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Ridiculous - "At the meeting, Mr. Sibal showed attendees a Facebook page that maligned the Congress Party’s president, Sonia Gandhi. “This is unacceptable,” he told attendees, the executive said, and he asked them to find a way to monitor what is posted on their sites."

I'm not allowed to criticize my government in a public forum? Pardon my language, but this is fucking ridiculous.

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Haa. Sonia Gandhi is not technically part of the government. But of course she is more powerful than the government.

What? She is an elected member of parliament. She is in every way a part of the government. Her role is not reflective of the power she yields but that is a separate issue.

An elected member of parliament is not a member of government in India, and I guess, everywhere else. Legislature and executive are two separate parts of a democracy.

> Mr. Sibal

> fucking ridiculous.

"Sibal" actually means "fucking" in Korean. Coincidence?

I wish he knew that ;)

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