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Gerard de Souza retweeted
The "Middle Class" was a 50-year fluke designed to prevent a communist revolution during the Cold War. Now that the threat is gone, the elites are systematically dismantling it. You aren't "falling behind"; you’re being pushed back into the peasantry.
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The 31% ethanol test controversy is shocking, but it's also distracting motorists from the much bigger issue.
Even at the mandated 20%, E20 is incompatible with over 80% of India's existing vehicle fleet.
Forcing E20 into E10 engines, with no consumer alternative, no fuel available long-term durability reports, isn't progress. It's effectively a silent tax on vehicle lifespan, mileage and maintenance costs.
Don't let the 31% controversy overshadow the fundamental question: Why are millions of motorists being forced to bear the consequences of a fuel policy their vehicles were never designed for?
#Ethanolscam
#NotTheRightFuel
Even at the mandated 20%, E20 is incompatible with over 80% of India's existing vehicle fleet.
Forcing E20 into E10 engines, with no consumer alternative, no fuel available long-term durability reports, isn't progress. It's effectively a silent tax on vehicle lifespan, mileage and maintenance costs.
Don't let the 31% controversy overshadow the fundamental question: Why are millions of motorists being forced to bear the consequences of a fuel policy their vehicles were never designed for?
#Ethanolscam
#NotTheRightFuel
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Gerard de Souza retweeted
“I’ve got contacts to get it done” isn’t the flex some Goans think it is. It’s actually the reflection of a failed system in a small archaic community, so crippled by patronage that it cannot progress by modern standards and still requires reliance on concentrated power.
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Gerard de Souza retweeted
They lost at the ballot box, and won by corrupt ordinance. It’s a daylight robbery of a farmers' cooperative.
This must end. We will not bow down.
Do join us in our fight on roads and in courts for the farmers.
This must end. We will not bow down.
Do join us in our fight on roads and in courts for the farmers.
IMPORTANT : The high profile Gokul Dairy Co-operative chairman election in Kolhapur won by the Mahayuti govt in Maharashtra . The Congress backed panel had earlier won the 25 board member elections by a narrow 13-12 margin. The Fadnavis-led govt brought in an ordinance and nominated four additional members with voting rights! Final result? 16-13!! So if 13-12 can be turned into 16-13 by an ordinance, what chance does the farmer-voter's mandate really have? Demo-crazy Maharashtra istyle!🙏
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The range of illegal methods used to rig elections is mind boggling. In Haryana assembly poll , Bhadkal constituency shows votes polled as per EC records was 3.3 lakhs but votes counted were just 1.6 lakhs! Votes counted 50% less than votes polled. Unprecedented! ECI refused to part with the full records, says Reporters Collective.
Exclusive. ECI’s internal records of 2024 elections: On 51 seats of Maharashtra, Haryana and J&K, votes counted differed from the votes cast. ECI rules say such mismatch should trigger probe into possible rigging.
@TweetSumedha & @VenkateshNSS report
reporters-collective.in/trc/eci-record…
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RT @Advaidism: Today marks the 10th anniversary of Demonetisation, the masterstroke that its own architects have quietly stopped talking ab…
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The Ethanol blending scam is at par with demonetisation and #SIR. These far reaching disasters are simply a reflection of the kind of government voted into power and their sheer disdain for genuine concerns of citizens already burdened by economic woes.
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Partly irresponsibility (shying away from responsibility) by political leaders.
What's the point of crying election fraud at PCs & in social media posts in #Maharashtra (2024), #Delhi (2025) and #WestBengal (2026) without challenging in courts?
#Challenge_the_verdicts
What's the point of crying election fraud at PCs & in social media posts in #Maharashtra (2024), #Delhi (2025) and #WestBengal (2026) without challenging in courts?
#Challenge_the_verdicts
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Please keep having faith in the Supreme Court.
It has an amazing power to sit over matters involving our rights.
It has a large heart. To shield unconstitutional acts by sitting over the challenges and ensure fait accompli.
Did someone call it a fait accompli Court ?
It has an amazing power to sit over matters involving our rights.
It has a large heart. To shield unconstitutional acts by sitting over the challenges and ensure fait accompli.
Did someone call it a fait accompli Court ?
No law says when a seized phone may be unlocked, what may be copied, how long it is kept or who reads it. Section 69 of the IT Act has faced IFF’s Supreme Court challenge since 2019, still pending. The guidelines the Centre promised the Court in 2023 are still unfiled. (6/10)
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Is there a provision to sue the judges for biased rulings?
