Man followed by PM Modi on twitter abuses cricketer Irfan Pathan on a tweet about unity, love
Former Indian Cricketer Irfan Pathan who was recently criticized by a group of twitter users for one of his tweets, once again posted a vocal tweet on Friday speaking about unity and love. He was once again trolled by the right-wing social media trolls for the tweet.
The former left-handed all-rounder was on Friday also abused by a user named Sameeth Thakkar who is followed by the country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. In the tweet, Pathan had spoken about unity and love. He had equated India as his ‘Makaan’ (meaning Home in Urdu) and had added that it was highly unlikely that a person will love his home and not some of the people living inside the house.
He is believed to be calling out on the racism, a topic which has been trending on social media in India after the USA saw uproar and protest over George Floyd’s death.
In the tweet, Pathan had wrote, “Mein mere makaan se mohabbat karta hoo lekin usme mein rehne wale sabhi logo se nahi...ye kese ho sakta hai? Or agar hota hai to nuksaan kiska hota hai? #unity #love”.
“How is it possible that I love my house but I don’t love some of the people who live in the house? Even if it is possible, then whose loss it is?” Pathan questioned in the tweet.
Reacting to the tweet, Thakkar joined the troll army and abused Pathan while asking him not to give out knowledge on the platform.
Thakkar did not stop here when noted Journalist and co-founder of Alt News, Pratik Sinha retweeted Thakkar’s abusive tweet with caption “Followed by @narendramodi” Thakkar went on to abuse Sinha as well.
This, however, is not the first instance wherein people followed by PM Modi have landed into controversy. Similar instances have been reported in the past and activists and journalists have repeatedly sought a reply from the PM, but PM Modi has officially not responded to such instances.
Pathan was recently trolled by right-wing Twitterati for his tweet on racism in India.
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Rajasthan Royals finish third after rain plays spoilsport in their IPL game against KKR
Guwahati, May 19: Rajasthan Royals paid the price for their shoddy show during the business end as a washout of their final IPL league game against table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday pushed them to third place behind Sunrisers Hyderabad.
While KKR finished the league engagements on 20 points with nine wins and two more solitary points courtesy wash-outs, SRH (17 points) pipped RR (17 points) by virtue of better Net Run Rate (NRR). SRH finished with NRR of 0.414 compared to RR's 0.273.
KKR will play Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first Qualifier in Ahmedabad on Tuesday followed by the 'Eliminator' between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the same venue.
Rajasthan Royals would blame themselves for getting into a nice little rut after an incredible run during the first half of the tournament when they had won eight out of their nine games.
But their campaign lost a bit of steam towards the back end as they lost four games on trot and with no Jos Buttler for crunch games, facing a marauding RCB in a winner-takes-all match could be a very tough proposition.
On the other hand, SRH, a team that redefined power-hitting with optimum use of 'Impact Sub', had one of their best chases on Sunday, albeit on a track that once again resembled a highway in terms of its placid quotient. The chase of 215 against a depleted Punjab Kings with five balls to spare also bolstered their NRR just when it was needed.
