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Meet ‘All-In-All’ Sumanth Raman, The Multi-Faceted ‘Doctor’ And ‘Neutral’ Commentator Who Simps For Rahul Gandhi & Congress

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Everyone in India and outside who follows Indian politics and watches Indian news at least once in a while would be aware of this gentleman who claims to be a neutral political commentator. But did you know that there are various shades to that neutrality? He is a compulsive commentator who wants to comment about everything under the sun. But he gets super excited and sometimes even jumps the gun when he targets the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His tirade against the Modi government is primarily attributed to his unceremonious removal as the host of BSNL Sports Quiz (a flop show that ran on taxpayer’s money) on Doordarshan in 2019 after he kept targeting the PM Modi and the BJP government. Did he expect that the government would cajole him if he keeps simping for Congress?

Read on to understand the multiple faces of a ‘doctor’ turned quiz master turned political commentator turned Congress simp – Sumanth Raman.

We give you examples of various aspects of Sumanth Raman as below:

Gandhi Family Simp Face

Yes, you read that right. Here, we present various instances of how Mr All-in-All did all he could to show his loyalty and support for the Gandhi family. Here are subdivisions of this main face:

Rahul Gandhi Simp Face

Have you noticed any comments from Sumanth Raman, especially after Rahul Gandhi started making comments on OBCs? After he asked for the caste census? No, nada, zilch! Nor does Sumanth Raman think it is necessary when Rahul Gandhi commits a faux pas. Why showcase his leader in a negative light?

On 21 February 2024, a few videos of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra surfaced on social media. In these videos, Rahul Gandhi is seen terrorising a volunteer with questions, inciting the crowd to target and assault a journalist, and nearly choking a volunteer by placing his arms around his neck. But Sumanth has nothing to say. He would rather comment on Modi and BJP.

There are absolutely no comments on this harassment by Rahul Gandhi from Sumanth Raman.

Nor did Sumanth Raman open his mouth to condemn Rahul Gandhi’s statement where he said, “India is not a nation but a union of states”. In fact, he supported his dear Rahul Gandhi by stating that it was already mentioned in the Constitution.

Sumanth Raman was among the first ones to laud Congress scion Rahul Gandhi when the verdict on the electoral bonds came in.

The same Sumanth Raman shifted goalposts when facts were presented in the electoral bonds issue. When a netizen asked him to comment on Congress receiving ₹952 crores as donations through electoral bonds, he shifted focus to DMK for receiving nearly half the amount (₹431 crores). He said a state party (in just a single state) received a large amount and implied that it could not be compared to a national party like the Congress.

Yet another time when he simped for Rahul Gandhi was last year when he wrote a lengthy note about the Wayanad MP. Some of the points in that post were typical of the fanboy type. Examples include, “Rahul appears sincere and does not spread divisiveness.” “…he does come across as a decent person. He meets the press fearlessly and regularly and does not shy away from the most uncomfortable of questions. Handles hecklers well, too, like he showed in the US.” He also batted for the “idea” that Rahul’s popularity was rising and that people were tired of Modi. 

When the Congress peddled propaganda that Prime Minister Modi was notified as an “OBC” only in 1999. Sumanth Raman jumped onto the bandwagon to say that Modi was not an OBC until that year. How clever!

He also supported Rahul by stating that his MP disqualification in the Modi surname case was a blessing in disguise and that he could play the victim and show he was persecuted.

He supported Rahul Gandhi when everyone else called him Pappu. This also shows his “loyal” face.

Sonia Gandhi Simp Face

A Times Now report that traced Sonia Gandhi’s vote share/victory margin from 2009 to 2019 in Raebareli showed a steady downward trend. In every election, the vote share and victory margin reduced considerably. Yes, Sonia won the seat, but her margins were coming down every election from 55.8% in 2009 to 17.4% in 2019. Look at how our Sonia Gandhi simp Sumanth Raman buttressed her. He said, “Victory margins fluctuate from elections to elections.” When the anchor pointed out that it was a steady downward trend, he said, “Why don’t you go back and look for 2004? You only want to look at the last three elections. What if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contests the seat now in place of her mother? Will you still say that Mrs Gandhi has left the battlefield?”

The same Sumanth Raman had a problem with BJP’s L Murugan contesting from the Rajya Sabha. He had no problem when Sonia Gandhi announced her candidature from Rajasthan, that too for the Rajya Sabha. Here’s what he had to say for L Murugan. “So Murugan_MoS is not contesting from Nilgiris? Going back to the Rajya Sabha is much safer.”

