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Minhaz Merchant

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Biographer: Rajiv Gandhi, Aditya Birla. Ex-TOI, India Today. Founder: Sterling Newspapers Pvt Ltd, acquired by Indian Express Group. Jeejeebhoy physics scholar.

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1Jul 30, '25Trump was waiting for Modi to call him after his 25% tariff bomb. All other big nations/blocs like the EU, UK, Japan, etc had rushed their top leaders to Washington to placate Trum20.7×803k15k2.7k449
2Jun 5, '24If Nitish flips, NDA would still be 281 (293-12). Chandrababu’s not going anywhere because he needs huge funds from the Centre for building Andhra’s new capital city Amaravati. If 18.6×721k17k1.8k401
3Jun 16, '24BJP’s communications team is so hopeless that it still hasn’t been able, 10 years later, to nail the lie propagated by the Opposition that Modi said he’d put Rs 15 lakh in every In15.4×596k6.8k2k363
4Feb 28, '23Dear #CJIChandrachud, on becoming Chief Justice of India you said you would not take out-of-turn hearings. In 2 weeks you’ve violated your pledge twice by hearing #PawanKhera matte8.8×341k8.4k3.1k22
5Oct 10, '24The Indian diet is the world’s most sustainable, will keep global warming & Australia are the worst.7.8×303k6.3k1.9k829
6Oct 19, '24I happened to be in New York in May 1998 when India tested a nuclear device in Pokhran2. The US media went ballistic, Clinton imposed harsh sanctions on India. It took me 10 calls 6.1×238k5.6k1.1k215
7Sep 4, '25Negativity. Negativity. Negativity. It jumps out of this headline. ⁦@livemint⁩, founded in 2007, has yet to abandon its supercilious editorial mindset.5.2×202k7.8k1.6k180
8Jul 28, '25In #OperationSindoor debate in Parliament @GauravGogoiAsm asks why IAF pilots launched missiles from standoff range rather than from over Pak territory. As Mark Twain said, it is b5.0×192k6.3k1.6k112
9Aug 27, '25It’s interesting that Trump has unknowingly chosen Ganesh Chaturthi to launch his 50% trade war on India. Ganesh ji, remover of all obstacles, will remove this one too.4.5×174k8k1k97
10Jun 15, '24If BJP doesn’t take tough action on the criminal politicians of TMC in West Bengal, it can say goodbye to 2026 assembly poll & 2029 LS poll.3.8×148k7.2k1.8k39
11Sep 6, '21“RSS-Taliban mentality same,” says Javed Akhtar. To test his theory Akhtar should first go to RSS HQ in Nagpur & abuse Bhagwat. He’ll be sent away with a shrug. Then he should 3.8×021k5.3k62
12Feb 19, '24Dear #CJIChandrachud, your outrage at misconduct of the returning officer in Chandigarh’s mayoral poll is justified. But your lack of outrage on sexual assaults on women in #Sandes3.8×146k6.5k2.7k29
13Nov 9, '19Only in an innately secular country like India would the 80% majority wait patiently for 70 years for a legal verdict to build or not build a temple sacred to it. Western democraci3.2×015k5.6k68
14Oct 26, '19BJP should call @ShivSena’s bluff, refuse rotational CM demand, form minority govt without Sena, lose confidence motion if Sena votes with opposition, let governor’s rule be impose2.9×014k4.5k12
15Oct 4, '25The number of Pakistan-loving columnists in India is staggering. Most aren’t even on ISI’s payroll. They just hate India (and themselves).2.7×105k5.4k1.1k117
16Apr 24, '24Dear #CJIChandrachud, #SC forced #Patanjali Ayurveda to issue large ads in leading dailies for its allegedly false product advertising. So far so good. Did #SC force #AkbaruddinOwa2.6×100k6k2.8k67
17Oct 8, '201) On Oct 6 FIR filed against @IndiaToday for TRP fraud. 2) No evidence found in 1-day. Probe still on. 3) On Oct 7 inquiry sent to BARC seeking viewer data of @republic. 4) On Oct2.6×012k4.7k40
