Twitter account reminds users how many days PM Modi has spent without any press conference
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Narendra Modi came into power at the Centre in 2014, riding upon several promises and agendas proposed by it in their manifesto before the election.
Ever since the party led by Prime Minister Modi has been blamed for failing to fulfill all or most of the promises made by it.
Often, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also trolled and schooled on social media platforms for not holding and addressing any press conference ever since he came into power.
A Twitter account by name “Official PeeingHuman” regularly remind users of micro-blogging site about how many days and weeks PM Modi has spent without holding or addressing any press conferences despite being the Prime Minister of the largest democracy in the world.
According to the tweet made by the account on Sunday, December 6, it has been 2396 days, 78 months, and 342 weeks (over 6 years and six months) since Modi came to power in 2014, but the PM has held no press conference till date.
The account further claimed that is keeping a count of the total days/months/years before PM Modi holds any press conference.
2396 days / 78 months / 342 weeks (over 6 years & 6 months) since Modi ji came to power in 2014.
— Official PeeingHuman (@thepeeinghuman) December 6, 2020
ZERO press conferences by the PM of the largest democracy in the world ?!
Keeping a count of the total days/months/years before PM Modi does a press conference, if ever.#MaunModi pic.twitter.com/sBhQHpnDE1
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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.
