New Delhi: US Senator and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris is not one to pull her punches and she didn’t disappoint again Friday, with some choice words for US President Donald Trump. Read on.
Predators bully their victims. They seek to intimidate and instill fear. And let’s be honest: we have a predator living in the White House. pic.twitter.com/nrSgFtq3GF
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 12, 2019
Pope Francis offered his condolences to Vincent Lambert, the man at the centre of France’s national debate on passive euthanasia before his recent death. The Pope’s tweet is interesting in the context of the mercy killing debate.
May God the Father welcome Vincent Lambert in His arms. Let us not build a civilization that discards persons those whose lives we no longer consider to be worthy of living: every life is valuable, always.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) July 11, 2019
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader and daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Sharif’s live TV interview withHum News was reportedly pulled off air within minutes of its telecast. Former president Asif Ali Zardari interview had suffered a similar fate, last week. Another attempt to muzzle free speech by Prime Minister Imran Khan?
The part of my interview that was taken off air: https://t.co/I54BO5n0Jn
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) July 11, 2019
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal heaved a sigh of relief with the Supreme Court refusing to stay the order of installing CCTV cameras in government schools.
CCTV in schools is extremely important to ensure safety of students and bring transparency and accountability in the system. However, certain forces r trying to scuttle it right from the beginning. We r grateful to Hon’ble SC for refusing to stay the process https://t.co/eL6OKYuvkM
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 12, 2019
While CCTVs are being installed, fans are falling off the ceilings in Delhi government schools. Former cricketer and newly elected BJP MP Gautam Gambhir has a few brickbats to throw at AAP.
Children are India's future, but @ArvindKejriwal & @msisodia are playing with their education and their lives too. The fan which fell on Harsh's head at a GBSS is testimony to 'improved infra' being empty promises. I wish him a speedy recovery. pic.twitter.com/SCD5oK7sr3
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) July 10, 2019
And here’s someone else alleging that they were not allowed to speak: MLA from Vadgam, Gujarat Jignesh Mevani said he wasn’t allowed to speak about the Una incident, where a Dalit youth was flogged on charges of cow slaughter a year ago, in the Gujarat assembly.
"It has been 3 years since the shameful act of Una where Dalit youth were flogged on pretext of cow slaughter. I wanted to tell the House about its status. I wanted to speak on various several other instances of discrimination, but speaker won’t let me” https://t.co/gnNDPzQht3
— Jignesh Mevani (@jigneshmevani80) July 12, 2019
Extremely vocal on public forums, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Bannerjee has been rather quiet these days on Twitter, restricting her tweets to birthday greetings or anniversary messages. Too bland, Mamata di.
Tribute to Bimal Roy, legendary filmmaker, on his birth anniversary
প্রখ্যাত চিত্র পরিচালক বিমল রায়ের জন্মদিবসে শ্রদ্ধার্ঘ্য
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 12, 2019
National general secretary of BJP, Kailash Vijayvargiya had a cheeky response to some Congress leaders’ claim that that the party is witnessing a revival.
कांग्रेस के नेता आज कल बयान दे रहे है कि पार्टी पुनर्जन्म के दौर से गुजर रही है.
इन्हें पहले ये तो बताओ कि पुनर्जन्म के लिए पहले अच्छे कर्म करना पड़ते है और उससे पहले मरना पड़ता है…
— Kailash Vijayvargiya (@KailashOnline) July 11, 2019
First a cat and now a dog — national spokesperson of Congress, Sanjay Jha seems addicted to furry creatures. Here, he is with bow-wow at the BJP over Karnataka.
Even I want a private chartered plane to fly me to Renaissance Hotel, Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/bwGLi21Pkk
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) July 11, 2019