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PremaViswanathan retweeted
The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy. We cannot demand that right for ourselves in Delhi and deny it to others in Bengaluru.
I have taken note of yesterday’s incident involving protesters and members of the media. I have sought a full report on the circumstances that led to the police action. If there has been any unnecessary use of force or excess, accountability will follow.
Let me be clear: disagreement with the Election Commission, disagreement with my government, or disagreement with me personally does not diminish anyone’s right to peacefully express it.
Karnataka must hold itself to the democratic standards that we expect from the rest of the country. There will be no double standards.
We cannot demand the right to protest in Delhi and deny it in Bengaluru. There will be no double standards.
PremaViswanathan retweeted
#Bengaluru police detained dozens of people protesting against #SIR & #GyaneshKumar in a state with a ruling Congress govt, whose leaders claim to be against SIR too. Their reason? A technicality. That protests are only allowed in Freedom Park, not even 10 metres outside it.
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PremaViswanathan retweeted
Flyovers yaake? Bengaluru moms & residents are forming human chains, not traffic jams, to question the city’s obsession with elevated corridors. More concrete isn’t the answer to congestion. We need better public transport, walkable streets and a city that puts people, NOT flyovers first!
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Indiranagara 80 ft road's young ones also made sure to have their voices heard!
ಸಿಡಿದೆದ್ದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಡಿಯರ್ ಡಿಕೆ, ಫ್ಲೈಓವರ್ ಯಾಕೆ? 3,060 ಕೋಟಿ ಮೌಲ್ಯದ 9 ಟೆಂಡರ್ಗಳು ರದ್ದು!
#elevatedcorridor
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PremaViswanathan retweeted
Before spending ₹18,204 crore on 13 proposed elevated corridors spanning 126.44 km, publish independent traffic and environmental studies. Will they ease congestion or shift traffic jams? Prioritise Metro, buses and junction upgrades over costly flyovers.
PremaViswanathan retweeted
Human chain at Indiranagar today demanding the cancellation of the elevated corridor project and the reinstatement of the BMLTA. Happening at other locations too. @bengawalk @deardk_blr
PremaViswanathan retweeted
On Sunday morning, Bengaluru citizens, mostly youngsters cutting across political lines, gathered in Indiranagar holding placards, posters & roses to form human chains under the banner of @deardk_blr to oppose B-SMILE's elevated corridor projects.
@CMofKarnataka @krishnabgowda
Bengaluru citizens under the banner of @deardk_blr will form human chains on Oct 11 at 11am at Indiranagar SV Metro-KFC Signal & Jayanagar Rose Garden Park to oppose B-SMILE's elevated corridor projects.
They demand tender cancellation, sustainable mobility funding & B-SMILE’s replacement with BMLTA, citing tree loss, congestion & park destruction.
PremaViswanathan retweeted
Here's a preview of today's #CityExpress:
A peek into a unique exhibition which tells Goa's love stories through denim and embroidery
An exclusive chat with IPL Punjab Kings player and Bengaluruean, Vijaykumar Vyshak
🎨 Arun Kumar
For more, visit:
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PremaViswanathan retweeted
Food rations that could feed over a million people for three months are mouldering in warehouses because of US aid cuts. Some stocks that are due to expire are likely to be destroyed. Jessica Donati, @REUTERSFARGE, @JonathanLanday and I report for @Reuters reuters.com/world/us-aid-cut…
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@BBMPCOMM @BBMPofficial
@EastZonalZC @BBMPSplHealth
Trade Licences are being issued to trades without inspection. RTIs to offices of ZC, CHO, HO & MOH for copies of inspection reports go unanswered. What is the point of processes if it's not followed? Clearly a scam here!.
PremaViswanathan retweeted
My deep dive into how the deaths of some Kenyan protesters were mischaracterized by police as road accidents and mob justice. At the country’s biggest morgue, only one gunshot death was recorded between June 25, the most violent day of protest, and June 30
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PremaViswanathan retweeted
ICIN today wrote to our Hon'ble Governor, Chief Justice of Kar, Chief Minister, Dy CM and Chief Secretary on the dereliction of duty by BBMP officials leading to a breakdown of the city's Standard of living directly impinging on our Constitutional Right to Life (Article 21).
PremaViswanathan retweeted
Sirs, meeting was organised between 50 residents & the illegal restaurant where they went on record to say that SHI Renukamba applied for licence on behalf of establishment & they have no clue on what laws need to be followed!!. When did law enforcers become agents 4 businesses?
PremaViswanathan retweeted
Sirs, how is this establishment allowed to function on 12th main, Indiranagar without a trade licence & sanctioned plan?. With ZERO parking it has taken over entire footpath & byelanes. Ease of business @ cost of residents peace & with absolute lawlessness?. We demand closure!
PremaViswanathan retweeted
Senior journalists and @NWM_India members remember the Emergency – marked by press censorship, detention of political opponents, and so on –from the vantage point of the present time, especially in terms of media freedom and freedom to dissent.
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PremaViswanathan retweeted
My own view on the #sengol controversy is that both sides have good arguments. The government rightly argues that the sceptre reflects a continuity of tradition by embodying sanctified sovereignty & the rule of dharma. The Opposition rightly argues that the Constitution was adopted in the name of the people & that sovereignty abides in the people of India as represented in their Parliament, and is not a kingly privilege handed down by divine right.
The two positions are reconcilable if one simply drops the debateable red herring about the sceptre having been handed to Nehru by Mountbatten to symbolise the transfer of power, a story for which there is no proof. Instead we should simply say that the sengol sceptre is a traditional symbol of power & authority, and by placing it in the Lok Sabha, India is affirming that sovereignty resides there & not with any monarch.
Let us embrace this symbol from the past to affirm the values of our present.
PremaViswanathan retweeted
Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi makes a run for it as reporters repeatedly ask her about the protest by the wrestlers. On another note, she runs fast 💨
अगर सवालों से भागने का कोई ओलंपिक होता तो सबसे अधिक मेडल भारत में ही आते भाजपा के सौजन्य से।
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PremaViswanathan retweeted
Sirs @BBMPCOMM @BBMPAdmn why is Rameswaram & Paris Panini being allowed in the setback area of bldng that belongs 2 BBMP AEE. There is absolutely no space for patrons 2 wait & spill onto footpath & street. Sr citizens have 2 nw walk on busy 12th main @ the risk of being run over
