Ranchi: Just a few hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled Jharkhand visit on Tuesday, #GoBackModi started to trend on Twitter since morning.
Earlier on November 25, his first visit to Jharkhand, for Assembly Poll campaigning at Daltonganj and Latehar, the same hashtag was trending on Twitter.
This time, the Prime Minister addressed rallies in Khunti and Jamshedpur.
Jamshedpur (East) seat has become a keenly watched contest, where Chief Minister Raghubar Das is being challenged by his former cabinet colleague and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s senior leader Saryu Roy and also by Congress’ National Spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh.
In the last two years, Khunti district has become a centre of resistance for the tribals. The tribals of Khunti, since the implementation of PESA Act in their area and, have initiated the Pathalgadi movement. For this, they have faced severe brutal action from the state government. Raghubar Das government has termed Pathalgadi a seditious work and has slapped sedition cases on thousands of tribals living in Khunti district.
With hashtag Go Back Modi trending once again in Jharkhand for the second time, a counter hashtag– Modi Sang Jharkhand in Hindi also started trending. However, at 7 pm, while Go Back Modi was showing around 34000 tweets, Modi Sang Jharkhand had 28000 tweets.
There is, in general, a belief that tribals are angry with Raghubar Das led BJP for other reasons like its attempt to amend CNT/SPT act and formation of Land Bank on Gair Majrua lands. Thus Khunti is the epicentre of tribal resistance.
Last time, Twitterati was in for a surprise when Go Back Modi was trending. Many had even compared this trend in Jharkhand with that of Kerela and Tamil Nadu, where every time Narendra Modi to face a similar hashtag trending just ahead of his visit.
With hashtag Go Back Modi trending once again in Jharkhand for the second time, a counter hashtag– Modi Sang Jharkhand in Hindi was also trending. However, at 7 pm, while Go Back Modi was showing around 34000 tweets, Modi Sang Jharkhand had 28000 tweets.
“Because of the misrule of BJP government, good people are under fear like Rahul Bajaj but wrong ones like rape accused Kuldeep Sengar and Dhullu Mahto are smiling. People are also angry about the rise of rape cases. The Ranchi girl was picked at 5.30 pm which is not a time around which girls should not go out. There is no law and order in Jharkhand. So all these are reflecting as a trend against Mr Modi,” Aakash said.
It seems BJP which has a strong IT Cell, tried to make Modi Sang Jharkhand trend after finding Go Back Modi trending on the top.
But those working at the grass-root level believe that with Go Back Modi trending once again, reflects the mood of Jharkhand, than Modi Sang Jharkhand. Aakash Ranjan, Right to Food activist, who is also campaigning for Dayamani Barla for Khunti seat, feels that people have woken up against BJP regime.
“Because of the misrule of BJP government, good people are under fear like Rahul Bajaj but wrong ones like rape accused Kuldeep Sengar and Dhullu Mahto are smiling. People are also angry about the rise of rape cases. The Ranchi girl was picked at 5.30 pm which is not a time around which girls should not go out. There is no law and order in Jharkhand. So all these are reflecting a trend against Mr Modi,” Aakash said.
