I'm honoured to take oath as an MP once again - this time, as a
@ShivSenaofc
member of the Rajya Sabha.
I am grateful to CM
@mieknathshinde
Ji for entrusting me with this responsibility. I look forward to carrying forward Murlibhai’s legacy & working across party lines to create…
One needn’t be a BJP supporter to welcome E Sreedharan’s entry into active politics.
A thorough professional & one of the county’s most accomplished engineer-bureaucrats, E Sreedharan belongs to all of India.
Our politics needs more like him.
By stockpiling vaccines & blocking the export of crucial raw materials needed for vaccine production, the United States is undermining the strategic Indo-US partnership.
Forgotten that India lifted its export ban & shipped 50 million HCQ tablets to help Americans last year?
Avg. cost of ICU-grade ventilator = ₹7 lakh
No. of Indian MPs = 795 (LS 545 + RS 250)
Annual discretionary funds available to MPs = ₹3,975 crore (₹5 crore/MP)
No. of ventilators + staff + training MPs can fund (MLAs additional) = over 50,000
@MVenkaiahNaidu
@ombirlakota
Sharing a lesser known & welcome fact — the
@ArvindKejriwal
-led Delhi Government doubled its revenues to ₹60,000 crore & maintained a revenue surplus over the last 5 years.
Food for thought: Delhi is now one of India’s most fiscally prudent governments
Today marks the conclusion of a significant chapter in my political journey. I have tendered my resignation from the primary membership of
@INCIndia
, ending my family’s 55-year relationship with the party.
I am grateful to all leaders, colleagues & karyakartas for their…
Appalled as a Mumbaikar with the state of affairs in the economic capital of India.
Maharashtra is
#COVID19
’s ground zero. Instead of focusing on governance, we’re busy settling political scores.
Time for all parties to come together & set our priories right.
Just spoke to Asma & extended all possible assistance with her college admission.
She reminded me of my late father who also grew up studying on a Mumbai footpath, under a streetlight.
The daughter of a nimbu paani vendor, Asma is entitled to a life of dignity & opportunity!
.
@PMOIndia
’s Houston address was a momentous first for India’s soft power diplomacy.
My father Murlibhai was one of the early architects of deeper Indo-US ties.
@realDonaldTrump
’s hospitality & recognition of Indian Americans’ contributions makes us proud
Very unfortunate that Article 370 is being converted into a liberal vs conservative debate.
Parties should put aside ideological fixations & debate what’s best for India’s sovereignty & federalism, peace in J&K, jobs for Kashmiri youth & justice for Kashmiri Pandits.
I envision the
#RamMandir
as a catalyst for growth and prosperity. The cultural renaissance it heralds holds immense significance for India, fostering tourism and contributing to our nation's economic resilience.
#PranPratishtha
#IndianTourism
#Ram
#Ayodhya
Grateful to Mukesh Ambani for supplying 100 tons of oxygen to Maharashtra.
From enhancing India’s PPE capacity to undertaking the world’s largest private-sector led meal distribution program for daily-wage earners,
@ril_foundation
has disrupted philanthropy during
#COVID19
🙏🏼
Very unfortunate to witness an Indian MP making derogatory statements against
#GauMata
&
#SanatanaDharma
culture revered by over 1 billion Indians. Many, including myself, consider ourselves Sanatanis.
#DMK
must realise that its reckless remarks only weaken
#INDIAAlliance
's…
#WATCH
| Winter Session of Parliament | DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar S says "...The people of this country should think that the power of this BJP is only winning elections mainly in the heartland states of Hindi, what we generally call the 'Gaumutra' states..."
Sheila Dikshit ji was a remarkable politician & administrator. During her tenure as Chief Minister, Delhi was transformed & Congress was stronger than ever.
Unfortunate to see her being blamed after her death. She dedicated her life to
@INCIndia
& the people of Delhi
PC Chacko, Congress on
#DelhiResults2020
: The downfall of the Congress party started in 2013 when Sheila ji was the CM. The emergence of a new party AAP took away the entire Congress vote bank. We could never get it back. It still remains with AAP.
Not allowing parliament to function is also a form of democracy, like any other form. We had to stall Parliament to expose the government ~ Smt Sushma Swaraj, BJP
Bangladesh’s escalating communal violence is extremely worrying.
CAA must be amended to protect & rehabilitate Bangladeshi Hindus fleeing religious persecution.
India must also reject & thwart any communal attempt to equate Indian Muslims with Bangladeshi Islamists.
Barely two days after we banned
#PUBG
, my good friend
@vishalgondal
announces the launch of an Indian online multiplayer game.
