A powerful India Caucus in the US Congress has urged the Indian government to ensure that the norms of democracy are maintained and protesters allowed to demonstrate peacefully and have access to the Internet as it held a meeting with New Delhi s envoy here. India s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who regularly interacts with India Caucus members on a number of issues, had a virtual meeting with the top leadership of the Congressional India Caucus last week. The members included congressmen Brad Sherman and Steve Chabot who are the two Co-Chairs of the Congressional India Caucus along with Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, who is the Vice Chair of the Caucus.
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Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
The greatest irony of life is that everybody hates hypocrisy but continues to be a hypocrite. The same goes for the right to freedom of expression. No one likes his voice muzzled but stoops to slandering the opinion he dislikes. Up till 3 February 2021, they revered Sachin Tendulkar as the God of Cricket , now they are questioning his merit for the Bharat Ratna. Some of them poured oil and ink over his cutout, while others expressed regret for supporting him in the past.
Why did things come to such a pass? What did he do to invite derision? On 3rd February, Sachin Tendulkar posted a tweet with hashtags India Together and India Against Propaganda . He expressed solidarity with his motherland after the External Affairs Ministry launched an offensive against the social media campaign, led by international public figures like Rihanna and Greta Thunberg, that targeted India.
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