Former opening batsman Virender Sehwag again landed himself in the thick soup again, over his tweet on the deaths of children in the Gorakhpur tragedy. Sehwag, who is known for his witty tweets and sarcastic jokes on issues ranging from politics to sports, this time may have over-stepped the line. The tragic incident that took place in Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das Medical College.
So what exactly happened at Gorakhpur that is making Uttar Pradesh boil
The death of 30 infants since Thursday, allegedly because a private supplier of oxygen to the hospital snapped supply due to payment arrears.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is keeping a close eye on the entire situation and is helping in the recovery process.
But Virender Sehwag took to Twitter to express his grief. Virender Sehwag tweeted, “deeply pained by the loss of innocent lives in Gorakhpur. More than 50000 children have lost their lives here since encephalitis was first reported in 1978, the year I was born.”
It seems Sehwag was misinformed or did not do his homework before expressing his views on his episode. For this, he faced immense flak from his followers on the micro-blogging site.
Deeply pained by the loss of innocent lives in #Gorakhpur . More than 50000 children have lost their lives here since encephalitis was 1/2
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 11, 2017
first reported in 1978, the year I was born. We Still haven’t figured a way to save innocent lives from a known disease. Heartbreaking !
2/2— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 11, 2017
Infants were apparently died because of the non-presence of oxygen cylinders.
TROLLERS:
Do you have the spine to criticize the government for its failure ?
No you will only mock kids
Shameless
— A (@Ad__vaith) August 11, 2017
The death is not due to disease sir this is due to lack of oxygen supply sir.
— Dil Hai hindustani (@Tanveer7872) August 11, 2017
which pain ….your tweet is to justify these deaths….you should hv questioned the negligence…. how insensitive..!
— आमिर Aamir (@Aamir_Capri) August 11, 2017
Dikhai nahi deta ya such dekhne ki aadat nahi hai, Poore desh ko pata hai bacche oxygen ki kami ki vajah se mare hain. Dalali band karo
— hariom sharma (@h_sharma22) August 11, 2017
Sir main app ka bahut bada fan hon but muja nahi malom thaa ki aap bhi bjp ka chmcha hain bachcha kyon expire hoi pura india janta hai
— Javed Akhtar (@JavedAk60880074) August 12, 2017
