No Karni Sena tableau? Twitter users had a lot of fun on India's 69th Republic Day
India celebrated its 69th Republic Day on Friday (January 26) with more than usual pomp and splendour. The occasion that marks India’s existence as a democratic republic for almost seven decades is indeed prideworthy. But do Indians realise the sheer weight of this particular day? Let us take a look at how Indians celebrated Republic Day in their own way, on social media.
Big celebrations and Big B. Well, Amitabh Bachchan celebrated Republic Day with - no prizes for guessing - his own photos, as always.
T 2594 - Watching Republic Day Parade in Delhi .. what a moment of pride .. tears welling up as the Army marches past .. memories of the early years in Delhi, when we would clamour for seats to watch the parade ! JAI HIND !!???????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/DH7WbbzJH1
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) January 26, 2018
As so did Ranveer Singh, Ravi Kisan and India’s “DJ Waale Babu”, Badshah.
Happy Republic Day! ????#jaihind ???????? pic.twitter.com/e9OCdm6LW5
— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) January 26, 2018
Happy Republic Day. Let's Salute the Nation. #republic day #JaiHind pic.twitter.com/USlhxjYyrI
— Ravi Kishan (@ravikishann) January 26, 2018
A very happy republic day. Jai hind. pic.twitter.com/9o9MFjw92g
— BADSHAH (@Its_Badshah) January 26, 2018
And the Dutch EDM artist Hardwell, for some reason.
Happy Republic Day! ???????? pic.twitter.com/pLapXUS2c4
— Hardwell (@HARDWELL) January 26, 2018
And Salman Khan just decided to wish everyone with a title of his own patriotic cinema.
Happy #RepublicDay to all . pic.twitter.com/gT4qqGuzC9
— Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) January 26, 2018
Celebrities don’t change, so why should ordinary people?
Deshbhakts celebrating #RepublicDay in Delhi! :D(Via FB) pic.twitter.com/tbsbBDn7fG
— Sankar Das (@mallucomrade) January 26, 2018
As is with the news cycle, the Rajput Karni Sena had a special place, at least in everyone’s hearts:
The Republic Day Cartoon! Why does that goon look like Amit Shah though! ????????#RepublicDay pic.twitter.com/7Qyvd8rdzI
— Keerthi???? (@TheDesiEdge) January 26, 2018
Republic Day tableau idea: Karni Sena members sitting in a big open vehicle, and school kids watching the parade get to throw stones.
— St_Hill (@St_Hill) January 25, 2018
One tableau for the R Day parade should just be a burning bus with people trashing stuff all around it.
— That Goan Boy (@schmmuck) January 25, 2018
Honest Haryana Tableau (Jhanki)#RepublicDay #Republicday2018 pic.twitter.com/R9yybEV2A3
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) January 26, 2018
So looking forward to the Republic Day Parade representing the awesome facets of India. Most excited about the Karni Sena float!
— Vaibhav Vishal (@ofnosurnamefame) January 26, 2018
Hope the Government will direct the Karni Sena to have their own float in Republic Day.. India should show its "cultural & militant strength" ???? https://t.co/feGXyQZlY0
— James Wilson (@jamewils) January 25, 2018
Speaking of tableaus and parades, who doesn’t love the bike stunts!
Jai ho !! #RepublicDay pic.twitter.com/nLYMADg6PB
— Being नास्तिक (@Being_nastik) January 26, 2018
Wo bike pe tripling waala stunt badal lo ab yar. #RepublicDay
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) January 26, 2018
But there were a few, who brought with them some reality checks.
It’s India’s #RepublicDay; it has banned internet and undeclared a curfew in #Kashmir. Nothing more can define the relationship between India and Kashmir.
— Faysal M (@_Faysal) January 26, 2018
What does India’s #republicday mean for #Kashmir:Once January starts, family panics when their children are out. Cos it’s ‘shatwuh January’.When it happens: There’s curfew, Internet is banned and some elders stare at the grand military parade on TV. And say ‘Toati ni kiheen’.
— Faysal M (@_Faysal) January 26, 2018
Tableaux missing from #RepublicDay parade:????️Hindutva thugs on rampage????️Youth selling pakodas????️Farmers committing suicides????️Women being gangraped????️Dalits and Muslims being lynched????️Journalists being threatened????️Judges being murdered????️Attack on school buses pic.twitter.com/yMZNgxrzG2
— Rofl Republic (@i_theindian) January 26, 2018
#RepublicDay cartoons that not just define d situation of Modis #NewIndia but also make our heads hang in Shame that we are ruled by a fascist dispensation that believes in Dictatorship,state sponsored Mobocracy and does every bit to rob d citizens of their constitutional rights pic.twitter.com/9QfggIAuqf
— Vinay Kumar Dokania (@vinaydokania) January 26, 2018
It'll be funny to see India showcasing their power on Republic Day to world while failing to protect school kids from Karni Sena.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) January 24, 2018