Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19: Despite Kerala reeling under catastrophic floods, citizens from other parts of the nation have not refrained from sharing their bigoted views on the state's plight. The trolls on Twitter have cited calf slaughter and beef consumption as the reasons behind "God's wrath on his own country".
The angst against Kerala was not based merely upon beef forming a staple portion of the state's diet, but also communal in nature. A section of trolls said the nation should not be concerned for the state as "Churches and Islamic organisations abroad will take good care".
Some of the trolls, who are inclined to certain political ideologies, said Kerala was destined to face the punishment of God for "electing the godless communists".
Here are some of the tweets shared below:
It seems to be true sir
Lord Ayyappa is angry with the Kerala Govt, as whole country knows that Communist & Congressi Workers had publicly slaughtered an innocent Calf in protest of Beef ban, cooked it publicly & feasted on its cooked beef openly on the road !
God wouldn't spare. pic.twitter.com/OtulS7xf90
— JN Kaushik (@JaganNKaushik) August 16, 2018
The question is should we help BEEF EATERS of Kerala who slaughter cows which we pray?
— Roop Darak (@roopnayandarak) August 18, 2018
Kerala hindus must stop eating beef. You can’t claim you’re a hindu and eat beef too. Mother nature will payback with interest
— Krish Subramanian (@Krish_018) August 18, 2018
What help? Most are working outside Kerala, in Gulf etc. Islamic organizations and Churches take good care of these Commies! Try helping them with food to survive and they will ask for beef curry. Lol https://t.co/DsHWKZIsPm
— Vibhuti (@victorvibhu) August 18, 2018
The insensitive comments pour-in even as the death toll in the state has climbed to 370 and over 3 lakh people are displaced, currently lodged in over 3,000 refugee camps. According to the Kerala government, the losses incurred by the exchequer are estimated to the tune of Rs 19,500 crores.
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