Vishal sold his erstwhile gaming business to
@Disney
for $100mn in 2012 & currently runs
@GOQii
.
More power to India’s talented young entrepreneurs!
I have known Sonia Gandhi ji years before she entered politics. I have never seen her being rude or impolite, even when provoked.
This is not the first time that she has been targeted personally & of late, unjustly, both inside & outside Parliament.
She has & will always endure
I will file my nomination as the United Progressive Grand Alliance candidate from South Mumbai tomorrow at 2 PM at Old Customs House.
I’m fighting for more accountability, job creation, and dignified housing. Please do join me in large numbers.
Together, we can fix our city.
Timely announcement of a US $266 billion economic package by
@narendramodi
ji.
If carefully executed, we will avert a humanitarian crisis, expand India’s role in global supply chains & revolutionise our
@makeinindia
capabilities.
In Chinese, crisis = danger + opportunity
10% of Mumbaikars are fully vaccinated & 33% have had one jab.
Lockdowns & high employee commuting costs have gutted Mumbai’s economy, putting MSMEs out of business.
GoM should permit local trains to ply for vaccinated Mumbaikars. This will also boost vaccine acceptance.
.
@deepikapadukone
doesn’t owe anyone an explanation for her decision to visit
#JNU
. Neither does
@akshaykumar
for waving an ABVP flag.
Entertainers, like the rest of us, are entitled to their opinions & are free to choose sides. Better than being a fence sitter any day!
After the scrapping of Article 370, President of
@FollowCII
& my friend
@udaykotak
announces investor summit in J&K & Ladakh.
This is a positive first step towards providing economic opportunities & jobs to the region’s youth
Entertainers, sportsmen & political leaders from all parties must join in & get vaccinated on camera.
This PR outreach is necessary to eliminate vaccine hesitancy. The faster India gets vaccinated, the more lives & livelihoods we save.
My friend, Sanātana Dharma is neither a religious doctrine nor a moral code. It has no connection to manmade castes & sectarianism. It is the eternal law that sustains, binds & governs the universe & our inner nature.
BTW, ‘Santana’ is a guitarist who makes ‘eternal’ music 😉
CAA was a political gimmick to win elections in India, not to safeguard religious minority rights in the subcontinent.
Why haven’t CAA rules been framed for 2 years? Has a single Afghan Sikh or Bangladeshi Hindu fleeing persecution been given citizenship so far?
Talk is cheap.
Advocates of left-wing extremism, who refuse to call-out the violent ideology of Naxal-Maoist insurgents, are equally complicit in this heinous attack.
Its unfortunate that sections of our civil society still romanticise Naxalism.
कांग्रेस उम्मीदवारों के प्रचार के लिए मैं कल रात अहमदाबाद और गांधीनगर में
@INCIndia
अध्यक्ष
@kharge
जी के साथ शामिल हुआ।
कांग्रेस सत्य, स्वराज और अहिंसा पर आधारित महात्मा गांधी के मॉडल को उनकी जन्मभूमि में पुनर्स्थापित करेगी।
One of India’s greatest spiritual scientists, Adi Shankaracharya who popularised the seminal theory that we are one with the universe’s unchanging reality, was millennia ahead of his time.
Advaita or non-duality forms the philosophical basis of modern cosmology & quantum biology
अबकी बार Ferrari सरकार!
आज मुंबई में लग्जरी कारों में रैली निकालकर जिस तरीके से गरीबों का मजाक उड़ाया जा रहा है उससे पता चलता है की प्रधानमंत्री के 'नए भारत' में गरीबों का स्थान क्या है।
#Sologamy
:
#Gujarat
girl set to marry herself
“I never wanted to get married. But I did want to become a bride. So I decided to marry myself,” she said.
China’s international credibility is already at rock bottom as it refuses to come clean on the origins of
#COVID19
.
Despite Beijing’s disinformation campaign, Jawans enjoy the complete trust of 1.4 billion Indians.
Jawans also deserve a free hand to counter Chinese aggression.
Brother, I would never undermine Sheila Dikshit’s stellar performance as Delhi CM. That’s your specialty.
But it’s never too late to change!
Instead of advocating an alliance with AAP, if only you had highlighted Sheila ji’s achievements,
@INCIndia
would’ve been in power today
From small shopkeepers to large industrialists - for everyone, South Mumbai means business.
We need to bring businesses back to Mumbai and make job creation for our youth a top priority.
#MumbaiKaConnection
The first 100 days mark an important benchmark to measure a government’s intent.
