New Delhi: From Pakistani citizens to Chinese agents, Twitter travelled from west to south with its insults and mud-slinging.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemns the Emergency, imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1975, on its 45th anniversary.
आज से ठीक 45 वर्ष पहले देश पर आपातकाल थोपा गया था। उस समय भारत के लोकतंत्र की रक्षा के लिए जिन लोगों ने संघर्ष किया, यातनाएं झेलीं, उन सबको मेरा शत-शत नमन! उनका त्याग और बलिदान देश कभी नहीं भूल पाएगा। pic.twitter.com/jlQVJQVrsX
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 25, 2020
Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress’ Randeep Singh Surjewala have a question without answers session going on a related matter.
As one of India’s opposition parties, Congress needs to ask itself:
Why does the Emergency mindset remain?
Why are leaders who don’t belong to 1 dynasty unable to speak up?
Why are leaders getting frustrated in Congress?
Else, their disconnect with people will keep widening.
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) June 25, 2020
As India’s ruling party, BJP needs to answer:
Why is its majoritarian rule described as Govt of 2 people only & all others as mere side kicks?
Why is horse trading, mass defections & institution capture its only legacy?
Why is it obsessed in its vile hatred of Nehru-Gandhi’s? https://t.co/wGO9gMegj4
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) June 25, 2020
After getting called out for misrepresenting data with this pie chart, Times Now ‘regrets’ the error — wonder how BJP reacted…
Correction: Error in the graphical representation of survey data is sincerely regretted. The tweets have been withdrawn and graphic corrected. pic.twitter.com/sg3qC87QBw
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) June 25, 2020
The biggest little fight broke out was between BJP’s Sambit Patra and India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai. Sardesai said he had been called a ‘Chinese agent’ by Patra. He then also corrected Patra’s math which riled the BJP spokesperson.
Until now, I have been occasionally told to go to Pakistan; today, I was called a ‘Chinese agent’ by @sambitswaraj . My alleged crime: I was allowing @Pawankhera to interrupt him. Msg loud and clear: need to get back to corona news from tomw! Less noise, more news is promise!🙏
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) June 24, 2020
41 साल हो गए ..
भूलना मत क्या किया था इस “राजवंश” ने#Emergency1975HauntsIndia pic.twitter.com/lmqCpPIoOp— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) June 25, 2020
You fell for the trap my dear friend ..imagine you retweeting this “Vulture” cartoon on Indira & Congress …would you have done so had I not made this “MISTAKE”
PS : Similar tactical traps are laid by India for #ChineseAgents ..friends you will see many falling into it soon 😎 https://t.co/dHJ7ab67TG— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) June 25, 2020
Congress leader P.Chidambaram is quite puzzled by the Chinese. Learn why…
Foreign Ministry and PLA of China once again assert their claim to the entire Galwan Valley and demand that India should vacate the Valley. Extraordinary demand!
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) June 25, 2020
His colleague Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wants China to be pushed back by whatever it takes.
They are to be repulsed back by whatever means, our arsenals are not meant for hatching eggs, so strike back, drive back, force back the Chinese aggression, god will be Indian in deciding the course of conflict
(3/3)— Adhir Chowdhury (@adhirrcinc) June 25, 2020
Kerala’s Minister for Health, K.K. Shailaja is modest about a recent honour.
Participated in a panel discussion of @UN on the UN Public Service Day. It was an honour to be a part of a panel that included the UN Secretary-general, Director General of @WHO (@DrTedros) & many others. We had a great conversation on the ongoing efforts against #COVID19. pic.twitter.com/h2N4xEZROk
— Shailaja Teacher (@shailajateacher) June 24, 2020
Ramdev has run into some trouble with his Covid-19 miracle ‘cure’ — and now he’s trying to get out of it…
आयुर्वेद का विरोध एवं नफरत करने वालों के लिए घोर निराशा की खबर… https://t.co/IYWphkgCGR
— स्वामी रामदेव (@yogrishiramdev) June 24, 2020
Meanwhile, he has fuelled hopes in the heart of comedian Atul Khatri.
Baba Ramdevji – now please invent cheap Ayurvedic Petrol and Diesel 🙏
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) June 24, 2020
Actor Shabana Azmi’s first thoughts on the monsoon.
The monsoons have arrived😢 pic.twitter.com/51sff6fzsS
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) June 25, 2020
Former director of CIA and US NSA General M. Hayden has just one word to describe the US Secretary of State.
You idiot https://t.co/YdnlVhZn7R
— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) June 24, 2020
France’s Islamophobia as pinpointed by author Khaled Beydoun.
Currently in France 🇫🇷 – a Muslim woman can be fined for wearing an Islamic face covering (€165) and for NOT wearing a face mask/covering (€135). Absolute MADNESS.
Different piece of Cloth.
Same old French Islamophobia. pic.twitter.com/zFHGzyX20U— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) June 25, 2020
And finally, journalist Sreedhar Pillai reminisces about the time India won its first cricket World Cup.
Today 37 years back – June 25, 1983, #India won its first cricket World Cup. #KapilDev’s team lifted the World Cup defeating the mighty #WestIndies led by Clive Lloyod at the #Lords in London. It will go down as one of India’s greatest sports win! #DownMemoryLane.
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) June 25, 2020