WATCH: Home Minister Facing Backlashes Due To Distribution Of Manifesto & Pamphlets Where Covid Rules Go For A Toss
Lucknow: Home Minister Amit Shah is facing widespread ridicule on social media after a video of him distributing election pamphlets by using saliva to separate the pages went viral.
The video of Amit Shah is from his roadshow in western Uttar Pradesh where the senior BJP leader was seen wooing potential electorates by distributing them his party’s pamphlets. Shah, who was seen carrying a bundle of pamphlets, could be seen using his saliva to separate them during his door-to-door campaign.
#WATCH | Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds door-to-door campaign in Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar in support of BJP candidate for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls pic.twitter.com/pWyzCBP9PW
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 27, 2022
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Netizens used the video to highlight the hypocrisy of the BJP and its-controlled media for vilifying Muslims during the first wave of the pandemic by accusing them of spitting to spread the virus.
You cannot say the modi govt has not given y’all anything. Amit shah is giving y’all spit and coronavirus. https://t.co/a0pTxlLUSw
— poonam (@poonamkachandd) January 27, 2022
In first corona BJP RSS were spreading by Godi Media that Muslims knowingly wiping fruits with spit but see Amit Shah https://t.co/F52dQHZPSJ
— Anand Mishra (@Anandbiha) January 27, 2022
spit, no mask, no social distancing. covid rules go for a toss during amit shah’s event. pic.twitter.com/05urqdrWcj
— Asheem PK (@peekeymon) January 27, 2022
The video evoked angry reactions with many Twitter users accusing him of spreading the virus at a time when the threat of the Omicron variant is significantly high. The Election Commission has already banned physical campaign due to the fear of the pandemic.
