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3.8 lakh km: the total distance covered by PM Modi in national/ intl travel since 2022 3.8 lakh km: is also the distance from earth to the moon! Yet he couldn’t travel to Manipur Also, what’s the real reason Parliament was discussing Manipur at 4 a m? My RS speech. VIDEO

Just published. My new column. NDTV, Calling Attention. The Vice Presidents of India I Know Link: ndtv.com/opinion/the-vi…

Being Bengali. Bangla speakers are the @BJP4India ‘s new ‘enemy.’ My column in @ThePrintIndia theprint.in/opinion/bjp-be…

Atrocious!! Terrible!! See how Delhi police brutally beat up a kid and his mother, members of a migrant family from Malda's Chanchal. See how even a child is not spared from the cruelty of violence in the regime of linguistic terror unleashed by BJP in the country against the…

The internationally reputed and New York-based multi-country NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has also now highlighted the issue of harassment, persecution, and illegal deportation of Bengali-speaking people of India by the BJP governments in various States. The human rights…

The creaky coalition does NOT want Parliament to function. Oppn MPs have to hold govt accountable during Question Hour. This week, I asked the Modi govt 8 Qs on issues like MGNREGA, paramilitary vacancies & more. Here👇Each answer exposes them Link: tinyurl.com/yfxdt96h

When you ask a question in Parliament and the Govt exposes itself in the answer. Glad that a senior colleague from a ‘like-minded party’ and the former Finance Minister of India also finds the Govt’s response to my Q alarming.

Today a MP has asked a starred question in the Rajya Sabha on state-wise pending payments from the Centre for wages and materials under MGNREGA. The Union Minister of Rural Development circulates an answer giving the sought for data for 33 states and UTs. But data for only one…

PARLIAMENT-OPHOBIA Just the kind of issue the Union government will not want to discus on the floor of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

BJP is deliberately disrupting Parliament including Question Hour where MPs from Opposition EXPOSE them Here is a Question I asked: Vacancies in paramilitary forces Answer: In 2025, there were 1.1 lakh vacancies. This is more than 10% of sanctioned strength. Details below:

As usual, the creaky Modi coalition will THEMSELVES continue to disrupt Parliament. They will run away from discussing issues issues like Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the targeting of Bengal. The government do not want Parliament to run যথারীতি, মোদীর নড়বড়ে জোট নিজেরাই…

Nothing rattles @BJP4India more than these two simple words. Say it loud and watch them squirm. Khela Hobe 💪🏻

Where are the JOBS.

We’re fighting in the streets, in the courts, and in Parliament. Bangla-Birodhi @BJP4India treats Bengalis like second class citizens in their own country. But we’re not silent. We’re storming the streets, hammering them in Court, and exposing their hate in Parliament. If…

Worst problem at state and central level is we are losing good leaders like you with the subject understanding and ruled by the puppets. Common sense will tell anyone that we are moving towards economic disaster.

Two days of Parliament washed out by Union govt When Parliament doesn't function, who benefits? Govt in power Govt accountable to Parliament; Parliament accountable to people; When Parliament is dysfunctional, govt accountable to no one My piece > derekobrien.in/2024/07/19/two…

#2 PARLIAMENT-OPHOBIA. Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting decides schedule for proceedings in Parliament. Am a member of this committee. MEETING RESCHEDULED 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO DAYS. WHAT'S GOING ON IN PARLIAMENT?

The Modi-led coalition has disrupted Parliament for two days in a row. But MPs still have work to be done in committee rooms. Attending Home Affairs Committee. Then Ethics Committee. Then a third: Business Advisory Committee of Rajya Sabha, postponed three times in two days

All the best @derekobrienmp must fight the forces of darkness