18Jun 5, '22Catch #Qatar or #Kuwait summoning a Chinese envoy over one million Muslims kept in prison-like detention camps in #Xinjiang. Countries, like people, behave the way you let them.2.4×013k3.6k62
19Oct 9, '24So @OmarAbdullah with 23.4% vote share as CM in J&K is democratic. But Modi as PM with 37% vote share isn’t democratic. This is the level of intellectual corrosion in the Oppos2.3×88k5.7k1.6k75
20Mar 18, '19“Mukesh Ambani bails out Anil Ambani,” helps pay Rs 458.77 crore debt to #Ericsson & saves Anil from prison. And all this while we thought Anil was rolling in the Rs 30,000 cro2.2×010k4k22
21Jan 11, '24Well done ⁦@EaseMyTrip⁩! India’s 2nd largest travel portal takes a stand against ⁦@visitmaldives⁩ & shames sold-out journos whose spines bend in the direction of China & ot2.1×82k5.8k1.4k17
22Mar 24, '20India records slowest increase in new cases (20) in the last 24 hours and thankfully no new deaths #COVID192.0×013k2.3k7
23Oct 11, '20Shocking that Modi govt hasn’t been able to implement a years-old, court-backed notice to Sonia/Rahul Gandhi-owned Young Indian Pvt Ltd to vacate #HeraldHouse. Worse, MEA continues2.0×08.7k3.7k38
24May 6, '19Finally! #AnilAmbani takes ⁦@RahulGandhi⁩ head-on, calls him a malicious liar. Now if AA goes a step further & sues RG in SC for criminal defamation, the truth of the mythical 2.0×08.4k4.1k13
25Mar 25, '19How much will @RahulGandhi’s minimum income scheme cost the exchequer? 25 crore poor x Rs 72,000/yr = Rs 18 lakh crore/yr. That’s 3x India’s fiscal deficit, 6x defence budget &2.0×07.8k3.9k36
26Apr 14, '19“Why are all the ‘chors’ named Modi,” asks ⁦@RahulGandhi⁩, insulting in one breath Parsis, Gujaratis & Marwaris for whom Modi is a common surname with different spellings. Er, 2.0×08k3.8k12
27Jul 2, '24Did ⁦@RahulGandhi⁩ lie in Parliament? If he did, punishment must follow, including suspension, as it would for any MP. No excuses. No exemptions.2.0×76k5.6k2.3k43
28Feb 9, '19Dear ⁦@RahulGandhi⁩, Qatari Air Force paid Rs 1,875 crore for fully loaded #Rafale jet in 2015. Indian Air Force is paying Rs 1,640 crore for similarly fully loaded #Rafale jet in 2.0×06.7k4.5k46
29Apr 27, '19Has any fact-checking site fact checked @RahulGandhi’s allegation that “@narendramodi gave Anil Ambani Rs 30,000 crore”? Where’s the money trail? Where’s the evidence? Or are fact-1.9×08.5k3.7k8
30May 10, '19This is for you @AtishiAAP & @ArvindKejriwal. Read what the legendary VVS writes about @GautamGambhir. You chose the wrong man to unleash your party’s dirty tricks dept on.1.9×09.9k3.1k4
31Nov 7, '20Bombay HC gave bail to Salman Khan in 2 hours (the judge joined Congress on retirement), others have got instant bail on phone from lawyers like Kapil Sibal. Time HC judgements — a1.9×08.9k3.2k34
32May 31, '19Amit Shah broke the back of terrorism in Gujarat as Home Minister. As union Home Minister he’ll take anti-corruption cases against Vadra, National Herald, Chidambarams & others1.9×010k2.7k9
33Mar 9, '19Has anyone noticed that those shouting loudest “chowkidar chor hai” are out on bail?1.9×09k3.2k8
34Jan 25, '19"Priyanka Gandhi joins the family firm," says a New Zealand newspaper. Lesson for Indian media. Be clinical. Call dynastic political parties what they are: proprietary firms1.8×07.3k4k10
35Apr 20View post on X1.8×71k581022
36May 12, '25Once a fool, always a fool. How does India’s entertainment factory produce people like ⁦@BeerBicepsGuy⁩1.8×71k6.9k1.9k48
37Apr 27, '22No comment required1.8×09.4k2.5k166
38Dec 9, '24If Modi & Adani are one, at least both work for India’s national interest. But if Rahul & Soros are one, whose interest do they work for?1.8×69k5.5k1.7k47
39Dec 17, '18Narayana Murthy, asked about who he’d prefer led India after May 2019, gives an answer the interviewer certainly didn’t expect :) Watch!1.7×06.3k3.9k73
