The revoking of Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir may have been welcomed in India, but Pakistan is definitely not happy with the decision. Soon as the announcement of scrapping Article 370 was made early this month, Pakistan began trying to rake up Kashmir issue at a global level and started severing trade and transport ties with India. The two countries have not been on cordial terms, more so with incidents of cross-border terrorism from Pakistan over the years. The relations were spoilt further when Pakistan decided not to screen any Indian films, ban ads featuring Indian artists and also carried out a crackdown on CD shops to confiscate Indian movies. Now Pakistanis have also decided to boycott Indian products. #BoycottIndianProducts was, thus, among the top trends started by Pakistan on Twitter on the morning of August 28. But, it has very little effect on Indians. A troll war of sorts has taken over on the Internet between users of both these countries. Asha Bhosle Takes a Dig at Pakistan's Decision of Banning Indian Movie CDs, Twitterati Hails The Singer.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on August 14 circulated a letter to announce the ban on ads marketing any Indian products. The country decided to suspend bilateral trade with India and review bilateral arrangements. In all of the downgraded diplomatic relations, Twitteratti are having a cold war of sorts.
Check the tweets here:
Don,tbuy indian products. They are using this money for killing kashmiries #BoycottIndianProducts pic.twitter.com/HJMm6VkXh6
— Sardar Adnan (@AdnanJavedPTI) August 28, 2019
A lot of tweets were made in a similar vein, but the Indian Twitteratti savagely replied to the trend with funny tweets. Check some of those tweets.
Welcoming Bollywood Style
Indians welcoming Pakistan's decision to #BoycottIndianProducts pic.twitter.com/Wca2ICPVr2
— prayag sonar (@prayag_sonar) August 28, 2019
Sing along
For all pakistanis who are tweeting at #BoycottIndianProducts pic.twitter.com/iWXwFnSV9X
— عابدہ Abida (@Abida07) August 28, 2019
Let us laugh
Padosis Are Trending #BoycottIndianProducts
Meanwhile Indians pic.twitter.com/Af7rbRHueB
— Dr Khushboo 👩🏻⚕️ (@khushikadri) August 28, 2019
Oops
Chunky pandey reaction after seeing #BoycottIndianProducts on trending! 😂😂😂
India ko ghanta fark nahi padega..#BoycottIndianProducts pic.twitter.com/l6wtDXsWs3
— Mayur Tailor 🇮🇳 (@MayurTailor29) August 28, 2019
Stop using water
Those Pakistani who trending #BoycottIndianProducts must stop using Indus water as they come from Indian Rivers
— Rishi Bagree 🇮🇳 (@rishibagree) August 28, 2019
So, the Indian Twitter Army quickly got to work to give a befitting reply to the current trend. From the tweets, Indian Twitterati have made it clear to their Pakistani counterparts that it actually makes a little or no difference to India right now as the diplomatic ties deteriorate. But nevertheless, the Indian responses are hilarious.
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