New Delhi: A Twitter campaign by the right-wing users of the micro-blogging site termed the supporters of Umar Khalid as terrorists. The campaign had, at the time of posting this report, had recorded nearly 60,000 tweets.
The campaign comes a day after former JNU student leader Umar Khalid was arrested by Delhi Police under the stringent UAPA law for allegedly conspiring the North-East Delhi Riots that broke out in February this year.
Several leaders, activists, and people from across fraternities had called on Delhi Police after Umar’s arrest adding that the police were involved in witch-hunting instead of arresting those who actually triggered and promoted violence that resulted in the Delhi Riots.
As a counter move by the right-wing users took to Twitter and termed Umar Khalid as a terrorist before going on to add that those who support him were also terrorists.
The police, on the other hand, presented Umar before Additional Sessions Judge and sought 10-day custody adding that they want to confront him with a huge amount of data.
Umar, ever since his arrest on Sunday night has been receiving support from all quarters and #StandWithUmarKhalid was among the top-trending hashtags on Twitter India with over 2.5 lakh tweets during the time of posting of this report.
ALSO READ: "This is puppet Delhi Police for you", Dhruv Rathee reacts to Umar Khalid's arrest
ALSO READ: Actor Prakash Raj asks people to raise voice against "Witch-hunt" in wake of Umar Khalid's arrest
ALSO READ: Umar Khalid is the leader India deserves, his arrest under UAPA is shocking: Yogendra Yadav
Here are some of the tweets from Monday’s campaign wherein the right-wing users termed those supporting Umar Khalid as terrorists:
NOTE: The claims made in the tweets embedded below or the ideas presented in them are those solely of the users. Vartha Bharati does not guarantee the authenticity of any of the claims or does not necessarily endorse, support the ideas, views posted by any of the users.
As soon as a terrorist is arrested, all the traitors gather and come on the road.
— yogi devnath (@YogiDevnath2) September 14, 2020
#उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं
Who Is #UmarKhalid ?
— Sanjeev Paswan (@ChiragAryan7) September 14, 2020
- Khalid’s father Syed Qasim Ilyas was a one of the founder member of an organization named SIMI (Student Islamic Movement of India)which was banned due to its separatist and radical activities in 2001
#उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं #उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं pic.twitter.com/Ukxm08DNMC
Make this as ur profile pic #उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं pic.twitter.com/NLnVKisR5s
— Rupesh Tiwari (@rupootiwari) September 14, 2020
#उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं
— Abhishek (@Abhishe37751502) September 14, 2020
Sarey Tukde Tukde gang wale jail m hone chahiye. They have audacity to shout anti-national slogans after getting everything almost free in JNU. We accept difference of opinion but not these NAUGHTY ? pic.twitter.com/FfprGPnUr3
Arrest @ReallySwara @GAUAHAR_KHAN @anuragkashyap72. They supported these Anti nationals and they all are equally responsible for the riots and damages done.@AmitShah @narendramodi @rajnathsingh Nation wants them arrested,if not bring them in public #उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं
— Kangna Ranaut?️ (@Kangnateam56) September 14, 2020
#उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं
— Verma Jony (@VermaJony3) September 14, 2020
Apt for them who are in support of people like these.....#UmarKhalid #Umarkhalidterrorist #उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं pic.twitter.com/Kh7yoEiUB8
Arrest @ReallySwara @deepikapadukone @anuragkashyap72. They supported these Anti nationals and they all are equally responsible for the riots and damages done.@AmitShah @narendramodi @rajnathsingh Nation wants them arrested,if not bring them in public #उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं pic.twitter.com/0YTjb2ODma
— Saurav Singh (@Sauravsingh189) September 14, 2020
One by one, all the Anti Nationalists will now come out of their bunkers to safeguard a Terrorist.
— Abhinav Mantri Pronamo (@AbhinavMantri5) September 14, 2020
?️#उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं@ProNaMoSeva @AshishJaggi_1 @Sagar4BJP @sambitswaraj @GayathriBandar7 @priyathedentico pic.twitter.com/NlqQs9HtAa
#उमरखालिद_समर्थक_आतंकी_हैं
— Rutu (@rutum44) September 14, 2020
Do you agree
They all Belongs To the same group .
Tukde Tukde Gang
Tagging Some @UmarKhalidJNU @kanhaiyakumar @ReallySwara @kunalkamra88 @anuragkashyap72 @jigneshmevani80
Roses are red
Violates are blue
Khalid is in jail #Swara next is you. pic.twitter.com/RM8UPtcquj
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Mandya: Four members of a family were killed on the spot in an accident reported on Thursday on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway stretch near Tubinakere in the taluk, where a state transport bus hit the car they were traveling in.
The deceased are identified as Raje Urs (51), his wife Nischitha (45), relative Chandru (62) and Chandru’s wife Suvedini Rani (50).
They were traveling from Bengaluru to Mysuru when an Airavat bus of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) hit their car near Tubinakere, situated in the jurisdiction limits of Mandya Rural Police Station. The car is reported to be completely damaged due to the intensity of the collision.
DIG (South Division) Boralingayya and Mandya Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladandi have visited the accident site and conducted an inspection.