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BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday called late Rajiv Gandhi the ‘architect of modern India’ as he paid tribute to the former prime minister on his death anniversary. However, the former Congress MP deleted his tweet allegedly under duress from the BJP leadership, prompting netizens to condemn the young leader from Madhya Pradesh.
Scindia, whose father Madhavrao Scindia was also associated with the Congress until his death 2001, tweeted on Friday, “Tributes to the architect of modern India, Bharat Ratna, late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary.”
However, Twitterati were stunned to see that Scindia had deleted his tweet and replaced it with a new social media post, where he had chosen to omit ‘the architect of modern India’ and ‘Bharat Ratna.’ The new tweet by Scindia merely read, “Tributes to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary.”
The development earned Scindia considerable ridicule with many accusing the current leadership of the BJP of coercing the former to delete the tweet showering praises on Rajiv Gandhi. Scindia’s former colleague, Digivijay Singh, said that he was not surprised.
मुझे कोई आश्चर्य नहीं हुआ। https://t.co/WOShiAIhtk
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) May 21, 2021
जैसे ही सिंधिया जी ने भारत रत्न राजीव गाँधी जी को आधुनिक भारत के निर्माता कहा शायद सुल्तान ए हिन्द नाराज हो गए...
— Jitu Patwari (@jitupatwari) May 21, 2021
फिर ट्वीट डिलीट करके सुल्तान को खुश करने का प्रयास किया...
इस नाजुक समय में सुल्तान की ख़ुशी का ध्यान रखना क्यों जरूरी है सभी बेहतर जानते है.... pic.twitter.com/rdMzEt8HZS
ज्योतिरादित्य सिंधिया जी,स्व.राजीव गांघी की पुण्यतिथि पर आपके द्वारा उनका स्मरण स्वागतयोग्य,पर पहला ट्वीट डिलीट कर दूसरा करना आश्चर्यजनक है!शायद "स्वयंभू विश्वगुरु" आपके द्वारा राजीव जी को आधुनिक भारत का निर्माता लिखने से तिलमिला गए होंगे? @JM_Scindia @RahulGandhi @OfficeOfKNath pic.twitter.com/YYctqJQ0MX
— KK Mishra (@KKMishraINC) May 21, 2021
Scindia had left the Congress with nearly two dozen MLAs to join the BJP last year after his 18 years of association with the Congress. His action had caused the Congress government headed by Kamal Nath to fall in Madhya Pradesh.
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Batumi (Georgia), Jul 26 (PTI): Young Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh held her nerves to hold stalwart Koneru Humpy to a draw in game 1 of the FIDE Women's World Cup final, with both players having their share of opportunities to take the lead here on Saturday.
The draw with black means Humpy, the two-time World Rapid champion, holds a slight edge going in the second and final game under the classical chess rules in the two-game mini-match, and should the deadlock continue, games of shorter duration will be played to determine the winner.
Humpy employed the Queen's gambit accepted as black and it turned out to be a pretty fascinating game right out of the opening as Divya, 19, came up with a piece sacrifice early to deny the black king the right to castle.
Humpy was the first to err and, according to computers, Divya had things under control on the 14th move. However in her bid to recover the extra material, the Nagpur girl, who has secured a place in the Candidates tournament with her sterling performance here, missed a promising continuation.
What followed the exchange of all minor pieces and the ensuing queen and rook endgame gave enough counter play to both players. The game was eventually drawn after Humpy sacrificed her rook to force perpetual checks.
"The game saw an extremely sharp battle with the game ending in a draw in 41 moves. On move 7, Divya made her aggressive intentions clear by offering another pawn,
which looked like home preparation. Humpy made a practical decision of refraining from taking the pawn and a balanced position was reached by move 10 by white," said Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay, an Arjuna awardee and the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster norm.
"However, instead of developing the undeveloped Knight, Humpy retreated the centralised Knight on move 10, giving huge positional advantage to Divya. Divya could have gained huge positional advantage on the 12th move by moving a rook. However, she chose to play for King side attack by sacrificing a piece instead.
"Humpy, too, erred at this stage and instead of moving the King to Queen side, moved it to the King side. Divya, on move 14, could have obtained a crushing attack by threatening a mate by developing her Queen. Instead she chose to exchange a pair of Bishops first, which enabled Humpy to defend her King by returning the piece," said Thipsay.
"Players thus reached a balanced Queen and two Rooks ending. Divya continued to play ambitiously and tried to attack Humpy’s King but the latter defended accurately and the game was drawn in 41 moves by perpetual check," he added.
In the play-off for the third place, Chinese players Zhongyi Tan, the former women's world champion and top seed Lei Tingjie also decided to split points out of a Queen’s gambit declined game.
The opening raised visions of a close contest between the two but having been knocked out of title race in the previous round, none of them wanted to take any huge risk. It was still a middle game when the players shook hands.
With the top two positions sealed for the Indians, the berth to the next Candidates is also assigned, while the player finishing third will also get an entry to the premier event scheduled for 2026.
Results: Divya Deshmukh (Ind) drew with Koneru Humpy (Ind); Zhongyi Tan (Chn) drew with Tingjie Lei (Chn).