New Delhi: Friday afternoon saw some Twitter firing from across the border with Pakistan’s Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry’s appeal to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP in the Delhi assembly polls.
People of India must defeat #Modimadness ,Under pressure to lose another State Elections(Delhi on Feb 8th),he resorts to ridiculous claims and threats endangering Region,Mr Modi has lost balance after internal and external reaction to Kashmir,Citizenship laws and failing economy https://t.co/bBIyOvf5Ee
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 30, 2020
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was not amused and gave a patriotic reply.
नरेंद्र मोदी जी भारत के प्रधानमंत्री है। मेरे भी प्रधानमंत्री है। दिल्ली का चुनाव भारत का आंतरिक मसला है और हमें आतंकवाद के सबसे बड़े प्रायोजकों का हस्तक्षेप बर्दाश्त नहीं। पाकिस्तान जितनी कोशिश कर ले, इस देश की एकता पर प्रहार नहीं कर सकता। https://t.co/E2Rl65nWSK
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 31, 2020
BJP’s spokesperson Sambit Patra took umbrage on behalf of the Prime Minister.
So Pakistan wants BJP to be defeated!
Why’s Pakistan so afraid of Modi ji?
Just because Modi ji stands between Pakistan & it’s nefarious designs ..just because Modi ji has exposed how Pak used Art370 to further terrorism,how there’s religious persecution in Pak?Delhi U Decide!! https://t.co/qGiQZ541PM
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) January 31, 2020
Union Minister Giriraj Singh saw it as an opportunity to attack Kejriwal.
पाकिस्तान ने दिल्ली की जनता से अपील किया है कि केजरीवाल को वोट दें।
केजरीवाल से इतनी मोहब्बत। https://t.co/KjiC1LEWTu
— Shandilya Giriraj Singh (@girirajsinghbjp) January 31, 2020
Meanwhile, Karnataka Congress is not buying the Modi government’s Economic Survey 2019-20 report released Friday, which projects economic growth at 6 to 6.5 per cent in the next fiscal year.
India's #EconomicSurvey is seen projecting growth of 6 to 6.5% in the next year starting April 1
This is Govt own prediction while none of the agencies or economists concur with this figure
A classical start to the budget session with a blatant lie & as usual misleading people.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) January 31, 2020
Republic TV is still in the news but not only because of comedian Kunal Kamra: this time many people called out the channel for its misleading report on the Jamia firing Thursday as its reporter ‘fiercely’ kept calling the gunman “the face of anti-CAA protests”. It took the channel more than eight hours to issue a clarification on its mistake.
‘Guns are being brandished in the national capital, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal are supporting it.’
For a good half and hour or more @republic TV and their reporter @aishkapoor passed off the shooter as the ‘real face of anti-CAA’ protests. pic.twitter.com/QrMkeiT5Kr— Jaskirat Singh Bawa (@JaskiratSB) January 30, 2020
Hello @republic. Didn't quite understand. Are you saying the shooter travelled 70 km to come shoot at people in Jamia because he was irritated roads were blocked due to Shaheen Bagh protests? Have some logic even while spinning no? Shameful. https://t.co/0AaUd8GvHA
— Dhanya Rajendran (@dhanyarajendran) January 30, 2020
SHAME on you @republic #ArnabGoswami lying fake news spreading scumbag! https://t.co/9IEwcCeh6a
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) January 30, 2020
India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai was so appalled by Republic’s coverage, he demanded a 6 months ban on the news channel.
Having just spent the last few hours reporting from Jamia, I can only say that this completely fake news is enough for this channel in most civilised democracies to be suspended for at least 6 months! Pure poison. pic.twitter.com/nypyrStw5X
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) January 30, 2020
Meanwhile, comedian Kunal Kamra is still stalking Republic’s Arnab Goswami, now on his phone. Give it a break, Kunal…
I found arnab’s number I’m still asking him for a debate and he’s just not responding, @republic is your editor a coward or a nationalist? pic.twitter.com/Oqph1KpYV3
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) January 31, 2020
Some people such as filmmakers Ashoke Pandit and Vivek Agnihotri found something funny about the Jamia shooting.
Looks like #Filmcity https://t.co/aSbOG4CNVP
— Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) January 30, 2020