No matter how strongly we may agree/disagree with
@narendramodi
ji’s policies, during this period, his resounding win deserves our patience & bipartisanship.
Best wishes for
@PMOIndia
’s oath-taking
This contingent played their cards right!
Meet our Bridge team, which won three medals including a Gold in the Asian Games 2018. Delighted by their wonderful performance.
#AsianGames2018
Mumbai’s hospitality industry employs 5 lakh people & is staring at complete decimation. Maharashtra’s new
#COVID19
restrictions need urgent review.
E.g. treat restaurant delivery staff as frontline workers, get them vaccinated ASAP & allow 24/7 deliveries. Why only upto 8pm?
As an Indian, I'm appalled by the 5km-long
#parade
which took place in the city of Brampton, Canada, depicting the assassination of
#IndiraGandhi
.
It's not about taking sides, it's about respect for a nation's history & the pain caused by its Prime Minister’s assassination.…
मैं विपक्षी दलों द्वारा
@RahulGandhi
जी के समर्थन में दिए बयानों का स्वागत करता हूं।
आज
@INCIndia
और विपक्ष ही नहीं बल्कि हर लोकतांत्रिक भारतीय राहुल जी के साथ एकजुटता से खड़ा है।
हम इस लड़ाई को कानूनी और राजनीतिक रूप से लड़ेंगे और सफलता भी निश्चित रूप से हासिल करेंगे।
Deep cleaning uses recycled, non-drinking water - and has nothing to do with Mumbai's water cuts. Connecting the two is nothing but a desperate political stunt.
Deep cleaning delivers a two-in-one punch: cleaner streets AND cleaner air for a healthier Mumbai. It's also a bold…
Today Mumbai faces a water cut. And this is going on near Worli Sea Face, courtesy- the great nonsensical idea of “deep cleaning” by the most incapable cm of the khoke regime.
@mybmc
what is the cost per tanker for this nonsense? What is he exactly doing?
Feel blessed to have been able to build & hand over our 3rd
#COVID__19
care center to
@mybmc
. This time we converted a rehab tower in Tardeo into a quarantine facility!
Hopefully these will save lives by enabling residents of Mumbai’s congested slums & chawls to self-isolate
Needed a new passport book & visited Passport Seva Kendra in Parel, Mumbai where I saw a new India.A world-class team focused on making processes more efficient.And digitalization making everything breathtakingly easy. Aadhaar was all you needed. Bravo to the Govt.&
@TCS
मैं होटल के बाहर
@DKShivakumar
जी के साथ हूं। मेरा कर्नाटक के विधायकों से अनुरोध है कि वह बैंगलोर लौटकर संवैधानिक तरीके से मामले को सुलझाएं।
यहां पर धारा 144 भी लगा दी गई है। बीजेपी, महाराष्ट्र में अपनी ताकत का दुरुपयोग कर ओछी राजनीति कर रही है। यह उनकी सुनियोजित साजिश है।
As my valued voters, supporters & well-wishers, it is my duty to explain why I have chosen to depart from
@INCIndia
& align myself with
@Shivsenaofc
under the leadership of
@mieknathshinde
Ji.
Strongly condemn
@PMOIndia
’s statement against former PM Rajiv Gandhi, who was martyred in 1991.
Basic civility in political discourse demands that those who are deceased & unable to defend themselves be insulated from politics.
We are being stripped of decency & real issues
Lets come together to begin a new journey on the path of progress and development!
आइये साथ मिलकर तरक्की और विकास के रास्ते पर एक नया सफ़र शुरू करें!
या, आता एकत्र विकास आणि प्रगतीच्या दिशेने एक नवा प्रवास सुरू करू!
It was a pleasure to catch up with
@SadhguruJV
in Mumbai on Monday.
Sadhguru has traveled 30,000 km across 26 countries on his motorbike to raise consciousness about
#SaveSoil
& food security.
May he live a long & health life & continue to create a more
#ConsciousPlanet
.
A family that lost 2 members to brutal assassinations while serving India & is now leading the opposition, deserves SPG protection.
I’ve traveled with
@RahulGandhi
ji & seen SPG’s professionalism first-hand.
Politics aside, the state is duty-bound to protect endangered persons
I believe in
@INCIndia
as a party that can & must reclaim its position as India’s big tent party. We still have a strong bench that if empowered & optimally utilised, can deliver.
I only wish that several of my friends, peers & valued colleagues hadn’t left us.
My father was from Rajasthan & my mother from Kolhapur. Yet they identified as Mumbaikars & Maharashtrians.
