New Delhi: Nirmala Sitharaman, who took over as finance minister from Arun Jaitley who passed away Saturday, shared a ‘shishya’s tribute’ to him, along with a wonderful photograph of the BJP leader. See for yourself.
A shishya’s tribute | The Indian Express https://t.co/HnHbFAx3FI
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) August 26, 2019
Anurag Thakur, minister of state for finance & corporate affairs, waxed poetic in a tribute to the former Union minister. Read on.
अरुण(सूर्य) कभी अस्त नहीं होता,बस वो शाम के धुंधलके तले हमारी नज़रों से ओझल हो जाता है।
उसकी ऊष्मा,ऊर्जा और शुद्धता शास्वत है।
आप यहीं हैं,हमारे बीच.अपनी वाणी से,तेज़ से,ज्ञान से,आह्वाहन से,कर्म से,धर्म से पीढ़ियों के लिए ऊर्जा स्त्रोत और मार्गदर्शक के रूप में।
अरुण नश्वर है??
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) August 25, 2019
Sushmita Dev, Congress, asked how would India face the world after rendering lakhs of people stateless following the publication of the National Register of Citizens in Assam. The question can be answered only post 31 August, which is the deadline for the final NRC.
The NRC will be out on 31st August.
Undoubtedly genuine citizens are left out.
How is India going to face the world after creating lacs of stateless people.
Bangladesh won’t take them back. Till date, they deny illegal migration into India. https://t.co/EePwGExB45— Sushmita Dev (@sushmitadevinc) August 26, 2019
And in happier news, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, along with many other senior politicians, extended warm congratulations to badminton star P.V. Sindhu for becoming the first Indian to win a gold at the BWF World Championships.
Congratulations to PV Sindhu on her historic win at the #BWFWorldChampionships pic.twitter.com/q7T1tAXWIh
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 25, 2019
Shiva Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi revealed how social media websites, apart from Twitter, were conspiring to make her do something. And it’s not related to politics, either…
When all social media websites I use, (except for dear twitter which only trolls me for everything else but my fitness) conspire and get together to send me a reminder to workout. ?? pic.twitter.com/3Q2tZR4QwR
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) August 25, 2019
What do Ben Stokes and the Indian rupee have in common? Read Congress’s Sanjay Jha who compared India’s currency to the English cricketer — he singlehandedly clinched victory for England Sunday in the third Test match.
The rupee is doing a Ben Stokes.
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) August 26, 2019
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra came out in support of the IAS officer who quit his post to protest against the communication blockade in Jammu and Kashmir. She quoted Nobel Laureate Czesław Miłosz to strengthen her argument.
“In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.”
― Czesław Miłosz, Polish poet & writer.
Nobel Prize lecture, 8 Dec, 1980. https://t.co/e7s141o6Rr
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) August 26, 2019
Yogendra Yadav, president of Swaraj India party, enjoyed some `plainspeak ‘on the Press Council of India’s stance on the communication blockade in Kashmir.
God to read some plain speak on the shameful role of the Press Council of India on doing the opposite of what it should have done in Kashmir.
Thanks @the_hindu
https://t.co/gCrlV64QYR— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) August 26, 2019
Nowadays, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is goodwill and peace towards all – read her tribute to Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa on the latter’s birth anniversary Monday.
“Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.”
Fondly remembering Mother Teresa (Saint Teresa of Calcutta) on her birth anniversary
মাদার টেরিজার জন্মবার্ষিকীতে জানাই শ্রদ্ধা ও প্রণাম pic.twitter.com/a19kkSQRu2
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 26, 2019
In a string of tweets, BSP President Mayawati cited B.R. Ambedkar’s opposition to Article 370. She also suggested that the visit of opposition leaders, led by Rahul Gandhi, to Kashmir, Saturday was ill timed.
3. ऐसे में अभी हाल ही में बिना अनुमति के कांग्रेस व अन्य पार्टियों के नेताओं का कश्मीर जाना क्या केन्द्र व वहां के गवर्नर को राजनीति करने का मौका देने जैसा इनका यह कदम नहीं है? वहाँ पर जाने से पहले इस पर भी थोड़ा विचार कर लिया जाता, तो यह उचित होता।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) August 26, 2019