{"id":253290,"date":"2020-03-13T16:29:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=253290"},"modified":"2020-03-13T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:29:38","slug":"saying-adaab-spreads-coronavirus-but-namaste-doesnt-bjp-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/saying-adaab-spreads-coronavirus-but-namaste-doesnt-bjp-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying &#8216;Adaab&#8217; Spreads Coronavirus But &#8216;Namaste&#8217; Doesn&#8217;t: BJP Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you think Indian politicians couldn&#8217;t get any crazier, they come up with something new. Now a Bharatiya Janata Party leader said saying &#8216;<em>Adaab<\/em>&#8216; (Urdu greeting) allows coronavirus to infect the air and travel into your mouth.<\/p>\n<p>On the contrary, he said that if you say &#8216;<em>Namaste,<\/em>&#8216; it prevents contamination from the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>BJP parliamentarian Ramesh Bidhuri actually told ABP News, that&#8217;s what experts say. Which experts though?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cExperts have suggested it should be used as a greeting to prevent contact in order to avoid the coronavirus, but not adaab, because it directs the rays of the air into the mouth.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-xoy_h8-sais\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:331\/186\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.193353%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-xoy_h8-sais\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xoy_h8-Sais?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"372\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/xoy_h8-Sais?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/indias-ruling-party-uses-old-moin-akhtar-clip-for-propaganda-pakistanis-strike-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India&#8217;s Ruling Party Uses Old Moin Akhtar Clip for Propaganda, Pakistanis Strike Back<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Someone, please tell Ramesh Bidhuri that Covid-19 isn&#8217;t racist like that.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGreeting people with a namaskaar is India\u2019s heritage,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time BJP has been under fire for butchering science in the process of explaining the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/pakistani-boy-bullied-by-kids-over-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pakistani Boy Bullied By Kids Over Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Previously Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, Chinese Consul General in Mumbai Tang Guocai and Buddhist monks were chanting &#8216;go corona, go corona&#8217; at prayer to eradicate the disease.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CORONA GO ah \ud83d\ude25\ud83d\ude25OMG. I can&#39;t understand this! How virus will go by saying like this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronago?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronago<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gocorona?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gocorona<\/a> funniest <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6rEvLvCiXI\">pic.twitter.com\/6rEvLvCiXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sunil kumar (@iamsksunilkumar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamsksunilkumar\/status\/1237633557301846016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then there was the BJP leader in Assam who said cow dung is a COVID-19 cure.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-l4hmrioa8s8\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:75.000000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-l4hmrioa8s8\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/l4HmrioA8s8?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"496.5\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/l4HmrioA8s8?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you think Indian politicians couldn&#8217;t get any crazier, they come up with something new. Now a Bharatiya Janata Party leader said saying &#8216;Adaab&#8216; (Urdu greeting) allows coronavirus to infect the air and travel into your mouth. On the contrary, he said that if you say &#8216;Namaste,&#8216; it prevents contamination from the coronavirus. BJP parliamentarian Ramesh Bidhuri actually told [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/saying-adaab-spreads-coronavirus-but-namaste-doesnt-bjp-leader\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":253297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1294,1298,2199,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-253290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bollywood","8":"category-culture","9":"category-featured","10":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Wait what?","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ramesh-Bidhuri-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ramesh-Bidhuri-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ramesh-Bidhuri.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Bollywood","Culture","Featured","Social Media"],"title_text":"Saying \u2018Adaab\u2019 Spreads Coronavirus But \u2018Namaste\u2019 Doesn\u2019t: BJP Leader","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1294,1298,2199,1291&exclude=253290","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253290"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=253290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}