New Delhi: Twitter was irked after Delhi High Court Judge S. Muralidhar, the judge who heard the case on violence in Delhi, was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, immediately and some would say, unceremoniously.
On the transfer, Congressman in exile, Salman Soz recalls General Pervez Musharraf’s era in Pakistan.
Remember that the beginning of the end of General Parvez Musharraf's dictatorship came with the firing of Pakistan's Chief Justice and arrest of judges.
Lesson for govt: Don't go too far.
Lesson for judges: Don't let govt go too far. #JusticeMuralidhar
— Salman Anees Soz (@SalmanSoz) February 27, 2020
Congress media cell member Shama Mohamed is unimpressed by the Modi government’s timeline in its responses.
It took 3 days for PM #Modi to tweet about #DelhiRiots2020.
It took less than a few hours for the BJP govt to transfer #JusticeMuralidhar.
The priorities of this govt have never been clearer!#DelhiViolence #AmitShahMustResign
— Shama Mohamed (@drshamamohd) February 27, 2020
BJP’s Tajinder Bagga is back in form with this sharp reminder to Congress of 1984…
Remembering the 10,000 Sikhs, who were not Saved https://t.co/A8sdyOIin0
— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) February 27, 2020
BJP Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal is concerned about the current definition of human beings.
आज के समय में केवल हिन्दू और मुस्लिम पैदा हो रहे हैं, मानव नहीं।
— Jamyang Tsering Namgyal (@JTNBJP) February 26, 2020
And here’s BJP Mahila Morcha social media in-charge Priti Gandhi shutting down US presidential candidate and Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders for his comment on the Delhi violence.
Oh shut up! Keep your twisted, funded analysis to yourself! #Trump2020NowMoreThanEver https://t.co/6toyEObgG8
— Priti Gandhi – प्रीति गांधी (@MrsGandhi) February 26, 2020
Meanwhile, director Ram Subramaniam is concerned by what might have been…
Saw a picture of a guy (Hindu extremist) climbing a mosque in Delhi and planting a saffron flag on it.
Can you imagine what would have happened if a Muslim man planted a green flag on a temple? Would Indian Hindus accept it? Why carry so much hate for other religions in India?
— Ram Subramanian (@VORdotcom) February 27, 2020
NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain reported from “ground zero” of Jaffrabad’s protests but faced an angry crowd disenchanted with the media. BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya and News Nation editor Deepak Chaurasia took a dig at the channel.
Black Day for NDTV when Muslim mob refuses to recognise their journalist as one of their own! pic.twitter.com/zZNKQ6R1Jn
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 26, 2020
प्रिय दोस्त! @SreenivasanJain !#ShaheenBagh पिटाई के वक्त आपने लिखा था मैं तो पत्रकार हूँ नहीं!लेकिन आप तो हैं!फिर CAA के ख़िलाफ़ प्रदर्शन कर रहे इन शांतिदूतों ने आप पर पत्थर क्यों बरसाएँ? हाँ अगर आप उनसे कहते कि आप रविश कुमार के चैनल से हैं तो आपका ये हाल नहीं होता !#DelhiBurns pic.twitter.com/82kmA3TH2X
— Deepak Chaurasia (@DChaurasia2312) February 26, 2020
Concern for the state of the national capital has spread to the South. Read Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s sharp jab at the right wing.
It is deeply worrying that neighborhoods in our national capital are burning. This is an outcome of Sangh Parivar's delusion that they can silence dissent with violence. Rampaging mobs and unabated hate speech indicate a serious situation. This must end. Sanity should prevail.
— Pinarayi Vijayan (@vijayanpinarayi) February 26, 2020
With questions being raised on the credibility and conduct of the police in Delhi, think tank Indian Police Foundation offers some free advice to the forces.
The primary loyalty of the police should be to the constitution of India, the law of the land. Police officers, especially the leadership, should always DISPLAY THE SPINE, stand up and enforce the law if any one, irrespective of party affiliations, transgresses the law.
— Indian Police Foundation (@IPF_ORG) February 26, 2020
Historian Ramachandra Guha points out that the Delhi riots is not the only blip in BJP leader Amit Shah’s resume as Home Minister.
The riots in Delhi are only the latest in a series of disasters that have unfolded under the watch of the Home Minister. The draconian shutdown in Kashmir, the polarizing and unnecessary CAA, the vandalizing of universities by the Delhi police, precedes them. 1/5
— Ramachandra Guha (@Ram_Guha) February 26, 2020
The Delhi riots give Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan a chance to criticise India.
Today in India we are seeing the Nazi-inspired RSS ideology take over a nuclear-armed state of over a billion people. Whenever a racist ideology based on hatred takes over, it leads to bloodshed.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 26, 2020
BJP leader Kapil Mishra sees the hands of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and fellow AAP leader Sanjay Singh in the Delhi riots. Really?
डंके की चोट पर कह रहा हूँ
अगर दंगो के दिनों की ताहिर हुसैन के फोन के कॉल डिटेल्स खुल गई तो दंगो में और अंकित शर्मा की हत्या में संजय सिंह और केजरीवाल दोनों की भूमिका सामने आ जायेगी
— Kapil Mishra (@KapilMishra_IND) February 27, 2020
And spiritual leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam takes down nationalists TV anchors.
रोज़ “शाम” को TV डिबेट में हिंदू-मुसलमान कराने वाले “ऐंकर” आज पूछ रहे हैं, कि ये “आग” किसने लगायी.#DelhiBurning
— Acharya Pramod (@AcharyaPramodk) February 26, 2020
If this tweet by American strategic expert Richard N. Haass is any indication, India sure seems to be losing friends fast…
One reason for India’s relative success has been that its large Muslim minority saw itself as Indian. But this is at risk owing to govt attempts to exploit identity politics for political advantage. Truly short-sighted as both economically, socially costly https://t.co/r1Wj0m60sB
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) February 26, 2020
In brighter news, retired cricket champ Virender Sehwag is now an active supporter of women’s cricket.
Wah bhai Wah ! Great effort by the girls to hold on to their nerves and beat New Zealand and qualify for the semi finals of the #T20WorldCup
Shafali Varma is a rockstar. Anand aa raha hai ladkiyon ka performance dekhne mein. pic.twitter.com/euq2368NTF
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 27, 2020