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One Twitter user quipped that at least the BJP would get two votes in Kerala, while another wondered if it was a parody account.
Updated : Dec 02, 2018, 08:16 PM IST
On Sunday, the BJP Kerala Twitter handle was trolled online for a ‘protest video’ they had posted.
The handle posted a video gentleman appearing to leap towards a fast-moving vehicle with the caption: “Protest against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by BJP activists at Chengannur.”
One Twitter user quipped that at least the BJP would get two votes in Kerala, while another wondered if it was a parody account. Another use pointed out that if this was indeed a ‘protest’ worth tweeting, the BJP had serious problems in Kerala.
Protest against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan by BJP activists at Chengannur. pic.twitter.com/PpJN5fdJbL
— BJP KERALAM (@BJP4Keralam) December 2, 2018
If this was worth tweeting, you’ve got serious problems. https://t.co/etFMVCd2bs
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) December 2, 2018
— Rafale Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) December 2, 2018
How did the police manage the thousands of protestors that gathered?
— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) December 2, 2018
ചാചൻ തോറ്റു...!! pic.twitter.com/7CGDzMDNMt
— Háriesh (@Ha_Rish) December 2, 2018
I really had to check if this was a parody account :-D
— Babumoshai (@Bong_in_Delhi) December 2, 2018
All along I thought it was a troll handle ! https://t.co/aFRfFLKg8o
— Niha Masih (@NihaMasih) December 2, 2018
When you don't pay your social media interns well... https://t.co/HRaJEZkc7V
— Maachh-maker (@Shayonnita15) December 2, 2018
Is this handle trolling itself? https://t.co/W0h7Dt9qgt
— The Angry Bird (@VVAngryBird) December 2, 2018
At least they get two votes https://t.co/3X1S5U6D0e
— AFIFA JABEEN (@Afifatweety) December 2, 2018
"Massive" Protest by #BJP against Kerala CM. This is not some troll page ,this is from their official handle... Sure, Pinarayi would be scared.... https://t.co/X86Ssq5JcJ
— MUGILAN CHANDRAKUMAR (@Mugilan__C) December 2, 2018
However, there was a protest when BJP workers, led by the state general secretary B Gopalkrishan defied prohibitory orders at Nilakkal, the pilgrim base camp located about 20 km from the hill shrine.
Eight BJP activists, who were on their way to Sabarimala, were stopped by police at Nilakkal. They violated the prohibitory orders by squatting on road and chanting 'swamiye saram ayyappa'.
In an unrelated incident, activists of BJP's youth wing, Yuva Morcha, attempted to wave black flags at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Mulakkuzha near Chengannur when he was on his way to attend a function there.
Two people were arrested in connection with this incident, police said.
Five Mahila Morcha activists, who staged 'nama japa' (chanting of mantras) protest at the chief minister's programme venue, were also arrested, they said.
The women, who managed to enter the venue, stood up and chanted mantras when Vijayan was about to begin his speech.
Police rushed to the spot and removed them from the venue.
Gopalakrishnan later told reporters that the BJP would continue to agitate till police lift the prohibitory orders and other restrictions imposed in and around the hill shrine.
He slammed the Vijayan-led LDF government for allegedly filing false cases against party general secretary K Surendran, who was arrested en route to Sabarimala last month.
The BJP recently announced its decision to shift its protest from the temple complex to the state capital. But since then, the party has been facing allegations that it was backtracking from the agitation.
BJP state president P S Sreedharan Pillai had rejected the charges and said the move was to expand the stir across the state.
He had also said the party would launch an indefinite fast before the Secretariat from December 3 and block state ministers in support of its various demands, including lifting of prohibitory orders and providing basic amenities to pilgrims in and around the Lord Ayyappa temple.
Since the September 28 verdict of the Supreme Court, allowing women of all ages to enter the temple, no women in the 10-50 age group has been able to reach the shrine due to frenzied protests from devotees.
With inputs from PTI