Priyanka Gandhi Simp Face

In 2019, Sumanth couldn’t contain his excitement when Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was appointed the AICC General Secretary in Eastern UP. He could already see images of her grandmother in his mind.

When Priyanka stated that the abrogation of Article 370 move was illegal, Sumanth supported her by saying, “What Priyanka Gandhi said today was nothing new” and that she only repeated the CWC resolution that had already been released to the media.

When Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification news broke, Priyanka said, “We have Martyrs’ blood in our Vein, will keep fighting“. Sumanth once again showed his support for her, saying, “#PriyankaGandhi takes up the fight.” as if this was a war. 

When Priyanka Gandhi addressed a public rally in Karnataka in April 2023, she said she had seen several PMs and listed her grandmother who took a bullet, father who gave his life for the country, Narasimha Rao, Manmohan Singh who worked day and night for the country. But she said it was the first time she saw a Prime Minister (indicating to PM Modi) who whined about getting abuses. She went on to add, “The abuses he has received would only fit a page, if I begin to count the number of times he has hurled abuses on my family, I might have to get several books published”.

Sumanth did not leave this chance and very promptly showed his support as below:

Sub-Face: Congress Simp

Sumanth Raman also shows his support for other Congress leaders in this post. Here, he asks for recognition for DK Shivakumar of the Karnataka Congress.

Leftist Simp Face

Sumanth Raman, while putting on a “neutral” hat, has also been seen talking in support of leftist anti-nationals. Here are a few posts where you can see this characteristic – singing paeans for Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, who was involved in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case.

Islamist Simp Face

In another instance, he is worried about news channels comparing Nupur Sharma and alleged fact-checker Mohammed Zubair’s remarks. From the post, one can see how worried he was about Zubair spending time in prison. 

He even called it a witch hunt!

He even questioned why Nupur Sharma was not jailed for her “remarks”.

Sengol Is A Stick; It Is Not A Transfer Of Power Face

Repeatedly calls the Sengol a stick. He also repeatedly called the Sengol a Hindu symbol. Notably, Hindu symbolism already existed in the parliament and Supreme Court. He continued to justify the Congress’s argument, saying the Sengol was not historical in nature but was made by Vummudi Bangaru & Sons. 

He continued to mock the Sengol ceremony and the idea behind the Sengol, stating how India survived without the Sengol all these years 

In a debate/discussion with CNN-News18, he toed the Congress line, stating, “There is no evidence to say that this represented a transfer of power from the British to the Indian government of the day.” He called the “transfer of power” narrative around the Sengol a WhatsApp University extrapolation, the official line toed by the Congress. He also said calling the Sengol a secular initiative was problematic in a secular country because the Sengol was a Hindu symbol.

In reality, the Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam, which had handed over the Sengol to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, confirmed in May 2023 that the Sengol was presented to the last Viceroy Mountbatten before it was handed over to Nehru as a symbolic transfer of power. BJP leader SG Suryah also spoke to Vummidi Ethirajulu, who was the man behind crafting the Sengol at the time of independence. Ethirajulu himself confirmed the fact that the Sengol was indeed given to India’s first PM, Nehru, as a symbolic transfer of power from the British to the Indians.

Anti-Gujarat Face

During the COVID pandemic, Sumanth despite being a doctor himself, found much pleasure when the cases in Gujarat were increasing. 

Vaccine Hesitancy Enabler Face

Around the time when the indigenous vaccines against COVID-19 were rolled out, Sumanth was among those people who enabled vaccine hesitancy. He tried to stoke fear over corona vaccination after Actor Vivekh suffering a heart attack made the news.

He also questioned the efficacy of the 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) by calling it “unproven stuff”.

I Will Buttress The DMK Face

Apart from his love and loyalty to the Congress, Sumanth Raman has also been seen buttressing the DMK several times. When the recent issue of Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi refusing to read the speech given to him by the DMK govt, he showed the same support that he would show Congress by saying it was not the Governor’s speech per se and that the Governor did not have to worry about its inaccuracies.

He also advised the Governor to resign, fight elections, and become the state’s Chief Minister. How cute.

Fake News Peddler Face

In March 2023, Sumanth Raman posted fake news about the NPCI charging a fee for UPI transactions. He even conducted a poll on the topic on his Twitter handle without even confirming the veracity of the news. He later deleted the post.

