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‘When a big tree falls…’: Adhir Chowdhury’s tweet gets backlash, and he claims his account was hacked
KOLKATA: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Saturday that he did not send the controversial tweet on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary and that his account had been hacked.
The controversial tweet was posted on Chowdhury’s official Twitter account at 11:27 a.m. on Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary on Saturday. A statement attributed to Rajiv Gandhi was included in an infographic in the tweet. “When a big tree falls, the ground shakes,” it said.
When anti-Sikh riots erupted following the assassination of his mother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, in 1984, Rajiv Gandhi reportedly made the statement. Opposition leaders have claimed that the statement was made to justify anti-Sikh riots on several occasions. Almost 3,000 people were killed in the riots across the country.
“My Twitter account was compromised.” Why should I say things like this? “I’m going to file a police complaint in Kolkata,” Chowdhury told HT.
The tweet was quickly removed and replaced with another with a different infographic.
“Those forces opposed to me are waging a malicious campaign. He later tweeted, “The tweet against my name in the tweeter account has nothing to do with my own observation.”
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during an election rally in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, on this day in 1991.
Yahya Sinwar, who was the alleged mastermind behind the October 7 attacks, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday.
The Israeli Defence Forces or IDF released footage from a drone on Friday that captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar moments before his death in a firefight against the troops in Gaza’s Rafah on Wednesday.
The video shows a building filled with debris, where a man is sitting on an armchair covered with dust with his face wrapped, who is supposedly Sinwar. He then proceeds to throw a stick towards, the drone but misses.
Also Read: Yahya Sinwar killed: Why is Hamas chief death significant?
Along with Sinwar, the IDF also confirmed the death of two other “terrorists”.
Yahya Sinwar took over as the chief of Hamas after the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in July 2024. He was supposedly the architect of the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the conflict in the Gaza strip.
Also Read: Yahya Sinwar death live updates: Netanyahu vows Gaza war ‘not over’ after Israel kills Hamas chief
Sinwar’s death has been celebrated by Israel as well as its key allies, the US and France.
After Sinwar’s death Israeli prime minister Netanyahu released a video statement, where he stated, “Today we have settled the score. Today evil has been dealt a blow but our task has still not been completed.”
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller called Sinwar the “chief obstacle” to ending the war and expressed hope for more headway in the peace process.
French president Emmanuel Macron has also expressed the hope that hostages will be returned now that the political head of the militant organisation is dead.
However, Iran, has stated that the death of Sinwar will only serve as a catalyst for further resistance against Israel.
The Hezbollah also proclaimed that after the death of Sinwar they were going to “transition to a new and escalating phase in the confrontation with Israel.”
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