Mumbai’s original inhabitants welcomed all with love & respect. It’s diversity is it’s greatest strength.
Why discriminate when Mumbai doesn’t?
I am honored and deeply grateful for my well-wishers and supporters.
As I begin a new political journey under the leadership of
@mieknathshinde
Ji in
@Shivsenaofc
, I remain committed to working diligently towards the development of Mumbai and Maharashtra, contributing to India’s…
100 million Americans or 30% of the population have been FULLY vaccinated.
26 million Indians or 1.8% of the population have been FULLY vaccinated.
Disgraceful & inexcusable.
No point outraging over the blatant & unfortunate snub to Lata Mangeshkar at the Oscars & Grammys.
Our music & pop culture is consumed by over a billion people living in India & overseas. I’d rather we focused on creating our own Indic awards IP & exporting it globally.
On paper,
@nsitharaman
’s infra push will enhance investments & create jobs.
Public-private partnerships are key to the success of infra projects, especially in sectors such as ports & highways.
Encourage & strengthen PPPs to ensure effective implementation.
#Budget2021
My wife was also present that evening (and is in the video). Nobody was in a “drugged state” so stop spreading lies & defaming people you don’t know!
I hope you will show the courage to tender an unconditional apology
Kartavya Path is an apt name for a road that leads to the temple of the world’s largest democracy.
May it serve as a reminder to public servants everywhere that dharma & duty are the bedrock of public service.
When privacy was upheld as a constitutional right for every Indian citizen in 2017, how are news channels being permitted to air leaked or hacked
@WhatsApp
messages?
Voyeurism has destroyed journalistic integrity. Precisely why we need to enact the Personal Data Protection Bill!
माझ्या आयुषयातील नवीन वळणाची सुरुवात मी श्री सिद्धिविनायक मंदिरात, श्री गणपतीचं दर्शन घेऊन केली. बाप्पाचा आशीर्वादाने मला एक नवीन उमेद मिळाली. मुंबई आणि देशासाठी नव चैतन्यानी काम कऱ्यन्याची प्रेरणा मिळाली.
#SiddhiVinayak
#GanpatiBappa
#Mumbai
#MilindDeora
By submitting to GOI pressure,
@Twitter
has severely dented its credibility as a neutral platform.
And by protractedly locking
@RahulGandhi
ji’s account & muzzling other
@INCIndia
voices online, Twitter is abetting the subversion of the world’s largest democracy.
Best wishes to the newly inducted Council of Ministers in the Government of India.
May you serve India to the very best of your abilities, cooperate with all state governments & discriminate against none.
Instead of focusing on issues like jobs, the PM sadly used pride in our police as a distraction in his Mumbai speech.
If he truly respects the Maharashtra Police, Pragya Thakur’s ticket should be withdrawn immediately. That’s the least he can do to honour martyr Hemant Karkare.
Exactly 20 years ago, it took 36 days & the US Supreme Court to settle the Presidential election between George W Bush & Al Gore.
20 years later...
We Indians should be proud of our Election Commission for overseeing 650 parties, 8,000 candidates & 603 million voters in 2019!
Days ahead of
#Budget2019
, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh at his residence in Delhi
(📸 credit: ANI)
Strongly condemn BJP candidate Pragya Thakur’s statement on 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare which politicises & mocks our armed forces. I was here when he sacrificed his life for Mumbai & India. Mumbaikars’ sentiments are hurt and we will not take such appalling comments quietly.
Insinuating that
@deepikapadukone
visited
#JNU
to promote her film means you’re ignorant as hell!
She has much to lose & could have easily chosen to sit on the fence like everyone else.
Tough being an artist these days: damned if you do & damned if you don’t
#DeepikaPadukone
I also called
@AGSawant
ji earlier today to thank him for a fight well fought.
I congratulated him on his tenure as South Mumbai MP and conveyed my best wishes to him and his family. Despite our many confrontations, I've appreciated his undaunted spirit and energy.
Shinzo Abe was a rare gem in the world of global politics who believed in Dharma & was fully aware of how it had shaped Japanese & Asian values.
In this speech,
@AbeShinzo
-san articulates Dharma’s power & potential for international peace & conflict resolution.
#ShinzoAbe
Ironic that those who have made a living out of deceptively clipping
@RahulGandhi
’s videos are also the ones who call him irrelevant.
Some of them owe their own relevance to Rahul Bashing.
It’s highly unfortunate that the national discourse surrounding the surge in Chinese transgressions has deteriorated into political mud-slinging.
When we should be united in condemning China’s actions & seeking solutions, we are exposing our divisions