The White House’s Twitter account just unfollowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indians are losing it. They also allegedly unfollowed the Indian President and Prime Minister’s office accounts as well.
This really goes to show relationships aren’t what they seem on social media.
2 weeks ago, a diplomatic victory was claimed as @whitehouse followed @narendramodi & several Indian accounts, post export of anti-malarial drugs
We tracked following behavior.
Now @narendramodi & rest have been unfollowed.
Do we get the drugs back, or was 2 weeks the deal? pic.twitter.com/SUyXyqGJyN
— joyojeet pal (@joyopal) April 28, 2020
The White House Twitter account started following Indian PM Narendra Modi after India sent the United States hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. This made PM Modi the first world leader to be followed by the White House. Maybe it was a relationship of necessity, as Jane Austin warned us about this?
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It later turned out that the anti-malarial drug does not work as a treatment for the Coronavirus and only helps a select few people.
Maybe that’s why the White House backtracked on their follow? Whatever the reason Indians aren’t taking this lightly. As one Twitter user put it;
“India will not forget this petty act of the US”.
#हाइड्रोक्सीक्लोरीक्वीन की गोली लेने के बाद व्हाइट हाउस में हाल ही में किया था हमारे PM को फ़ॉलो। हमारे PM ये सम्मान पाने वाले दुनिया के अकेले नेता बने थे।
अब काम निकल जाने या गोली के काम लायक़ नहीं निकलने के बाद ये सिला! व्हाइट हाउस की इस ‘छोटा हरकत’ को याद रखेगा हिन्दुस्तान। pic.twitter.com/hABXggdzLe
— Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह (@umashankarsingh) April 29, 2020
The outrage does not end there. Like any messy break-up, India wants its stuff back:
Mr @realDonaldTrump And @WhiteHouse U disrepect 130cr Indians by Unfollowing @rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @PMOIndia This showing that America Is Not Reliable & Unfaithful . H2Cl Mil gaya kaam hogaya. #namo ji ko Samjhna padega Aise unreliable logo se dur rahe plz
— Devashish Ganguly (@Devashishgang) April 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/jeetfunniesttt/status/1255627305688260608
White house unfollowed Modi
But news channels are not showing this?
Why pic.twitter.com/gnJjScVuaA— s srivastava (@ShlokamS) April 29, 2020
Of course, Indian Twitter is rallying to unfollow the White House now. Maybe it was better they didn’t act extra to begin with.
All indians unfollow the white house and @realDonaldTrump , because he unfollow our PM . Please@PMOIndia @realDonaldTrump @narendramodi @aajtak @Republic_Bharat #unfollowtrump
— Deepak सैनी (@Deepakk64240111) April 30, 2020
Others thought now’s a good time to troll the trolls.
https://twitter.com/AaDiLDa19401357/status/1255634998343892994
White House unfollow #PM Modi and #president
Any of the Bhakt will say anything
Ashamed— Don Alone (@Tfkdon) April 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/BilalAkbarLone/status/1255511899325726726
Originally, the White House followed 13 accounts, all from the US. But just recently, they followed three non-US accounts – President of India, the Prime Minister’s office, and the Indian Embassy in Washington DC. So now that they unfollowed these Indian accounts, some people really don’t get what the fuss is about.
Because Donald Trump Bhai is our friend and we are doing what he wants.
"Gila shikwa apno se hi hota hai."— Arshad Kamal (@akdxb) April 30, 2020
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On the other hand, some people speculate this has something to do with India landing on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) list of ‘countries of particular concern‘.
First, The @WhiteHouse un-followed Modi on Twitter & then @USCIRF moved India to its category of greatest concern that would be subject to sanctions which reflects the current bitterness between the US & India.
Irony: India wanted to isolate Pakistan but trapped in its own skin! pic.twitter.com/FICm1VwMHM
— Dr. Sana (@_Dr_Sana_K_) April 29, 2020
White House unfollows Twitter handles of Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister's office, the President of India, and Indian embassy in Washington.This comes a day after a US government panel called for India to be put on religious freedom blacklist
پاکستان کو اکیلا کرنےچلے تھے 😂
— Invisible Soldiers of Islam_313 🇵🇰 (@TeamPakFouj313) April 29, 2020
We demand more from United States not to just unfollow modi on twitter. We also demand to have an sharp eye on Kashmir issue which is very salient issue for us and ask india to conduct a freedom memorandum. @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/ellxBe6qTP
— Tauqeer Ahmed (@tauqeer_24) April 29, 2020
So what do you think? Is this a social media lovers’ quarrel taken a bit too far? Or just a storm in a teacup? Let us know in the comments below!