A few weeks ago, Sumanth Raman jumped onto the bandwagon to peddle fake news. In a post on Uttarakhand being the first state in the country to implement UCC, he wrote, “Goa has had a UCC for decades but never mind facts.” forgetting the most crucial fact that Goa got the UCC under Portuguese rule.

In July 2023, Sumanth Raman made the following post without understanding the context of Governor Ravi’s speech, which was misconstrued as always by the local media, political commentators, and members of the DMK party and government, saying that the Governor is accusing the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister of going on foreign trips just for leisure. Sumanth’s post seemed to follow the narrative set by the DMK members.

In 2020, an X handle named Rofl Republic posted a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that a conference hall was converted into a ward with Army men “to facilitate PM’s photoshoot”. It even said that the Army men “posed like injured patients”. This post was also quote-posted by Sumanth Raman, along with several DMK mouthpieces. 

Petrol Bomb Is A Small Thing Face

Sumanth Raman trivialised the petrol bomb attack incident that occurred in Raj Bhavan, Chennai, in October 2023. He wrote,

“Law and order in the State does not break down when one possibly deranged person hurls two petrol bombs on the road in front of the Raj Bhavan Gate. #PetrolBomb”. When a social media user replied saying, “It’s not hurling of the bomb, but the ease of availability of such a bomb that’s the concern.”, Sumanth Raman replied, “A petrol bomb is nothing but petrol set alight with some cloth in a bottle and thrown.”

I Have A Problem With Truth Face

On 12 January 2024, India Today anchor and journalist Shiv Aroor shared a news report on how Israel had used an India Today report at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Hague, during the Gaza deaths hearing. Sumanth Raman, who seemed to have come across the report weeks later, shared it on his X handle with the caption, “Isn’t this something that @IndiaToday should be ashamed of??? Unbelievable that it is being put out as a badge of honour!!!”

It seems like Sumanth has a problem with the truth being told in the open!

Secular/Anyone Can Enter Temple Face

Sumanth Raman posted on X about a judgement of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court that prevents non-Hindus from entering temple premises. He disagreed with the ruling and was of the opinion that everyone must be allowed entry and to worship if they follow the temple rules. He said, “A large part of religious tourism is just tourism. This applies to all faiths not just Hindus. I know so many who visit our ancient temples to learn about our culture, marvel at the architecture, etc. Why is that bad?”

How secular! 

His Favourite – I Will Question BJP/Modi Face

As the country rejoiced and celebrated the Pran Prathishta ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Sumanth Raman, joining the liberal bandwagon to guilt trip the Hindus, made a post implying that if it had not been for the demolition of Babri Masjid, there wouldn’t have been so much fanfare associated with the consecration today. He added that the celebrations are nothing but ‘stoking a community into feeling they have got retribution.’

When the Indian Navy veterans were sentenced to death in Qatar over a spying case, Sumanth Raman ensured he would frequently taunt the government with the Vishwaguru jibe. When the death sentence was announced, he again taunted the government over it. 

However, when the news of their release came about, he praised EAM S Jaishankar for it and ignored the fact that Prime Minister Modi intervened to get this done.

In a shadowy approach, he tried to call out that PM Modi was not a graduate, especially when Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai put out a list of DMK ministers who were not even graduates or matriculates.

He went sour when the Modi government decided to give the Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh. But he didn’t utter a word about why the Congress or the Gandhi family ignored the contributions of Charan Singh and failed to honour him. Except for a newsy tweet, he also did not comment on the Modi government conferring Bharat Ratna on former PM Narasimha Rao, who had saved India from bankruptcy and ushered in the economic reforms through liberalization and privatization. Asking him to tweet about how Sonia Gandhi humiliated Narasimha Rao even in his death would be a little far-fetched given Sumanth’s subservience to the Gandhi family

He also showed his “displeasure” at being unable to question PM Modi by comparing the situation with Joe Biden and his memory issues.

Around the time of the Sengol installation in the new Parliament building in May 2023, a salty Sumanth Raman went on questioning the need for a new building, stating several other countries continued to function in ancient buildings, and there was no need for a change.

What he didn’t realise was that Prime Minister Modi has been trying to decolonise the country in every possible way.