40Sep 4, '22#MedhaPatkar “made a fool of not just me but thousands of concerned humanists who should also be angry for being taken for a ride,” writes @swaminomics⁩. It’s taken him 3 decades t1.6×07.6k2.7k166
41Nov 14, '19SC dismisses all petitions against #Rafale deal filed by Arun Shourie, Yashwant Sinha & Prashant Bhushan, calls them a “fishing expedition”, tells @RahulGandhi to mind his inte1.6×07.7k2.9k19
42Jul 1, '20About time: @priyankagandhi asked to vacate her tax-paid Lutyens bungalow in 30 days. Value of bungalow Rs 500 crore. Income foregone: Rs 20 crore/year at ave 4% rent return. All o1.6×07.5k2.7k29
43May 9, '21With Jay Panda, Bibek Debroy, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sanjeev Sanyal & MJAkbar, BJP could have formed an effective team to command the narrative across issues — farm laws, Covid,1.5×08.2k2.1k32
44May 4, '19Two former army chiefs, General VK Singh today & General Bikram Singh in 2016, have contradicted @INCIndia & MMS statement of 6 UPA-era surgical strikes. By lying so brazen1.5×06.3k3.2k19
45Apr 21, '20Defending China comes easily to these overrated, intellectually challenged anchors1.5×06.4k2.5k50
46Jun 13, '19CM @MamataOfficial: “I condemn doctors who have gone on strike. Policemen die in the line of duty but the police don’t go on strike.” This wins the award for the most foolish analo1.5×07.4k2.6k8
47Apr 29, '21Catastrophe. Apocalypse. Not words the embedded Western media used when 5,000 Americans were dying DAILY from #Covid last year in a country with 1/4th India’s population.1.5×07.4k2.6k34
48Sep 4, '20Dear @AnilDeshmukhNCP & @rautsanjay61, you are public servants. Citizens pay your salaries, perks, security, bungalows, travel. Those citizens include Kangana whose taxes go to1.5×07.6k2.5k13
49Mar 22, '19With an advisor like ⁦@sampitroda⁩, who told a news agency that Pak can’t be blamed for #PulwamaTerrorAttack & asked for proof of #BalakotAirStrikes’ success, @RahulGandhi⁩’s c1.5×06.4k2.9k6
50Apr 25, '21Britain’s vicious 2nd wave in Jan-March 2021 took 70,000 lives in 3 months in a population 1/20th India’s. Hospitals in London, where my son has a flat, ran out of ICU beds, patien1.5×07k2.5k52
51Oct 26, '18.@RahulGandhi continues to lie that Reliance is getting Rs 30,000 crore from #Rafale offsets when documents prove it’s actually going to get only Rs 425 crore (50% of Rs 850 crore 1.5×05.9k3k11
52May 6, '20So finally ⁦@thewire_in⁩ reports on #RiyazNaikoo’s elimination by Indian security forces — but can’t bear to utter the word “terrorist” in the entire report. Not even once.1.5×06.8k2.5k35
53May 31, '19Shah-Doval-Jaishankar combination will send a chill down the spine of Pakistan-ISI and their agents in the Valley1.4×07.7k2.2k10
54Nov 14, '18Between Oct 4 and Nov 14 petrol prices fell from Rs 91 to Rs 82 in Mumbai and to Rs 77 in Delhi. Dead silence from the commentariat :)1.4×06.3k2.8k3
55Jun 17, '20Countries that have disputes with #China: US, India, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Philippines, UK, Vietnam, Indonesia, Netherlands, Canada & dozens others. Countries with clo1.4×07.2k2.1k20
56Dec 6, '20When Modi was elected PM in 2014, Congress-Left-Islamists predicted “riot after riot”. Didn’t happen. Next: award wapsi & fake news of Church attacks. Didn’t work. Next: organi1.4×07.9k1.8k25
57Sep 27, '18Has @RahulGandhi tweeted yet about SC verdict on #AyodhyaCase? As a newly devout Hindu he should be the first to want to pray at the #RamMandir :)1.4×06.4k2.5k2
58Jan 2, '19Total offset by Dassault in its 50:50 JV with Anil Ambani firm is Rs 850 crore. Total offsets value is Rs 30,000 crore shared by 72 vendors. And yet @RahulGandhi lies brazenly abou1.4×05.2k3.1k17
59Apr 13, '21Those asking for political rallies to stop & kumbh mela to be cut short won’t breathe a word about 5-month-old farmers’ protests. #Superspreaders in #Covid-hit #Punjab are a pr1.4×07.4k2.1k18
