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Modi Attacks Congress; CJI Letter Sparks Debate  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUtmPmZLQUc Law Chakra

600 lawyers, including Salve, write to CJI: 'Vested interests' trying to influence judiciary;  https://www.businesstoday.in/india/story/600-lawyers-including-salve-write-to-cji-vested-interests-trying-to-influence-judiciary-full-text-423270-2024-03-28 Over 600 Indian lawyers, including senior figures Harish Salve, have written to Chief Justice Chandrachud, alleging that a "vested interest group" is pressuring and defaming the justice system using "frivolous logic and stale political agendas."

More than 600 lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, has written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a "vested interest group" is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame courts "on the basis of frivolous logic and stale political agendas". "Their pressure tactics are most obvious in political cases, particularly those involving political figures accused of corruption.

PM Modi backs lawyers' letter on 'bid to pressure judiciary' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-backs-lawyers-letter-on-bid-to-pressure-judiciary/articleshow/108860938.cms Akhilesh Singh & Amit Anand Choudhary "To browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture. Five decades ago, they had called for a 'committed judiciary' - they shamelessly want commitment from others for their sellfish interests but desist from any commitment towards the nation ..

https://twitter.com/pbhushan1/status/1773321429523533894 Prashant Bhushan : Governments favourite lawyer Salve tried very hard to stop the exposé of bribery and extortion details of Electoral Bonds. His accounts in tax havens were exposed by the Panama and Pandora papers. He now leads a pack of 600 nondescript lawyers trying to influence the CJI to back off from tough orders

"Hypocrisy": Congress On PM's Post After Lawyers' Letter To Chief Justice https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/hypocrisy-congress-on-pms-post-after-lawyers-letter-tochiefjustice-5327989 
Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X, "The PM's brazenness in orchestrating and coordinating an attack on the judiciary, in the name of defending the judiciary, is the height of hypocrisy!"

Jayram Ramesh: https://twitter.com/Jairam_Ramesh/status/1773314306290954401  The PM's brazenness in orchestrating and coordinating an attack on the judiciary, in the name of defending the judiciary, is the height of hypocrisy! The Supreme Court has delivered body blows to him in recent weeks. The Electoral Bonds Scheme is but one example. 

https://twitter.com/kharge/status/1773351581070578014  Kharje Post

1. You conveniently forget that 4 senior-most Supreme Court judges were forced to hold an unprecedented press conference and warn against "destruction of Democracy". That happened under your regime. One of the judges was nominated by your Govt to the Rajya Sabha. So WHO wants a 'committed judiciary' ?

2. You forget that your party has fielded a Former HC Judge in West Bengal for the current Lok Sabha elections. Why was this candidature bestowed on him?

3. Who brought the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)? Why was it stuck down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court?

Modi ji, Institution after Institution is being 'bullied' by you into submission, so STOP pinning the blame on the Congress party, for your own sins!

You have mastered the art of manipulating Democracy and hurting the Constitution !

India's elections are coming up...are the media up to the task? | The India Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHEgb8ZSA1c Al Jazeera English

With India amid a national election campaign, its news media is in sharp focus. Until recently it was believed that the sheer diversity of outlets ensured a range of perspectives, but now, India’s mainstream media has largely been co-opted by the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just how did the media in India get to this point and what does it mean for the upcoming elections?

Featuring:
Ravish Kumar - Former Host, NDTV https://youtu.be/rHEgb8ZSA1c?t=250
Shashi Shekhar Vempati - Former CEO, Prasar Bharati https://youtu.be/rHEgb8ZSA1c?t=294  TV rating system responsible...
Pramod Raman - Chief Editor, MediaOne 
Amy Kazmin - Former South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Meena Kotwal - Founder, The Mooknayak 

‘Journalists of Republic TV are propagandists’: Sagarika Ghose on BJP, media, Marxism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LxOWpdGWKQ  The News Minute  

Sagarika Ghose, the journalist-turned-politician who recently made headlines for joining the Trinamool Congress, is set to contest the Rajya Sabha polls.

In this candid conversation with Sudipto Mondal for What’s your ism? – a podcast by The News Minute and Newslaundry – Ghose talks about the BJP, Mamata Banerjee, media, Marxism and intellectuals in Indian politics.

She says the mainstream media has been “captured by the Modi government” and the “journalists at Republic TV are not journalists but propagandists”.

What brings her to politics? What does she think about being compared to France’s infamous queen Marie Antoinette? Why does she think intellectuals don’t make good politicians?

https://theprint.in/opinion/arvind-kejriwal-cant-absolve-himself-ethically-excise-policy-encouraged-alcohol-intake/2018285/ 

The Kejriwal government in Delhi disregarded the Directive Principles of State policy with the corrupt excise policy on liquor.

what is this liquor policy that landed both Kejriwal and his lieutenant Manish Sisodia in jail?

This article makes an attempt to decipher New Delhi excise policy 2021-2022 on liquor and its objectionable points. At the outset, it would be interesting to note that the said policy was withdrawn within one year of its existence, not by the judiciary or any central agency but by the Kejriwal government itself. Since then, doubts have been raised regarding the integrity associated with the policy.

by ASHWANI MAHAJAN