Muslims in India: Twitter removes controversial cartoon from BJP account after protests
Social media platform Twitter has removed a controversial cartoon posted from the official accounts of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in India following a violation of the law.
The cartoon was posted by BJP Gujarat praising the judiciary for executing 38 Muslim
perpetrators of a series of bomb blasts in the Indian state of Ahmedabad 14 years ago 2008.
The controversial cartoon posted from Gujarat BJPs official Twitter handle @ BJP4Gujarat showed people wearing hats and beards hanging with the caption Satya mein wajit meaning truth wins in the end and terror. Terrorists will not be forgiven.
It may be recalled that on February 18 an Indian court had convicted the accused in the bomb blasts in the state of Gujarat. All 49 convicts in the case are Muslims of whom 38 have been sentenced to death and 11 to life in prison. The 2008 bombings killed 57 people and injured hundreds.
The post received strong reactions from all over the world including India and Pakistan and people from all over the world reported it on Twitter after which Twitter had to remove the post while the Gujarat BJP also posted the post on Instagram and Facebook. does not exist.
Indian journalist Rana Ayub while tagging US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris wrote that this is the Twitter handle of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party BJP. The United States and other democratic. countries are responsible for promoting Modi and his anti Muslim sentiments.
Your silence is causing injustice to all of us he added.
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A user named Edward from Kerala compared the cartoon posted by the BJP to a cartoon published in Germany in 1935 in which Jews, communists and other enemies of the Nazis could be seen hanging on the gallows. ۔
He wrote that look, on the other hand, there is a post from the Twitter handle of the ruling party of India.
Asaduddin Owaisi a Member of Parliament from Hyderabad in India and a Muslim leader also wrote while posting the two cartoons: These cartoons were used for the genocide of Jews in Germany. We do not expect any improvement from the BJP but should we accept that it attracts BJP voters?
Criticizing the BJP Dr Sangeeta Mahapatra wrote, This tweet is not about terrorists. You have only shown Muslims. You have given a very bad impression to Muslims by portraying them as terrorists.
Sangeeta further wrote that this tweet from the official BJP handle is very shocking and very offensive to those living in India who do not have any sectarian thinking.
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