Arshad Warsi AKA ‘Circuit‘ from Munna Bhai MBBS tried pulling out the patriot card amid the Sino-India border conflict. However, the Bollywood actor was trolled for his attempt at patriotism.
India and China are currently in the midst of a stand-off over Ladakh. The former part of Indian Occupied Kashmir was turned into a Union Territory after the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated with Article 370.
Meaning now the region is directly governed by the Indian central government. Ladakh was a disputed region between India and China. Now China wants to take over the place like India did if they no longer respecting the disputed status of the region.
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So Arshad Warsi thought now is a good time to declare his voluntary, self-observed boycott of all things ‘Made in China’.
I am consciously going to stop using everything that is Chinese. As they are a part of most of the things we use, it will take time but I know, one day I’ll be Chinese free. You should try it too …
— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) May 30, 2020
This was all good, but he tweeted this with his iPhone of all the things. See where this is going?
Assuming that this is another Bollywood actor who is playing the patriot for attention, many netizens brutally trolled Warsi.
https://twitter.com/imabpandit/status/1266663362299035648
आप How
तो पूछो मत। भक्तों में इतनी अक्कल नहीं होती।@UnSubtleDesi pic.twitter.com/X4ToBAI68I— Inani اِنانی (@Inani_yes) May 31, 2020
People brought up how impractical a Chinese boycott would actually be.
Chinese Invested App
Paytm
Paytm Mall
PhonePe
Zomato
Swiggy
Ola
Byju's
Unacademy
MakeMyTrip
Ibibo
Big Basket
Quikr
CarDekho
Snapdeal
FlipKart
Myntra
Policy Bazaar
Dream 11
LensKart
Delhivery
Xpressbees
Udaan
Oyo Rooms
Gaana Music App
Hungama
Hike Messenger
ShareChat
Hike— LogicIndia (@india_logic) May 30, 2020
Just remember everyone that phones u all r using are assembled in china so u cannot stop that. But yes if companies are talking there factories off from there and reaching India that's something very good. Just remember that
— Dhimaan Dutta (@Dhimaan_dutta) May 31, 2020
Then there was this blast from the past:
https://twitter.com/imabpandit/status/1266979229847044096
Speaking of savage reactions.
Aik tweet ne itni aag lgayi tooba tooba… saray deshbakhton ko aag lg gyi ,, akele ke muqably me pyra jhund agya , kher ,, burnol lagao aram ayega..
— Muhammad Aqib (@Sacha_jhoot) May 31, 2020
Some important questions were posed too.
https://twitter.com/HNadim87/status/1267003298369896448?s=19
Sino-India Border Dispute
There are around 20 areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China that are claimed by both sides. Most prominent would be Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh which China claims as its Southern Tibet.
There was even a war in 1962 over the region, however, the dispute could not be resolved.
This has led to various military activities in these areas by the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army. Previously in 2014, PLA troops camped in Ladakh for several days during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India.
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Since India no longer accepts the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir, Google Maps in India showcase the area as Indian territory.
However, the disputed status is visible on Google maps from other countries as both the Line of Control (LoC) and Line of Actual Control (LAC) remain dotted lines.
