Mtnl ‘endorses’ tweet on godse, faces backlash on social media

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State-owned telecommunications service provider MTNL on Thursday, 20 June, courted controversy after it endorsed a tweet by a troll account which praised Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram


Godse. The twitter account goes by the name Nita Ambani and posted a tweet on Godse: “Hindus nowadays are afraid of supporting Godse whereas Muslims feel proud to name their kids Taimur.”


MTNL’s response to the tweet, “It is difficult to digest the truth,” was met with severe backlash, leading it to delete the same. “This is too much,” a user said on Twitter following MTNL’s


tweet. > Seems @MTNLOfficial has keenly followed and studied the winning > strategy from recent elections! > à¤¬à¤¢à¤¼à¥‡à¤—ा, à¤…भी > à¤•ंज्यूमर > 


बेज़ à¤¬à¤¢à¤¼à¥‡à¤—ा! #mtnl > #MTNL pic.twitter.com/N5lOyBtNDX > — Artfool Dodger (@artfooldodger) June 20, 2019 > MTNL: Mahatma To Nathuram Line â˜Žï¸ > — A. 


(@mightyysmiter) June 20, 2019 In the embattled run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a controversy centred around Godse had erupted after BJP MP and Malegaon blast-accused Pragya Thakur


termed him a “patriot”. BJP Chief Amit Shah had directed Thakur to apologise for her remarks and transferred the matter to party's Disciplinary Committee. Published: 20 Jun 2019, 5:10


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