I.N.D.I.A – The Commune https://thecommunemag.com Mainstreaming Alternate Wed, 28 Feb 2024 07:40:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://thecommunemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-TC_SF-1-32x32.jpg I.N.D.I.A – The Commune https://thecommunemag.com 32 32 “Media Here Won’t Circulate This Because The Govt Here (DMK) Won’t Allow Them”: PM Modi Attacks Dravidian Model Press Freedom https://thecommunemag.com/media-here-wont-circulate-this-because-the-govt-here-dmk-wont-allow-them-pm-modi-attacks-dravidian-model-press-freedom/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 07:40:45 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=70850 On 28 February 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled and laid the foundation for numerous developmental projects valued at approximately Rs 17,300 crore in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. Speaking to the public which comprised of cadre of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Modi attacked the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led-Tamil Nadu state government hinting at their […]

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On 28 February 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled and laid the foundation for numerous developmental projects valued at approximately Rs 17,300 crore in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. Speaking to the public which comprised of cadre of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Modi attacked the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led-Tamil Nadu state government hinting at their control over media.

Enumerating the welfare initiatives, such as rail infrastructure and other infrastructural developmental work implemented by the BJP-led central government in Tamil Nadu, Modi pointed out how this is enabling ease of living in Tamil Nadu.

Modi emphasized the BJP’s commitment to Tamil Nadu’s growth, asserting that the party had contributed more to the state in the last decade. Despite not being in power in the state, the BJP has garnered support from the people because of the developmental projects implemented by the central government.

He attributed the spread of falsehoods, confusion, and division to those who had exploited Tamil Nadu for years and were now desperate to cling to power. Modi asserted that their deceptive tactics had been exposed, and their corruption was being revealed through ongoing investigations, alluding to corruption cases involving DMK ministers.

Subsequently, when discussing Tamil Nadu’s media and its political alignments with ruling DMK government, he explicitly criticized the partiality of the media in the state and said, “My friends, I am obliged and willing to place an ideal before you. What I am addressing here, all the ideas that I am conveying to you, is not the ideology of a political party or my personal ideology, it is the ideology of development, the idea of development and progress. Yes, when I say this, newspapers here in Tamil Nadu will not publish these. Because the government here will not allow the news to be published. ” Immediately the crowd responded with enthusiasm, cheering and applauding Modi, Modi. He continued, “However, despite all these obstacles, the development journey and development plan for Tamil Nadu will be implemented by the central government.”

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]]> Mamata, The Latest Contender For PM Candidate In I.N.D.I. Alliance; Launches Website And Campaign https://thecommunemag.com/mamata-the-latest-contender-for-pm-candidate-in-i-n-d-i-alliance-launches-website-and-campaign/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 04:37:10 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=66554 There is no dearth of PM candidates in the I.N.D.I. Alliance. However, no PM candidate has been announced by the alliance yet. The most recent PM candidate to be announced from the bloc is the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. Previously, the Trinamool Congress chief and the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee allegedly proposed the […]

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There is no dearth of PM candidates in the I.N.D.I. Alliance. However, no PM candidate has been announced by the alliance yet.

The most recent PM candidate to be announced from the bloc is the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

Previously, the Trinamool Congress chief and the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee allegedly proposed the Congress president Maillikarjun Kharge as the PM candidate during the fourth meeting of the bloc a week ago.

This was promptly turned down by the Congress president himself, suggesting that the bloc should ‘win the elections first, then the PM can be discussed later’.

But today, a website run by Trinamool has appeared aptly named as https://indiawantsmamatadi.com/ abbreviated as IWM.

The IWM website, which sports an Islamic ‘green’ background with white letters logo, says that the community was first formed on 1st June 2021 and goes on to describe CM Mamata as the ‘Tigress of Bengal’ and a woman with a ‘healing touch’ who guided Bengal through the difficult time of COVID-19 which the IWM calls as ‘a disaster second only to partition’. Going by the content posted on the website, there is an IWM summit planned as well.

Apparently, there is an ‘India Wants Mamata Summit 2024’ to be held on 20 January 2024.

Coming downsouth Tamil Nadu, the TN CM MK Stalin himself has been proposed as PM long before the West Bengal CM. In fact, a book entitled ‘Why do we need MKS as PM of India?‘ was published even before CM Stalin assumed office. The book has been well received on Amazon Kindle with glowing reviews, which speaks volumes about the prowess of CM MK Stalin and his cadre. Recently, the former Jammu & Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah had also spoken supporting CM MK Stalin as the PM during the Chief Minister’s 70th birthday celebrations.

If this wasn’t enough, four days ago, Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Bijnor Malook Nagar said that the BSP will consider joining the I.N.D.I. Alliance if the party chief Mayawati was projected as the PM candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. These comments came after the UP Congress president Ajay Rai suggested that BSP should consider joining the I.N.D.I. Alliance.

As the countdown towards the Lok Sabha elections starts, the number of PM candidates from the I.N.D.I. Alliance keeps going up.

