Terminated Aaj Tak journalist Shyam Meera Singh continues calling PM Modi “Shameless” on Twitter
Says PM Modi is even politicizing India’s hockey win at Tokyo Olympics
New Delhi: Former Aaj Tak journalist who was terminated by the India Today Group for his tweets criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and calling him a “Shameless Prime Minister” on Thursday once again tweeted calling PM Modi “Shameless” adding that he was right in saying it before.
On Thursday morning when Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a congratulatory tweet for the Indian men’s hockey team on their Bronze Medal finish in Tokyo Olympics, Shyam Meera Singh replied saying the PM was even politicizing an Olympic win of the country.
Modi in his tweet while congratulated the hockey team on their win adding that this is “New India”, a term popularized by him and BJP to highlight the era post-2014 when the BJP government came to power in India.
“Happy India! Inspired India! Proud India! The spectacular victory of the hockey team in Tokyo is a proud moment for the entire nation. This is New India, India full of confidence. Many congratulations and best wishes to the hockey team again.” Modi’s Hindi tweet read.
Shyam Meera Singh replied to the tweet and reminded PM Modi that India had won Gold in Hockey at the Olympics in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1964 too. He also questioned if Modi believed “old India” was weak.
“Was old India weak? The hockey in which you are calling getting bronze as 'New India'. In the same hockey, India has won gold in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1964. But you are politicizing this too. I had rightly said ‘Shameless Prime Minister’” he replied.
प्रफुल्लित भारत! प्रेरित भारत! गर्वित भारत!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 5, 2021
टोक्यो में हॉकी टीम की शानदार जीत पूरे देश के लिए गर्व का क्षण है।
ये नया भारत है, आत्मविश्वास से भरा भारत है।
हॉकी टीम को फिर से ढेरों बधाई और शुभकामनाएं। ? #Tokyo2020
“ये नया भारत है, आत्मविश्वास से भरा भारत है?”
— Shyam Meera Singh (@ShyamMeeraSingh) August 5, 2021
क्यों भाई? पुराना भारत क्या कमजोर था? जिस हॉकी में कांस्य मिलने को ‘नया भारत’ कह रहे हो. उसी हॉकी में भारत ने 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964 में गोल्ड जीता है. पर आपने यहाँ भी राजनीति घुसा दी. मैंने सही ही कहा था “Shameless Prime Minister”
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SC seeks ED's response on journalist's bail plea in money laundering case
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file its response within three days on a bail plea of journalist Mahesh Langa in a money laundering case linked to an alleged financial fraud.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also asked senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the jailed journalist, to file rejoinder, if needed, to the ED's response within two days of it being filed.
The top court fixed the case for further hearing on December 15.
During the brief hearing on Monday, Sibal said a journalist has been facing as many as six cases.
"The journalist is accused of extortion," the counsel for the ED said and sought a short adjournment on the ground that Solicitor General Tuhar Mehta was unavailable at the moment.
The top court on September 8 sought responses from the Gujarat government and the ED on Langa's bail plea.
While issuing the notices on Langa's bail plea, the bench asked, "What kind of a journalist is he?"
"With due respect, there are some very genuine journalists. But there are also people who on their scooter say we are 'patrakar' (journalists) and what they actually do everybody knows," the bench told Sibal.
Sibal replied that these are all allegations.
"In one FIR, he gets anticipatory bail, then a second FIR is lodged and again anticipatory bail is granted but now he is booked under a third FIR for income tax evasion. There are other things also against him," Sibal submitted.
He added that there is a background to the case also.
On July 31, the Gujarat High Court rejected Langa's bail plea in the money laundering case on the grounds that if released on bail, prejudice would be caused to the prosecution case.
On February 25, the ED said it arrested Langa in a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged financial fraud.
He was first arrested in October 2024 in a GST fraud case.
The money laundering case against Langa stems from two FIRs filed by Ahmedabad police on charges of fraud, criminal misappropriation, criminal breach of trust, cheating and causing wrongful loss of lakhs of rupees to certain people.