60Mar 23, '19Two kg gold worth over Rs 60 lakh seized at airport from wife of @MamataOfficial’s nephew & political heir Abhishek Banerjee1.4×05.8k2.9k0
61Aug 12, '21Finally govt releases CCTV showing Opposition MPs manhandling woman marshal. Good that govt has held a media briefing to counter disinformation by agenda-driven news sites. Now for1.4×06.7k2.4k15
62Jan 26, '21Worst coverage of farmers’ violence on TV is unsurprisingly on @ndtv, downplaying the riot-like disruption with ameliorative language. Awful journalism1.4×07.3k1.9k11
63Dec 14, '18Huge victory for govt in #RafaleDeal. SC clears deal, no detailed scrutiny, no corruption, tells petitioners not to misuse SC with such PILs, @RahulGandhi’s allegations binned. Big1.4×06k2.5k2
64Jan 21, '21Farmers reject govt offer to suspend farm laws for 18 months. Demand repeal. They’ve just saved Modi govt from an embarrassing rollback & allowed their mask to slip further1.3×07.9k1.5k18
65Jan 23, '19Nehru-Indira (father-daughter). Indira-Sanjay (mother-younger son). Indira-Rajiv (mother-older son). Sonia-Rahul (mother-son). Rahul-Priyanka (brother-sister). And so it goes on an1.3×05.8k2.6k8
66Oct 10, '18History was actually made in Dec 1984 when cabinet and Congress reported to a former Indian Airlines pilot1.3×05.6k2.6k5
67Oct 28, '19Thank goodness we have @ndtv. If we didn’t, we’d have to subscribe to channels in Pakistan.1.3×07.3k1.7k8
68May 15, '19EC’s order removing WB home secy and transferring ADG CID Rajeev Kumar to home ministry is another slap on @MamataOfficial’s government1.3×06.2k2.3k3
69Jun 18, '21Twitter tells IT parliamentary panel that @Twitter rules are as important to follow as Indian laws. If @Infosys told a US Senate committee that Infosys’ internal rules are as impor1.3×06.5k1.9k23
70Jun 10, '22Muslim radicals in India have been itching to riot since 2014. They aren’t upset over #NupurSharma who simply quoted passages from #Hadith. Left-Islamist politicians & SM insti1.3×06.5k1.9k32
71Sep 9, '20Maharashtra with 9% of India’s population accounts for nearly 40% of India’s #COVID19 deaths. Well done, @OfficeofUT.1.3×06.4k2.1k10
72Feb 28, '19Amusing how sections of the compromised Indian media are tripping over themselves to give credit for #WingCommandarAbhinandan’s release to foreign powers rather than the resolute s1.2×05.8k2.2k5
73Aug 11, '19You haven’t addressed the J&K Police’s rebuttal. There can’t be a 10,000-strong crowd under curfew. You stand by your biased, untruthful journalism? Yes, of course, you would.1.2×05.8k2.3k6
74May 15, '22Every news channel is showing, full screen, India’s historic win in #ThomasCup. Not @ndtv though. It has Rahul G’s speech & relegates India’s win to a side screen scroll. The o1.2×07.5k1.3k30
75Jul 29, '22Dear Justice Chandrachud, citizens “targeting” judges is no better or worse than judges targeting citizens. Freedom of expression is not a one-way street.1.2×06.2k1.9k31
76May 22, '22On the left, the Nehruvian view. On the right, the post-Nehruvian view.1.2×07.7k1.2k22
77Mar 19, '19Rupee strengthens to 68.53 to the dollar, same level as in 2013...1.2×05.8k2.1k7
78Feb 26, '20The most biased, one-sided & untruthful reports in the foreign press on #DelhiRiots will come from the poison-tipped pens of Indian journalists.1.2×05.4k2.2k11
79Oct 23, '20Imagine: if Delhi police did to @ndtv what Mumbai police is doing to @republic. Cong-Left ecosystem would have sprung into action, called for late night hearing of SC to quash FIR,1.2×05.3k2k15
80May 8, '19And @ndtv the ONLY news channel to carry @priyankagandhi’s road show in split screen along with PM @narendramodi’s rally. Such touching loyalty to Nehru-Gandhi dynasty1.2×06k1.6k5
81Feb 24, '19First time in 5 years that I’ve RT’d the PM’s tweet.1.2×05.8k2.1k6
