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Published 13:20 IST, November 27th 2019

Amazon confuses sarcastic tweet on Maharashtra politics with customer complaint

Interesting, the political turmoil of Maharashtra politics turned into a comedy, when the Amazon, confused one of the sarcastic tweets as customer complaint

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Interestingly, the serious political turmoil of Maharashtra politics turned into a comedy, when the online shopping giant Amazon, confused one of the sarcastic tweets on Maharashtra for a complaint made by a customer. 

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Author Samrat Choudhury, in a sarcastic tweet, questioned the claims of BJP that what would take seven days to prove that BJP has secured a majority with 170 MLAs. Later, Shruti Ganapatye, who is a journalist replied to his tweet saying that BJP already has secured a majority and is claiming 170 MLAs. Choudhury tried to explain the same, using the example of Amazon, which sometimes deliver the order late. However, the tweet was picked up by the amazon bot which considering it as customer complaint and apologised for the late delivery. 

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Political turmoil

Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis announced that he would resign from the post on Tuesday afternoon. In a significant twist in the Maharashtra government formation, Ajit Pawar resigned from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the Supreme court announced its verdict on the floor test on Tuesday morning. Moments after NCP's Ajit Pawar's resignation as the DyCM, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis addressed the media and apprised them about Ajit's proposal to form a government with the BJP, while also announcing his own resignation.

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The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, has ordered a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday - November 27, at 5 PM. The apex court has also asked for no secret ballot to be used for casting votes. 

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20:32 IST, November 25th 2019