Subin Dennis

Indira Gandhi was disqualified by Allahabad High Court on June 12, 1975, in State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain. Court invalidated her 1971 Rae Bareli LS win for using govt resources in her campaign. DD and AIR are govt resources.

"CITU leader Gangeshwar Datt Sharma has been under house arrest for more than a week in Noida, following a protest demanding hike in wages." Report by @jigeesham and Ashok Kumar in @the_hindu. thehindu.com/news/national/…

Wages unchanged for 11 yrs. Cooking gas prices shot up from Rs. 100 per kg to Rs. 600. Room rents: Rs. 3k to 4k per month. Electricity: Rs. 12 per unit. A casual worker with monthly wages of Rs. 10k to 14k is left with no savings. @the_hindu report on the Noida workers' protests.

Proud of my old newspaper, @the_hindu, take a bow @nambath, the only paper to have the correct headline for what transpired in parliament yesterday. All other newspapers seem to have bought the government’s spin that the ‘opposition defeated women’s reservation’!

It is not the Women’s Reservation Bill that has been defeated, as being claimed by Govt and Godhi media. The proposal to reserve 33% of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies was passed in 2023. What has been defeated today is the BJP government’s attempt to use delimitation as a tool to undermine India’s democracy and federal structure. Despite assurances from the PM and the HM that southern states would not lose out in the delimitation exercise, no concrete provisions were included in the bill to back up their claims. The Govt unilaterally convened special sittings of Parliament in the middle of state elections, apparently hoping to divide the opposition while shielding itself behind the women’s reservation issue. Their real intention was to to increase the strength of the Lok Sabha from 543 to around 850 seats and carry out large-scale gerrymandering of constituencies — similar to what was done in J&K and Assam. We challenge the government: If it is genuine about the empowerment of women, then bring forward an amendment tomorrow ( session is there tomorrow also )to implement one-third reservation for women with immediate effect ( instead waiting for the new census to complete and thereafter Delimitation process) based on the current strength of the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies. We will fully cooperate in passing it… #women empowerment #Indian Federalism #Indian Democracy

Free Marwan Barghouti! Free all Palestinian Prisoners! Free Palestine! Barghouti has been in prison for 24 years today. This is an outrage against humanity.

Yes, he really said that. Yesterday Vice President JD Vance criticized Pope Leo XIV for not knowing enough theology: "I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology ... If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful, you’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth," he said, at a Turning Point conference. One of the many, many, ironies about that statement is that it came in response to Pope Leo's comments about war and peace and, specifically, the concept of "just war," which originated with St. Augustine. As many have already noted, when the Vice President was making his comments, Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Augustinian Order, and twice Prior General of the Augustinians before his election as Pope, was visiting the hometown of St. Augustine, then called "Hippo," now in Annaba, a town in modern-day Algeria. For good measure, Pope Leo XIV, the man critiqued for insufficient theological education, earned not only a master's degree in divinity, but also licentiate and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. JD Vance's recent conversion to Catholicism is beside the point, because many converts are of course not only highly intelligent (and learned in theology) but faithful and energetic Catholics. We rejoice over everyone entering the church. What most of us do not rejoice over, however, is a deadly combination of inaccuracy and hubris. Pace, Vice President Vance, but the current war in Iran is not a just war under Catholic doctrine. You can hear that from church leaders from across the theological spectrum, from Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the head of the military vicariate and former head of the @USCCB, to Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington who holds doctorates in both theology and political science. You can look all that up online. Suffice to say, the Vice President doesn't seem to understand the tenets of just war. Nor does he seem to understand the fundamental position of the church, which is for peace. "War is always a defeat for humanity," as St. John Paul II said. If that authority isn't enough, then turn to Jesus who said, "Blessed are the peacemakers," not "Blessed are the warmongers." And after the Resurrection, the Risen Christ says to the frightened disciples not "Vengeance is mine" but "Peace be with you." Incidentally, the day before, the Vice President said that the Pope (and the Vatican) should stick to teaching about morality, also seeming to forget that war and peace are profoundly moral issues. For his part, Pope Leo was focused yesterday on his spiritual father, St. Augustine. After what seemed like an emotional visit to Hippo, he celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Augustine in Annaba. During his homily he said, "The primary task of pastors as ministers of the Gospel is therefore to bear witness to God before the world with one heart and one soul, not permitting our concerns to lead us astray through fear, nor trends to undermine us through compromise." Amen. Let's all continue to pray for the Holy Father as he works for peace. (Image: Pope Leo XIV prays at the archeological ruins of Hippo, home of St. Augustine, in current-day Algeria. CNS photo).

