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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ADM responds in Hindi: U'khand HC asks if person who can't speak English control executive position
Nainital, Jul 26 (PTI): The Uttarakhand High Court has asked two top officials of the state to find out whether an officer who has no knowledge of English can effectively control an executive position after an additional district magistrate responded in Hindi during the hearing of a PIL.
When the division bench of Chief Justice Guhanathan Narendar and Justice Alok Mahra asked why he chose Hindi instead of English, the official said while he could understand the language he was unable to speak it fluently.
At this, the bench asked the State Election Commissioner and the Chief Secretary to find out whether an officer of ADM (Additional District Magistrate) level, who has no knowledge of English, can effectively control an executive position.
The ADM concerned is also the electoral registration officer of Nainital.
The high court asked the state election commissioner and the Chief Secretary to appear before it via video conferencing at the next hearing of the PIL on July 28 to respond to the query.
The situation arose during the hearing of the PIL questioning the inclusion of names of outsiders in the voter list for panchayat elections in Budhlakot gram sabha of Nainital district.
Taking a strict stance on the issue, the high court questioned the State Election Commission on the criteria used for the inclusion of such individuals in the voter list.
The court asked on what basis these individuals were identified as residents of the area.
The election officer, who appeared personally before the court, informed that the names were identified based on the family register.
However, the court observed that under the Panchayati Raj Act, birth and death certificates are considered more important documents than the family register.
So far, more than 25 petitions challenging various issues related to the panchayat elections have been filed. Notably, Akash Bora, a resident of Budhlakot, filed the PIL stating that 82 names in the village's voter list belonged to people from outside the area, most of whom are from the state of Odisha and other places.
When he complained to the SDM, a fact-finding committee was constituted, which found that 18 individuals listed were indeed outsiders.
However, even after the final voter list was released, the names of these 18 individuals were not removed.
After filing the PIL, the petitioner also submitted a list of 30 more such individuals to the court.
However, despite repeated complaints, no action has been taken, the PIL said.
The list includes names of outsiders from places such as Haldwani, Nainital, Odisha, Delhi and Haridwar.
