Published 11:54 IST, February 2nd 2021
BookMyShow trolls Rahul Gandhi's 'Monday Morning' Budget face; does a double-think
BookMyShow on Monday deleted a tweet it posted about former Rahul Gandhi's disinterested face while FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2021-2022.
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Ticketing site BookMyShow on Monday deleted a tweet it posted about former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's 'disinterested face' while Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2021-2022. Soon after his expression was captured in Lok Sabha, pictures went viral on Twitter, triggering a number of memes and jokes.
'If Monday morning h a face...'
BookMyShow shared same im in response to one of its own tweets. "If Monday morning h a face, how would it be?” ticketing portal asked its followers in a tweet earlier in day. screenshot of tweet is also doing rounds on social media with netizens asking why tweet was taken down. re has been response from BookMyShow yet but it seems like it me move to avoid any political backlash.
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Finance Minister hits back at Rahul Gandhi
Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday hit back at Rahul Gandhi's claim that Budget favours certain crony capitalists, saying Congress-ruled Kerala-government in past h handed over a port in state to same businessman on an invitation basis.
Soon after Budget presentation, Congress leer Rahul Gandhi alleged that Narendra Modi government plans to hand over India's assets to crony capitalists through stake sale in public sector companies and financial institutions, including two PSU banks and an insurance company, in next fiscal.
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"Forget putting cash in hands of people, Modi government plans to handover India's assets to his crony capitalist friends," he said after presentation of Union Budget. Responding to comment of Gandhi, Finance Minister said he repeats this particular question every 15 days.
" party which even today does t kw to explain if I take one example of Kerala under Congress giving away sea port development on an invitation basis to one of crony capitalists that he is talking about," she questioned.
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"Can he (Gandhi) explain as to how for developing Vinizam port a crony capitalist, I would t call him that but he uses that word, was invited by Congress party...if he cant answer that I think Rahul Gandhi should understand eir understand thing what he is speaking about or he is being ill-vised," she said.
11:54 IST, February 2nd 2021