Super Boss, Boss and Puppets (Thread) 2020-21 COVID was a painful memory for many, but it proved jackpot for few…
Summary
This thread alleges that Dinesh Thakur, a former pharma whistleblower who received a $48 million government reward, has used his foundation since 2019 to fund Indian journalists, activists, and lawyers to target Indian pharmaceutical companies and government policies while benefiting US pharma interests. The author claims this coordinated network has attacked Indian vaccines, promoted foreign pharmaceutical approval, and spread narratives against the Indian government during COVID-19.
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Super Boss, Boss and Puppets (Thread) 2020-21 COVID was a painful memory for many, but it proved jackpot for few people. While India was fighting its worst challenge ever, a man sitting in the USA was quietly building his army in India An army of activists. 1/25
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21 Oct 2021 A normal day for most people, but the happiest day for Delhi-based RTI activist Saurav Das. He finally secured his place in the army he had been trying to join for a long time- Thakur Family Foundation The army of Dinesh Thakur.
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But this story doesn't start from 2021, it starts from 2003 Pfizer vs Ranbaxy A great corporate battle was going on between US Pharma giant Pfizer and Indian pharma company Ranbaxy Pfizer just lost patent for his best selling drug Lipitor and Ranbaxy was all set to launch
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its generic drug which was way more cheaper than Lipitor Lipitor was best selling drug of Pfizer, its sales was in billions of dollars which Pfizer was on verge to lose but then a miracle happens Three Indians Dinesh Thakur, Swaminathan & Dinesh Kasthuril who were working in
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an US Pharma company Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) leaves BMS and joins Ranbaxy USA. They work there for 2 years (2003-05) After leaving Ranbaxy, they file complaint against Ranbaxy in US FDA for data manipulation Since he was insider so he had all confidential information
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2013 Ranbaxy loses the case and fines $500 Million Dinesh Thakur receives $48 million from US govt as whistleblower reward This case destroys Ranbaxy and its ultimately sold out to Sun Pharma in 2015 This case proves jackpot for Pfizer and its competition is eliminated
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After attempting hands in many ventures, Dinesh Thakur starts Pharma activism with motto to improve public health and to target bad pharma companies but is it just coincident that his targets are always Indian pharma companies and beneficiaries are US pharma companies
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Or he was working on instructions of US Pharma mafia I don't know With $48 M, Dinesh Thakur starts and NGO Thakur Family Foundation in 2018, it gets tax exempotion status and he starts grant making from April 2019 Just few months before Covid Its time to build Thakur's Army
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Indians for Sale From 2019 to 2026, he funded hundreds of Indian journalists, influencers, lawyers, activist At end I will share entire list but in this thread I will expose few of them and will also expose how they repaid his favour They were literally dancing on his tunes
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Sucheta Dalal She was among first ones who received funding from TFF. Sucheta Dalal co-setup MoneyLife Foundation (MLF) received $100K from TFF and at the same time she started targeting Sun Pharma Sun Pharma's stock crashed by 40% She did it on instructions of TFF?
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2020, The Covid Era Covid time was the money making time for US Pharma companies but Narendra Modi govt of India didn't allow US pharma companies to exploit Indians and emphasized on self reliance And with this Thakur's army started targeting India
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The Wire Wire's founder Siddhart Varadarajan and Dinesh Thakur are friends Not only Wire received funding from TFF, its four journalists also received funding from TFF Priyanka Pulla Shreya Dasgupta Banjot Kaur Aditi Pradhan But this money was not free Their job was to target Indian govt, defame India and they did their job honestly
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The best performer was Priyanka Pulla Dinesh Thakur was personally so much impressed by her work that he promoted her to Bloomberg In 2022, she will play imp role in targeting to Indian pharma companies in Africa Take money from America and destroy India
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In fact The Wire created so much dirt that it was slapped with a 100 Cr defecation case by Bharat Biotech and had to pull down 14 stories. Almost all related to coverage of Indian vaccine, including Thakur funded & Pulla written.
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My personal favourite is Newsclick. In 2013, it exposed “Thakur’s motivated narratives against Indian generic med”. But cut to 2021, two of its journos got funding from TFF; and Thakur was messiah of Indian pharma!
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Nitin Sethi, Kumar Sambhav, Kunal Purohit, Nikita Sonavane, Ameya Bokil, Geeta, Urvashi Sarkar etc everyone received money from TFF for writing article against India
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Hey Scroll Media You wrote so many articles targeting India for Dinesh Thakur You must have received highest grant?
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Alt News During covid, Govt of India's was promoting ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines but if govt promotes them then what will happen to US pharma companies Lets give some money to Alt news to fact check and discredit these Indian medicines Here you go Sumaiya Seikh from Alt news received money from TFF (What was cut of zubair? and this is how she repaid the money👇
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Saurav Das And now here comes our blue eyed boys When everyone was making money then Saurav Das also has right to make money but till that time he was not big name In 2021, Pfizer was trying to get approval for its vaccine in India while Indian govt had given approval to
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Indian vaccine makers Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute Jan 2021 So Saurav Das files RTI and ask to govt on what basis they gave approval to Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute Govt refused to provide data Was it to impress Dinesh Thakur?
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And he gets support from other people also from same ecosystem Saurav did you ask them to quote you by tagging Dinesh Thakur?
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Despite of getting No from govt, he keeps filing RTI When entire country was fighting against covid These vultures were lobbying for Pfizer I have written a separate thread on this topic, will share link in the end
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Finally his hard work brings result and he gets place in Dinesh Thakur army in Oct 2021 Since then he has received lacs of rupees of funding from TFF Dinesh Thakur army contains hundreds of Indian writers, researchers who take money from him and target India
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Dinesh Thakur didnt stop in covid only He returned in 2022 and made once more vicious attack on Indian pharma companies This thread covers that hit job in details BY the way Suchitra Vijayan is also funded by TFF
DisInfo Lab@DisinfoLab · Jan 25, 2024But everyone. A classic example was Newsclick. In 2013, it exposed “Thakur’s motivated narratives against Indian generic med”. But cut to 2021, two of its journos got funding from TFF; and Thakur was messiah of Indian pharma! 27/n
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This page contains details of all the people and organizations who received funding from TFF and what work they did in return thakur-foundation.org/our-impact.php… Dinesh Thakur lives in USA and he has army of hundreds of people living in India He is still funding them Many journalist who promoted Cockroach protest are his army members Is the Dinesh Thakur link between US Deep State and Indian activist gang who receive money from him and target India? 25/25
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