New Delhi: Trump calling PM Modi ‘father of India’ drew responses of shock and awe from different people. Congressman Sanjay Jha rebuked Trump for his knowledge of politics and history. That seems unfair — Trump has never claimed to be a student of either.
Dear @POTUS : Your knowledge of politics and history is embarrassingly bad. India has just one great man who is called the Father of the Nation. You heard of Mahatma Gandhi by any chance ?????
I know you want India’s vast consumer markets, but cut out the cheap lies. Grow up!
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) September 25, 2019
BJP’s Tejasvi Surya, on the other hand, was so impressed that he was big in the ‘HUGE’ department.
This is HUGE! https://t.co/EmJIwHZVFQ
— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) September 24, 2019
US comedian Hasan Minhaj missed out on the PM’s Houston event, apparently because Modi didn’t like his jokes. So, the joke’s on you, sir?
Never got a chance to say Howdy Modi.https://t.co/6nQn4Gl8VH
— Hasan Minhaj (@hasanminhaj) September 24, 2019
Ever since PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was detained, her daughter Iltija has been handling her twitter account. Here she makes an interesting suggestion on where the Shahjahanpur law student, who accused BJP leader Chinmayanand of rape, should be sent.
Hello SIT. You should have just sent her to Kashmir. You could then claim she is being sent only to a perfectly normal place where she can get brown bread, DVDs etc. And you’d have avoided even this degree of negligible bad press. https://t.co/gV4oH1TGRZ
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) September 25, 2019
We’ve all heard about wearing your nationalism on your sleeve but Congress spokesperson Khushbu Sundar has taken it a step further. Take a look!
Sadly once again I have to edit my profile.Sanghi dumb idiots are so physically retarded that they do not understand simple basics..they are calling me a Muslim who does not have a place in my country, my INDIA. YES I AM A KHAN,I AM A MUSLIM AND INDIA IS MY COUNTRY..Koi shaq?❤
— KhushbuSundar ❤️ (@khushsundar) September 25, 2019
Activist Shehla Rashid thinks the media has misinterpreted US President Donald Trump’s ‘compliment’ to the Indian media…
This is basically an insult for Indian media. But they won't even get it. https://t.co/RzNvKtHqph
— Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) September 25, 2019
Yashwant Deshmukh, psephologist and founding editor of CVoter, was also disappointed with the Indian media. Find out why.
Sorry for saying this folks,
but it was absolutely useless, disgraceful, #MacchiBazar way the Indian journalists handled Modi-Trump presser.
They just wasted a great opportunity to ask pinpoint questions in a precisely coordinated way for global audience.
What. A. Waste.
— Yashwant Deshmukh 🇮🇳 (@YRDeshmukh) September 24, 2019
In his Twitter post no.3298, actor Amitabh Bachchan expressed his gratitude for being conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award.
T 3298 – There is a paucity of words searching a response .. for the generosity of words that pour in ..
I am but deeply grateful and most humbled .. my sincerest gratitude ..
कृतज्ञ हूँ मैं , परिपूर्ण , आभार और धन्यवाद … मैं केवल एक विनयपूर्ण , विनम्र अमिताभ बच्चन हूँ pic.twitter.com/ESfV7ms6fZ
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) September 24, 2019
On the occasion, Union Minister Smriti Irani recalled many of Amitabh Bachchan’s movies, rather wistfully.
Chupke Chupke, Abhimaan, Sholay, Trishul,
Satte pe Satta, Hum, Agnipath…
Countless memories, performances revered, records made & broken. A legend , an actor par excellence @SrBachchan … no one deserved the #DadaSahebPhalkeAward more🙏
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) September 24, 2019
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sounds positively English in her tweet today. Read on to see why.
A nip in the morning air. Ah, Delhi! The wretched humidity is gone. Lovely.
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) September 25, 2019
Congress’ Salman Soz has an apt take on Trump’s comparisons of Modi with a rock legend and Mahatma Gandhi.
Elvis Presley as father of the nation🤔#ModiTrumpMeet
— Salman Anees Soz (@SalmanSoz) September 24, 2019