{"id":7547,"date":"2017-12-31T14:06:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T08:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=7547"},"modified":"2017-12-31T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T08:36:47","slug":"gazing-crystal-ball-compilation-subramanian-swamys-predictions-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/gazing-crystal-ball-compilation-subramanian-swamys-predictions-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Gazing into the crystal ball: A compilation of Subramanian Swamy\u2019s predictions for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alas 2017 has ended without Subramanian Swamy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/193852611840065539\">much awaited prediction<\/a>\u00a0of \u201c$1=Re 1\u201d coming true. It was in April 2012 that Swamy made this legendary forecast that has since been a butt of jokes. Not much is known about the context of his tweet as the original tweet that it was in response to, has been deleted. Swamy later clarified that this was conditional on him being the Finance Minister. \u00a0Oh well, we will have to wait a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/633601586154106880\">little longer<\/a> for this one to come true but let us check out the fate of the other predictions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"762\" class=\"wp-image-7549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CMvPXehUkAEE0Go.jpg:large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla-295x300.jpeg 295w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla-696x707.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla-413x420.jpeg 413w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla-32x32.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/12\/https-pbs-twimg-com-media-cmvpxehukaee0go-jpgla-64x64.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Subramanian Swamy runs a popular handle on Twitter with 6.3 million+ followers. His PTs or \u2018Patriotic Tweeples\u2019 as he likes to call them are clued on to his controversial views on various topics. He talks to them using a <a href=\"https:\/\/swamy39abbreviations.wordpress.com\/\">code language<\/a> with words like TDK, JJ, Bottle, R3, etc., which they have now learnt to decipher. Swamy also keeps his PTs encouraged with his many prophecies promising his variation of the elusive \u201cachche din\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A lot was expected to happen in 2017 that didn\u2019t. Let us look at it through Subramanian Swamy\u2019s prophecies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2017 didn\u2019t quite go as expected<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The process of \u201cCongi crooks\u201d going to Jail was to start by November 1, 2017. Though this deadline has been missed, there is still hope as August 2018 is the final date to watch out for.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By Nov 1, 2017 I hope the process of Congi crooks going to jail will commence. By Aug 2018 most should be inside<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/910525028411650048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Poor PTs have been waiting with a first aid box since this tweet and are now wondering if they should use the burnol on themselves. Swamy has meanwhile launched a sharp attack on the government\u2019s claim of no negative impact of GST by calling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outlookindia.com\/website\/story\/bjp-leader-subramanian-swamy-calls-cso-data-on-gdp-bogus-alleges-moodys-flitch-w\/305913\">CSO data on GDP bogus<\/a> and alleging that Moody\u2019s and Fitch will publish any report \u201cif you pay them.\u201d So much for India being re-energised by the time 2018 begins!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Sept 2016 to Nov 2017 India will be transformed for the better. PTs be ready for a bumpy ride till then. Keep a first aid box handy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/713896366641061888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tomorrow 2017 begins. India will be re-energised by the time 2018 begins by tumultuous changes. Hindutva will triumph. PTs our time has come<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/814998320464601088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even though the Ram Temple is yet to start and the Article 370 is untouched so far, PTs can still take comfort in the hope for a national ban of cow slaughter in 2018. With the upcoming elections in Meghalaya and Nagaland, that is certainly a very optimistic expectation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vinaysutraway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vinaysutraway<\/a> : next year for Ram temple, 2017 for removing Art 370, 2018 for national ban on cow slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/659715772189667328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The year 2017 also ended without the exclusive temple areas or the Ram Mandir construction in full swing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I predict by end 2017 Vrindavan, Ayodhya,  Kashi Vishwanath will re- become exclusively temple areas with Hindustani Muslim concurrence.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/483534196728532992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By the end of March month, I will have left 3\/4th of 2016. On progress so far on Ram Temple, I am confident construction will start by 31\/12<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/714638603478032384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Swamy had also predicted that after the Ram Mandir, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/india\/uniform-civil-code-is-not-possible-its-not-even-an-option-law-commission-chairman-1595623.html\">Modi government will bring Uniform Civil Code Bill in 2017<\/a>. The latest update on that is that Justice Chauhan, the Chairman of the Law Commission was recently quoted as saying \u201c<em>Uniform Civil Code is not possible, it\u2019s not even an option.<\/em>\u201d Oh well\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mohitshrm8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mohitshrm8<\/a> : Sometime in 2017 after Ram Temple<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/707004172197953536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The story prior to 2017 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is not just this year that Swamy\u2019s predictions have gone awry. The past record has not been too encouraging either.<\/p>\n<p>Swamy had hoped that Congress will join NDA if it got less than 70 seats in the 2014 general elections. And Vadra would be in jail. We have no comment to make on this except, \u201cAre you serious?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Congi gets less that 70 MPs in 2014 then it will join NDA<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/439592300713238529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@kishor6kumar : There is a court stay. After Mid May 2014 direct action. Vadra in jail<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/433216474413416448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Talking of Article 370, it was to be deleted in 2015 itself. Such were the expectations that Swamy held from the BJP government.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I predict that Art 370 will be deleted around Sept 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/483515137815367681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately Swamy\u2019s recent election predictions have been off the mark. Delhi did to Kiran Bedi what Punjab did to the Akali-BJP alliance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Announcing next CM of Delhi is Kiran Bedi<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/563983362608484353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As of now, it appears Akali BJP will win majority in Assembly. Part of the credit goes to Akalis for their waking up to the narcotics threat<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/782144872429989889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What about 2018?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So what does 2018 hold in store for us? Here are some of Swamy\u2019s predictions for the new year:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am confident Smart Cities will  be a reality in 2018 but not sure if the future GST Act can survive in SC because of GSTN&#8211; a PC time bomb<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/762827506638462977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"lt\" dir=\"ltr\">Deepavali 2018<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/942752006489358336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">: If I am not blocked by her well wishers in the woodwork then by July end. Otherwise before 2018 end. An open shut case<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/843732013140008961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SimplyArsh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SimplyArsh<\/a> : By 2018 India will overtake China. By 2030 will come on par with US.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Swamy39\/status\/439759483632250880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Smart Cities will be a reality, we will get the Ram Mandir by Diwali and Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will be behind bars by 2018 end and India will overtake China on the economic front. On this note, we welcome 2018 and wish you all a very Happy New year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alas 2017 has ended without Subramanian Swamy\u2019s much awaited prediction\u00a0of \u201c$1=Re 1\u201d coming true. It was in April 2012 that Swamy made this legendary forecast that has since been a butt of jokes. Not much is known about the context of his tweet as the original tweet that it was in response to, has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":7644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-7547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gazing into the crystal ball: A compilation of Subramanian Swamy\u2019s predictions for the future - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gazing into the crystal ball: A compilation of Subramanian Swamy\u2019s predictions for the future - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alas 2017 has ended without Subramanian Swamy\u2019s much awaited prediction\u00a0of \u201c$1=Re 1\u201d coming true. 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