After over twenty people were arrested in Delhi for putting up posters critical of the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Opposition parties including the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), along with scores of netizens lashed out at the Centre on Twitter and changed their profile pictures in protest.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi put out a tweet saying ‘Arrest me too’ with an image saying, ‘Modiji humaare bachon ki vaccine videsh kyu bhej diya (Modi ji, why did you export the vaccines meant for our kids?). Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi too shared the image.
Both Rahul and Priyanka also changed their Twitter profile pictures to the same image.
This is the exact same line that was written in the posters put up by people in Delhi who have now been booked under Section 269 (whoever unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) and Section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.