Top bureaucrat Amitabh Kant faces social media heat after sharing anti-Kejriwal post

On Sunday night Amitabh Kant posted a screen shot from India against presstitutes, which made fun of Delhi government’s odd-even scheme.

May 2, 2016, NewsCrunch

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant was slammed on social media after sharing a Facebook post critical of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

He also plucked the post from a Facebook  page – India against presstitutes angering many journalists.

Presstitutes is a pejorative term used by BJP supporters to describe journalists critical of the party.

On Sunday night, Amitabh Kant posted a screen shot from India against presstitutes, which made fun of Delhi government’s odd-even scheme.

Though the screengrab was witty, it appeared partisan for a bureaucrat to share it. One of Modi’s favourite economic bureaucrat Amitabh Kant has been credited with the Make in Indiacampaign.

When The Economic Time’s Rohini Sigh tweeted noting that a government official was tweeting like this, Amitabh Kant retorted that he was not a bonded labourer and could find interesting things in life.

After others joined in, he repeated at least thrice that he had only found the post interesting; suggesting he had stopped short of endorsing it. To one tweet, an exasperated Amitabh Kant said  he had not taken any potshot at Kejriwal and added, “it was crazy” to accuse him of that.

Amitabh Kant shares post from India against presstitutes

Interesting! pic.twitter.com/0VFjkL6SWR

— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) May 1, 2016

I just found it interesting! That's all. https://t.co/w8tPGviLN8

— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) May 2, 2016

@Rohinisgh I am not a bonded labourer. I can find things interesting in life.

— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) May 2, 2016

@sanjith_g where's the potshot? Can't I find a tweet interesting? This is crazy.

— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) May 1, 2016

@sanjith_g where's the potshot? Can't I find a tweet interesting? This is crazy.

— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) May 1, 2016

Angry tweets target Amitabh Kant after he shares anti-Kejriwal post

@amitabhk87
Sir not nice for u.To troll, thts our Job.U R the superman to make India Best for business

— Vaibhav Shah (@vaibhavshah2511) May 1, 2016

@amitabhk87@vaibhavshah2511 tomorrow if ragu ram rajan shares smthing abt modi what wd u say..

— Niraj (@niraj_abhi) May 2, 2016

@amitabhk87 Unbecoming of you heading Niti Aayog to take potshots at a Chief Minister though you may disagree with their ideology/politics.

— Sanjith G. (@sanjith_g) May 1, 2016

Dei @amitabhk87 is "India against Presstitutes" part of #MakeInIndia initiative that ur supposedly driving? Or is it new #TrollIndia scheme?

— Suryanarayan Ganesh (@gsurya) May 2, 2016

@amitabhk87 Shame On You. Atleast @ArvindKejriwal Is Trying To Do Something. He Is Far Better Than Congress & BJP

— Saurabh Marwah (@saurabhmarwah) May 2, 2016

@amitabhk87 Absolutely shameful by this bureaucrat. This is gujarat Model of governance.

— sourabh kr. singh (@sourabhAAP) May 2, 2016