New Delhi: Diesel price hike, Aarogya Setu and a Muslim angle — controversies abounded on Twitter Wednesday with some interesting, humorous and even downright odd responses.
Now, you may think the hike in fuel prices is no laughing matter but here’s someone who doesn’t agree.
Hahahahhaahahahaahhahaahahahahahhaa https://t.co/bDQcuuGflp
— Rajat (@rsrajat365) May 5, 2020
BJP MP Gautam Gambhir seems to be making some desperate empty promises. Or is he just mimicking Delhi’s AAP government?
Delhiites, what say?
Elections in next 2 months. Everything including diesel & petrol will become free & delivered to your homes! I can vouch for it!!CM saab, any thoughts? #DelhiNeedHonesty #Petrol #Diesel
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 5, 2020
After challenging the Indian government on the Aarogya Setu app and data privacy, hacker Elliot Anderson, promises there’s more to come.
My prediction was correct 😅
Thank you all for your messages, emails and sms. I’m doing my best to answer to everyone. Welcome to the new 20K people who follow since yesterday 😯
Today, I will write a detailed article on the @SetuAarogya issue. It should be ready end of today. https://t.co/gBqEgntgiP
— Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) May 6, 2020
Congress supporter Tehseen Poonawala finds there’s one current Covid-19 controversy which doesn’t involve Muslims. He gets a ‘whataboutery’ response.
True. Never seen them creating ruckus at any pork shop either. https://t.co/GVwWSaYLoG
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) May 5, 2020
Meanwhile, actor Randeep Hooda joined the meme-brigade on liquor stores opening.
Coming back from the #Liquorshop be like ..#StayHome #StaySafe #Extraction pic.twitter.com/Fvtb0C8kVR
— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) May 5, 2020
Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha finds that one letter of the alphabet applies to everything happening nowadays. And the letter is…
Everything is L.
Lockdown
Livelihood
Lives
Liquor
L-shaped economy— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) May 5, 2020
National Conference Chief Omar Abdullah is appalled by the extension of PSA on his counterpart PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti.
Unbelievably cruel & retrograde decision to extend @MehboobaMufti’s detention. Nothing she has done or said in any way justifies the way the Indian state has treated her & the others detained. https://t.co/tyxXC9NFuL
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 5, 2020
TMC MP Mahua Moitra and advocate Karuna Nandy can’t get over former chief justice of India and Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi’s talk on the independence of judiciary.
Irony just died a thousand deaths!
Gogoi to speak on the Independence of the Judiciary?
Now we have truly seen it all! pic.twitter.com/FhyXJ8f5rx
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) May 5, 2020
Ranjan Gogoi MP speaking on judicial reform is a bit like Government's other move here, dramatic increase in oil prices while prices have fallen globally and the economy crashes. https://t.co/rYneeXxMIJ
— Karuna Nundy (@karunanundy) May 5, 2020
On a lighter note, comedian Vir Das has a hilarious one-liner about the human condition under Covid-19.
From what the various governments say….It feels like Coronavirus is like a country's paunch. Started out trying to flatten it, now we are just going to live with it.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) May 6, 2020
US Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar shines out as a voice of reason as the US deals with Covid-19.
We have now lost nearly 70,000 Americans to the coronavirus.
That’s more Americans than we lost on September 11th, and the wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq combined.
Let’s allow ourselves to grieve and never lose sight of the depth of this tragedy.
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) May 5, 2020
Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon reveals that an elephant doesn’t just have a good memory, it has good habits too. See for yourself.
#IfTheyCanWeCanToo …. A thing or two to learn from our forest friends … Cleanliness is Attitude .. Jai Hind 🇮🇳🍁 pic.twitter.com/yTwQkVcrlR
— KJS DHILLON (@Tiny_Dhillon) May 5, 2020
And lastly, is UAE Royal Princess Hend Al Qassimi offering a Twitter truce to India?
I think I should change my tweet direction here on twitter. Perhaps make it less angry as nothing brutal has happened in the last few days which actually makes me very happy. Can we start afresh?#KissAndMakeUp #Salam #Namaste
— Princess Hend Al Qassimi (@LadyVelvet_HFQ) May 5, 2020
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