New Delhi: With tensions at an all-time high after the Galwan valley clash with China Monday, Twitter witnessed several wars of words.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi continues with his barrage of questions – this time on why the Indians were unarmed. Someone ought to have told him that according to a 1996 agreement, both the Indian and Chinese soldiers were not allowed to carry weapons at the Line of Actual Control.
कौन ज़िम्मेदार है? pic.twitter.com/UsRSWV6mKs
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) June 18, 2020
As always, BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya has found easy target practice.
Rahul Gandhi, who doesn’t have a word of condemnation for the Chinese Army, or praise for the valour of Indian troops must answer why this tweet put out by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury deleted? Was he forced?
Whose interest did this hurt? China, Gandhi family or both? pic.twitter.com/feK18GJ5RF
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) June 18, 2020
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan spots a rather interesting trend.
कमाल है भाई, सब भक्तों के मम्मी एक सी लगती हैं! https://t.co/Ghf5ukmUls
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) June 18, 2020
Congress MP Manish Tewari gives a history lesson on UPA’s funding of troops to jide the BJP.
In 2013 then UPA Govt sanctioned raising of a Mountain Strike Core of 88K new troops with outlay of 64,000 crores. Process was to be completed by 2019-20.
In 2017 @arunjaitley then RM & FM followed by @nsitharaman aborted funding while CDS -then Chief Rawat looked other way 1/1
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) June 18, 2020
Does anyone know what author Chetan Bhagat is referring to here?
I think people know which is the country that has given the supari to do this to India.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) June 17, 2020
Giving Bhagat competition, is BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi.
Not just a sculpture but a lesson which our ancestors gave us. It depicts a Chinese trader backstabbing a Nayak dynasty king. Chinese benefited 4rm western technology & Indian economy gifted the world with Corona !आँखे बंद करके विश्वास क्या किया,
हम अंधे हैं उन्होंने समझ लिया ? pic.twitter.com/o4PhIZkib1
— Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) June 18, 2020
Hope PM Modi listens to Executive Chairman of Vedanta Resources Limited Anil Agarwal’s pitch for “atmanirbhar” bharat
Most of the power plants in India are imported from China. BHEL, a PSU, is very capable to produce the best power plants in the world. If given full autonomy and either corporatized or privatized, without laying off any personnel, it can do wonders for #atmanirbharIndia.
— Anil Agarwal (@AnilAgarwal_Ved) June 17, 2020
Didn’t we just know BJP’s spokesperson Sambit Patra wouldn’t give this illustration a miss?
भय बिनु होइ न प्रीति।। pic.twitter.com/OpuXfjQNpX
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) June 17, 2020
Here’s jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali with her own questions to the PM.
Dear Sanghis, I have every right to ask the PM to make an announcement. 20 lives were lost tragically?We need the leader of our nation to address that. I am not interested in strategy plans against China bec thats top secret. But I do want to know where is PM & what he has to say https://t.co/87YTncSVvw
— Farah Khan (@FarahKhanAli) June 17, 2020
Meanwhile, Congress’ internal drama continues. Sanjay Jha, till recently party spokesperson until he was relieved from his duties after publishing critical views on Congress, recalls a little pertinent history.
Pandit Nehru once wrote a self-critical piece anonymously in a newspaper warning against becoming autocratic. That is the true Congress;democratic, liberal, tolerant, inclusive. We have drifted far from those values. Why?
I remain a committed fearless ideological soldier of INC.
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) June 18, 2020
BJP’s National President J.P. Nadda on the party postponing all its political programmes in honour of the dead soldiers.
The supreme sacrifice of our brave soldiers while guarding our motherland in Galwan valley will always be remembered. The nation is indebted to them. I pay homage to the martyrs.
BJP has decided to postpone all its political programmes including virtual rallies for next 2 days.— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) June 18, 2020
Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav sends a get ‘well soon’ wish to AAP MP Atishi, who had tested positive for coronavirus.
Take care @AtishiAAP so that you can keep up the good work you are doing. https://t.co/Jf5D2arohX
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) June 18, 2020
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi has a warning about Covid-19.
This is ‘RED ALERT’ or a COVID ALERT for all in Puducherry.
The SPIKE of COVID cases is likely to be in THOUSANDS BY JULY END.
PLEASE GET OUT OF DELUSION THAT NOTHING SUCH MAY HAPPEN…
Prevent now!! pic.twitter.com/qcsQCWIkeX— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) June 18, 2020
In case you were running out of ways to describe the phenomenon that is Sambit Patra
Sambit Patra is misinformopedia.
— INC Chhattisgarh (@INCChhattisgarh) June 18, 2020
Finally, US President Donald Trump is rather antsy about a book which he claims is full of lies…
Wacko John Bolton’s “exceedingly tedious”(New York Times) book is made up of lies & fake stories. Said all good about me, in print, until the day I fired him. A disgruntled boring fool who only wanted to go to war. Never had a clue, was ostracized & happily dumped. What a dope!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
With inputs from Shubhangi Misra
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