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Karnataka: BS Yediyurappa wins confidence motion through trust vote, Siddaramaiah says they accept the verdict because ‘they have less time’

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Karnataka: BS Yediyurappa wins confidence motion through trust vote, Siddaramaiah says they accept the verdict because ‘they have less time’

BS Yediyurappa, who took oath as the 23rd chief minister of Karnataka on Friday, moved a trust vote today in a special session in the assembly, which has been called to prove his government’s majority. Speaker KR Ramesh had said that he had to rush to Hyderabad. Post that, a voice vote was called for and BS Yediyurappa wins confidence motion through voice vote.

Before the Trust Vote, when Chief Minister Yediyurappa of Karnataka made a speech in the Assembly, he said, “The administration has failed and we’ll set it right. I assure the House that we won’t indulge in vindictive politics either. I believe in forget and forgive”. He also said that he even loves the people who hate him and would like to thank Amit Shah, Prime Minister Modi and JP Nadda.

Karnataka former CM Siddaramaiah than addressed the Assembly before the trust vote and said, “We hope you (BS Yediyurappa) will be the chief minister but there is no guarantee of that. You are with the rebels, can you give a stable government? It’s impossible! I oppose this confidence motion because the reason is this government is unconstitutional and immoral”.

“Unfortunately, BS Yediyurappa has never been the chief minister with people’s mandate. Where’s the mandate? You didn’t have it in 2008, 2018 or even now. When he took an oath there were 222 MLAs in House, where did BJP have 112 MLAs for the majority? They had 105 seats. That is not a mandate,” he said.

HD Kumaraswamy, the now-ousted CM of Karnataka spoke to the assembly before the trust vote as well. He said that he has been working for the past 14 months and had no obligation to respond to questions posed by BS Yediyurappa. He said everything was recorded and it is for the people to judge him based on his work.

“All that has happened with the rebels, with power – all this will go down in history. There are people sitting on my side today, in an attempt to sway them, I request you to not bring them to the streets next”, said HD Kumaraswamy.

After BS Yediyurappa won the trust vote, Siddaramaiah accepted the outcome of the vote and said that they accept the verdict because ‘they have very less time’.

On 26th July, BS Yediyurappa had taken oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The coalition government of Congress and JDS had lost the majority after 16 MLAs from both the parties had turned rebel and resigned from the assembly.

This is it the third time Yeddyurappa has become CM of the state. He had formed the first BJP government in Karnataka in 2008 but had to resign in 2011 after being indicted on corruption charges. He was acquitted by the courts later. After the Assembly elections last year, he had taken oath as the CM as BJP was the largest party although it didn’t cross the halfway mark. He was given only 24 hours to prove his majority by the Supreme Court, but he had resigned before taking the trust vote, as BJP didn’t have the numbers.

Bengal: Mamata’s government makes pregnant women ‘pose’ before lavish food platter but doesn’t let them eat it

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Bengal: Mamata’s government makes pregnant women ‘pose’ before lavish food platter but doesn’t let them eat it

The West Bengal government in an event in Shatipur, Nadia district in West Bengal, reportedly made 20 pregnant women pose before lavish food platters for a photo op and later shoved them away with cheap food parcels once the photos were taken.

Ironically, the event was being organised on the occasion of Supushti Divas (Nutrition Day) to promote nutritional awareness among expectant mothers.

The humiliating incident outraged the locals and an FIR was launched against the organisers. The husband (Biswajit Sandhukhan) of one of the heavily pregnant women, Moumita Sandhukhan (25), who was amongst those used as a dummy for this event, lodged a complaint against the organisers. He called the treatment “inhuman” in his complaint to the ICDS project officer in Santipur. The incident was reported by The Telegraph.

This encouraged several others to take a similar step against the organisers of the event which took place on July 26, Friday.

According to reports, the pregnant women were asked to line up and pose, one by one, before the plate containing an entire meal including rice, dal, vegetables, egg curry, and a dessert.

However, when they tried to touch the food, the women were rebuked and the organisers clarified that the meal was only ‘for demonstration’. Later they were handed out a food packet comprising of only rice and egg and asked to leave.

“Following the officials’ behaviour, I did not even accept the parcel,’ the Telegraph quoted the 25-year-old Moumita, who is presently seven-months pregnant. The report states that at least six infants, who were invited by the ICDS for an ‘Annaprashan’ event at the same venue, were treated in the same way.

The event at Vidyasagar Vidyapith in the region was held under the banner of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) which held several such programmes on the day across the state, ironically, aimed at alleviating malnutrition among pregnant women and children.

