New Delhi: After Congress’ Rahul Gandhi effectively washed his hands of Congress responsibility in the Covid crisis in Maharashtra, the microblogging site buzzed with the fallout.
Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam adds salt to fire, almost immediately…
MUMBAI is going to be the Next WUHAN
In past 60 days there have been more than 60 Flip-Flops in Govt's decision. It proves there is no interaction among the leaders.
My suggestion: Congress must get out of this Govt in Maharashtra
– Shri @sanjaynirupam pic.twitter.com/NU93H4j5yP— With Sanjay Nirupam (@withSNirupam) May 26, 2020
BSP president Mayawati also takes a pot shot at the Maharashtra government and the central government regarding migrant workers. Guess it helps when you’re not in power anywhere.
1.केन्द्र व महाराष्ट्र सरकार के बीच विवाद के कारण लाखों प्रवासी श्रमिक अभी भी बहुत बुरी तरह से पिस रहे हैं जो अति-दुःखद व दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण। जरूरी है कि आरोप-प्रत्यारोप छोड़कर इन मजलूमों पर ध्यान दें ताकि कोरोना की चपेट में फंसकर इन लोगों की जिन्दगी पूरी तरह बर्बाद होने से बच सके।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) May 27, 2020
Political advisor Sanjay Yadav shares a heart-wrenching video a little child at a railway station.
छोटे बच्चे को नहीं मालूम कि जिस चादर के साथ वह खेल रहा है वह हमेशा के लिए मौत की गहरी नींद सो चुकी माँ का कफ़न है। 4 दिन ट्रेन में भूखे-प्यासे रहने के कारण इस माँ की मौत हो गयी। ट्रेनों में हुई इन मौतों का ज़िम्मेवार कौन? विपक्ष से कड़े सवाल पूछे जाने चाहिए कि नहीं?? pic.twitter.com/pdiaHuS9vf
— Sanjay Yadav (@sanjuydv) May 27, 2020
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra shares Supreme Court’s response on the petitions she filed to draw the apex court’s attention to the migrant workers’ crisis.
SC finally takes cognizance of migrant issue & issues notice!
I had written 2 letter petitions to CJI on 31/3 & 10/5 – 1st was converted to writ & dismissed on grounds SC not inclined to interfere. 2nd was met with silence@KapilSibal @pbhushan1 @PChidambaram_IN @IndiraJaising pic.twitter.com/5qZIjb7IrG
— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) May 27, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads the tributes on for India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s death anniversary
Tributes to our first PM, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji on his death anniversary.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 27, 2020
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ji was a brave freedom fighter, the architect of modern India & our first PM. A visionary, he is immortalised in the world class institutions he inspired, that have stood the test of time.
On his death anniversary, my tribute to this great son of India. pic.twitter.com/ZNUF4ksiDF
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 27, 2020
Remembering Pt.Nehru on his death anniversary- a first in 5 decades when I could not visit Shantivan to pay my tributes.
A reformist with a modernist perspective,he gave direction to India through uncharted waters post-1947, and laid firm foundation of our National identity.— Pranab Mukherjee (@CitiznMukherjee) May 27, 2020
Former Supreme Court justice Markandey Katju also remembers Nehru on his death anniversary, albeit in a bittersweet fashion.
Nehru is the only Indian political leader of modern times whom I respect. Despite all his defects ( and who does not have defects ? ) he was a giant, whereas most others were ( and are ) pygmies before him
— Markandey Katju (@mkatju) May 27, 2020
Former finance minister Yashwant Sinha believes ‘Namaste Trump’ in February also welcomed Covid-19 to the state.
The spread of Covid in Gujarat can be directly traced to the Trump event in Ahmadabad for which a large number of NRIs came there from various parts of the world. Home quarantine was observed more in breach. The media is ignoring this aspect.
— Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) May 26, 2020
US President Donald Trump got fact-checked by Twitter, and let’s just say it didn’t go down well with him. Here are the tweets that got him into trouble.
.@Twitter is now interfering in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are saying my statement on Mail-In Ballots, which will lead to massive corruption and fraud, is incorrect, based on fact-checking by Fake News CNN and the Amazon Washington Post….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020
….living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one. That will be followed up with professionals telling all of these people, many of whom have never even thought of voting before, how, and for whom, to vote. This will be a Rigged Election. No way!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020
Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden is either late to the party or just dropped major shade on someone.
Wear a mask.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 27, 2020
Actor Swara Bhaskar gives a shout-out to intrepid journalist Barkha Dutt for her pan-India coverage of the pandemic.
You are a warrior Barkha!!!! ??????❤️❤️❤️ https://t.co/je65o6uWQ7
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) May 26, 2020
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah and Chairman of the Mahindra group Anand Mahindra are fascinated by the ‘sci-fi movie’ scene inside an airline.
Before COVID these two would have been detained & questioned about a hijack plot. The new normal isn’t normal at all ? https://t.co/qL4eKMFNTR
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 26, 2020
If you had shown me these photos just six months ago, I would have presumed they were taken on the sets of a science fiction movie… pic.twitter.com/b5UBAr7esh
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 26, 2020
Musician and activist T. M. Krishna is not surprised by a demeaning Kent Water purifiers advertisement.
This should not surprise us because this is who we are pic.twitter.com/U0jKQe40Jb
— T M Krishna (@tmkrishna) May 26, 2020
Here’s how the company apologised for its mistake:
Please accept our sincere apologies for having published the Ad of Kent Atta & Bread Maker. It was unintentional but wrongly communicated and it has been withdrawn. We support and respect all sections of the society.
Mahesh Gupta, Chairman
— Kent RO (@KentROSystems) May 27, 2020
And finally, looks like President Trump really likes playing mediator. Here’s his offer to mediate peace between India and China. But what about the US and China, Mr President?
We have informed both India and China that the United States is ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate their now raging border dispute. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2020
With inputs from Tina Das