIGHT-THOUSAND activists were charged under the dreaded Sec 124 for SEDITION by a State govt. (h/t @Abhijit Majumder) [Note: violation-count stays same as it wasn't the INC that charged.]
254. @Congress's B Krishna filed a complaint against a man for his FB post allegedly mocking & abusing Congress leader PJ Kurien. As a result, Police under @Congress CHARGED 111 people under the DREADED Sec 66 passed by @Kapil Sibal. (h/t @👑👑👑 E U Jayadev Shaastri Mad Bad Genius 👑👑👑) timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Suryanel
255. @Congress threatens defamation suit against Rocky Mittal for his song "Sonia Ka Baccha Akal Ka Kaccha". Cong Mahila Pradesh Chief had earlier demanded that Mittal be sacked; threatened to burn his effigy. (h/t @Lilly लिल्ली ಲಿಲ್ಲಿ 🇮🇳)
youtube.com/watch?v=MjCb8L youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-fyZ
256. For calling Nehru a traitor, and accusing the Congress of not addressing poverty, @Congress CHARGED Ram Nandan with SEDITION under the dreaded Sec 124A. He was imprisoned for THREE YEARS.
Allahabad High Court acquitted him in a landmark judgment: indiankanoon.org/doc/537326/
257. @Congress charged freedom-fighter Kedar Nath for SEDITION under the dreaded Sec 124A, for asking people to "throw these Congressi goondas from their gaddi" because they were corrupt and impeding land distribution. Kedar Nath was jailed for ONE YEAR. indiankanoon.org/doc/111867/
258. @Congress's Women’s wing files police complaints in two States against unknown persons for offensive tweets against Priyanka Gandhi, asks Congress workers to file police complaint in ALL States. (h/t @GirishkarM) thanthitv.com/News/TamilNadu
thehindu.com/news/national/
259. @Congress's @Rahul Gandhi vows to REMOVE all individuals who have links to the @RSS, from EVERY institution, once the Congress comes to power. (h/t @Ram Chennai) twitter.com/TimesNow/statu
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Feb 07 19
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We will remove individuals with links to RSS from every institution: Rahul Gandhi
#RahulThreatensRSS
260. @Congress workers and leaders shouting the slogan Chowkidar-Chor-Hai (Modi is a thief) mercilessly THRASH an onlooker (a heart patient) who asked them Chowkidar-kyon-chor-hai (Why is Modi a thief). (h/t @Samir Abbas)
261. @Congress workers BRUTALLY assault and THRASH journalists clicking photographs of empty chairs at a thinly-attended public rally in Virudhunagar. (h/t @lazy__mongoose) opindia.com/2019/04/congre
262. @Congress leader Vibhakar Shastri serves a notice to #TashkentFiles director @Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, DEMANDING a halt on the release of the film (that he had loved and admired on its premier only three days ago). (h/t @Abhijit Majumder) opindia.com/2019/04/direct
263. @Congress brazenly reinstates its lumpen goons who VICIOUSLY abused and threatened their own party spokesperson in an open meeting. Suspension order revoked in consultation with, or through the decision/intervention of, @Jyotiraditya M. Scindia. (via @Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳) twitter.com/priyankac19/st
Priyanka Chaturvedi@priyankac19
Apr 17 19
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Deeply saddened that lumpen goons get prefence in @Congress over those who have given their sweat&blood. Having faced brickbats&abuse across board for the party but yet those who threatened me within the party getting away with not even a rap on their knuckles is unfortunate.
264. @Congress workers during the time of the Rajiv Gandhi govt THRASHED a professor, blackened his face, got him ARRESTED, all for posing the factual exam question: "Which AIR station broadcast the sentence - Rajiv Gandhi Chor Hai?" (h/t @Rahul Roushan) opindia.com/2019/05/rajiv-
265. @Congress government SUSPENDS university professor for his Facebook post predicting big win for the BJP in Lok Sabha polls, after a Youth Congress leader files a complaint. (h/t @whereismabeer) financialexpress.com/elections/kama
266. Police under @Congress (coalition govt) files an FIR against @Vishweshwar Bhat, the Editor of @Vishwavani, for publishing news of CM @H D Kumaraswamy's son allegedly going into a drunken rant after losing the election to a woman. (h/t @bidhisi) timesnownews.com/videos/times-n
267. @Congress (@Congress Kerala) EXPELS its leader Abdullah Kutty for daring to praise @Narendra Modi and saying that voters acknowledged Modi's development agenda. (h/t @Sudipta Ranjan Das) jansatta.com/elections/cong twitter.com/TimesNow/statu
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Jun 03 19
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#PraiseModiGetSack | Congress Neta Abdullah Kutty reacts after being expelled from Congress for praising PM Modi. More details by Vivek.