The ICDS is a central programme implemented through state officials to provide food, nutritional services, preschool services, primary healthcare and immunisation to children under 6 and expectant mothers.

Following the complaints, ICDS officials, have ordered an investigation into the accusations.

Though few senior ICDS officials blamed the mistreatment on the local ICDS workers, as according to them, the accountability got lost in the chain of command. The state minister Shashi Panja has promised to personally look into the event and find out the reason behind the alleged mistreatment.

Army man Amanullah Khan gets killed by robbers, assorted fearmongers give it a communal twist and call it ‘lynching’

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Army man Amanullah Khan gets killed by robbers, assorted fearmongers give it a communal twist and call it ‘lynching’

On Sunday, the PTI news feed had reported that a retired army officer was ‘thrashed to death’ in Amethi. Soon it was spread widely that the veteran was ‘lynched’ to death.

Tehseen Poonawalla, the abusive Congress supporter and Robert Vadra’s relative, claimed that retired Army officer Amanullah was the latest victim of ‘mob lynching’ in Uttar Pradesh. He declared that it was the time to bring in “MaSuKa or Manav Suraksha Kanoon” which is the only way to stop the lynching. 


Sitharam Yechury, the hero of Indian unemployed comrades, while enjoying his free time after losing relevance in Indian politics, also peddled the same fake news. He targetted the BJP for ‘fuelling hatred’ and ‘protecting’ them.


Ashish Joshi, a suspended bureaucrat who threatened AAP rebel leader Kapil Mishra in his personal capacity on an official letterhead, too tried to spread fake news regarding the death of an army officer by declaring it as a ‘mob lynching’ without even knowing the basic details of the case.


Congress trolls and supporters seem to have waited so long to take their vengeance against Smriti Irani for humiliating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.


Journalist Prashant Kanojia who had earlier equated Dalits to animals, also shared false propaganda on social media platforms to communalise the incident.


The fake news phenomenon is not just limited to A-grade trolls and journalists. Even Islamists had an opportunity to be part of the propaganda.


However, truth is far from what the fearmongers are propagating. The 64-year-old retired Army captain Amanullah Khan was found dead in Amethi on Sunday.

He and his wife were attacked in their house by unidentified assailants during a robbery contrary to the claims that he was lynched for being a Muslim.


The police have said that Captain Amanullah and his wife 58-year old Ameena were sleeping when they noticed some people picking up the scrap outside their house at Gordian Ka Purwa village around 2 am.

“When they objected and tried to alert other villagers, the assailants tied them up and started hitting Amanullah with sticks. An injury on the head proved fatal,” said Prahlad Singh, a police officer.

Rajesh Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Amethi said that the deceased and his wife were sleeping in verandah of their newly-constructed house when some thieves tried to steal road construction material of a contractor kept in a vacant area outside the house. As Amanullah raised an alarm, thieves thrashed him to death.

However, why would facts get into the way of propagandists who have an agenda?

Kerala: Youth Congress workers ‘purify’ the spot with cow dung-mixed water after Dalit MLA does a sit-in protest

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Kerala: Youth Congress workers ‘purify’ the spot with cow dung-mixed water after Dalit MLA does a sit-in protest

In a shocking incident, a group of Youth Congress workers from Kerala’s Thrissur district ‘purified’ a venue by sprinkling cow dung-mixed water after a Dalit MLA had staged a sit-in protest.


According to the reports, the incident occurred on Saturday when CPI’s Dalit MLA from Nattika constituency, Geetha Gopi was protesting in front of the Public Works Department (PWD) office over the poor condition of the Thriprayar to Cherpu road. She had ended her protests after she got the assurance from the Public Works Department (PWD) officials regarding the maintenance work.

After the Dalit MLA left the spot, a group of Youth Congress workers reportedly reached the protest venue and allegedly sprinkled cow dung-mixed water to ‘purify the spot’.

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CPI MLA Geetha Gopi has filed a complaint with Cherpu police against caste discrimination by the Congress workers. She also said that said she will file a complaint with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala Assembly speaker P Sreeramakrishnan. The CPI leader alleged that Cherpu Gram Panchayat president was involved in this casteist incident.

“The Congress workers should’ve resorted to many other democratic ways of protest, they sprinkled the cow dung mix water on the protest site only to harass a Dalit woman lawmaker,” Geetha Gopi said.

Kerala Cultural Minister AK Balan lashed out at the Youth Congress activists and alleged such so-called purification ceremony was usually seen in north India. “Such acts are normally seen in north India. It cannot be accepted,” he said.

