Devendra Fadnavis & Jayant Patil get into twitter war over 'Free Kashmir' poster
By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: January 8, 2020 11:09 IST2020-01-08T11:07:23+5:302020-01-08T11:09:13+5:30
The protests in Mumbai in solidarity with students and teachers of JNU where a ‘Free Kashmir’ poster was spotted ...

Devendra Fadnavis & Jayant Patil get into twitter war over 'Free Kashmir' poster
The protests in Mumbai in solidarity with students and teachers of JNU where a ‘Free Kashmir’ poster was spotted has attracted a lot of attention than the protest. The pictures and videos of the girl holding the poster soon went viral on social media.
Reacting to the poster, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted;
Protest is for what exactly?
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 6, 2020
Why slogans of “Free Kashmir”?
How can we tolerate such separatist elements in Mumbai?
‘Free Kashmir’ slogans by Azadi gang at 2km from CMO?
Uddhav ji are you going to tolerate this Free Kashmir Anti India campaign right under your nose???@OfficeofUThttps://t.co/zkWRjxuTqA
Soon many BJP leaders started speaking against the Gateway of India protest and specifically against the poster.
The woman whose name is Mahek Mirza Prabhu put out a 3.27-minute-long video clarifying the reason behind the poster. She said she has been "getting many hate messages and is scared".
Maharashtra Irrigation minister, Jayant Patil then came to her rescue and replied to Fadnavis on the tweet;
Devendraji It’s 'free Kashmir' from all discriminations, bans on cellular networks and central control. I can't believe that responsible leader like you trying to confuse people by decoding words in such a hatred way. Is it losing power or losing self control? #JNUViolencehttps://t.co/wr3KPnWr5n
— Jayant Patil (@Jayant_R_Patil) January 7, 2020
However, the matter didn't end and Fadnavis replied with another tweet stating;
What a pity!
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 7, 2020
Now separatist tendencies get a Government advocate.
Jayantrao, this vote bank politics is not expected from you.
Kashmir has already been freed from discrimination and ... (1/2) https://t.co/VRZURYMnZk
What a pity!
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) January 7, 2020
Now separatist tendencies get a Government advocate.
Jayantrao, this vote bank politics is not expected from you.
Kashmir has already been freed from discrimination and ... (1/2) https://t.co/VRZURYMnZk
Now an FIR has been registered against Mehek Mirza Prabhu who held a poster with the slogan "free Kashmir" at the Gateway of India in Mumbai yesterday during a protest against the violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University in the national capital.
According to police, the FIR was registered against Mehek Mirza Prabhu under Section 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Kolba police station here today.
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