268. Police under @Congress ARRESTS a man under the DREADED charge of sedition - yes, SEDITION - for his FB post on power-cuts in Chhattisgarh. They also apprehend and CHARGE a journalist under IPC 505 for writing about power blackouts. (h/t @Ankur Singh) indiatoday.in/india/story/ch
269. Police under @Congress registers an FIR against @Subramanian Swamy for his alleged remarks that @Rahul Gandhi takes cocaine. Complaint was filed by @Congress district president under sec 511 that carries life imprisonment. [Representative image] news18.com/news/india/fir
270. Police under @Congress serves notice, puts under surveillance, and warns a man to not tweet anything which is against the ideals of the Constitution. (h/t @कुशल मेहरा) twitter.com/ANI/status/115
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Aug 01 19
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Amit Singh,SP Jabalpur (MP): We have issued a notice, it will be served to Amit Shukla (Twitter user who cancelled food order over deliveryman’s religion). He'll be warned, if he tweets anything which is against ideals of Constitution, action will be taken; he is on surveillance.
271. @Congress MLA threatens to burn Sadhvi Pragya ALIVE if she sets foot in Madhya Pradesh. timesnownews.com/amp/india/arti
272. Police under @Congress detains actress @PAYAL ROHATGI & Team- Bhagwan Ram Bhakts for making a video on Motilal Nehru, files draconian charges. (via @anshu_anshua) amarujala.com/photo-gallery/ twitter.com/ANI/status/120
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Dec 15 19
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Rajasthan: Model & actress Payal Rohatgi detained by Bundi police, allegedly for her comment on former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. SP Mamta Gupta says, "Payal Rohatgi has been detained. Case registered."
273. Mumbai University professor @Yogesh Soman sent on leave for criticising @Congress's @Rahul Gandhi and calling his actions 'Pappugiri'.
Police complaint filed by @NSUI whose members burnt the professor's effigy & demanded his sacking. (h/t @Arnab Ray) indiatoday.in/india/story/mu
274. @Congress government in Punjab BANS the film 'Shooter'. CM @Capt.Amarinder Singh ORDERS the police to initiate action against the producer. (via @Rahul Roushan) twitter.com/TimesNow/statu
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Feb 10 20
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CM @Capt.Amarinder Singh plays censor.
Punjab Govt has banned the Punjabi film 'Shooter' for allegedly glorifying gangster Sukha Kahlwan.
275. @Congress and its leaders and workers, including minister Nitin Raut, call for arrest, file multiple FIRs against @Republic owner and editor Arnab Goswami for his comments on Sonia Gandhi.
276. @Congress Youth Congress leader files an FIR in Congress-ruled State of Chhattisgarh against @BJP leader @Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga for his comments on Rajiv Gandhi, under the dreaded section 505 that carries imprisonment upto 3 years. twitter.com/IYC/status/126
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BJP प्रवक्ता तजिंदर पाल सिंह बग्गा के खिलाफ छत्तीसगढ़ के कांकेर में FIR दर्ज
पूर्व PM स्व. राजीव गांधी जी पर लगातार अपमानजनक टिप्पणी कर सामाजिक सोहाद्र बिगाड़ने के प्रयास में कांकेर यूथ कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष पंकज वाधवानी ने दर्ज कराया मामला
नफरत के किसी वायरस को नही बख्शा जाएगा !
277. @Congress's AICC Legal department serves a legal notice to @Firstpost and to @Abhijit Majumder for his article "China jibes: Congress plays to English-speaking social media fans as grassroots support wanes". twitter.com/VTankha/status
Vivek Tankha@VTankha
Jun 21 20
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Firstpost served a strong legal notice by AICC Legal Dept f defamatory, incendiary & provocative news articles. Media must know it’s limits & desist fr acting as mouth piece of Ruling party. @Congress @P. Chidambaram @Rahul Gandhi @Kapil Sibal
278. @Congress's Home Minister @P. Chidambaram called protesters and environmental activists non-violently protesting against the Kudankulam Nuclear Plant as ANTI-NATIONALS. More than 8000 activists were charged with SEDITION and WAGING WAR against India. indiatoday.in/india/video/ch
279. @Congress leader and State Chief @Nana Patole gives an open THREAT to @Amitabh Bachchan and @Akshay Kumar, says he won't allow shooting or release of their films in Maharashtra if they don't speak or tweet on rising fuel prices. (h/t @Shehzad Jai Hind).
twitter.com/Shehzad_Ind/st
280. @Congress workers gherao and protest against their own leader @Kapil Sibal after he raises several questions to the party leadership and demands sweeping reforms within the party.
281. @Congress Mumbai wing to register a police complaint and take legal action against actor Kangana Ranaut for her alleged defamatory comments on Mahatma Gandhi. hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-
282. Police detain 8 @Congress workers after they ran amok, broke windowpanes, and vandalised Storia Foods premises (timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mu), protesting against this soft-drink ad that allegedly mocked Sonia Gandhi and @Rahul Gandhi. h/t @Facts
283. Police under @Congress, acting on a complaint of a Congress leader, ARRESTS a journalist for his political satire. He can be imprisoned for upto 3 years.
Editor’s Guild and Bollywood activists silent because they speak truth only to Modi. Democracy found alive and kicking.
284. Police under @Congress (coalition) arrests
two legislators & charges them with SEDITION for the, quoting from affidavit: "hate & dislike they invoked against the CM & Maharashtra govt".
This is the reality of India under fascist Modi. Democracy is constantly under attack.
Anand Ranganathan
@ARanganathan72
Author: Land of the Wilted Rose (Rupa); Love & Honour (Bloomsbury); Rat Eater (Bloomsbury). Consulting Editor & Columnist: Swarajya. RTs, Likes ≠ Endorsements.
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