New Delhi: The monsoon is delayed in India, but there in Trump’s town of Washington it’s been raining heavily that resulted in heavy water-logging. Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi took some comfort from this to defend the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation that was criticized for flooding in Mumbai after monsoon downpours.
Oops! Damn, can’t even blame it on @mybmc
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) July 8, 2019
Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress communications in-charge, is sad — he laments Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi’s decision to draft in CBI and Delhi police officers to watch Supreme Court staffers.
Supreme Court is the conscience keeper of democracy & the final vestige against an autocratic police state.
Amongst the saddest days in republic when even SC requires Police & CBI to man its own administration for executing the constitutional guarantees!https://t.co/3tQjOWmYQL
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) July 8, 2019
Conversely, with his son off the hook, BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya is in a cheery mood, taking jibes at the Congress over its Karnataka crisis.
दो पार्टियाँ, दो अभियान !!!
देश में इन दिनों दो राजनीतिक अभियानों की जबरदस्त धूम है! भाजपा के 'सदस्यता अभियान' की और कांग्रेस के 'इस्तीफ़ा अभियान' की!
— Kailash Vijayvargiya (@KailashOnline) July 8, 2019
And, first-time Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty can barely contain her excitement after meeting an ‘icon’. Guess who?
An icon of of nation grew up seeing him such a humble human being from heart nd soul..
Obliged sir fan moment really @RajatSharmaLive @indiatvnews
See u all on saturday 10pm pic.twitter.com/mtOHc8Hb1I— Mimssi (@mimichakraborty) July 9, 2019
American politician Elizabeth Warren attacks the gender-pay gaps in the US. Perhaps, she has been following US women’s soccer team captain Megan Rapinoe, who has been calling for equal pay in sports.
For every dollar white men made in 2017:
▪️ Black women made 61 cents
▪️ Native women made 58 cents
▪️ Latinas made 53 centsOn day one of a Warren administration, I will take executive action to boost wages for women of color. Here’s how: https://t.co/qpzW3XDjT4
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) July 9, 2019
Many prominent BJP leaders congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s student wing, ABVP, on its 70th foundation day, including Home Minister Amit Shah, and Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
छात्रशक्ति को राष्ट्रशक्ति मान अपनी राष्ट्रवादी विचारधारा से देश के युवाओं को राष्ट्रसेवा और राष्ट्रीय पुनर्निर्माण के लिए प्रेरित करने वाले विश्व के सबसे बड़े छात्र संगठन ‘अखिल भारतीय विद्यार्थी परिषद’ के स्थापना दिवस पर परिषद के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं को हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ। pic.twitter.com/lzMiUHBRvT
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 9, 2019
विश्व के सबसे बड़े छात्र संघटन, अखिल भारतीय विद्यार्थी परिषद के 70 वे स्थापना दिवस पर शुभकामनाएं।#ABVP #ABVPFoundationDay pic.twitter.com/fL3oNFCpCK
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) July 9, 2019
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot called out the NDA government for allowing drilling in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana. We appreciate the concern for the environment, sir.
NDA's decision to allow drilling in Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana is unfortunate.All talk of plantation & conserving nature is hollow, if clearance is given to destroy a tiger habitat.Destroying flora n fauna in name of exploration shd not b permittedhttps://t.co/bBbrzlfihg
— Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) July 8, 2019
Over the last few weeks, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has dedicated himself to exposing the government’s economic performance. Today, he is angered by fudged GDP numbers.
This is why most of us believe that GDP data over the past 5 years is being fudged, as stated by the former CEA himself. If GDP were to rise, so would taxes and so would the availability of jobs. Neither has happened. pic.twitter.com/c1Db8it6Dh
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) July 9, 2019
Kavita Krishnan, AIPWA secretary and CPI(ML) politbureau member, is in activist mode as she demands action against an officer who is forcing Dalit manual scavengers to eat sitting next to garbage.
Others dump stinking garbage, Dalit sanitation workers sort it by hand & clean it. Imposing humiliating punishment – forcing them to eat next to stinking garbage – is a caste atrocity.
Book this officer under the Prevention of Atrocities Act. Support @aicctukar workers' struggle pic.twitter.com/d4mwckubeY— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) July 9, 2019
It took something very fishy to stir up RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav who’s been very quiet ever since the Lok Sabha results.
मानसुन में बिहार के अस्पतालों में मछली तैरे या मगरमच्छ, सरकार को थोड़े फ़र्क़ पड़ता है? बिहार की गंभीर रूप से बीमार स्वास्थ्य सेवा को ख़ुद इलाज, दवाओं और दुआओं की आवश्यकता है। सरकार की कोई ज़िम्मेवारी नहीं क्योंकि मानसून है तो परेशानी,नहीं है तो चमकी बुखारhttps://t.co/uhtYSlSrU2
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) July 8, 2019
With inputs from Pia Krishnankutty