New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The ‘dislike Modi’ campaign supported and sponsored by forces inimical to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gone international.
BJP sources say that it was observed there was a concerted effort to dislike Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ video on YouTube.
It turns out that data from YouTube suggests that only 2 per cent of those dislikes originated from within India and 98 per cent dislikes were imported or came from outside India.
Interestingly, the thread is visible elsewhere too. This has also been a consistent feature of those supporting the anti-JEE-NEET campaign. They have used many handles based in Turkey to tweet against the exams.
The handles from Turkey which were behind this orchestrated attack have been identified.
Some of these are as follows:
JEE and NEET students right now ?#ProtestAgainstExamsInCOVID pic.twitter.com/hKaNtHWAJy
— Adnan wani (@Adnanwani_007) August 21, 2020
#SATYAGRAH_AgainstExamsInCovid https://t.co/8xKdKLAfPW
— smile_please??? (@smile_please77) August 23, 2020
https://t.co/BDQSnupYyh#SriLanka#srilankaelection#srilankaelection2020#srilankan#srilankaelections2020#IndiaForRheaArrest#IndiaHates_NarendraModi#Indiahates_Naredramodi#IndianArmy#INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET#IndiaAgainstNaxals#IndiaFightsCorona
— ?? Milli Beka ?? (@MilliBeka6) August 27, 2020
https://t.co/zcncUSkVSs#INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET#IndianArmy#Indians
#Indianapolis500#IndiaFightsCorona#India— ?? ASENA BILIR ?? (@ASENABILIR3) August 24, 2020
#INDIAunitedtoPostponeJEE_NEET
I was of the opinion that JEE & NEET should b held on time so that students could get out of the depression caused by fear of exams but this time the situation isn't really good. The govt should think about the students who are in quarantine (1/2)— Adrenaline (@adrenaline567) August 22, 2020
Activism works @LicypriyaK!#SpeakUpForStudentSafety#JusticeForStudents#PostponeNEETJEE_Today
— Deniz4Future (@CevikusHB) August 28, 2020
Dear @UN HE Secretary General Mr @antonioguterres,
Plz SPEAK OUT for #StudentsLivesMatter in India ??. Millions of students are forcibly asking to appear NEET JEE exams during this peak COVID19 situation. This is unacceptable. #PostponeNEETJEE_Today #SpeakUpForStudentSafety— Atlas Sarrafoglu ? (@AtlasSarrafoglu) August 28, 2020
#modijiactnow #PostponeNEETJEE_Today
This is a crisis with people affected by floods and covid, so act like you are in a crisis and postpone the exams. @narendramodi https://t.co/F8agN4lEKq— Atlas Sarrafoglu ? (@AtlasSarrafoglu) August 26, 2020
#PrimeWednesdayService #Tenet #IceCream #Happybirthdaydylanobrien #EqualityCantWait #Covid_19 #In_the_SOOP #coronavirus #PostponeNEETJEE_Today https://t.co/2wmQOzRt8L
— Repent Turkiye (@RepentTurkiye) August 26, 2020
It is also observed that many bots have been used which were created very recently and these tweet only on the exams issue. They do not have any real followers nor do they follow any real people.
The newly-created bot-like handles are:
–IANS
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