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]]> CPI-M MP Su Venkatesan Peddles Lies About Fin Min, Gets Schooled By BJP Leader SG Suryah On Write Offs https://thecommunemag.com/cpi-m-mp-su-venkatesan-peddles-lies-about-fin-min-gets-schooled-by-bjp-leader-sg-suryah-on-write-offs/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:26:26 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=62862 In a post on social media platform X, Madurai MP and State Secretary of the CPIM, Su Venkatesan has peddled lies claiming an RTI query to the Reserve Bank of India disclosed that during the NDA regime loans worth ₹25 lakh crores were written off. He claimed that ₹34,192 crores were written off during Manmohan […]

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In a post on social media platform X, Madurai MP and State Secretary of the CPIM, Su Venkatesan has peddled lies claiming an RTI query to the Reserve Bank of India disclosed that during the NDA regime loans worth ₹25 lakh crores were written off. He claimed that ₹34,192 crores were written off during Manmohan Singh’s tenure and ₹2.77 lakh crore per annum under the Modi regime.

Dr. SG Suryah, the State Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party, gave a befitting response to the tweet posted by Su Venkatesan where he busted all the lies and also schooled him on the basics of finance, starting with defining a write-off.

He wrote, “Dear Su Venkatesan, don’t rely on unverified RTI based reporting. Free Press Journal hasn’t shared the RTI which disclosed this amount. So, probably it’s #FakeNews! Also here are few basic tutorials, I’m sure you won’t understand any of it – so seek experts’ help to brief you on this.

Explaining about write-off, the BJP Tamil Nadu State Secretary said “A “write-off” refers to the process of legally removing bad loans from the books of accounts, effectively cleaning the balance sheet. Despite being written off, efforts to recover from these accounts continue.

He further explained why were loans being written off in the first place saying “During the Congress era, the banking sector faced a crisis due to various issues, including the phone banking scam, twin balance sheet problem, and mismanagement of the banking sector. This allowed several industrialists with ties to Congress to secure loans without proper due diligence, many of which were not repaid. Under the Modi government, it was discovered that numerous capitalists had not repaid their loans, leading to these loans becoming non-performing assets (NPAs). In response, the Modi government took action against these defaulters by seizing their assets. To maintain their balance sheets, banks wrote off these loans. Even Raghuram Rajan, who has ties to the Congress, acknowledged that “most of the NPA loans are from the Congress era.”

Suryah also elaborated on the action taken against the defaulters and its results. He said “Under the Modi government’s leadership, a stringent approach has been taken against defaulters, resulting in the recovery of over ₹10 lakh crores in the last nine years. Notably, Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have experienced an exponential surge in growth, as evidenced by their impressive profit of more than ₹1 lakh crore in FY 2023. PM Modi government’s dedicated efforts to revitalize the banking sector have yielded positive results, effectively rectifying the issues created during the Congress era.”

Suryah also lashed out at propagandists masquerading as journalists for misleading people by peddling lies and half-truths.

He said “Low IQ Propaganda Journalists need a refresher course in economics before publishing incorrect & misleading information. It can be seen that the cumulative sum of ₹24.95 lakh crore of the written-off loans has been arrived at by adding the figures for public sector banks (PSBs) & Scheduled Commericial Banks (SCBs), which is incorrect & thoroughly misleading.”

Suryah pointed out that as per RBI data, SCBs, during the last nine financial years, have written off an aggregate loan of ₹14.56 lakh crore, which includes loans of ₹10.42 lakh crore written off by public sector banks.

“Any data of PSBs are just a subset of SCBs data. The Low IQ journalist just did double counting. For instance, it’s like adding Tamil Nadu’s population to India’s population and arriving at a bigger figure. India’s population obviously includes Tamil Nadu’s population. TN is a subset of India. It seems to have been deliberately done to attract attention & create sensationalism. And appalling that our low IQ MPs like you Mr. Su Venkatesan blindly rely on them. What can one do when Pappu is at the helm of affairs. Perhaps one should read more on the classification of the banks in India??“, Dr. Suryah came down heavy on the Communist MP.

Su Venkatesan also received replies from well-meaning and educated X users who schooled him on the issue and called out his bluffs.

Some even questioned him whether he knew and understood the basic difference between a waive-off and a write-off.

 

Time and again members of the I.N.D.I.Alliance spew lies and peddle certain propaganda against the central government, most often without any knowledge of the subject and the issue they are accusing the government of supposedly hoodwinking the nation. Along with the political party members, journalists are also seen peddling a similar agenda. One among them was Karthigaichelvan from News18, who was with the Puthiyathalaimurai channel, repeatedly questioned Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the write-off without knowing the meaning of the word.

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]]> TN CM MK Stalin Prefers To Write To PM Modi To Sort Out Cauvery Issue Rather Than Discuss With Karnataka Congress https://thecommunemag.com/tn-cm-mk-stalin-prefers-to-write-to-pm-modi-to-sort-out-cauvery-issue-rather-than-discuss-with-karnataka-congress/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 11:19:43 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=58924 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on 4 August 2023 wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting his intervention in urging Karnataka to release the Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as per the agreed schedule. The Chief Minister also asked for the immediate clearance of the water shortfall that occurred during June […]

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on 4 August 2023 wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting his intervention in urging Karnataka to release the Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as per the agreed schedule. The Chief Minister also asked for the immediate clearance of the water shortfall that occurred during June and July.

