Tweets of the Week

BJP Indore Meet

Videos
offstumped Nitin Gadkari talks about his economic focus (watch from 2.40 mins onwards) http://is.gd/8Hcnj LT @Sivaraman_A

YouthBJP Gadkari's priorities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipKDsOWuj7k
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Shreyash_ @Swabhimaan This is the speech http://www.bjp.org/content/view/3162/394/, and this is wht TOI has to say, http://www.twitpic.com/14295f

offstumped Nitin Gadkari - I have decided to constitute a group of Party workers and supporters to prepare an INDIA VISION 2025 document

offstumped: Nitin Gadkari: The actual business of performing economic activities should be left to non-governmental enterprises.

offstumped Nitin Gadkari - Breaking this nexus encouraging healthy entrepreneurship, ensuring lawful has to be government’s role in the economy.

@offstumped: NG - 10% of the Central tax revenues should be transferred directly to gram panchayats and municipal bodies

@sudhirksingh:The BJP resolution on terror asks the PM to ''revisit'' the govt's Kashmir policy in the light of 'talks at any cost' move.

offstumped Nitin Gadkari - encouragement to rural tourism and wildlife tourism can result in good roads and hotels being built by local entrepreneurs

offstumped Nitin Gadkari - number of rural infrastructure works can be taken out of inefficient government departments entrusted to rural entrepreneurs

offstumped Nitin Gadkari - The government's duty is confined mainly to strategic planning, legislation of sound laws and their effective enforcement.

offstumped Nitin Gadkari has firmly put Center Right economics at the heart of BJP's agenda in this speech and the lazy media just hasnt got it

offstumped Btw all of this was before he even gets to a token mention on Ayodhya which too is merely an appeal to Muslim community

sudhirksingh Ranganath Mishra Commission's proposals are 'dangerous', says Venkaiah Naidu. Communal reservations will sow seeds of 2nd partition @Bjpmeet

SudhirKudva: http://bit.ly/b7Z68w "Talk to opposition first, then to Pakistan: Modi in Indore"

sudhirksingh Jaitley also said events in Kashmir were moving inexorably from ''separate state to separatism''. #BJPmeet

sudhirksingh NaMo says UPA issuing i-cards in Pak bordering villages without verification. Shows their vote-bank mindset.

Dosabandit BJP amends constitution, raises number of women office-holders http://is.gd/8GSB4

Mainstream media’s coverage of the event

Ayodhya
thinkerspad @Mister_India Even a peace offer on Ayodhya is being maligned.

centerofright @ukkenr @BDUTT @nidhiNDTV Btw tell me why does this split come up only when temple is raised not when reservtns on religion and caste comeup

Laa_Vaa @BDUTT Ayodhya is 1 issue not the only issue in BJP agenda.If they put it on bk burner media has problem if its on front 1 thn 2 media howls

Nitin Gadkari
mpanj19: Nitin G. rips Congress and media a new one - http://bit.ly/dshVFs

sudhirksingh NG says Ratan Tata once told him that he (Gadkari) had proved more professional than they. Proves work can be done in govt. if u want.

centerofright @amsrjn @NamitaWaikar @BDUTT can vouch for the mum pune- expressway/ the Flyovers in mum and MSRDC wre his ideas know a lot of const comps

@NamitaWaikar: @BDUTT u have to see the excellent roads in Nagpur (thanks to Nitin Gadkari) to know he is an achiever not just a talker.

Cartoon of The Week
sudhirtailang http://twitpic.com/142efc - ONE INDIA -- Kapil Sibal's Utopia!

MUST READS
centerofright http://bit.ly/9PN8G7 Two eyes for an eye... the entire jaw for a tooth. Exterminate Maobadi terror NOW! by @KanchanGupta

KanchanGupta hunt down Maobadis NOW, or prepare for something similar to Sri Lanka's war on LTTE. Colombo won war. Can Dilli succeed?

Recommended readings: http://is.gd/8LX90 http://is.gd/8LX9z

centerofright Mamata Banerjee not soft on Maoists: Chidambaram - yes sir from tomorrow sun is rising from west http://viigo.im/2tVZ

centerofright who is hand in glove now ? what will cong ans RT @Mrityunjoykjha: Maha Govt's clean chit to Thackeray, Raj, Rane in vandalism cases

thinkerspad Hyderabad going Mumbai way??? A MNS type campaign for jobs for people of state only at BHEL. Outsiders beaten. http://bit.ly/9FCmOn Logic applies to #scrap370

pragmatic_d After Milind Deora's piece on DRDO a few years ago, this is the most awesome piece on defence production by a Congress MP http://is.gd/8HEle

Mrityunjoykjha #mail today:govt moots jail for gm food critics..draconian clause in biotech reg bill ?

thinkerspad Just because there are four more years for General Elections doesn't mean the Congress Govt. can govern loosely. Food crisis is criminal.

