When he called Twitter a graveyard of bullies. He got trolled. When he asked them for his book’s cover options. He got trolled. No matter what Chetan Bhagat does or says, Twitterati never misses an opportunity to take potshots at him.
The ‘Half-Girlfriend’ writer-producer expressed his views on demonetisation on Twitter, earlier today. Minutes later, there was a surge in comments and like a routine, people started trolling him.
Here’s what he said:
1.
While demonetization might be well-intentioned, the poor execution such as empty ATMs may lead to a lot of suffering for ordinary citizens.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
2.
To queue for several hours to find an empty ATM for Rs 2,000 of your own money is no fun. Execution of an idea as important as the idea.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
3.
Incompatibility of notes, small limits, limited number of bank branches and the massive swapping required – did they run through scenarios?
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
4.
All Indians being asked to prove they aren't criminals and their money is legitimate. Least u can do is not make them suffer while doing so.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
5.
I love my country. I am all for cleaning up economy. I am for big ideas,like demonetization. However, I also think execution is important.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
6.
It will be sad if good idea to clean up economy becomes political negative for govt who did it. Will discourage. Hope execution fixed soon.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
7. To a query, he added.
Don't use patriotism as an excuse for bad operations research type planning. What's not going well has to be told, in national interest https://t.co/iUqTI6bqHT
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
8. Then continued his rant.
People on twitter are digital savvy, comfortable with digital payments world. Most real sufferers of liquidity crunch not on social media.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
9.
Wonder why the size of the new notes was changed, taking them unusable in existing ATMs, esp when secrecy meant u couldn't modify ATMs.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
10.
Changed physical dimensions of notes made them incompatible with ATMs. No need to justify that mistake by saying stand in q for patriotism.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
11.
This was the mistake. To make notes pretty, they changed around the size. Purple Gandhi ji looks nice, but alas don't fit in 2 lakh ATMs! https://t.co/VtCsCIORT9
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
12.
World War II Rationing Picture. Something similar, at a bank branch near you. pic.twitter.com/7RJOJFncHy
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) November 12, 2016
And that was cue for Tweeple to start trolling him. Here’s what they said.
1. Richa Chadha just couldn’t give up on the opportunity.
Why give up the rare opportunity of Retweeting him … 😀 https://t.co/7DYArFcjRH
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) November 12, 2016
2. When chicken biryani got back at Mr. Bhagat.
https://twitter.com/ChickenBiryanii/status/797322581288177664
3. Gyaani Chetan.
aise hi gyan bator chetanji
— gani (@pcchinhara) November 12, 2016
4. When someone asked about his execution style.
let us know how you would have executed, Mr. Writer
— Sunil Shah (@sunilshah1961) November 12, 2016
5. When he got advised.
https://twitter.com/bhaarat_ish/status/797321385542455297
6. That query.
can we use old copies of your books as currency?
— Biju Krishnan (@bijucyborg) November 12, 2016
7. When someone accused Mr. Bhagat of kala dhan.
lagta hai bahut Kala dhan hai chetan miya ji 😛
— Lalit (@lalitnagrath) November 12, 2016
8. Point continued…
Bhai tere kitne paise doobe is demonetisation k chakkar mai Jo itna bhadak raha hai 😉
— JABRA FAN (@NageshKini2) November 12, 2016
9. This genuine query.
क्या चाहते हो भाई , राजनीती बंद हो जय ??
— shivam (@Shiv_am12) November 12, 2016
10. When someone made it personal.
@sonuexams I know you have 81 lac followers I m not having the power to ask all to unfolloW you. But I will surely ensuRe
— Hari (@NestlePal) November 12, 2016
11. And, this is her advice.
note lena hai toh le warna kat le.
— Light-Say-Burr (@gotzerochill) November 12, 2016
12. Someone took cue from Ishqiya while replying to Chetan.
chutiyam sulphate dimension is not an issue rather reconfiguration is to be done on ATMS that needs time. better keep shut
— pankaj goyal (@erpankaj2000) November 12, 2016
13. Not mincing words, is she?
https://twitter.com/Queen_Meghna/status/797349483176566786
14. This reply.
like this? pic.twitter.com/InMqVEYyhC
— Bahadur 2.0 (@my2bit) November 12, 2016
15. The ultimate query.
Does anyone know who's operating Chetan Bhagat's Twitter account these days?#AsambhavLevelsOfSense
— Manan Dhuldhoya (@manandhuldhoya) November 12, 2016
16. Now, that’s called subtle sarcasm.
wanted to buy your book but i have only 500 &1000 notes 😩😭
— Sufyan F (@sufyanf36) November 12, 2016
Now, that escalated quickly!