Akshay Kumar gets brutally trolled on Twitter for deleting old tweet about rising petrol prices during UPA regime

Akshay Kumar is one of the few Bollywood actors who's known for not mincing his words (much like his wife Twinkle Khanna). The actor has time and again, voiced his opinions on issues that concern the society at large. Now, in the current scenario, when the BJP is facing a lot of flak for the ever-increasing petrol and diesel prices, burning a hole in the pockets of the common man, Akshay Kumar is being trolled mercilessly on Twitter. Why you ask? Well, the actor apparently deleted one of his old tweets, in which he had criticised the rising petrol prices during the UPA regime, back in the year 2012. 

"Guys, I think it's time to clean up your bicycles and hit the road! As per sourcs, expecting another petrol price hike", Akshay Kumar had tweeted on February 27, 2012. How did his old tweet surface again? Well, a parody account by the name of 'Unofficial Sususwamy' quoted that particular tweet of Akshay and wrote, "Akshay Sir, Big Fan! Can you please lend me your bycycle? I'll get it cleaned." 

However, the catch is, that Akshay's old tweet that was quoted, was soon found to have been erased from social media, for reasons best known to the actor. This irked a number of netizens who started trolling him brutally on Twitter. While some referred to him as a Canadian, other's called him an 'ABVP supporter'

Check out some of the tweets here:

Akshay Sir, Big Fan! Can you please lend me your bycycle? I'll get it cleaned. https://t.co/uVWnlF6h4o

— Unofficial Sususwamy (@swamv39) May 20, 2018

Why did @akshaykumar delete this tweet? https://t.co/2Ex4iYAxwt

— Unofficial Sususwamy (@swamv39) May 21, 2018

The ABVP Pracharak , Canadian Citizen , Padma Shri @akshaykumar Has Deleted His Tweet Regarding #Petrol Price Hike .. Request Him To Re-tweet it back As We Have Reached At Highest #FuelPrice Now .. Or is like 'sarkar ka chakkar babu bhaiyya' .. ! pic.twitter.com/XZmdqc3yJC

— Niraj Bhatia (@bhatia_niraj23) May 21, 2018

Wonder why .@akshaykumar deleted this tweet.

Maybe he doesn't have the STREANH to face public with increasing #petrolpricehike ? pic.twitter.com/wkAZYsYj5T

— Mr Certitude (@Swapzz) May 21, 2018

Hello @akshaykumar why have you deleted this old tweet of yours? At the rate we are going you’ll have to delete all political tweets before May 2014 pic.twitter.com/dejKNx9wR4

— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) May 21, 2018

Not even asked to bend, yet they crawled... Akshay Kumar deletes old tweet on petrol price hike. https://t.co/zWyFE06886

— SamSays (@samjawed65) May 21, 2018

I’m surprised why is nobody talking about the record high prices of Petrol & Diesel ? Had this been happening under Congress, .. ahh never mind !! And look who deleted his old tweet from 2012 abt the petrol price hike, Mr @akshaykumar !! God damn Chamchas ! #FuelPriceHike

— Manisha Makhija (@makhija_mm) May 21, 2018

Evidently, the Twitterati isn't too pleased with the actor for deleting his old tweet, especially at a time when the petrol and diesel prices are sky-rocketting.