Advisor, Inter State Water, Govt of Kerala and Former Chief Engineer (Civil) KSEBL. I love to crunch data, when I am not with a book/camera or don't travel
Kerala, India
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The Indus water will continue to flow due to gravity to Pakistan, since India has no storage structures on its tributaries Jhelum, Indus and Chenab to prevent the flow to downstream.
In nutshell, freezing a treaty doesn't alter gravity flow 😎
James Wilson retweeted
Good day to read my magnum opus ‘Performative Justice: The Equivocations of DY Chandrachud’ for The Caravan magazine.
Edited by the brilliant @psen9.
CJI Chandrachud Used To Seek Government's Pre-Approval Before Collegium Discussed Names For Judicial Appointments : Justice Kaul
Justice Kaul said CJI Chandrachud was too deferential to the Government in appointment matters.
livelaw.in/top-stories/cji-c…
James Wilson retweeted
CJI Chandrachud Asked Me To Take 'Middle Path' In PMLA Case; Was Under Pressure To Remove Judges Appointment Matter From Me : Justice Kaul |@1Simranbakshi
Justice Kaul said he had conveyed his objection to the CJI.
livelaw.in/top-stories/j-kau…
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Why is Gyanesh Kumar Gupta blocking transparency in the electoral process as though it were evidence from a crime scene and he were the criminal?
Is it because he is a criminal of the highest order who has subverted democracy and committed treason, and now cannot afford to let the truth come out?
But oh wait, the truth has already come out. And there is no way for Gyanesh Babu to hide his deeds and escape their consequences now.
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Are more than 50 right wing goons threatening with violence right outside the mandir marg police station not a "breach of peace" for the Delhi Police?
This hooliganism is being enabled while peaceful protestors are being framed as disruptors in the imagination of the people.
James Wilson retweeted
हो गया एक और फ़्रॉड!
10,470 वोटरों के नाम फ़र्ज़ी तरीके से बदल दिए गए, जबकि पिछली बार जीत का अंतर सिर्फ़ 6,970 वोट था।
ये सिर्फ़ पीलीभीत की कहानी है या पूरे यूपी की?
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@KanwalSibal
I have been trolled by two rupee trolls for years. Should I feel privileged to be trolled by a former Foreign Secretary?
James Wilson retweeted
A BJP booth level agent filed 5,359 Form 7 objections in Uttarakhand’s Kichha, mostly seeking the deletion of Muslim voters’ names.
He claimed the ERO initially refused to accept the bulk objections but accepted them after he complained to the ECI.
Investigation by @AshwineSingh and @Basantrajsonu
newslaundry.com/2026/10/24/u…
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Reports coming in that phone numbers of young protesters are now being barred by the government.
Why is Modi so scared of democratic protests? And for how long can such tactics work? Government of India is at war with its own citizens.
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सब कुछ आपके सामने है। यूपी में वोटर लिस्ट तो आंध्र में नोमिनेशन रोको अभियान। इस तरह से चुनाव हो रहा है। इसे भी सही ठहराने के लिए लोग सत्तर के दशक की कहानी खोज लाएंगे।
James Wilson retweeted
"Three Muslim-majority border districts are hardest hit. The EC has not disclosed why these appeals have been filed or who is seeking the removal of over 14 lakh voters - even after tribunals cleared them."
India is being “governed” by a bunch of petty thieves.
Election Commission Seeks to Remove Half the Bengal Voters Judges Have Cleared For Inclusion | @chhuti_is reports
m.thewire.in/article/politic… via @thewire_In
James Wilson retweeted
India has never invested in cyber security. As a country Nandan Nilekani told us we don't need to regulate IT. Aadhaar leaks, it is conspiracy. Voter deletions with software, it is conspiracy. SBI data leak, conspiracy eMudra is a conspiracy. Where is Data Protection Board?
James Wilson retweeted
How Mr Gyanesh Kumar Was Appointed The Chief Election Commissioner?
“He was not even found fit for the Additional Secretary panel. Later he was also found unfit for the Secretary panel.”
In a wide-ranging interview with me for the London Vārta podcast, former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi turns his attention to the man currently under fire from the opposition in India: Gyanesh Kumar, the serving CEC.
So how did he get the job? Mr Quraishi does not mince his words.
He says: “What is known about this gentleman is that he was very close to Amit Shah. Extremely close—he worked under him in the Home Ministry. He was one of the architects of the removal of Article 370 in Kashmir… Besides that, when the Ram Mandir Trust was being formed, he was the one who set it up.”
“According to reports, he was not even found fit for the Additional Secretary panel. Later he was also found unfit for the Secretary panel. But because he had worked so closely with Amit Shah… pressure was applied… and he was made Secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation, of which Amit Shah was the minister.”
On the formal selection process itself: “In 2023, the selection of the Chief Election Commissioner had to be made… under the new Act the government called three people to consider the names. One was Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He nominated Amit Shah—the person closest to him, his companion—and the Leader of the Opposition. And Gyanesh Kumar was selected.”
The full conversation, covering the Election Commission, the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, and much more, is on the London Vārta podcast.
#cineinkpodcast #LondonVārta #syquraishi #GyaneshKumar #ElectionCommission
James Wilson retweeted
Yeah right! "Democracy in Andhra Pradesh is alive and thriving" @naralokesh 👏🏼👏🏼
Here's a live example. While YSRCP MPTC candidates were submitting their nomination papers for Local Body Elections to the election officer, TDP leader entered the election officer's room, snatches nomination forms from the hands of the returning officer and discards them.
A record of over 22,800 nominations have been filed for the urban local body elections across Andhra Pradesh. Candidates from every party, every community and every corner of the state have stepped forward. Democracy in Andhra Pradesh is alive and thriving.
Those who cry foul before a single vote is cast should remember: elections are won in the field, not at press meets. Face the people, the people will decide.
James Wilson retweeted
बताइये मज़ाक चल रहा है। अच्छा है सुप्रीम कोर्ट की नज़र नहीं पड़ रही है।
नाम :- अफ़ज़ल अहमद
पिता का नाम:- मोहम्मद इकबाल भीख माँगते हैं
कल चुनाव है और आज ये एक और वोट की पर्ची मेरे एक साथी ने मुझे भेजी ….
कल जब मैंने ऐसी ही कई वोटरों के नाम की स्लिप दिखाया तो @ceoup ने कहा की आज दोपहर तक जाँच करके अधिकारी बतायेंगे की ये कैसे हुआ लेकिन अभी तक जाँच का कोई अता पता नहीं है ।
लेकिन ऐसे नाम अब तक कई निकल कर आ गए हैं..
James Wilson retweeted
Is anyone accountable? Can't the CJI and the SC see this or are they pretending to be blind?
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The dance of democracy in Andhra Pradesh!
A woman’s nomination papers were snatched from her hands as AP police officers stood by, watching without intervening.
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In September, @IndianExpress' investigation revealed that two Election Commissioners had written separately to the Cabinet Secretary seeking action against a senior officer inside the EC.
What happened to those letters is now on record.
File notings obtained under RTI by Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd) show the Cabinet Secretariat discussed the letters on August 3 & 4, then decided to do nothing beyond acknowledging them.
The reasoning? Sandhu and Joshi had written in their individual capacity, not as the Commission.
“In the absence of any official communication from the Commission as a whole, any action at this stage may be inappropriate. It may also be construed as interference in the functioning of the Constitutional Body.”
The Commission, as our investigation has shown, had not met as a full body for FOUR months.
indianexpress.com/article/in… via @IndianExpress