The South has already become a colony of the North …and the new bill will make it an official colony .. The so called decolonisation that’s being advocated ends up in real colonisation.. Country’s unity can be preserved upholding three prerequisites- democracy, secularism and federalism. Every step of Modi Government runs contrary to this principle…

The draft of the Delimitation Bill, 2026, that is now available in the public domain seems to suggest that the BJP-led Union Government is keen on proceeding with a delimitation exercise without accounting for the current proportional share of the States', vis a vis their representation in the Lok Sabha. Such an exercise would be highly unjust, as it would penalise those very States - including Kerala - which took conscious efforts to sincerely implement the National Population Policy, 1976. On the other hand, States that lagged behind in population control measures would be seemingly rewarded for their ineffective implementation. Federalism has been recognised as an inalienable part of the basic structure of our Constitution and in a federal democracy, the raison d'être for representation cannot be mere numbers. There has to be an inclusive approach by taking into account the sentiments of all those who would be impacted by the proposed delimitation exercise, especially the States. A consensual approach in this matter is absolutely essential. The present attempt to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha, through an amendment proposed to be brought about in a haste will undoubtedly destroy the spirit of consensus, which was the corner stone of our Constitution making. To rush through with the delimitation amendment, in the garb on implementing women's reservation is nothing but a ploy to mask the real objectives behind this entire exercise. The fact that it is being taken up when the election process to four State assemblies and one Union Territory is yet to be completed has raised genuine suspicions about the political considerations behind it. Considering these strong grounds, it is imperative that the present Delimitation Bill which is sought to be taken up without fair amount of discussions be dropped forthwith. At the same time, women's reservation in the Parliament and the Legislative Assemblies can be and should be implemented right away, without any linkages to delimitation or census. #Delimitation

In the Malayalam language, there is a saying that can be translated as "trying to teach the Holy Mass to the Pope", the equivalent of "carrying coals to Newcastle". Today we get to see it in action, almost literally. 🤣

This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood” (Is 1:15).

His Holiness Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex), I condemn the insult to Your Excellency on behalf of the great nation of Iran, and declare that the desecration of Jesus, the prophet of peace and brotherhood, is not acceptable to any free person. I wish you glory by Allah.

We’ve bombed 763 schools and 316 health facilities per the Iranian Red Crescent. Monstrous indefensible crimes.

It's barely an exaggeration to say that The Washington Post is a terrorist organization.

It is incredible that Israel literally bombed a synagogue in Tehran and the vast majority of western media just completely ignored it.

Apocalyptic scenes in Lebanon’s capital right now. Israel has launched 100 airstrikes on Lebanon in 10 minutes. Striking South Lebanon, Beirut and the Bekaa Valley simultaneously. This isn’t a ceasefire. It’s mass bombardment of civilian areas.

Trump is lying. Lebanon is included in the ceasefire. The Strait of Hormuz is now closed again and the genocidal Zionist regime will be punished.

Israel inflicted wanton destruction and terror on Beirut today. And across Lebanon. At least 89 killed and over 800 injured. They openly massacred civilians. They are lying about “Hezbollah strongholds” and killing fighters. Any media that repeats these obvious lies is complicit. Trump and Netanyahu say Lebanon is not a part of the ceasefire. Pakistan and Iran say Lebanon is a part of the ceasefire. What’s it going to be?

Israeli regime monsters are currently bombing Beirut to slaughter as many women and children as possible. This is Zionism.

"Congress is using Telangana as the ATM for the Congress party. Kerala elections are happening. The entire Congress party is being funded by the corrupt money taken from Telangana."