Kashmir
centerofright Kashmir valley's stone pelters graduate to petrol bombs http://bit.ly/bR4IV5

Gujarat
centerofright MIT - IIT graduates apply for the Gujarat CM fellowship program RT @mpanj19: http://tinyurl.com/yhmompm

satyabhashnam: @mpanj19 lol. Wats awesome is @NarendraModi didn't name it after himself. Selfless huh?

centerofright Space technology to identify whale sharks off Gujarat http://bit.ly/bzkOWl

Our Belligerent Neighbours
centerofright http://bit.ly/89V8uN For all thos who feel Karachi project has come up today in TOI. The same was covered in Daily pioneer almost 1monthback

KanchanGupta: Excellent article by Shashi Shekhar: Shadow of 313 Brigade http://bit.ly/9LF1Kk

offstumped Swapan Dasgupta calls for Indian Military role in Afghanistan http://is.gd/8ki61 bravo @Swapan55

offstumped Hindu on how Chidambaram failed to push NATGRID thru Cabinet http://www.thehindu.com/2010/02/14/stories/2010021454660800.htm

LEFTIST ‘INTELLECTUALS’
offstumped Is this where @PraveenSwami and Hindu are getting their inspiration for Hindutva conspiracy theories on Pune Blast http://is.gd/8Gngv

i_panchajanya Shocking Kuldip Nayar writes in "THE DAWN" that Hemant Karkare was killed either VHP/BD http://tiny.cc/6m5SZ Can we file a PIL against him

naveenks "The BNP is waging a proxy war against India on behalf of Pakistan" http://snipurl.com/ueob6

@swaraj_india: Mustread "How India's Intellectuals Spread Lies: Ravi Shanker Kapoor: Books: India Intellectuals" http://bit.ly/9KQyhl

Red Terror
@offstumped: Check out http://bit.ly/bEOZqD to appreciate the true nature of Maoist Terrorism - these guys are preparing for War

KanchanGupta:More on austerity: Centre directs States to scrap annual target practice for cops. Now once in 3 years

singh_prakash Visited operational areas in 36garh. State has borne the brunt of Naxal violence. But it is one state where CM 'n DGP are both committed

pragmatic_d Hindu edit on inadequacies of police to fight the Maoists is here. http://is.gd/8HjR0

@ProjectDharma: When a Gorkha says this you better be afraid "We will teach Kishenji what we can do" LT @lookitthis http://ow.ly/18HrB

centerofright Maoists ban on traders' entry into Jharkhand villages cripples life of the poor http://bit.ly/aTtJRB

centerofright Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee doubts forces' reflex action capability - with leaders like this do we need enemies? http://bit.ly/duCclv

offstumped Tragic and grim Human Rights lesson to Nitish Kumar from Maoist Terrorists http://bit.ly/cKVsUr he now has blood on his hands

offstumped Nitish kumar has always been vastly overrated by media and intelligenstia as a freudian reaction against BJP, opportunism is showing

Other New/Views/Policies
jojijoykutty @Swabhimaan Media cmpletly neglects d issues faced by d poor farmers f rural India. Hw mny times do v C a news item dedicated 4 their cause?

centerofright http://bit.ly/ayaEhG Price of sugar in India is hitting the roof, the govt allows 10000 Tons of sugar to be xported to Europe. Congdistances

visaraj Kamal’s fury forces Montek aide to withdraw RTI query http://is.gd/8CygE Whats cooking in Transport Ministry? Is Kamal Nath the New Baalu.

Mrityunjoykjha: Out of 61 deemed uni approved by the then HRD Min Arjun singh,59 are not fit by the HRD review report!

j_piyush @sardesairajdeep @bdutt isn't it biased dat rlwy mnstr got de aproval of 14 rlwy projects for bangal out of total 25.

pragmatic_d You know the kind of a country you are when your fertiliser subsidy bill equals nearly 70% of your defence budget.

offstumped Looks like the State's threshold for upholding Freedom of Speech when it comes to Minorities http://bit.ly/aXUmN7

Mainstream Media
KVSarmaJ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzo_journalism something practised by @bdutt @vikramchandrandtv @sardesairajdeep and MSM, since 1970s

rahul_razdan @sardesairajdeep Media needs to step in. Any attack in Kashmir or Assam needs to be given similar coverage as Pune blast

thinkerspad Media is becoming a state organ for obstructing the path of democracy and disallowing people from making informed choices.

SudhirKudva @barbarindian I wanted to know what @sagarikaghose thinks. They praise MMS for liberalization and then in the same breath talk abt NREGS

RAJAGOPALAN1951 Chidambaram won the hearts of women journos they all said what a pronounciation and accent.Gave no news but only English

RVarmanshetty @sureshnakhua @Swabhimaan did you'll know that sonia singh of @NDTV 's husband rpn singh is a congress mp from up

i_panchajanya NG says wealways stood for complete constitutional integration of J&K with the nation. While @bdutt & Hindu says NG diluted stand on 370!

niknathind @sagarikaghose compare ur debate to the one Sonia Singh of NDTV had on BJP n ull see how biased n unfair n one-sided ur debate came across..

International
@kittigadu: I love the way MOSSAD works .. @pragmatic_d 'Mossad' murder mystery has plenty of red herrings. http://is.gd/8zfeb

filter_c The absurdity of it all. Mossad chief being pressured to resign. For what? For doing his job? http://u.nu/733t5

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