Akhilesh Yadav says he downloaded PK; Twitter ridicules the CM
Lucknow, Jan 2: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is being booed by social networking sites users for a comment he made at a press conference on Thursday.
At the press conference on December 31, Yadav declared the Bollywood film PK tax-free in his state. According to a Times of India report, this is how he explained it:
"People had been telling me for many days to watch PK. I downloaded it a few days ago, but only found the time to watch it last night. I liked it immediately and decided to make it tax-free so that more people can watch it".
Yadav's comment has launched an anti-piracy debate.
Later, the Chief Minister's Office tried to put an end to the controversy by saying that the CM has licensed UFO Moviez digifacility to download and watch movies. "Controversy around pirated download is unwarranted," said CMO's tweet.
#UPCM
#Akhileshyadav
also
instructs
that
serious
disciplinary
action
be
taken
against
the
culprits
&all-out
efforts
to
be
made
to
catch
them
—
CM
Office,
GoUP
(@CMOfficeUP)
January
2,
2015
Although the CMO said that the Chief Minister has a legitimate paid download facility, the Twitterati is in no mood to let go of the controversy.
Here are a few tweets by users:
Proud
of
having
a
CM
like
Akhilesh
Yadav
who
is
tech-savvy
Can
Download
Movie
thru
TorrentsModern
Day
Robin
Hood
pic.twitter.com/s7vNlhxA3M
—
Rishi
Bagree
(@rishibagree)
January
2,
2015
Akhilesh
Yadav
downloaded
&
watched
pirated
copy
of
PK
&
didn't
even
realise
he's
wrong.
Such
is
the
intelligence
of
foreign-return
CM
—
गीतिका
(@ggiittiikkaa)
January
1,
2015
Jai
ho
samjhwaad!
His
excellency
AKHILESH
YADAV
admits
that
he
downloaded
PK
from
internet.Amir's
reaction
still
awaited.
—
DESH
DEEPAK
DIXIT
(@Deshdeepak_me)
January
2,
2015
Akhilesh
Yadav
downloaded
&
watched
pirated
copy
of
PK
&
didn't
even
realise
he's
wrong.
Such
is
the
intelligence
of
foreign-return
CM
—
गीतिका
(@ggiittiikkaa)
January
1,
2015
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