New Delhi: The contempt case against lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan by the Supreme Court continues to evoke strong reactions on Twitter. Elsewhere, the BJP and the Congress take swipes at each other on very important issues — the ‘I’ in iPhone.
Meawhile, ‘Bhabhi papads’ anyone?
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi appreciates why BJP is looking for ‘educated’ workers from rival parties.
Minister Arjun #Meghwal is doing an advertisement for “Bhabhi ji Papad” claiming it cures #Covid. Another #BJP leader says virus will go away once the construction of Ram Temple begins. No wonder BJP is working so hard to scout educated, talented workers from other parties.
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) July 24, 2020
Who owns the iPhone glory? BJP and Congress appear to have forgotten all about Apple…
Patra, do some research & stop lying
“i” in iPhone has been India since 2017-18 due of the efforts of Congress Govt in Karnataka which got the first Apple phone manufacturing factory to Bengaluru.
BJP falsely claiming credit as usual @PriyankKharge @siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar https://t.co/ZLxaX4HHyj
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) July 24, 2020
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha has a chief guest suggestion for the foundation stone ceremony of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
Chhattisgarh Congress in-charge PL Punia on why India is ‘suffering’!
Country is suffering because of their gross incompetence and absolute arrogance. https://t.co/23zIsQ9O8U
— P L Punia (@plpunia) July 24, 2020
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi expresses her admiration for a Sadhguru idea. Will the logic be extended to the Opposition, Ms Lekhi?
What a fantastic articulation. Sadguru is teaching people to respect merit even if it is present in your competitors ?? https://t.co/DhghPglEdQ
— Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) July 24, 2020
Meanwhile, activist Anjali Bhardwaj politely inquires about the priorities of Indian courts after an 11-year-old case against advocate Prashant Bhushan shows up in the Supreme Court.
Case regarding problems faced by migrant workers was to be heard by SC today. Now postponed to 27th. Meanwhile 11 year old contempt case against @pbhushan1 heard today. Priorities!! https://t.co/i8C8ix83Kz
— Anjali Bhardwaj (@AnjaliB_) July 24, 2020
Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav demands an explanation on behalf of his friend.
Ah, “argument is not legal one – but emotional one”
Can anyone explain what it means? https://t.co/zYwP5JzV4p— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) July 24, 2020
Activist Harsh Mander points to the India he loves.
This once more is the India I love, a country not of religious divide & hate that our leaders wish for us to become, but of love & mercy – where 4 volunteers from one faith conduct the last rites of a stranger of another faith who died of covid but was abandoned by his relatives https://t.co/B9sv9T0AXR
— Harsh Mander (@harsh_mander) July 24, 2020
Want to learn self-defence? Here’s someone who can help.
Can I get her details please. Wanna open a small training school with her where she can train women of our country some self defence techniques . https://t.co/Z8IJp1XaEV
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) July 24, 2020
Former cricketer Virender Sehwag extends a hand to a young student in Bihar.
Ayoung boy called Harish from Barmer in Rajasthan climbs a mountain every day in order to get internet access so that he can attend online classes. He climbs at 8 am and returns home at 2pm after the class ends. Admire his dedication and would want to help him. pic.twitter.com/iZ8WlBBgSP
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 24, 2020
Former chief minister of Gujarat Shankersinh Vaghela just lifted a weight off his shoulders.
Nothing can stop you if you don’t stop for anything. pic.twitter.com/QW1eieKhpN
— Shankersinh Vaghela (@ShankersinhBapu) July 24, 2020
Author Min Jin Lee has the perfect reply for a Yale professor who asked her to take lessons for “remedial English”! Check it out.
A Yale History professor told me to get tutoring for my “remedial English.” I’d already received Wright Prize for nonfiction & later that year, the Veech Prize for fiction, so I told him: “It’s not that I don’t know how to write; it’s that you don’t know how to read.” #Grammar
— Min Jin Lee (@minjinlee11) July 23, 2020
And Professor Ashwini Deshpande from Ashoka University is blown away by US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s speech after Republican Ted Yoho used abusive language against her. To be fair, so are we.
@AOC: “you can be married, have daughters, be a powerful man, and accost women. It happens all the time and everywhere. By calling me a fxxg bxxch in front of reporters, you just gave every man the right to use those words against your daughters”. Brilliant speech, ? https://t.co/0LbEvggPuO
— Ashwini_Deshpande (@AshwDeshpande) July 24, 2020
With inputs from Shubhangi Misra