As farmers’ protest intensifies, Twitter hashtag calling PM Modi a ‘Coward’ goes trending in India
Hashtag grosses nearly three lakh tweets within hours
New Delhi: As farmers’ protest intensified on Thursday after the Ghazipur Magistrate ordered the farmers to vacate the public spaces, Twitter users in India started tweeting with a hashtag calling out Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be a coward.
The hashtag #मोदी_कायर_है went trending on Twitter in India on Thursday evening as farmers and other activists anticipated police action later at night to vacate the farmers from protesting sites at the Ghazipur border.
The reports of police action were fuelled by the fact that farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait along with Yogendra Yadav and others were booked under UAPA.
The users called out on Narendra Modi referring to him as “Kayar” (Hindi word for Coward). The hashtag was soon trending on the micro-blogging site with nearly three lakh tweets at the time of posting of this report.
The users also expressed their support to Rakesh Tikait, hailing him for his courage and steadiness for the cause of farmers. Reports across social media platforms also suggested that a heavy number of people were reaching at Ghazipur Border to support Tikait in what they termed as “crucial night”.
Tikait meanwhile made an announcement from the stage at the protesting site on Thursday night that they were ready to go to jail but not back to their homes and that the protest will continue.
Here are some of the tweets from the trending hashtag:
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It is our duty to stand with those who stand with the farmers.#मोदी_कायर_है#राकेश_टिकैत_किसानों_की_आवाज_है pic.twitter.com/kNhZsILkEy
— Dr.Meenu?? (@DrMeenu05) January 28, 2021
We are farmers and we are supporting our kisan leader #RakeshTikait at #ghazipurborder#राकेश_टिकैत_किसानों_की_आवाज_है#मोदी_कायर_है pic.twitter.com/4bJ4XQDD0Q
— ਬਾਬਾ ਬਖਤੌਰਾ (@jatt_junction) January 28, 2021
#मोदी_कायर_है Brave farmers of India are winning for the better future of our country. pic.twitter.com/vsEHR6Xx9r
— Rashmi. (@ra_tweety1) January 28, 2021
The farmer always strengthens the economy of the country, because the future of the country is the farmer. #राकेश_टिकैत_किसानों_की_आवाज_है#मोदी_कायर_है pic.twitter.com/GoaDg2Oybv
— Aditi chaudhary INC (@inc_aditi) January 28, 2021
The nation must stand with the farmers, and help them fight against the inhuman treatment of the coward Modi Government.#CongressWithFarmers #मोदी_कायर_है#KisanNahiToDeshNahi pic.twitter.com/PaV1cwARh7
— Azam Lebbai اعجم لببیء (@Azamlebbai1) January 28, 2021
If the enemy is proud of his power then we are proud of our courage #मोदी_कायर_है pic.twitter.com/sLWHYGCoc7
— Ashu Bidhuri (@bidhuri_ashu) January 28, 2021
This man is the voice of farmers
— Ravi Mehriya (@Ravijat9352) January 28, 2021
True leader#राकेश_टिकैत_हीरो_है#राकेश_टिकैत#मोदी_कायर_है pic.twitter.com/CLIbLgQF9q#राकेश_टिकैत_हीरो_है
Jaat community should also introspect their grave mistake of voting more than 90% to BJP government in 2019 Loksabha Election. Now Kayar Modi is paying back.
— Amir (@Amir_Sherwani) January 28, 2021
Waqt aa gaya hai Modi ko jad se ukhhad phenkne ka.
Ye bas dallo ka saga hai bharat ka nahi#मोदी_कायर_है
Win or lose, time will tell!
— socialist (@Socialistqawsed) January 28, 2021
But today we have also seen Baba Tikait as you!
Rakesh Tikait ji is proud of you! #मोदी_कायर_है#राकेश_टिकैत_किसानों_की_आवाज_है pic.twitter.com/1nIXqmrxio
Supporting Rakesh and other farmers means fighting for ourselves. Fighting for our upcoming generations. #राकेश_टिकैत_किसानों_की_आवाज_है#मोदी_कायर_है#राकेश_टिकैत_किसानों_की_आवाज_हैं
— Vikas Sahu (@vikas_sahu9) January 28, 2021
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
