23-year bowler Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh viciously trolled on social media after he dropped a catch in match between India and Pakistan in Dubai
23-year bowler Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh viciously trolled on social media after he dropped a catch in match between India and Pakistan in Dubai
The Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday slammed Wikipedia for permitting “deliberate efforts to incitement” after cricketer Arshdeep Singh’s web page on the platform was edited to hyperlink him to the Khalistani motion.
“No intermediary operating in India can permit this type of misinformation and deliberate efforts to incitement and #userharm – violates our govts expectation of Safe & Trusted Internet,” the Minister mentioned in a tweet.
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Mr. Chandrasekhar additionally connected screenshots of the altered Wikipedia web page.
The 23-year bowler was viciously trolled on social media after he dropped a vital catch in match between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday. India misplaced the match.
In the edited Wikipedia web page on Mr. Singh, an unregistered person had changed ‘India’ with ‘Khalistan’ at a number of locations, whereas his identify was modified to “Major Arshdeep Singh Bajwa”. The adjustments have been corrected and reversed later by Wikipedia editors.
Moreover, there have been a number of tweets from a number of accounts attacking Mr. Singh. Loads of Twitter customers in addition to politicians and cricketers got here out in assist of Mr. Singh too.
Congress MP Manish Tiwari in a tweet mentioned, “Beware of enemies of the nation who are maligning @arshdeepsinghh over a dropped catch. Pathetic is the word for them. Cricket between Indo-Pak is unfortunately more than just a match. We stand by him. He belongs to my parliamentary constituency, Sri Anandpur Sahib. #arshdeepsingh.”
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Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who can also be an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP, tweeted, “Stop criticising young @arshdeepsinghh. No one drop the catch purposely. We are proud of our boys .. Pakistan played better.. shame on such people who r putting our own guys down by saying cheap things on this platform bout arsh and team.. Arsh is GOLD.”
Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer additionally got here out in assist of Mr. Singh. The AAP tweeted a brief video of Mr. Hayer talking to Mr. Singh’s mom on the telephone. “The entire nation is with Arshdeep. When he returns, I’ll go to obtain him with you and welcome him with drums. He will come after profitable the ultimate,” the tweet mentioned.
Source: www.thehindu.com