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Just the judiciary in India asking an Indian Muslim actor to apologise for participating in the protests. Else he will be asked to leave the country

One question from Nikhil Kamath and suddenly the entire North Indian ecosystem is busy lecturing the South on nationalism. But nobody seems interested in answering the actual question- What does Karnataka and the southern states get in return for their contribution to the Union? Nationalism shouldn't mean avoiding uncomfortable questions. Asking for fiscal fairness is not anti-nationalism. It's accountability.

Personally, I think it was a mistake for the @BJP4India Govt, to stop all the perks and housing benefits received by the Indian media from the govt, after it came to power in 2014. It has earned the BJP & the RSS, the unremitting hostility of the legacy media and its Woke counterparts abroad!

Nikhil Kamath questioned the returns Karnataka gets for its massive economic contribution. Suddenly, every outsider in karnataka enjoying the city's opportunities, infrastructure and high salaries has discovered their patriotism. 😂 Funny how nationalism becomes selective when Kannadigas demand their fair share of the taxes their state generates. Karnataka isn't asking for charity. It's demanding fairness. 💛❤️ #karnataka

Check all the pan-India events Rahul Gandhi has done since 2014. On April 30, 2015, Rahul Gandhi began a 15 km 'kisan padyatra' in Amrawati district, Maharashtra's Vidarbha region. In May 2015, he held a 15-km 'padyatra' in Adilabad district, Telangana. On July 24, 2015, Rahul Gandhi undertook a 'padyatra' in Andhra Pradesh's drought-hit Anantapur district. In September 2016, Gandhi undertook a ‘kisan mahayatra’ in Uttar Pradesh. The Jan Vedna Sammelan / Nationwide Demonetisation Protests in January 2017. He did the ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra’ in Punjab on October 4, 2020. He organised a pan-India Bharat Jodo Yatra from September 7, 2022 – January 30, 2023. The Haath Se Haath Jodo Abhiyan (January – March 2023). The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra began on January 14, 2024, in Thoubal, Manipur, and ended in Mumbai on March 20, 2024. He repeated the Samvidhan Bachao / Save the Constitution Campaigns in 2018 and 2024. Then came the Vote Adhikar Yatra, along with other leaders of the Mahagathbandhan, which culminated in Patna on September 1, 2025. Every time, the usual suspects say, "this time is different", "it feels unique, "this time it has young people and women". The fact is, they say the same thing every damn time. Their words don't even change now. This isn't analysis. This is a weird mix of hopium and copium. Look, I get that you want Rahul Gandhi to win. But say it openly, like I say I vote for the BJP and would prefer them to win. But even so, I set my BJP preference aside when I try to look at what might happen. I have stopped watching PM Modi's speeches by and large. I will make an exception here or there for word analysis in large models. I can predict what he will say and what Rahul Gandhi will say based on a solid speech model. But I am not foolish enough to think Mr Modi wins because of his speeches, or that Rahul keeps losing because of his speeches. Voters look at delivery, and they base their preference on that. Do not insult the Indian voter. The voter picks who he/she wants to pick and goes with them. Also, this isn't the first time the Indian opposition has filled Ramlila Maidan. Gosh, a giant chunk of Indians still vote for them. So that is the bare minimum any serious political outfit will achieve. FYI, Raj Thackeray also fills up Shivaji Park. That is a different matter; he cannot win elections. But again, Ramlila Maidan got full, and people started the usual copium and hopium. Please be better when you do any socio-political analysis. Look at things longitudinally. Look at past instances and then see what happened electorally after that. If your claim is that Rahul does these yatras to enthuse his own core base and cadre, then I am with you. Any good politician should do that. But everything else is bullshit, and it is my duty to point it out for folks who rely on such charlatans for analysis.

About yesterday - #RamlilaMaidanRally - Ramlila Maidan was packed to the rafters - Clear endorsement of Rahul Gandhi’s leadership of the INDIA alliance. - Unlike in the past, Congress was on the offensive,owning its attacks on the government. - Good rally management, Seva Dal deserving special mention. - Impressive cadre mobilisation across alliance partners. - Unseen iter-party cadre camaraderie - Launch of the Uttar Pradesh campaign. - A more united, cohesive and organised Opposition. Biggest achievement: not just mobilising, but energising and motivating the cadre for the battles ahead.

Your ignorance is not my problem. The fact that you sit there all day and still don’t know that Congress was issuing passes says a great deal about your competence as a reporter. Being a bad, incoherent reporter isn’t the worst thing in the world. Plenty of people are incompetent, and that’s perfectly fine. What is far worse is being a bad person- recording people without their knowledge, making personal remarks about others, and carrying tales from one person to another. Professional incompetence is one thing. A lack of personal integrity is quite another.

This is gold.... Well done @RitikaChandola

Bengalureans will decide who to fund. You are no one to question them.

Dear South Indians, North India is not as poor as you think Delhi- NCR is literally the highest GDP per capita income city in India Apart from that Jaipur,Udaipur,Chandigarh,Kanpur Lucknow,Dehradun,Shimla We have scenic views in Himalayas Let's stop hating each other❤️🫡🇮🇳

Hello, @TheCommuneMag, a word of advice. Using "Christutva" is wrong in more ways than one. Firstly, political Christianity is just Christianity: Christutva is redundant. Secondly, it muddles the philosophy of Hindutva. Thirdly, and more importantly, it reflects on Kansaratva.