He accused the Karnataka government of not honouring the Supreme Court order in letter and spirit and not adhering to the directions of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA). 

He stated that during the water year of 2023-24, Karnataka failed to meet its obligations in releasing water to Tamil Nadu and that they released only 11.6 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water, which was significantly lower than the agreed-upon amount of 40.4 tmcft at Biligundlu, the inter-state border, for the period between 1 June and 31 July 2023. (The water year commences in June.)

“Such a huge shortfall of 28.8tmcft has been thrust on Tamil Nadu, even while Karnataka has a gross storage of 91tmcft in its four major reservoirs, against their full storage capacity of 114.6tmcft,” Stalin wrote in his letter to Prime Minister Modi. Stalin highlighted the critical situation faced by the farmers in the Cauvery Delta region. He brought to the Prime Minister’s attention the challenges the farmers are encountering while attempting to save their kuruvai, which is a short-term paddy crop.

He stated in his letter that as of 2 August 2023, the Mettur reservoir, which is the lifeline of the Cauvery Delta, is experiencing a low water level. It currently holds only 26.6 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water, which he stated was considerably below its total storage capacity of 93.6 tmcft. He added that considering the allocation for drinking water and other essential requirements, the available water in the Mettur reservoir can sustain the standing kuruvai crop for an additional 15 days. However, for the crop to reach maturity and achieve optimal yield, it would need water for another 45 days.

Due to the “precarious situation”, the Chief Minister mentioned that the state government had already raised the matter with Union jal shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on two occasions, July 5 and 19. During these interactions, they requested the minister to advise Karnataka to follow the schedule set by the Supreme Court and also instructed the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) to oversee and ensure compliance with the schedule. 

“However, Karnataka has not relented and except for the runoff from the fully filled Kabini reservoir, no water has been released from its major reservoirs, which are 80% full and continue to receive good inflows,” Stalin said.

It is indeed ironic that the Tamil Nadu government, led by Chief Minister MK Stalin from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party, which is in alliance with the Congress as part of the I.N.D.I. Alliance, opted to write directly to the Prime Minister instead of resolving the matter with the Karnataka Chief Minister directly.

National President of Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha & MP for Bengaluru South Lok Sabha Constituency, Tejasvi Surya tweeted that “I.N.D.I.A or India – both need PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji to solve its problems. This letter highlights the reality of a pseudo opposition alliance and its deluded ‘common’ agenda, which has fast degraded to writing complaints about its own alliance partners. A mutually warring group like I.N.D.I.A alliance can only distract the nation.”

Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party President K Annamalai also shared similar thoughts. He tweeted, “This is the reality of I.N.D.I. Alliance. They come to our Hon PM Thiru Narendra Modi avl complaining about their alliance partners. The grim scenario faced by the farmers today has to do much with the Corrupt DMK government’s pledging of the interests of the people of TN for their political gains.”

(With inputs from Times of India)

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]]> Opposition Parties Forge ‘I.N.D.I.A’ Alliance To Counter BJP In 2024 Elections https://thecommunemag.com/opposition-parties-forge-i-n-d-i-a-alliance-to-counter-bjp-in-2024-elections/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:28:25 +0000 https://thecommunemag.com/?p=58346 Leaders from 26 parties gathered for the second day to strategise a united front against the BJP in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The alliance introduced a new name, ‘I.N.D.I.A,’ and several leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Uddhav Thackeray, and Arvind Kejriwal, spoke at the meeting. #WATCH | In the last 9 years, […]

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Leaders from 26 parties gathered for the second day to strategise a united front against the BJP in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The alliance introduced a new name, ‘I.N.D.I.A,’ and several leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Uddhav Thackeray, and Arvind Kejriwal, spoke at the meeting.

Mallikarjun Kharge stated that the Congress is not driven by power or the desire for the post of prime minister, and announced that the next opposition meeting will be held in Mumbai, with dates to be announced soon. Rahul Gandhi characterised it as a “fight between Narendra Modi and India,” while praising the alliance’s new name.

Uddhav Thackeray emphasised the people’s movement against dictatorship and assured their commitment to securing freedom.

Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, M K Stalin, Nitish Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal, Hemant Soren, and Lalu Prasad were among the notable leaders in attendance.

The opposition leaders adopted the slogan “Jeetega Bharat,” meaning “India will win”, with the belief that the meeting would significantly impact the Indian political landscape. The alliance has not yet revealed its prime ministerial candidate or finalised the seat-sharing arrangement.

The opposition meeting coincided with the NDA meeting held on 18 July 2023 in Delhi. As per the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), certain parties among the 38 total parties have departed from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) but have now rejoined the alliance with the aim of bolstering India.

Chirag Paswan, President of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas Paswan) and his uncle Pashupati Paras also attended the meeting.

 

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) represented by Praful Patel and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar were also in attendance at the meeting. Praful Patel said that the NCP was an integral part of the NDA.

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