'Arrest Abish Mathew' Trends As Old Tweet On Mayawati Resurfaces

A 2012 tweet of Abish Mathew has irked social media users.

On Wednesday, #ArrestAbishMathew started trending on Twitter after an old tweet made by the stand-up comedian about former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati resurfaced.

In the tweet from February 2012 Mathew had written, "Mayavati is so ugly... the only thing can erect are statues #ItsFunnieronStage".

This tweet followed an outrage from social media users. Here are some reactions:

However some people defended Abish Mathew, saying that the tweet is really old, posted at a time when the social media platform was relatively new for everyone.

Stop getting offended on every thing. No need to #Arrest_Abish_Mathew . Just stop taking everything personally. @abishmathew pic.twitter.com/2rdAVLmizP

— Shivam Mundada (@ShivamMundada) May 19, 2021

Abish is yet to comment on this.