Prime Minister
Shri Narendra Modi, Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, and the Bhakts had been going
hammer and tongs about saving India from the ‘tukde tukde gang’ before they
were struck a legal jibe.
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Suddenly,
silence became their refuge and they just let the Home Ministry do the talking.
The ministry, while replying to an RTI filed by an activist and lawyer Saket
Gokhale, merely said that it had no information concerning the 'tukde-tukde gang'.
However, the
opinions haven’t stopped since with political leaders, activists, and scribes
on both ends of the spectrum voicing their opinions.
Senior Congress
leader Shashi Tharoor tweeted, “The tukde-tukde gang does exist. They are
running the Government and dividing the nation,” while Kapil Sibal, also of
Congress, said, “I think the home minister knows more about the tukde-tukde
gang than we do... the country knows who is dividing India”.
“Anyone who has
closely observed the events of the last two years knows that democracy has been
eroded and democratic institutions have been debilitated those who are in power
are the real ‘tukde tukde’ gang,’ tweeted former Union Minister P Chidambaram.
To which Union
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hit back saying, “Chidambaram recently came back
from jail on charges of theft... the country knows what kind of work was done
in Chidambaram's time. People like P Chidambaram, who went to jail after
‘Chindi Chori’ (petty theft) will always have trouble with people who are
following the rules and regulations.”
Even as you
delve into this war of words, or should I say ‘keywords’ with hashtags and
metatext included…. Let me pay homage to India’s secular fabric or my heart
that is truly ‘tukde tukde’.
DO LISTEN TO
Dil Ke Tukde Tukde Karke Muskurake Chal Diye - Yesudas Hit!
PS: Sorry about those names of cities. It's an old picture.
PS: Sorry about those names of cities. It's an old picture.
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