JNU row: How political discourse has stooped to new vulgarity—sex and condoms
The war of words between the "nationals" and the "anti-nationals" over the controversy surrounding the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) continued on Twitter on Tuesday (February 23).
However,
Tuesday
saw
a
new
low
after
Bharatiya
Janata
Party
(BJP)
MLA
Gyandev
Ahuja
from
Ramgarh,
Rajasthan,
alleged
that
the
students
of
JNU
are
involved
in
"immoral
and
illicit"
activities
like
sex
and
drugs.
He
not
only
levelled
allegations
against
the
students,
who
are
currently
fighting
a
mammoth
battle
against
the
central
government
to
free
few
of
their
fellow
students
from
charges
of
sedition,
but
also
gave
the
nation
a
count
of
cigarette
butts
and
used
condoms
he
found
on
the
JNU
campus.
Ahuja said that daily 50,000 pieces of bones, 3,000 used condoms, 500 used abortion injections, 10,000 cigarette "pieces", among other things, are found at JNU.
He
added
that
girls
and
boys
of
the
prestigious
institute
dance
naked
during
cultural
programmes.
Some
found
these
allegations
bizarre,
others
just
ignored
it,
several
self-proclaimed
nationals
stood
by
what
Ahuja
claimed
and
many
simply
laughed
off
these
controversial
remarks.
These are the same JNU students, who are levelled as "anti-nationals and terrorists" by a section of media and political leaders.
The social media was astonished as how did Ahuja managed to count the number of used condoms and cigarette butts on the huge campus.
Soon #BJPCountsCondoms started trending on Twitter. Most of the tweets were hilarious and poked fun at the BJP leader for making such bizarre comments.
"Two Minute Of Silence For That MLA Who Counted The Used Condom. #BJPCountsCondoms #SexAndDrugsAtJNU," tweeted Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja).
"If
you
Dont
condemn
it
Condom
it
#BJPCountsCondoms,"
tweeted
SANJAY
HEGDE
(@sanjayuvacha).
"What
is
BJP
trying
to
say?
"Abki
Baar,
Condom
Ginne
wali
sarkaar?"#BJPCountsCondoms,"
tweeted
Vinod
Mehta
(@DrunkVinodMehta).
One more hashtag, #SexAndDrugsAtJNU, trended on Twitter. These tweets mostly supported what Ahuja alleged against JNU students without providing any proof.
"Is JNU an educational institution or some kind of a pleasure resort for commies? #SexAndDrugsAtJNU," tweeted Shanta Chari (@newagesong).
"ICCs Report: "JNU registers highest number of sexual harassment cases in India", out of 101 cases JNU alone have 51 cases #SexAndDrugsAtJNU," tweeted Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul).
"3000 condoms being used in JNU per day, thank them, nahi toh hostel ke har room se Afzalnikatla.#SexAndDrugsAtJNU," tweeted Enlighted Monk (@XLR8ted_MIND).
We don't know how we are going to be benefitted by these tweets and counter-tweets, but one thing is for sure, our political discourse has not only become chaotic, but vulgar too.