New Delhi: From challenging compliments to debating Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s looks— Twitter today was…weird. Read on to find out just how absurd things got.
Gandhi released the first of a new video series on current affairs, Friday with his thoughts about the India-China tensions.
BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya took issue with an inane detail.
A video that took so long to come doesn’t even recognise J&K’s reorganised status and boundaries…
Why does Rahul Gandhi not acknowledge the abrogation of Article 370 and Ladakh’s status as a UT?
At a time when Indian Army is pushing the Chinese back, this is disconcerting… pic.twitter.com/fOjXVz5Xi9
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 17, 2020
And is he suffering from a Rahul fixation?
Will the real Rahul Gandhi stand up? pic.twitter.com/VuuLyootIV
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) July 17, 2020
His comrade-in-arms, Sambit Patra seems equally obsessed—now by Rahul Gandhi’s looks!
अशोक गहलोत जी ने “HANDSOME” क्या कह दिया ..कोई भी कांग्रेस प्रवक्ता राहुल को Handsome मानने को तैयार ही नहीं हो रहें है। pic.twitter.com/eiIQBmtCvU
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) July 16, 2020
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited Ladakh Friday and watched an army exhibition. That set Army veteran Pravin Sawhney thinking…
What is the purpose of this army exhibition in war zone? https://t.co/Y5LHefJIBc
— Pravin Sawhney (@PravinSawhney) July 17, 2020
Pakistani columnist and professor Muhammad Ibrahim Qazi trains his comments on Singh’s display of military might.
Poor Hindustan Defence Minister is showing an empty 1969 PKM General Purpose Machine Gun developed and produced by Degtyaryov in USSR to scare off the Chinese military buildup with S400 Air Defence systems. https://t.co/PdfQuNjJpA
— MIQ (@miqazi) July 17, 2020
CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar sees PM Modi as a `stunt man’ not `statesman’…
हमारे साहेब स्टंटमैन हैं, स्टेट्समैन नहीं।
इसीलिए मीडिया की टीआरपी हाई है और देश की जीडीपी लो।
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyakumar) July 16, 2020
Do watch Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant water plants on a rainy day — 100 marks for tokenism, sir.
Goa CM watering a plant on a rainy day.
Tweet deleted. pic.twitter.com/hhzicYeSJF
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) July 17, 2020
Meanwhile, actor Amitabh Bachchan, in Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital for the coronavirus, has a message for all his well-wishers.
T 3596 –
I receive all your blessings and love and prayers for our well being .. on sms, on whatsapp, on insta on Blog .. and all possible social media ..
my gratitude has no bounds ..
Hospital protocol is restrictive, i cannot say more .. Love ?❤️
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 16, 2020
Comedian Kunal Kamra delves into the Rajasthan political crisis. At this point, even reality is satire.
Senior congress leader just called & told me, That @ArvindKejriwal is going to pick up the phone on Pilot & save Rajasthan from this two party system…
PS – This is satire ???
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) July 16, 2020
Actor Richa Chadha rightly points out that this particular compliment needs to be banished forever.
I think it’s time we drop this phrase… ?? https://t.co/1WLoVjSGJ5
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) July 17, 2020
Actor Javed Jafferi shares nostalgic pictures with his father, late actor Jagdeep, who passed away on 8 July.
Felt like sharing this ? https://t.co/vRzkqK67cn pic.twitter.com/nTq0uFofVW
— Jaaved Jaaferi (@jaavedjaaferi) July 16, 2020
And as the weekend approaches, some lighter moments on Twitter.
Learn how to be happy about your board exams, courtesy comedian Abhishek Upmanyu.
Meri cousin ke 93% aur woh udaas hai kyunki uski ek dost ke 95% aaye. Maine kaha hai usse dosti tod de, tab tere friends mein tu topper.
— Abhishek Upmanyu (@AbhiUpmanyu) July 16, 2020
Patanjali’s ‘250-million-years-old’ salt has an expiration date, after all.
Patanjali salt label says it was created 250 million years ago from Himalayan rocks. Expiry is in August 2020. Guess they dug it up just in time! #wapp
— Ashutosh Khanna (@KingKhanna) July 16, 2020
And finally, some world-class, prize-winning satire on the state of prime time news in India.
अमिताभ बच्चन साहब के पलंग के नीचे से भी रिपोर्टिंग हो रही अब तो…!! ?? pic.twitter.com/nW0A8FZGVs
— Dr Harshad Patel (@drharshadpatel) July 16, 2020