Health Minister KK Shylaja also condemned the incident and said the act against the MLA showed the ‘political culture’ of the protesters. “It’s criminal and highly condemnable that the Congress workers poured cow dung-mixed waters at a place where a protest was held democratically,” Shailaja said.

Fake ‘hate crime’ in UP: Chandauli Police denies allegations that Muslim boy was set on fire for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’

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Fake ‘hate crime’ in UP: Chandauli Police denies allegations that Muslim boy was set on fire for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Chandauli Police in Uttar Pradesh has denied the allegations that the 17-year-old boy Khalid was beaten up and set on fire for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’.


According to police, the eyewitness saw him set himself on fire. The police said that the boy gave two contradictory statements regarding the incident, both of which were found to be false. Chandauli Police found it suspicious and monitored the CCTV footage where he claimed he was. However, as per the police, he was not found in the CCTV footage. “It seemed he had been tutored,” the police said.

The police claims that in one of his statement, the boy had gone for a run at Mandrarkpur village where four people met him, beat him up, threw kerosene on him and set him on fire. SP Chandauli Police Santosh Kumar Singh said that when he talked to him at the hospital, the boy said the incident took place in Chhatel village which was in opposite direction. It was also about 1.5-2 kms from the village he had earlier claimed.

The police said that the boy said the same version of incident to the doctor as well. However, when he was referred to BHU, he informed the police officer accompanying him that he was intercepted by men on a motorbike at Dudhari Pulia. He added that he was forcefully made to sit on the motorbike and took him to ‘Bhatija mod’ which is in yet another opposite direction. He added that there he was dragged into a field and set ablaze.

The police added that it became suspicious when he gave three different versions of the story.

SP Chandauli Police also mentioned that in 2017 some Muslim youths from the Syedraja police station, the jurisdiction under which the incident falls under, got into a brawl with some youths from Mandrarkpur village which the boy mentioned in his first statement. One of the names Khalid mentioned was one Sunil. Sunil hails from Mandrarkpur who was going to file a complaint against the Muslim boys. This further raised the suspicion.

The police further stated that they checked CCTV footage of all the routes Khalid mentioned in all his statements but they could not see him in any of the locations.

The police mentions that they then went on the direction he had not mentioned in any of his claims. From the CCTV camera of one of the residents, Khalid could be spotted at around 5:15 the boy could be spotted walking in burnt condition. The eyewitness who saw the boy said that they mistook him for someone who was coming after fishing and was covered in sand.

The police team then tried to investigate further and went in the direction the boy was seen coming from. About 2 kms further at Saraiya village, there was a dargah where one of his yellow slippers was found. Khalid’s burnt clothes were also found there. The police says that when they were investigating, right across the dargah one Dinesh Maurya, who works as a hawker said that around 4:25 am, when he was distributing newspapers, it was drizzling. He said that one mad person was setting himself on fire and running around. Maurya says he went after the burning boy for a few metres before the boy started running in different direction.

Hence, it was quite clear there Khalid made up the story to perhaps to wrongly accuse someone. The police says that this appears to be a well thought out conspiracy to give it a communal and religious angle through social media. The police has said it will take strict action against anyone who tries to communalise this incident.

This is not the first time a ‘hate crime’ has turned out to be fake. Two weeks back, several media houses had reported that one Imam (Muslim cleric) called Imlaq-Ur-Rehman was assaulted by men and was made to chant Jai Shri Ram. The report also mentioned that his beard was pulled by the assailants and that the police has booked 12 people in connection with this case. OpIndia reached out to Baghpat SP who has categorically rubbished the claims and asserted that Imam Imlaq-Ur-Rehman was not made to chant Jai Shri Ram, his beard was not pulled and there was no religious undertone to this assault. He asserted that this was a case of a petty brawl between some men and the Imam.

Recently in various cities, there have been incidents of violence after Friday prayers by Muslim mobs protesting against “mob lynchings” and alleged incidents of Muslims being forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, though many of such claims have been found to be either false or unverified.

Ira Trivedi is being forced to lie because the gravy train that rewarded anti-Hindu hate has finally come to an end

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Ira Trivedi is being forced to lie because the gravy train that rewarded anti-Hindu hate has finally come to an end

Yoga instructor Ira Trivedi has been put in a desperate spot. After Doordarshan had announced a re-run of her Yoga programme, several of her anti-Hindu and downright hateful views on Hinduism had gone viral on social media. As a result, OpIndia had reported that the re-runs of her show had been pulled off the air by DD National vide an explicit ‘instruction’ and other DD channels had been sent an advisory against running her show.

