On Wednesday, in order to avoid controversy, veteran cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle deleted a tweet in which he said ‘we cannot afford more Nizamuddins’.
Taking to Twitter, Bhogle had posted, “For the next few weeks, let us make our larger community and its welfare the only thing to adhere to. If we prevent this virus from multiplying, it will make us so much stronger. We cannot afford more Nizamuddins.”
Fearing a backlash he later deleted the tweet. The veteran commentator later tweeted, “For the next few weeks, let us make our larger community and its welfare the only thing to adhere to. If we prevent this virus from multiplying, it will make us so much stronger. Please stay away from mass gatherings. We cannot afford them.”
For the next few weeks, let us make our larger community and its welfare the only thing to adhere to. If we prevent this virus from multiplying, it will make us so much stronger. Please stay away from mass gatherings. We cannot afford them.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 1, 2020
He later also issued a clarification for the same saying his previous tweet was finger-pointing to a particular event and his only intention was to highlight that everyone should avoid mass gatherings.
My tweet was leading to finger-pointing which dismays me. My intention was to highlight the fact that we cannot afford more mass gatherings.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 1, 2020
But netizens didn’t appreciate Bhogle deleting the tweet and slammed the veteran commentator for the same.
Here’s what Twitterati had to say:Harsha Bhogle
Don’t delete or modify what you felt Harsha what you said is absolute truth pic.twitter.com/XSIC2m0r4w
— Hari / హరి (@Ihar1sh) April 1, 2020
Tweet with secular filter
— Shubham Gupta (@gupta281198) April 1, 2020
Scared of losing his job like in 2016. Harsha puts up a secular tweet. https://t.co/OMy1zTeWdR pic.twitter.com/ycKDMDQbdA
— Dhruvzz (@Dhruva91dec) April 1, 2020
With respect Mr. Bhogle, if a person like you stays so afraid to even normally state things as they happen in this time of crisis, how do you expect the rest of India to fight this pandemic effectively.
People like us want to look upto people like you; please don’t disappoint us.— Griffin (@WeareGriffin) April 1, 2020
Kudos for this. No shame in fixing something that could hurt someone.
— Murali Neelakantan (@grumpeoldman) April 1, 2020
A huge religious gathering was held at the Markaz building in Nizamuddin between March 13-15, the gathering came into the spotlight after over 24 people who attended the event tested positive for coronavirus.
Earlier today, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said that a total of 2,361 people were evacuated from Markaz, Nizamuddin in a joint operation that lasted 36 hours.
“In the last 36 hours we have run a very extensive operation in coordination with medical authorities, police, DTC and others and the operation went on till 4 am in the morning. A total of 2361 have been evcuated from there, out of them 617 have been sent to hospital while the rest have been sent to different quarantine facility,” Sisodia told ANI.
