Today, the External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar reacted to the questions about an internet and telecom blackout in Kashmir and said that he would like to know how they could cut communication terrorists and their masters while keeping the internet open for others.
#NewsAlert – “I would be delighted to know how do we cut off communications between the terrorists and their masters on the one hand, but keep the internet open for other people?” said External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar in an interview. | #Article370Revoked pic.twitter.com/hPvvBDX6v9
— News18 (@CNNnews18) September 2, 2019
This invited some sharp reaction on Twitter.
Excellent question. By this logic, let’s cut off communication everywhere. There’s miscreants, terrorists, lynchers filming and disseminating videos, there’s the god forsaken Whatsapp University. Cut everyone off. Wonderful.
— Sidrah (@SidrahDP) September 2, 2019
Digital India.
Hmm by that logic why don’t we start by cutting off mobile and internet services across the country. Safety first you see
— Farhana (@FarhanaCvg) September 2, 2019
So we decided what else we could do in this country, using the same logic as our External Affairs Minister.
Remember that stand-up by Abhishek Upmanyu, where he ranted about having watched too much Crime Patrol?
Yeah, well, who thought our External Affairs Minister would sound like him!