New Delhi: Tensions rose at the Line of Actual Control, and on Twitter, after three Indian soldiers lost their lives at the Galwan Valley in violent clashes with the Chinese PLA.
Congress leader Manish Tewari finds something strange with the Indian Army’s statement(s).
This is very strange.
On an issue as sensitive as this the official statement requires amendment in 16 minutes.
Was the first statement not cleared by AHQ & Ministry of Defense ?@adgpi pic.twitter.com/GmwfpWqNL7
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) June 16, 2020
Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wants to be taken into confidence — along with the rest of India.
Dear GOI,
You have the best interest in mind but we need clarity.The nation stands with you in solidarity but they deserve to know
It isn’t a good idea even strategically to not take the elected opposition in confidence
Lastly, do not feed propaganda to the media. Just facts.— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) June 16, 2020
Like Chaturvedi, actor Gul Panag wants more pieces of the LAC puzzle put together.
Gutted to read about the horrifying news coming in from Easter Ladakh.
I do hope we will get an accurate picture of what our troops are facing and having been facing these last few weeks.
Rest in Peace Bravehearts. ?— Gul Panag (@GulPanag) June 16, 2020
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy lavishes praise where praise is due.
Let us also praise our army which has, after the initial take over of land beyond LAC by China, been tough in negotiations. Most of the grabbed area has been vacated.
— Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) June 16, 2020
Karnataka Congress leader Srivatsa YB has nothing better to do than imagine media reporting if the Galwan stand-off had been under a Congress regime.
If Chinese had killed soldiers under Congress
?PM must resign
?Defence Minister must resign
?No Lal Aankh?Chinese killed soldiers under Modi
?Why are Liberals quiet?
?Uninstall TikTok
?Dont buy China productMedia & BJP are pro-Modi, pro-China, anti-Congress & anti-India
— Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) June 16, 2020
Here’s former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah with a different point of view
If the Chinese shoot dead an Indian army colonel & two jawans during a “de-escalation process” imagine how escalated the situation must be in the first place. This is what happens when the media propagates the government line that asking questions is anti-national.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 16, 2020
Meanwhile, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh continues to bowl for the old ‘boycott’ tactic.
Ban all Chinese products #BoycottChineseProducts https://t.co/nzaNc3DyoE
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) June 16, 2020
And from the across the border, classic Chinese-speak from Global Times denying ‘confirming’ the number of Chinese casualties.
The official Global Times accounts have NEVER reported the exact casualties on the Chinese side. The Global Times CANNOT confirm the number at the moment.
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) June 16, 2020
While chief reporter of Global Times Wang Wenwen slams India Today for ‘unprofessional’ reporting
https://twitter.com//status/1272818912082583557?s=20
And its Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin issues an unsolicited warning to India.
Based on what I know, Chinese side also suffered casualties in the Galwan Valley physical clash. I want to tell the Indian side, don’t be arrogant and misread China’s restraint as being weak. China doesn’t want to have a clash with India, but we don’t fear it.
— Hu Xijin 胡锡进 (@HuXijin_GT) June 16, 2020
In other news, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra reaches new heights of whataboutery.
People should really stop using someone’s sufferering and tragic demise to further their own agenda! #RohitVemula pic.twitter.com/gXztXz6mF6
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) June 16, 2020
Can we believe anything anymore?
https://twitter.com/DrVW30/status/1272443595060948993
Delhi Health minister Satyendar Jain announces that he’s getting admitted to a hospital. Get well soon!
Due to high grade fever and a sudden drop of my oxygen levels last night I have been admitted to RGSSH. Will keep everyone updated
— Satyendar Jain (@SatyendarJain) June 16, 2020
Hot or cold? The preoccupations of actor Amitabh Bachchan…
T 3564 – Life be that icecream in a cone or that stirred warm drink .. consume it before it melts away or gets cold .. pic.twitter.com/2XkqvEA1N3
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 15, 2020
Finally, actor Farhan Akhtar’s touching poem on actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death.
Sleep my brother sleep
let the vultures gather
and the crocodiles weep
let the circus performers
juggle, contort, bow and leap
let the shrill get higher
let the darkness
in the hearts of men get deep
Sleep my brother
Sleep.RIP Sushant. ❤️
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) June 16, 2020
With inputs from Pia Krishnankutty