it's not the first time ahuja has defended cow vigilante gangs.uja support for the cow vigilantes is preventing the victims from getting justice and has appealed to the courts. we contacted mr ahuja several times, requesting an interview. but he never responded. the bjp national government in delhi appears keen to distance itself from ahuja's controversial views. first, we, that's not the party's point of view. and we have very clearly and unequivocally always said if an individual‘s point of view is there, the party's point of view is articulated by the party. and has the bjp promoted him, protected him? no. but the religious intolerance finding an outlet in cow vigilante attacks has its roots in right—wing nationalist fringe groups that have links to the ruling bjp. prime minister narendra modi rose to power with the help of a nationalist volunteer movement known as the rss, which advocates hardline hindu nationalism. in 2002, he was chief minister in gujarat when anti—muslim riots broke out. more than 1000 people died. modi was accused of not d

dana: to be clear, the new guy has been a tesla nine years, he is a protÉge of deepak ahuja's. musk trusts him. he was on the call yesterday. from tesla's position, they are trying to position this as continuity, that he has been part of a finance team for a decade, that he is a young, rising star. they are trying to say this is not necessarily a negative. that he really understands how the business works and has been deeply involved in the operations quite some time now. caroline: remind us how the cash flow is looking. they have had two consecutive quarters of profitability, of bringing in positive cash flow, but how helpful our analyst -- analysts that this can be sustained? dana: profitability two quarters in a row for tesla has never happened before. that is huge for them. the call was interesting because elon musk talked a lot about the risk for a recession and how tesla would manage through with a big focus on reducing costs, the headcount that was recently reduced, and just being very frugal. i think they are kind of gritting for macroeconomic forces beyond their contro

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