Javed Akhtar takes a dig at Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb's bizarre 'Scientific logic' and his critics with a single tweet

A couple of days ago Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb created a massive furrore with his bizarre statement that satellite communication and internet existed at time of Mahabharata, His statement while drawing a lot of ire, also paved way for a series of memes on social media. w, lyricist Javed Akhtar has come forward and took a dig at Tripura CM and also at all those who trolled him for his statement.

Wordsmith Akhtar me first part of his tweet sound like as if he is trying to defend Biplab Deb as he began by writing, “Why are people making fun of CM of Tripura for claiming that re was internet in Mahabharata times.”

n came his double-edged rejoinder first at trolls and n at Tripura CM as he wrote, “y should look at ir own religious beliefs with same objectivity. Any religious belief in world is only as logical and reasonable as beliefs of this man.”

VIRAL VIDEO: Tripura CM Biplab Deb Claims Internet & Satellites Existed During Mahabharata; Says 'US, Europe Can Claim It, But It's Our Techlogy'

On April 17, Biplab Deb, in all seriousness, h reasoned that techlogy such as Internet and satellites were available in India during 'time' of Mahabharata.dressing a workshop on PDS computerisation involving five rth-east states, Biplab Deb spoke about Sanjaya narrating events in Mahabharata war to Dhritarashtra:

"This is that country in which Sanjaya was sitting and telling Dhritarashtra what was happening in Mahabharat war."

After making his mythological reference, Deb expounded on real-world ramifications:

"That means techlogy was re! Internet was re, satellite was re..."

Justifying his statement, he ded:

"How can he see through Sanjaya's eyes? This means that techlogy was re at that time. What happened in middle, we don't kw, but at that time, this techlogy was re."