Published 11:15 IST, June 30th 2020

CarryMinati 'the winner' on Twitter as India bans TikTok, netizens share hilarious memes

Following the Home Ministry's decision late on Monday to ban a total of 59 Chinese apps from Indian cyberspace, Youtuber CarryMinati's fans have Twitter abuzz.

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YouTuber CarryMinati aka Ajey Nagar is most definitely expected to celebrate government of India's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps as anunced in a statement on Monday. In a move to protect sovereignty of Indian Cyber and to ensure interests of crores of Indian mobile users, Home Ministry has banned apps including TikTok, WeChat, ShareIt, Club Factory among a total of 59. TikTok, video making app, has been censured several times in past for its content, and one of controversies surrounding it was CarryMinati's roast of TikTok.

Read | Govt of India bans 59 Chinese apps; Tik Tok, UC Browser, WeChat included in list

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Earlier in May, a Tiktok user Amir Siddiqui posted a video in which he called out YouTubers and accused m of plagiarising TikTok content. In his video, Siddiqui t only compared both platforms but also said that unity of TikTok community is more than YouTubers. This didn’t go well with CarryMinati and he roasted Amir in his YouTube video using cuss words. CarryMinati's post was later pulled down for violating YouTube's 'terms of service’ after Amir's fans complained of cyberbullying and harassment.

However, CarryMinati fans w have reasons to rejoice as entire TikTok platform itself has been obliterated from Indian cyber. Ever since Government's anuncement late on Monday, Twitter is buzzing with some hilarious memes about how YouTuber would react w that his rival medium is banned. Fans have been taking digs at TikTok as well as infamous  YouTube vs TikTok faceoff.

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Have a look at some hilarious reactions:

Read | CarryMinati breaks silence after deletion of 'TikTok Vs YouTube' video creates a storm

 Read | 'Hey CarryMinati, Shaktimaan supports you': Mukesh Khanna opines in favour of YouTuber

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ongoing India-China standoff at Line of Actual Control (LAC)

20 Indian Army soldiers including Commanding Officer were martyred when a violent faceoff took place between India and China on night of June 15 while de-escalation process was underway in Galwan Valley at Ladakh. A massive outcry has broken among Indian citizens since n with stronger 'ban Chinese goods' sentiments and to make India more self-reliant. move to ban Chinese apps is also a step in that direction and is reportedly also a major blow to China’s Digital Silk Route ambitions. 

Read | Carryminati’s ‘Me on my birthday’ post will leave you in splits, See Video

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08:14 IST, June 30th 2020