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Minhaz Merchant
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Minhaz Merchant
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Biographer: Rajiv Gandhi, Aditya Birla. Ex-TOI, India Today. Founder: Sterling Newspapers Pvt Ltd, acquired by Indian Express Group. Jeejeebhoy physics scholar.
“RSS-Taliban mentality same,” says Javed Akhtar. To test his theory Akhtar should first go to RSS HQ in Nagpur & abuse Bhagwat. He’ll be sent away with a shrug. Then he should go to Kabul & abuse Mullah Baradar. He won’t return in one piece. That’s the diff between RSS & Taliban- If Nitish flips, NDA would still be 281 (293-12). Chandrababu’s not going anywhere because he needs huge funds from the Centre for building Andhra’s new capital city Amaravati. If Naidu won’t go, Nitish won’t either because it won’t affect 281. He knows that. At Modi’s mercy.
- Only in an innately secular country like India would the 80% majority wait patiently for 70 years for a legal verdict to build or not build a temple sacred to it. Western democracies that lecture India on religious tolerance should examine their own histories #AYODHYAVERDICT
- Trump was waiting for Modi to call him after his 25% tariff bomb. All other big nations/blocs like the EU, UK, Japan, etc had rushed their top leaders to Washington to placate Trump & negotiate softer deals. Trump waited for Modi to call. He’s still waiting. Three hours later no
- BJP should call @ShivSena’s bluff, refuse rotational CM demand, form minority govt without Sena, lose confidence motion if Sena votes with opposition, let governor’s rule be imposed for 6 mths, fight midterm election on all 288 seats & form a majority govt. Make. A. Clean. Break.
- India records slowest increase in new cases (20) in the last 24 hours and thankfully no new deaths #COVID19
- 1) On Oct 6 FIR filed against @IndiaToday for TRP fraud. 2) No evidence found in 1-day. Probe still on. 3) On Oct 7 inquiry sent to BARC seeking viewer data of @republic. 4) On Oct 8 republic, despite no FIR face arrest, seizure of bank a/c. IndiaToday, despite FIR, go scot free
- Amit Shah broke the back of terrorism in Gujarat as Home Minister. As union Home Minister he’ll take anti-corruption cases against Vadra, National Herald, Chidambarams & others to a quicker conclusion apart from handling Naxal & Pak terrorism, J&K & keeping an eye on the party
- “Mukesh Ambani bails out Anil Ambani,” helps pay Rs 458.77 crore debt to #Ericsson & saves Anil from prison. And all this while we thought Anil was rolling in the Rs 30,000 crore @RahulGandhi says @narendramodi “gave” him news18.com/news/business/…
- This is for you @AtishiAAP & @ArvindKejriwal. Read what the legendary VVS writes about @GautamGambhir. You chose the wrong man to unleash your party’s dirty tricks dept on.Shocked to hear about yesterday's developments. Having known @GautamGambhir for nearly 2 decades, I can vouch for his integrity, character and the respect he has for women.
- Has anyone noticed that those shouting loudest “chowkidar chor hai” are out on bail?
