Local BJP unit too up in arms, seeks Modi’s support
May 25, 2021
Schemes, projects stopped, teachers terminated, schools closed, it laments It’s not just the Opposition parties in Lakshadweep who are unhappy with Administrator Praful Patel, even the BJP unit there has approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a review of decisions taken by Patel.
In a letter to Modi, BJP general secretary of the islands HK Mohammed Kasim said Patel did not support or appreciate the efforts of the BJP leadership to reach out to more people in the islands. Echoing the sentiments raised by the Opposition parties, he claimed the Lakshadweep Administration has stopped all welfare programmes and schemes by various departments. and made routine life more difficult for the people.
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On Monday, the Delhi Police s Special Cell sent a notice to Twitter India in connection with the probe into a complaint about the alleged COVID toolkit , asking it to share information based on which it had classified a related tweet by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as “manipulated media”, officials had said.
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A team of Delhi Police s Special Cell visits Twitter India s Lado Sarai office.
The Delhi Police has served notices to two Congress leaders in the Covid toolkit case, asking them to join the probe into a complaint in the matter, officials said on Tuesday.
A senior police officer confirmed that the notices were served to Congress social media head Rohan Gupta and party spokesperson MV Rajeev Gowda in connection with the probe.
Greene repeatedly compares vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany, drawing rebukes from her own party.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia has compared mask and vaccine mandates to actions by the Nazis during the Holocaust.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
May 25, 2021, 11:00 a.m. ET
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia drew a rare condemnation on Tuesday from the top House Republican for the latest in a series of comments she has made comparing mask and vaccine mandates to the treatment of Jews by Nazis during the Holocaust.
In a series of posts on Twitter, Ms. Greene, a right-wing provocateur who previously endorsed a series of violent and racist conspiracy theories, has railed against decisions made by private businesses to impose vaccine mandates or drop mask requirements only for vaccinated individuals. Her comments came amid an uptick in anti-Semitic attacks on Jews across the nation.
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Congress urges Twitter to label manipulative media on tweets of 11 ministers
The Congress on Tuesday urged Twitter to affix manipulative media tag to 11 Union Ministers tweets for spreading false and malicious propaganda
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The Congress on Tuesday urged Twitter to affix manipulative media tag to 11 Union Ministers tweet for spreading false and malicious propaganda.
Congress Chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, Urgent need to affix Manipulative Media tags to the tweets of Union Ministers in the Modi Government for spreading false and malicious propaganda.
The Congress alleged that the forged Toolkit document is created by certain BJP leaders to gain undue and wrongful political advantage by spreading potentially dangerous, false and fabricated material through their Twitter handles, against the Indian National Congress and its leaders.