New Delhi: After a man fired bullets at anti-CAA protesters in front of Jamia Millia Islamia Thursday afternoon, the opposition parties spoke out against it on Twitter.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi leads the charge against the BJP.
https://twitter.com/priyankagandhi/status/1222843680035196928
CPI leader and former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar thinks of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.
देखिए इन तस्वीरो को।नफरत में अंधा होकर आजाद भारत के पहले आतंकवादी नाथूराम गोडसे ने 72साल पहले इसी तरह गांधीजी की हत्या कर दी थी क्योंकि उसे लगता था कि बापू ‘देश के गद्दार’ हैं।आज राम का नाम लेकर सत्ता में आए लोग नाथूराम का देश बना रहे हैं।जागिए,इससे पहले कि पूरा देश बर्बाद हो जाए pic.twitter.com/11rk3JfUPy
— Kanhaiya Kumar (@kanhaiyakumar) January 30, 2020
Journalist Faye D’Souza wonders at Delhi Police seen standing in the background of this photograph.
Look at the body language of the police in this photograph.
They are bystanders but they are not innocent. pic.twitter.com/5PGnWkKs9H
— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) January 30, 2020
Aaj Tak’s Rohit Sardana sees an opportunity in the shooting to promote his evening show — really?
तुमने बुलाया, गोली-मार चला आया!
दंगल, 5PM, @aajtak पर.
— रोहित सरदाना (@sardanarohit) January 30, 2020
Perhaps filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri needs to get his eyes checked?
What is the red thing hanging around his left hand?
Is it a pole? A bottle? pic.twitter.com/fZcZWXmyNb
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) January 30, 2020
Till 5 pm, no major BJP leader had reacted to the incident. Delhi’s BJP MP Gautam Gambhir was too busy taking potshots at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal instead.
Mr Honest और उनकी ट्विटर आर्मी चिल्लाते रहे की मैंने प्रदूषण को कम करने के लिए कुछ नहीं किया और आज जब जनता के आगे काम बताने की बारी आई है तो हमारे कामों को ही अपना बता रहे हैं. इतना झूठ बोलने की कला कहाँ से सीखी मुख्यमंत्री जी? pic.twitter.com/vXwsYhGFZM
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) January 30, 2020
On to Kunal Kamra: a day after he was barred from flying on four airlines for heckling TV anchor Arnab Goswami, Twitter was still flooded with reactions.
Barkha Dutt called Goswami a comedian — and she wasn’t being funny.
I suppose we live in times when comedians have become journalists and journalists have become comedians. #dystopia
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) January 29, 2020
Former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju is very funny about ‘Lord Bhow Bhow’.
Some airlines banned Kunal Kamra for what he said to Lord Bhow Bhow on a flight. I intend to say much more offensive things to him if we r in a flight together, as I regard him a disgrace to journalism. So let us see whether the airlines will have the courage to ban me too
— Markandey Katju (@mkatju) January 30, 2020
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is not amused by the airlines’ treatment of Kamra.
The ban imposed on #kunalkamra by 4 airlines is the act of a coward leveraging his influence with the Govt to silence a critic.
Those who use their "news" cameras as 24×7 tools of propaganda, should show some spine when the camera is turned on them. https://t.co/NNwVcq4ZOj
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 29, 2020
He is immediately taken to task by the BJP’s wittiest handle — BJP Karnataka.
Come on @RahulGandhi, please don't be so harsh on the Airlines . . .
Remember, your Grandmother Indira Gandhi banned Democracy in India for two years just to silence Her critics ! ! ! https://t.co/dnzc3t4dmC
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) January 29, 2020
On a lighter note, various parody accounts took the airline ban forward and banned him from other forms of transport. CNN-News 18’s Marya Shakil fell for it.
In view of the incident onboard @IndiGo6E, Delhi transport corporation wishes to inform that conduct of @kunalkamra88 was unacceptable, With a view to discourage such behavior onboard, Mr Kunal Kamra is suspended from traveling on any DTC Bus until further notice.
— Ballu (@huntbhai) January 28, 2020
After receiving requests from various fellow members upon incident happened on Indigo flight 6E 5317, we wish to inform that our union has taken unanimous decision of suspending Mr. Kunal Kamra from buying any fuel for a period of six months. https://t.co/VqelwaLiMp
— Sir chahal❁ #MUMBAIINDIANS (@Sirchahal) January 28, 2020
This is taking it too far…what next – ships ? association and submarines will be joining in this travel ban on #Kunalkarma https://t.co/CtscK3JciG
— Marya Shakil (@maryashakil) January 29, 2020
In other news, the Government of India’s coronavirus advisory, promoting homoeopathy for the virus amused many.
Just researched for evidence for each of the unani drugs suggested by the ministry. None of them, have any evidence in reducing virulence.
Likewise, homeopathy has no evidence for curing any viral infections.
With dangerous pandemics such as #coronarovirus this is outrageous! https://t.co/wdSRiuXKtU
— Dr Sumaiya Shaikh (@Neurophysik) January 29, 2020
The government of India's information service tackles coronoavirus with … homeopathy. Astonishing. https://t.co/BEkvaHcYFP
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) January 29, 2020
Meanwhile, Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula, the University of Hyderabad student who committed suicide in 2016, remembers her son on his birthday.
Living life without you is so hard. If we could visit stars even for a day, the pain would go away for a moment, maybe… I hold you close within my ? & there you remain, To walk with me throughout my life till we meet again.
My Son, Happy Birthday ?
— Radhika Vemula (@vemula_radhika) January 29, 2020
And, former national badminton champion Jwala Gutta has something to say about Saina Nehwal joining the BJP.
Pehli baar Suna hai…bewajah khelna shuru kiya aur ab bewajah party join kiya… ? ?
— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) January 29, 2020