After the brouhaha, Ira Trivedi had first tried to apologise and assert that she is deeply rooted in Hinduism. When that did not work, now, she has resorted to blatant lying.

Ira Trivedi took to Twitter to disown her own tweet where she had proclaimed that the Quran is a progressive text while modern Hinduism is regressive.


After hastily purging her Twitter account, Ira Trivedi is now attempting to convince people that the Tweet where she hailed the Quran as progressive and modern Hinduism as regressive, is a fake tweet. However, as it is said, the internet never forgets.

While Ira Trivedi uses a specific image to allege that there is no timestamp on the tweet, there are several images of here 2017 tweet where the time and date are clearly mentioned.

Further, several people pointed out to Ira Trivedi that the original tweet link also exists, though it now shows that the tweet has been deleted.


Others also pointed out that even if that tweet by Ira Trivedi was discounted, she has voiced similar anti-Hindu sentiments in other tweets and interviews of hers.


While Ira has chosen to lie and obfuscate after her views were exposed, one has to pause and wonder why Ira felt the need to do so.

Ira is the granddaughter of Congress leader and ex-union minister VC Shukla. He was the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the Indira Gandhi government and a close associate of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi. During his tenure, he was notorious for muzzling the press. He was the Congress leader who banned Kishor Kumar’s songs from AIR and Doordarshan.

It is not unknown that Ira has long held the views that she is now being called out for. The tweet of hers which she falsely claims is fake is from 2017 and several other tweets of hers which are far older. What is it that changed for her to defend herself to this extent, even if it meant lying blatantly?

It is rather evident that earlier, such malicious views that defamed the Hindu culture were not only tolerated but rather rewarded. In 2017, Ira had shot 60 episodes with Doordarshan. This was about the same time that she had propagated eating Beef and called modern Hinduism a regressive religion based on nothing but conjecture. She was then allowed to cash in on a practice that is deeply rooted in Hinduism itself – Yoga.

However, times have changed. While there are several discussions that have taken place on the merits and demerits of several practices across religions, Hindus have begun to push back against the constant and needless vilification of their religion. On the part of the establishment too, there seems to be an attitudinal change that is helping course correct.

Doordarshan categorically and unequivocally distanced themselves from Ira Trivedi after her views went viral.

The show by Ira Trivedi that was set to be aired on DD National was a re-run of previously recorded episodes and DD National was instructed to discontinue airing the re-runs of the show hosted by Ira Trivedi. Other Doordarshan channels were sent advisories to that effect.

The series that was hosted by Ira Trivedi was produced by Doordarshan Delhi as part of a series of different yoga programmes produced to highlight yoga prior to the International day of yoga in 2017. The series comprised of 60 episodes, the reruns of which have now been pulled off-air.

While earlier these views would have been rewarded, now, that gravy train that was monopolised by Left has come to an end, with Hindus not taking insults lying down and the establishment being more sensitive towards the needs of the majority and not just the minority sentiments.

Unnao rape victim, her lawyer critical after truck hits their car, had accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar last year

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Unnao rape victim, her lawyer critical after truck hits their car, had accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar last year

The victim in the Uannao case, who had accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar of rape, is critical after a truck hit the vehicle she was travelling in yesterday. As per reports, the incident took place while the victim was travelling to Raebareli with her aunts and her lawyer Mahendra Singh.


As per reports, the vehicle collided with a truck going in the opposite direction towards Lalganj in UP. The victim’s aunts had received fatal injuries. Advocate Vimal Kumar Yadav, a junior of the victim’s lawyer Mahendra Singh, was quoted by ANI saying that the victim’s aunts had succumbed to their injuries soon. The victim and the lawyer are critical.

The truck reportedly hit the vehicle near the turning at Sultanpur Kheda village in the Lalganj-Raebareli highway. The victim, her lawyer and others were reportedly travelling to Raebareli to meet the victim’s uncle who is imprisoned in Raebereli jail in charges for assaulting Kuldeep Sengar’s brother Atul Sengar.

The victim and her lawyer are being treated at the King George Medical University and Trauma Centre in Lucknow.

Rajiv Krishnan, ADG, Lucknow Zone has stated that the truck has been seized by the police and the driver has been arrested. The police have requested the victim’s family to lodge an FIR in this regard.

The victim’s sister has reportedly alleged that the truck hit is a conspiracy by the rape accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar.

