New Delhi: A photograph of Union Home Minister and BJP national president Amit Shah purportedly sleeping in Parliament has emerged on Twitter, with users crying hypocrisy over BJP supporters’ double standards.
“@RahulGandhi using his phone is a problem but then @AmitShah sleeping is not!” says the post, referring to when Gandhi fiddled with his phone during President Ram Nath Kovind’s address on 20 June.
The photograph, a screenshot supposedly from a recent Parliament session, Shah’s eyes appear to be closed and his body slumped as Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad speaks in the Rajya Sabha.
The post has been retweeted over 800 times and liked more than 2,600 times.
A different version of the tweet, which says “If @RahulGandhi is using his mobile it’s an insult to the parliament but if @AmitShah takes a nap it’s alright…Heights of Hypocrisy” has been shared over 600 times, with 1,400 likes.
If @RahulGandhi is using his mobile it's an insult to the parliament but if @AmitShah takes a nap it's alright…
Heights of Hypocrisy ?? pic.twitter.com/uggAEtz40u
— ??????? (@snapnchat) June 21, 2019
A misrepresentation
However, the photograph of Shah “sleeping” is actually a screengrab from a moment when he was blinking and looking down, thus making it seem like he was asleep.
Footage of the Parliament session from which the screengrab was taken shows Shah looking up a second later, making it clear that he wasn’t sleeping. Further, the footage is from the winter session of Parliament which concluded 9 January 2019, not from the budget session which began earlier this week.
Post-election drama
Footage of Rahul Gandhi using his phone as President Ram Nath Kovind addressed Parliament on 20 June went viral, with Twitter users criticising him for being disrespectful and slacking while on the job.
The fake tweet claiming Shah was napping in Parliament seems to be in retaliation to the flak Gandhi drew.
Both tweets come in the aftermath of an extremely competitive election campaign between the Congress and BJP, with both sides spreading fake news to discredit the other party. The Congress, though, received a drubbing, securing only 52 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Pappu browsing mobile is concern for godi media Taklus sleep is a matter of pride for nation jaiasaram.
BJP is falling asleeo as the country is falling too
He never needs to listen to parliamentary debate because he just listens to himself, bjp contribution to debate is only jai shri ram, and amit shah is just another dictator
If it is nearly six months old, then it cannot be fake. It’s ok na.. there is nothing wrong in sleeping once in a way. But there is plenty wrong in sleeping and then saying No, that pic is fake ! (sic)
6 months back was he an MP?
A true misrepresentation of a murder accused being the Cabinet Minister of Home. Bharat Mata ki jai!
Bcoz he works overtime…..even if he sleeps in lok Sabha with blanket I don’t doubt his intention he must be dreaming of only how to serve the nation….he performs more work in sleep than many of unscrupulous member of certain party.
he is a superb party worker..He cant sleep in parliament.but sure 70 years sleeping khangress gets a good chance to sleep at luxurious homes.
Seems bad habbits die hard for the vintage party of india. If the trend continues they will become extinct and will be labeled as endangered species in Indian politics. Oh come on give a hard try and think out of box. No one gonna believe your dirty tricks.
Amit shah is not sleeping he is taking ungh
MR. AMIT SHAH PHOTO SHOWING HIM ASLEEP
IS 6 MONTHS OR 6 DAYS OLD IS NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER. THE FACT IS WHAT ONE SEES.
FURTHER, SUCH INCIDENTS HAPPEN ALL OVER
THE GLOBE. EVEN HEAD OF THE STATES ARE OFTEN CAUGHT NAPPING. IN ” INDUSTRIAL
LANGUAGE ” IT IS CALLED ” POWER NAP” WHICH
GIVES THE BODY TO PULL UP FOR FEW HOURS.
PEOPLE IN POLITICAL OR ANY OTHER SERVICE FIELDS WHEN THEY WORK FOR LONG CONTINUOUS HOURS SLEEP OVERTAKES. IT HAPPENS TO EMPLOYEES ALSO, WHILE TAKING TRAINING CLASS.
WE HOPE BJP AND THEIR EXTENDED PARIWAR
WILL DISPLAY THE SAME SENSE OF SHARING A CONCERN AS WE AS CONGRESSMEN HAVE SHOWN HERE. NOBODY WANTS TO FALL ASLEEP,
BUT THEN CIRCUMSTANCES MAKES IT SO MUCH
PREVAILING THAT ONE GETS HELPLESS.
No one works harder. One cannot recall a President who has contributed more to his party’s success and growth.