[BREAKING] Delhi High Court exempts lawyers and court staff in NCR from ban on non-BS VI vehicles
report by @prashantjha996
barandbench.com/news/delhi-hig…
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The govt has never been transparent on the entire ethanol issue.
ARAI reports - hidden
SIAM concerns - suppressed
Even the fuel dealers invoice now doesn't mention blending percentage. It only says EBMS.
Test results showing over 30% ethanol in supposed e20.
From hiding information, to outright fraud on citizens, this govt has certainly come a long way. @PetroleumMin @HardeepSPuri
#EthanolScam
@OGTeamBharat @tehseenp @Nidhzee @Shankyram2 @FactswithDinesh
ARAI reports - hidden
SIAM concerns - suppressed
Even the fuel dealers invoice now doesn't mention blending percentage. It only says EBMS.
Test results showing over 30% ethanol in supposed e20.
From hiding information, to outright fraud on citizens, this govt has certainly come a long way. @PetroleumMin @HardeepSPuri
#EthanolScam
@OGTeamBharat @tehseenp @Nidhzee @Shankyram2 @FactswithDinesh
Uh-oh. We've been getting E30 fuel in Bangalore, and not E20.
So, the Karnataka Govt tested samples across 63 oil retailers including both state-owned (IOC, HPCL, BPCL) and private retailers (Shell, Nayara)
* IOCL: 31.2%+
* HPCL: 30.5%
* BPCL: 26.5%
* Nayara: 26.1%
* Shell: ng 31 % ethanol. Shell had over 25 %.
This is BLATANT cheating!
1. We're not only paying more for inferior fuel but also getting lower mileage.
2. Older vehicles (classic cars and motorcycles) are getting damaged due to this.
What a terrible state of affairs @HardeepSPuri, @nitin_gadkari
The petroleum minister must be sacked. We've had enough!
@CarToq
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Gerard de Souza retweeted
We will get more FDI if investors see a level playing field..the same ones who want to fly into Mumbai but could be dumped in a far away airport with no proper connections..on 'foreign' airlines that are being spoken to like a Mumbai slumlord would his shanty dwellers.
Six years ago, I was pounding the tables: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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The big lesson of the Biden years is that you have to prosecute these people. You can’t just move on. You need to make the next generation of grifters and hate mongers scared for their lives.
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Gerard de Souza retweeted
Banana republics were called that because it didn't seem like they had a functioning government as the fruit corporation ran everything. They at least had the excuse of being tiny central American countries under US domination. Very embarassing stuff for a country of 1.5 billion.
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RT @TusharG: I declare that henceforth all the protests we conduct will take place without seeking permission and wherever we wish. I refus…
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Mopa was always a scam: livemint.com/news/india/goa…
When trying to convince us #Mopa was necessary they handed out fantastic projections of growth in air traffic. Today #Goa's combined air traffic is less than what was being handled by #Dabolim alone; amid the recent downturn, Mopa has lost the most!
livemint.com/industry/india…
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When trying to convince us #Mopa was necessary they handed out fantastic projections of growth in air traffic. Today #Goa's combined air traffic is less than what was being handled by #Dabolim alone; amid the recent downturn, Mopa has lost the most!
livemint.com/industry/india…
livemint.com/industry/india…
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Gerard de Souza retweeted
Someone said just a few days ago, “Uska baap bhi jaayega.” And well, look what happened today. Lmao! IYKYK! 🤣💙🇺🇸
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Memories of Demonetisation
Clarification pe clarification
Clarification pe clarification
BIG: another @ECISVEEP ‘clarification’ this time on Form 6: those eligible voters whose names are not on draft electoral roll can now submit their form 6 irrespective of whether they were previously enrolled or not. How many more clarifications before there is an acceptance that tched up in design, timing and execution? (Maybe ECI should change its name to CCI: Clarification Commission of India!😊🙏)
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Gerard de Souza retweeted
I really do think demonetisation was a fascist pilot project to see what happens when the government forcefully takes away what is rightfully ours. Large scale protests at that time would have saved us every tragedy that has since followed. Compliance has costs us greatly.
Remember this bank note?
10 years ago, Modi claimed junking high-value currency would end black money, corruption, terror financing
He asked Indians to make a "grand sacrifice for cleansing the country"
10 years later, @sighyush on what govt data shows about how the clean-up fared:
scroll.in/article/109685…
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