Indian millennials may or may not be offended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who blamed their using Ola and Uber for a slowdown in the automobile industry, but the Congress is having a field day by making fun of her comments.
This is how Aishwarya Mahadev, Congress’s national media panelist, responded.
Dear @nsitharaman, @BuzzFeed’s list is sure to help when you need to blame millennials some more. Its from 2016, but you’ve plunged us in the dark ages anyway so no problemo
Here Are 28 Things Millennials Are Killing In Cold Blood https://t.co/xmHhNVUuT2#SayItLikeNirmalaTai
— Aiyshwarya Mahadev | ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ ಮಂಚನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಮಹದೇವ (@AiyshwaryaM) September 10, 2019
Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha spoke up on behalf of the Indian economy.
A $2.7 trillion economy is being brought down by Ola and Uber.
Kya kool hai hum !
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) September 10, 2019
And Saral Patel, Congress national convener, manages to include Jawaharlal Nehru in the discussion. Read how.
How a message spreads in Rightwing Ecosystem.
Sanghi Discussion Group ➡️ WhatsApp Forwards ➡️ Prominent Twitter handles (Including RW Journos) ➡️ Sites like OpIndia etc ➡️ Finance Minister's PC.
Next: Few months down the road Nehru will be blamed for invention of Ola/Uber. https://t.co/U1KpGsmJsW
— ????? ????? (@SaralPatel) September 10, 2019
However, the prize for the most succinct and witty comment on Ola-Uber goes to AAP’s Hindi social media head Sanjay Raghav.
Ola बदनाम हुई
Economy तेरे लिये— Sanjay Raghav ?? (@raghavsanjay) September 10, 2019
Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad is taking his job very seriously — here he is celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 50 million followers.
Matter of pride for all Indians that our leader @narendramodi is one of the most followed politicians in the world on Twitter.
His popularity and connect with people in India and across the world has made him a global statesman.
Congratulations for 50 million #Twitter followers https://t.co/0mghQ2rIkP— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) September 11, 2019
India’s permanent representative at the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin took out time from the India-Pakistan tensions over Kashmir, to congratulate Afghanistan. Stumped? Read on.
Rare cricketing feat symbolic of the many gains made by people of Afghanistan – @IndiaUNNewYork
C statement https://t.co/2JRcte8M8C pic.twitter.com/mg636gO8Za
— Syed Akbaruddin (@AkbaruddinIndia) September 11, 2019
And, Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha sounds like a schoolkid with this fanboy tweet after tennis champion Rafael Nadal won the US Open.
Congratulations to one of the greatest champions of all time, a competitor par excellence, a sportsman with unparalleled tenacity and a never say die spirit which is the stuff of legends..the great #RafaelNadal for winning the US Open Tennis Championships once again. Kudos Nadal! pic.twitter.com/yzfw4Rws9D
— Shatrughan Sinha (@ShatruganSinha) September 10, 2019
Looks like Union Minister Smriti Irani is busy educating herself on history, no less.
What???? Cambridge rejected Newton’s paper!! https://t.co/cVrMaV1QVB
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) September 11, 2019
One doesn’t need GPS to locate BJP leaders Sudhanshu Trivedi and Sambit Patra — their Twitter pages give us their daily schedule. Guess where they spend considerable time?
On @IndiaToday at 10PM
— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) September 10, 2019
From 9.05 to 9.45 pm I’m @IndiaToday TV
— Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi (@SudhanshuTrived) September 9, 2019
Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chatuvedi posted a cryptic tweet, which we think has to do with Urmila Matondkar’s resignation from Congress.
जाको राखे साइयां, मार सके न कोय। pic.twitter.com/ZMjM6hULSB
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) September 10, 2019
Lastly, within minutes of US President Donald Trump announcing the resignation of his third National Security Advisor John Bolton, The New Yorker came up with this delightful cartoon.
A cartoon by @PKuperArt. pic.twitter.com/p97SXcSikg
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 10, 2019