New Delhi: Author Chetan Bhagat on Tuesday expressed his views on the incident that took place on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus.
Bhagat, one of the favorite targets of Twitter trolls, said it was a mistake on the part of students to raise anti-India slogans.
In a series of tweets, Bhagat said:
Every dog that barks need not be arrested. What they did was wrong, but sedition charges bit too much #JNU
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) February 16, 2016
Making anti-India slogans was a mistake. Full blown police crackdown bigger mistake. Using that to hurt budget session, the biggest mistake.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) February 16, 2016
Modi hate can blind you to the point that you can even tacitly support anti-India protestors.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) February 16, 2016
If JNU management had kept their students in check,this day would not have come. Trying to be cool-alternative-lefties, they're loonies now.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) February 16, 2016
The author came under severe criticism on micro-blogging site Twitter:
@chetan_bhagat Sir you joined elite league of Mahatma Gappu by calling students dog! Apke swani ne pilla bola tha. @Ajitkumar_Kanan
— DreamStrongIndia (@isupportIndiani) February 16, 2016
.@chetan_bhagat If my friend's family had kept him in check, this day would not have come. But he read all your books, and he's a loony now.
— Mr. Tippler (@MrTippler) February 16, 2016
@chetan_bhagat if IIT-IIM kept students in check, this day wudn't have happened. Trying to be an intellectual, but u r a loose canon now.
— Aparna Bhattacharya (@chhuti_is) February 16, 2016
If celebrity @chetan_bhagat comes 4 Modi's rescue.. Then it means the damage is very severe!! #SaffronEmergency https://t.co/nG2SowVCVU
— Indrajith (@Balaindrajith) February 16, 2016
Chetan Bhagat thinks taxpayer money is wasted in student politics? Was taxpayer money in IIT and IIM supposed to make a third rate author?
— Arun Nambiar (@aruns_nambiar) February 15, 2016
@chetan_bhagat The best part of your novels are there cover pages,the rest is not to be taken seriously or maybe even ignored
— Apoorv Verma (@Apurv02) February 14, 2016
