No, this is not a satirical post. This is as real as it can get! 1. The current term of #LokSabha hasn't had a Deputy Speaker yet. This is unprecedented. It violates Article 93 of the #ConstitutionOfIndia & Govt is about to get away with it without any consequences. 2. The

Winter Session would usually start from 3rd week of Nov, special debates would happen on #ConstitutionDay on 26 Nov. Earlier winter session would get delayed coz of assembly elections (not a valid excuse!) but what is the reason this time? Govt takes #Parliament very casually!

🚨*CALL FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST*🚨 There comes a time when silence no longer makes sense. That time is NOW. Citizens of Delhi—RISE TO THE OCCASION! Join the protest in large numbers this Sunday, 9 November, 5 PM at India Gate, to make sure we are SEEN and we are HEARD!

Chinta Devi’s social benefits are all being diverted by the Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS) to an account she knows nothing about. The account was probably opened by a crook, but that does not absolve APBS. @RBI @NPCI_NPCI (Credit: Pallavi Kumari)

#IMPORTANT A group of concerned citizens (mostly mothers) from the ‘My Right To Breathe’ campaign sought a brief 15-minute meeting with the Chief Minister of Delhi, @gupta_rekha, to convey their anguish and present a list of demands regarding the #AirPollution emergency in the

And here goes the #WinterSession of #Parliament! Not only does the SIR timeline overlap with Winter Session, Opposition MPs will most likely protest against it. And Govt will use that as excuse to push bills through without debate, as it has repeatedly done.

Today, we urged @LabourMinistry to undertake meaningful consultation on Draft National #Labour Policy, 2025. Basic demands: 1. Min. 30 days be given for comments as mandated by Pre Legislative Consultation Policy 2014 2. Publish draft policy in multiple languages Details 👇

How to prevent oneself from saying 'unsaid words'?

Best Air Quality Governance Strategy: - Have fewer air quality monitors; - Have the monitors in green areas or less polluting areas; - Change the monitoring standard/scale and don’t let the monitors read beyond 500; - Turn off the monitors when pollution peaks. - RESULT: No Air

It's their #toolkit- BJP deliberately sends Bills to JPCs instead of existing Standing Comms to control process by appointing BJP MPs as Chairs. Past JPCs have upheld Bills despite strong opposition. Now, Opp should demand that this JPC be chaired by Opp MP and then join!

Is he giving up the secure sansad email id? Or is Union Home Ministry now going to use private email id for confidential national security related emails instead of official nic email? Which email is switched? One on which he received snooping intel on Opposition?

Since many years, all manners of vigilante action in the name of religion, including murders and lynchings, have been condoned, if not actively promoted, by the state with courts looking the other way. Emboldened by state patronage, it was only a matter of time.

Government's insistence on controlling the Committees raises serious doubts and concerns of conflict of interest. If Govt is open to scrutiny, questions, accountability, it should give up its control of #Parliament Committees. #Thread fin!

This is not to say that BJP MPs are not capable. Also, one would like to believe that once appointed as Chairs of Committees, MPs would rise above their party affiliations and act ONLY to uphold their constitutional responsibility of keeping Govt under check. However...

And then there are some other Committees and Committees which are specially constituted for specific purposes. There also BJP's control is almost total. #Parliament

The Financial Committees are perhaps more important than the rest, tasked with keeping a check on government's finances. Even there, BJP dominates. #Parliament

It's argued that composition of Committees roughly represents strength of different parties in the House. That flies in the face of the #accountability seeking function performed by Committees. Therefore, not surprising that Govt keeps #control of crucial Committees with itself.

The Committees were reconstituted recently and there isn't much change in the status quo. Even last year, NDA bagged chairpersonship of almost 2/3rd of all Department related #Parliament Standing Committees. Continuity or convention is, however, no justification for this.

As of now, Department related #Parliament Standing Committees (responsible for taking stock of work done by different govt ministries and departments) are constituted for 1 year and then reconstituted. Over a 5 year period, their composition more or less remains the same.

BJP's dominance of #Parliament committees is near complete, raising critical questions on the ability of Committees to hold government #accountable in an effective manner. A short #thread 🧵on the newly reconstituted and existing Committees👇

Though there is Public Accounts Committee of #Parliament, chaired by an Opposition MP, with the mandate of looking into CAG reports, but it doesn't have resources to possibly go through all audit reports & seek response from Govt. Accountability suffers due to lack of capacities.