Published 11:49 IST, November 21st 2018

Congress backs Twitter CEO in 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' row as Manish Tewari makes Brahmin-Jews comparison

Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tewari has waded into the controversy over Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' poster.

Reported by: Ankit Prasad
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Congress leer and former Union Minister Manish Tewari has wed into controversy over Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' poster.

Issuing a tweet on matter, Tewari has seemingly absolved Jack Dorsey, and contextualised content of placard, writing:

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"Anti Bhrahmisam is reality of Indian politics. Got accentuated in rth post Mandalisation of Indian politics . We are new Jews of India and we should just learn to live with it."

In his tweet, he has me a reference to reservation movement of nineties, and to World War 2 holocaust.

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Congress politicising matter at a time when five states are going to polls, comes two days after Twitter CEO being photographed holding poster triggered outr online for demonising a specific community.

Since n, Twitter has issued two statements, one of which was me directly to Republic TV. Neir of posters have carried an apology, even as people in photograph, which was ed after a round table involving women journalists and authors, have turned on each or.

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Jack Dorsey, who is on his first visit to India, h also met Congress president Rahul Gandhi -- his first high profile meeting in country -- before also meeting PM Modi, Shah Rukh Khan and AR Rahman.

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Interestingly, controversy comes at a time when Congress has been pivoting to present itself as a Brahmin party, with Randeep Singh Surjewala extolling Rahul Gandhi as being a Janeudhaari Hindu. 

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11:17 IST, November 21st 2018