82Apr 22, '19.@RahulGandhi’s continuing obsession with #AnilAmbani & the imaginary Rs 30,000 crore he’s supposed to have got from @narendramodi is acquiring unhealthy proportions. Psychiatr1.2×05.7k2k3
83Apr 24, '20Interesting: a woman journalist Samyabrata Ray Goswami is one of two journalists travelling home from work. Their car is attacked by two men identified by Mumbai police officer esc1.2×05.3k2.2k16
84May 5, '19PM Modi’s comment on Rajiv Gandhi ending his life as “corrupt no. 1” not at all appropriate. For all his faults Rajiv was a decent man, undone by those close to him. Remark not in 1.2×05.4k9855
85Jan 19, '21#Tandav: Why is it that #Bollywood invariably targets #Hindu icons for mockery, never those of any other faith?1.1×06.1k1.6k10
86May 8, '20With state GDP of nearly $300 billion, UP has a larger economy than #Pakistan & is growing at 14% a year.1.1×06.4k1.5k14
87Jan 28, '19Poor @ndtv, which ludicrously gave it 1 star, eating its words as #KanganaRanaut’s #Manikarnika is a box office hit, collecting Rs 42 crore in its first 3 days1.1×05.3k2k3
88Oct 2, '20Congress-Left cabal sees UP CM @myogiadityanath exactly as it saw Modi after 2002 — an existential political threat... the new Maut ka Saudagar. Sonia Gandhi was first to recognise1.1×05.2k1.9k20
89May 27, '21SM platforms make money from India. India gets nothing but toxicity in return, especially from @TwitterIndia. With China blocking them, India is the last big market left for these 1.1×05.6k1.8k8
90Sep 7, '20Maharashtra has 9% of India’s population but 21% of India’s #COVIDー19 cases. Congratulations @OfficeofUT. You’ve done us proud.1.1×06k1.6k9
91Sep 9, '20Poor journalism by @sardesairajdeep not to question SS spokie @priyankac19 that demolition of Kangana office violated July 2020 Bombay HC order banning all demolition till Sept 30.1.1×05.6k1.6k6
92Oct 31, '21NZ actually looked a little embarrassed at winning so easily. They didn’t celebrate much. This is a broken Indian team, in morale & spirit. The buck stops at the top. If @imVko1.1×06k1.4k13
93Jun 4, '21Dear @VP @KamalaHarris, Thank you for donating an estimated 2 million doses of #AstraZeneca vaccines to India. We are administering 4 million vaccines a day in June so the US contr1.1×05.5k1.8k20
94Dec 5, '20Farmers protesting in Delhi don’t want a solution. They are propped up by Left-Congress-Islamist forces who want to weaken Modi govt & eventually oust it to return India to its1.0×05.9k1.2k13
95Apr 8, '22Finally1.0×06.3k97933
96Apr 21, '21Great news for domestic vaccine #Covaxin — 100% efficacy in phase 3 trials against severe #Covid & 78% clinical efficacy. Results just released.1.0×05.6k1.5k18
97Jul 19, '21Modi govt has 303 seats in LS but acts like it has 30. Instead of pleading to be heard, PM Modi should have walked out during the disruption. Speaker OM Birla should have picked ou1.0×05.3k1.4k9
98Oct 28, '22Bravo ⁦@RishiSunak⁩! Pledges to crack down on Pakistani “grooming gangs” that rape & indoctrinate young British girls. No more “political correctness”, he says. Task force will1.0×05.5k1.4k115
99Nov 10, '19Bal Thackeray was a mild, nondescript cartoonist sitting in a corner in Free Press Journal when Congress in 1966 pulled him out of obscurity to form Shiv Sena to counter Communists1.0×05.4k1.5k21
100Nov 19, '20#Thackeray-#AnvayNaik linked property deals exposed by @KiritSomaiya. Does @ndtv or @IndiaToday have the journalistic honesty to do a show on this egregious conflict of interest?1.0×05.4k1.3k5
101Aug 16, '22Success of #KashmirFiles (Rs 260 crore India & Rs 350 crore worldwide) shows how poorly #LaalSinghChaddha has fared (Rs 45 crore in 5 prime days & lifetime India estimate o1.0×05.9k1.1k18

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