It is notable here that the victim was provided with police security since last year. However, as per reports, the police team deployed for her security was not accompanying her when the accident occurred. MK Verma, the SP in Unnao has stated to ANI that the police are investigating as to why the security guards were not present with the victim yesterday.

The Unnao rape case had made headlines in April last year when the victim had accused that she was raped by Kuldeep Sengar and his associates back in 2017 but Sengar has been avoiding arrest due to his political influence. The case has been riddled with many accusations, counter-accusations and instances of clashes and assault between the victim’s family and Sengar’s associates.

The victim’s father had died under mysterious circumstances while under police custody. The victim was then assured full security after she threatened to immolate herself in front of the chief minister’s residence. 2 police officers and 4 constables were suspended after the incident.

Kuldeep Sengar’s brother Atul was arrested soon after the death of the victim’s father. MLA Kuldeep Sengar had stated that the case is a political conspiracy against him. On 12 April last year, the case was handed over to the CBI. The CBI had arrested Kuldeep Sengar the very next day after a long interrogation.

Sengar is presently lodged in Sitapur jail. A woman named Shashi Singh is also named in the case by the victim as a co-accused for abetting the rape.

The Unnao rape case had brought the state machinery, the local police and even some members of the judiciary under heavy criticism. The Allahabad High Court had questioned the police’s delay in arresting MLA Sengar. The victim had stated in the FIR against Sengar that she was raped by Kuldeep and his associates on June 4, 2017, when she had gone to meet him seeking a job.

Kuldeep Sengar is a BJP MLA from Bangarmau. He had joined BJP in 2017 after a ten-year stint with Samajwadi Party. He had first become an MLA from Unnao Sadar on a BSP ticket. He had joined SP later and had won the Bangarmau seat in 2007 and Bhagwant Nagar seat in 2012. He had joined BJP in 2017 and won the Bangermau seat.

Shashi Tharoor speaks out on President-mukt Congress, suggests democratic ‘elections’ in a party which epitomises dynasty politics

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Shashi Tharoor speaks out on President-mukt Congress, suggests democratic ‘elections’ in a party which epitomises dynasty politics

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said that delay in ‘electing’ a new party president has hurt the party. He said that not having a top leadership gives an impression of drift and indecision.


Tharoor said that some ‘very well known names’ have told him the same thing but haven’t gone public with their views. He even suggested a plan of action on what the Congress could do till the new President is ‘elected’. Tharoor suggested an interim president could be appointed to start with, or at least get someone who is authorised to take decisions. “So if somebody like Goa opposition leader leaves with most of the party, someone should be there to stop, persuade, argue, to do something rather than it just happening,” he said.

Tharoor further added how during the Karnataka crisis where the Congress-JD(S) government collapsed last week, there was no national leader helping Congress leader DK Shivakumar. “It’s important to open up the process because right now, a lot of people are losing faith in us because of what has happened,” Tharoor said.

In an even more surprising move, Tharoor actually called for an election to elect the party president. In December 2017, Rahul Gandhi was elected the party president ‘unopposed’. Tharoor suggested that elections be held within the party where the AICC or PCC members could be asked to vote for the next president. If that happens, it would be the first time in decades the party will have elections to elect the party president.

Prior to Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi held the top post in the party which she got after Sitaram Kesri was unceremoniously removed from the post. On March 14, 1998, Congress Working Committee decided to ask Kesri to step down so Sonia could take over. He was reportedly locked up in the bathroom at Congress headquarters in Akbar Road so he could not stop Sonia from entering the office with her supporters to take over as party president.

Congress has been without a party president since Rahul Gandhi resigned from the top post after the 2019 general elections debacle. Rahul not only lost the ‘family seat’ of Amethi to BJP’s Smriti Irani but could not even help revive the party which was again contained at 52 MPs. Rahul Gandhi had chosen to contest from the ‘safe seat’ Wayanad, from where he won. However, the victory had little in it for him to celebrate.

Following his resignation, first his supporters protested and senior leaders tried to persuade him to take back his resignation. Then Rahul was a little upset that only he resigned but other senior leaders in the party continued to hold their posts as district and state presidents. So then even they resigned. Some Congress leaders also hinted that they are eager to help revive the party.

Amidst all this, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, bats for democracy in a party that has thrived and flourished only on dynasty.

