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December 10, 2015, NewsCrunch
AAP supporters led by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took on writer Chetan Bhagat on Thursday.
Chetan Bhagat had slammed the new Delhi government traffic rule as arbitrary, undemocratic and impractical. He had also ridiculed the exclusion of single women from its purview.
The proposed traffic rule inDelhi allows odd and even numbered vehicles to ply only on alternate days.
The proposed traffic rule in
Chetan Bhagat, who is writing a column coming Sunday in Times of India on the subject, sent a series of tweets on Thursday making his stance clear.
The attack on Chetan Bhagat was flagged off by Kejriwal, who retweeted two women, who disagreed with what Chetan Bhagat had posted.
One of them said Chetan Bhagat was not aware of the problems women put up with while using public transport. Another said Chetan Bhagat was again putting his foot in mouth in style.
As the AAP trolls went after him, Chetan Bhagat sounded upset and commented that Kejriwal was rewteeting trolls instead of respectfully discussing the issue he had raised.
AAP trolls slam Chetan Bhagat for opposing Delhi traffic rule
Exactly how many pairs of feet can @chetan_bhagat's mouth hold at the same time? https://t.co/qgv6rID54i— Veena Venugopal (@veenavenugopal) December 10, 2015Is this guy for real?Does he even know what women go through using public transport?Why we have ladies compartments? https://t.co/uKHDotWtaL— Aparna Jain (@aparna_jain) December 10, 2015@chetan_bhagat return my money that i used in purchasing HALF GIRLFRIEND.— ѕαĻмαηα¢ ƒσя Ļιƒє (@lunatic_lali) December 10, 2015@chetan_bhagat I didn't see ny other apprehension people other than you. U must from Jupiter. 🙏🙏— Popatlaal (@chetanmallick1) December 10, 2015@chetan_bhagat Daily 80 people are diying in Delhi due to pollution & the people like you making It more worst— Asim zameer (@asim_zameer1) December 10, 2015.@chetan_bhagat Men r so unsafe in India, Delhi in particular, that they prefer nt to travel alone for d fear of rapists lurking in the dark— sayooj (@i_sayooj) December 10, 2015@chetan_bhagat Staying in Mumbai, working on television,u want to criticise Delhi's govt's move, guess BJP didn't convey its stand to u yet— KhaK (@ithoughtfool) December 10, 2015Awww. @chetan_bhagat is right. Screw you women! You've done nothing to deserve any extra safety. *Slow clap* https://t.co/X3n3MQVPqM— Aadar Malik (@TheAadarGuy) December 10, 2015Chetan Bhagat must get himself diagnosed— Sudhiir Krishnan (@SudhiirKrishnan) December 10, 2015@chetan_bhagat like this ??? 😂 pic.twitter.com/84j7OEV9XP— कोमल :) (@Komal_Indian) December 10, 2015What Chetan Bhagat tweeted on Delhi traffic rule
Dear CM, when you retweet trolls making personal attacks on me,you tacitly encourage them. And that's what they are doing right now. Thanks.— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 10, 2015Tolerant mob attacking me. Because I expressed reservations about a scheme. Just FYI.— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 10, 2015Cop checklist: Is it odd date? Car odd numbered? Only women?passenger sick? Not Gurgaon/Noida? Sunday?Is it 8am-8pm?Repeat for lakhs, daily!— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 10, 2015Women exempt from odd-even rule. Soon, men in Delhi are going to wrap dupattas around their heads and driving their cars. Go Delhi go!— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) December 10, 2015