Congress questioned whether celebrities were under pressure from BJP to write responses on Twitter.
New Delhi:
Maharashtra will investigate celebrity tweets in response to global criticism about the government’s handling of the farmers’ protest. “It has been revealed that there were the same celebrity posts and at the same time. Therefore, it will be investigated why it happened,” Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Desmukh said today after state congressional leaders asked to investigate the affair.
Maharashtra congressional leaders had sought an investigation into whether celebrities were under pressure from the BJP to post responses on social media in support of the central government. Earlier today, the leaders had an online meeting with Mr. Desmukh, who tested positive for Covid and is currently in isolation.
Congressional Leader Sachin Sawant said a similar pattern can be seen among tweets made by these celebrities. Most used the word “friendly.”
“Akshay Kumar and Saina Nehwal tweeted the exact same thing and actor Suniel Shetty tagged a BJP leader. While everyone has the right to speak out, we want the government to investigate whether these people were pressured by the government to tweet this,” he said Sawant. said.
Pop icon Rihanna’s six-word tweet last week, signaling the protest by farmers in India against the Center’s three farm laws, had started a global outpouring of support from American political leaders and celebrities. Various celebrities, political leaders, and activists, including Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, Meena Harris, an American lawyer and niece of American Vice President Kamala Harris, actress Amanda Cerni, singers Jay Sean, Dr. Zeus and the former star adult Mia Khalifa. – He tweeted about the matter. The last to join was Hollywood veteran Susan Sarandon.
It was followed by a great rejection of India, with political leaders, actors and sportsmen who maintained that the sovereignty of India cannot be compromised and that the government had the protest situation in hand.
The rejection was led by actors Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Ajay Devgn, filmmaker Karan Johar, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, vice captain Ajinkya Rahane, starter Rohit Sharma and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. Most of the tweets were posted with the hashtags #IndiaAgainstPropaganda and #IndiaTogether, both used in an official government statement.
In its official response, the Foreign Ministry had blamed “vested interests” and suggested that before “rushing to comment on such matters, we would urge a fact-finding and a proper understanding of the issues at hand.”
“The temptation of hashtags and tabloid comments on social media, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible,” the Foreign Ministry had said.
Top congressional leaders have wondered why the government was “shaken” by the reactions of people living abroad on social media.
“When singer Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg sought to express their solidarity with Indian farmers, why are we so nervous?” Said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Congress.
Noting that the United States had not been disturbed either by a section of Indians seeking to vote for Donald Trump or by protesting George Floyd’s brutality, Choudhury tweeted: “We are living in a global village. Why should we be afraid of The critics? “.
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