Dhinchak Pooja is back with another musical masterpiece, ‘Naach ke pagal ho jao’ takes YouTube by storm

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Dhinchak Pooja is back with another musical masterpiece, ‘Naach ke pagal ho jao’ takes YouTube by storm

In a world of remakes, relaunches, dubbings and one useless star-kid being launched after another, Dhinchak Pooja comes as a breath of fresh air. Not only is she super confident and original, she is also insanely talented and innovative.

Dhinchak Pooja’s new song is called “Pagal ho ke naacho, Naach ke pagal ho jao’. Its groovy lyrics, brilliant background scores and Pooja’s dance moves with two unknown background dancers have got the entire social media talking, analysing, criticising and obsessing over Pooja like she is the next Congress president.

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Pooja is so popular that she has also got sponsorship for her new music video. The song opens with Pooja grooving with two of her lady friends. The ladies are probably unaccustomed to the local weather of the location where Pooja has shot the video because Pooja is dressed for the winter while her dancing companions are clearly ready for the gym on a hot summer day.


Pooja’s song is full of deep philosophy and serious advice for the general public. The lyrics ask viewers to dance like mad and go mad dancing. The people in the video also seem to follow her advise as they have dived into a pool that clearly displays a ‘no diving’ sign.

She is also promoting entrepreneurship in her video. Pooja says, “Paan ki dukan kholo, sabko choona lagao.”


Pooja should be hailed for her deeply inspirational video that promotes stress-busting and relaxation techniques. She says, “Jahan bhi mile khatiya, chaddar taan ke sojao.” We at OpIndia are going to take this advice quite seriously and whenever our editor asks us how long for the article to be ready, we send her this song.

The hatred and criticism that Pooja is getting for the new song is the evidence of the fact that she has made an impact and had shown the utmost liberal act of showing dissent against the majority. She is infinitely more talented than placard-carrying liberals who just copy each other’s text in their placards, underline the same words and pose with the same dumb expression.

This is not the first time that Pooja has showed her dedication for the problems of the society and common Indians. In another song, Pooja laments over the problems faced by every single young person in the country. The lyrics are

“Gharwalon ne maara chaanta

Khatam ho gaya aata

Jeb main na thi koudi

Aur khatam ho gaya data”

(My family members slapped me, the wheat flour is finished. My pockets are empty and I have no data packs for internet).

Pooja is revolutionary. She has also stood up against toxic patriarchy when she exposed her father’s reluctance to give her cash in one of her previous songs. She has also demonstrated her love for two-wheelers when the entire world is going gaga over cars. She called her scooter as ‘Dilon ka shooter’.

Pooja should be the ultimate feminist icon. She is independent, creative and she refuses to be suppressed by the society’s set standards of melody and tune. Pooja’s music is as revolutionary as Mamata Banerjee’s paintings and Tej Pratap Yadav’s get-ups. We salute Dhinchak Pooja for her timeless, tuneless, terrific musical talent.

Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar disqualifies 14 rebel MLAs

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Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar disqualifies 14 rebel MLAs

The Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar disqualified 14 MLAs under the anti-defection bill. They would be disqualified until the end of the assembly term.


The 14 MLAs include Byrathi Basavaraj, Munirathna, ST Somashekar, Roshan Baig, Anand Singh, MTB Nagaraj, BC Patil, Prathap Gouda Patil, Dr Sudhakar, Shivaram Hebbar, Shrimant Patil of the Congress party and K Gopalaiah, Narayana Gowda, and AH Vishwanath of the JD(S).

The speaker had on Thursday disqualified three Congress MLAs namely R Shankar, Ramesh Jarkiholi and Mahesh Kumathalli. He said that he would take the decision on the other MLAs within a few days.

In a press conference today the speaker said, “They had sought a time of four weeks. We had given notice to them but they did not come and meet me. The respondents hence cease to be members of this assembly with immediate effect till the end of the 15th Legislative Assembly”.

The move comes a day ahead of chief minister B S Yeddyurappa moving the confidence motion in the assembly to prove his majority. Yeddyurappa took oath on Friday after the Congress-JD(S) fell on Tuesday after it lost the trust vote in the assembly. The coalition government had lost the majority after 16 MLAs from both the parties had turned rebel and resigned from the assembly.

The BJP have condemned the speaker’s decision. BJP leader AS Patil Nadahalli said, “Speaker’s decision is illegal and undemocratic. The MLAs met him and gave the resignation. Their signatures were voluntary and genuine. This is a dark day for Karnataka politics.”

The Congress-JD(S) was facing an impending collapse after 21 MLAs had resigned from the Cabinet. The coalition collapsed after it lost a trust vote in the assembly on Thursday.

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