I Will Attack Annamalai For Everything He Says Face

Sumanth Raman’s dislike for the BJP is so evident that he seems to go after anyone and everyone in the party. After Modi, he began training his guns on Tamil Nadu BJP head Annamalai. Recently, at a press meeting, Annamalai stated that he would not be contesting in the MP elections, and this became a matter to mock for Sumanth. His post seemed to communicate that ‘sacrificial lambs’ would be made to contest to make excuses for failure.

In another instance, Annamalai addressed a student gathering, presenting facts and figures on the predicted revenue for Uttar Pradesh because of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Instead of reading the entire context and going through reports published in leading newspapers, Sumanth Raman, being a compulsive commentator, just had to comment. He demanded an explanation for the 4 lakh crore figure that Annamalai had mentioned. 

After more than six months on his foot march (padayatra) all across Tamil Nadu, a visibly tired Annamalai had a slip-of-the-tongue moment when he interchanged the words Speaker and Governor earlier this month when Governor RN Ravi refused to address the Assembly owing to his disagreement with the speech given by the DMK government. Sumanth Raman had to jump in and make a comment – typical of a compulsive commentator. His issue was that Annamalai made the same mistake eight times, so it must have been intentional.

One might think Sumanth Raman is probably getting all the praise and adoration for being such a loyal Congress and DMK supporter and repeatedly questioning Modi and the BJP. However, it is a fact that Sumanth Raman faces abuse from Dravidianists and leftists, most often due to his Brahmin identity. 

Abuse From Dravidianists For Being A Brahmin

Alleged writer Meena Kandasamy, in December 2020, called Sumanth Raman a ‘sombu‘ (a derogatory term denoting a supporter) of the BJP and a ‘mama’ to poke fun at his Brahmin origins. She also addressed him in singular in a post on X.

In January 2024, Sumanth Raman commented on the incident wherein a Muslim lady wearing a hijab made casteist jibes at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman by invoking her Brahmin identity. Responding to Sumanth Raman, Thirumurugan Gandhi attacked Sumanth’s Brahmin identity once again. He wrote, “Which community/caste has its own dialect other than the Brahmins? Kongu, Madurai, and Nellai Tamil dialects are spoken by all communities. Brahminical dialect is not spoken by any other caste except Brahmins. The Brahminical dialect is racist in its own right. If Brahminical dialect is used to maintain friendships among themselves, to find their caste identity and to assert their caste superiority in public, how can we call it apart from racism?” Gandhi expressed concern that the Brahmin dialect may be employed to “assert dominance” in public settings.

In January 2023, Sumanth Raman pointed out that the Tamil Nadu government’s total borrowings in FY 2022-23 were expected to be ₹1 lakh crore. He added that it was ₹13000 crore higher than the ₹87000 crore borrowed in the previous fiscal year. He said that the state government debt may cross ₹6.5 lakh crore.

Reacting to this, the then-Finance Minister of the DMK government, PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan, resorted to throwing barbs at Sumanth Raman, calling him an ‘epitome of minuscule knowledge’. PTR, known for attacking Brahmins, often made it a point to ridicule Sumanth Raman. And yet, Sumanth continues to buttress the DMK. 

When Sumanth Raman stated in his X post that he supported EWS, a TNM journalist, Balakrishna Ganeshan, spewed casteist venom against Tamil Brahmins. Sumanth Raman had said that while millions of genuinely disadvantaged need the benefits of reservation, the current reservation system was exploited by those who are socio-economically well off! He made a series of posts to one Soumitra Pathare supporting the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) quota. Reacting to one tweet of Sumanth Raman, The News Minute journalist Balakrishna Ganeshan put out a pun-intended tweet saying, “This thread (andha thread ah thaan sonna)”, referring to the poonool/janeu (sacred thread) worn by Brahmins.

Despite all the flak and abuse he has received, all-in-all Sumanth Raman continues to support the Congress, the DMK, anti-nationals, leftists, and Islamists. He does not have a word to say about the Modi government or speak for Hindus. As someone who finds it compulsive to comment on anything and everything, here’s a piece of advice for you, Dr Sumanth – tomorrow, the party that you are so loyal to will throw you under the bus just for being a Brahmin. Your ‘neutrality’ will not help you.

To conclude, if there’s one assertion from DMK leader PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan that holds true, it’s regarding Sumanth Raman. Whenever someone sees, Sumanth’s face anywhere, PTR’s golden words will come to the mind. 

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