New Delhi | State-owned Telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) today found itself in trouble after it praised a right-wing trolls tweet on Nathuram Godse.
MTNL shared a tweet from an account NitaAmbaniFan which wrote,” “Hindus nowadays are afraid of supporting Godse whereas Muslims feel proud to name their kids Taimur.” Sharing the tweet the telecom operator from its verified account wrote,” “It is difficult to digest the truth.” However the tweet was delete soon.
The tweet by the troll was in reference to Bollywood Couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan who in 2016 named there son Taimur after the founder of the Timurid dynasty.
Nathuram Godse was sentenced to death for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948. During the course of 2019 Lok Sabha election, Godse came back to news when the actor turned politician Kamal Haasan called Godse, independent India’s first terrorist. Responding to Hassan’s statement, BJP MP Pragya Thakur called Godse, a true patriot.
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