New Delhi: After a nearly two-decade long wait, five Rafale jets finally landed in India Wednesday and BJP leaders were of course ecstatic.
The jets also got some people out of hibernation. BJP leader Rajyavardhan Rathore made a reappearance on Twitter to thank PM Modi.
दशकों से लंबित भारतीय वायुसेना को आज वह ब्रम्हास्त्र मिला जिसका इंतजार काफी समय से पूरे देश को था।
राफेल अत्याधुनिक लड़ाकू विमानों के पहले जत्थे का भारत में आगमन प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी की कुशल रणनीति, विदेश नीति का नायाब उदाहरण है।#ThankYouPmModiForRafale pic.twitter.com/nHS5MYY86L
— Col Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) July 29, 2020
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra just cannot contain his excitement.
RAFALE🛫
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) July 29, 2020
But, unsurprisingly, activist-advocate Prashant Bhushan doesn’t share Patra’s enthusiasm
As the first Rafale jets land in India 5 yrs after Modi signed the deal with Dassault, with Ambani in tow, it is time to revisit the corruption in the deal & how our security interest and Make In India were compromised. Read our complaint to CBI https://t.co/Cw8eqqs36O
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) July 29, 2020
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And social media incharge of the BJP Mahila Morcha Priti Gandhi is annoyed with Bhushan.
Inspite of the Supreme Court pulling him up recently, motor mouth @pbhushan1 does it again, uses cartoon to insult & mock the Ram mandir bhoomi poojan ceremony.
Not COVID, Prashant Bhushan, you need to be cured of your mental illness!! https://t.co/6nUjsGOJ2j
— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) July 29, 2020
Meanwhile, Congress’ Manish Tewari issues a warning..
Nothing but a fix to facilitate round tripping of Money.
MARK MY WORDS
Disinvestment of @airindiain will be the scam of the century.
The man who presides over it will spend his old age running from one Criminal Court to another.https://t.co/U5t9aV2vZd@AirUnions @AIJointForum— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) July 29, 2020
And, the party’s national spokesperson Pawan Khera backs Rahul Gandhi’s attacks on PM Modi.
‘The greyness of silence has been brought to light, once again, by Rahul Gandhi’s courageous, ceaseless – but solitary – questioning of Narendra Modi and his govt over the alleged incursions by China into Indian territory’. #TruthWithRahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/TU0AIpQBqm
— Pawan Khera (@Pawankhera) July 29, 2020
Away from Rafale, Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill’s quip on International Tigers Day
Tiger Ko Zinda Rakhna Zaroori Hai #TigerDay2020 #WorldTigerDay #savetigers
— Jaiveer Shergill (@JaiveerShergill) July 29, 2020
And here is an achievement to be proud of:
India's success of #Tiger #Conservation should make all of us very proud.
How a country with 2.5% global land mass & 16% human population is protecting approx. 70% of Wild Tigers is indeed a remarkable achievement.
Kudos to SFDs & @ntca_india for achieving this.👏🏽#GlobalTigerDay pic.twitter.com/znqDwG17FZ— SAKET (@Saket_Badola) July 29, 2020
BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya renews his attack on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. This time, there is name-calling involved.
This 2 day a week lockdown (2nd, 5th, 8th, 9th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th and 31st August) announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal is devoid of any logic.
Corona is unlikely to follow this schedule. Who is she trying to please or appease?#SaveBengal from Pishi.
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 28, 2020
Public policy analyst Krittivas Mukherjee also gives his two-thoughts on West Bengal’s rather bizarre lockdown model.
This will confuse the hell out of the virus. https://t.co/kccCcMRZ0F
— Krittivas Mukherjee (@Krittivasm) July 28, 2020
AAP’s Sanjay Azad redirects attention to the Covid pandemic, and quotes some scary data.
केंद्र की भाजपा सरकार थाली बजवाती रही दिवाली मनवाती रही और देश मे कोरोना 15 लाख के पार पहुँच गया, कोरोना मामलों में हो रही बेतहाशा बृद्धि भाजपा सरकार की विफलता बया करती है, जबकि दिल्ली में @ArvindKejriwal सरकार ने दिन रात मेहनत करके कोरोना संकट को रोकने में बड़ी सफलता हासिल की। pic.twitter.com/nWnJfOgE5y
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) July 29, 2020
Some news from the crisis in Rajasthan: Congress MP Ahmed Patel calls out Governor Kalraj Mishra’s actions.
Perhaps first time in our history we are seeing a Governor reluctant to convene assembly despite aid & advice of elected Chief Minister
If this dangerous precedent is allowed,what will happen if the Rashtrapati refuses to summon Parliament despite Union Cabinet recommending it?
— Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) July 29, 2020
Meanwhile, head of Tripura’s royal household Pradyot Manikya asks an important question.
Why does national media ignore North-East?Does Tik Tok and AmitabhBachch… https://t.co/gPKzP0QPBd via @YouTube
— Pradyot_Tripura (@PradyotManikya) July 28, 2020
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal draws attention to the irony in the country.
Ironic
Professors are Naxals
and
“ Goli maro salon ko “ are nationalists !— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) July 29, 2020
Here’s a rather dangerous plot twist.
This is the most hilarious thing I have come across today 🤣 pic.twitter.com/9NmtS9iqGk
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) July 28, 2020
AAP MLA Raghav Chadha tugs some heartstrings here.
Here is what one of our plasma donors wrote at ILBS's graffiti wall.#DilliHaiDilwalonKi. pic.twitter.com/NqNuGDfYVj
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) July 29, 2020
One doesn’t need to talk to late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s ‘aatma’ to understand this.
बिहार का चुनाव जल्दी हो जाये, सुशांत की आत्मा को शांति मिलेगी।
— Anil Tiwari (@Interceptors) July 28, 2020
TV actor Ankita Lokhande put a cryptic tweet saying ‘Truth Wins’. Now is this for Kangana Ranaut or Rhea Chakraborty?
— Ankita lokhande (@anky1912) July 29, 2020
Do you have an answer to actor Swara Bhaskar’s question?
What is sadder? State of Indian journalism or state of Indian politics? 🤔🤔🤔 https://t.co/3KgXiEorMK
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) July 29, 2020
Finally, check out journalist Aditya Menon’s savage takedown of a troll.
Didn't know Muslim was a hair colour. Thanks. https://t.co/960TbGuKH8
— Aditya Menon (@AdityaMenon22) July 29, 2020
With inputs from Shubhangi Misra
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