Twitter Agog With The Hashtag MeTooUrbanNaxal

Created: Aug 29, 2018, 14:30 IST | Updated: Aug 29, 2018, 14:32 IST

It all started with the film maker Vivek Agnihotri asking some "bright young people to make a list of all those who are defending #UrbanNaxals"...

I want some bright young people to make a list of all those who are defending #UrbanNaxals Let’s see where it leads. If you want to volunteer with commitment, pl DM me. @squintneon would you like to take the lead?

— Vivek Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) August 28, 2018

His tweet opened the floodgates with hundreds of people volunteering to sign up..

Put me on the list please #MeTooUrbanNaxal ....
If bright young people are making lists to target their fellow citizens, they can't be very bright. .. https://t.co/Q8qVmpaVC3

— Harini Calamur (@calamur) August 29, 2018

If standing for Tribals & Dalit's is naxalism, #MetooUrbanNaxal
Arrest me....

— Prasant Ku Ranasingh (@pkranasingh) August 29, 2018

Pratik Sinha co-founder of Altnews not only volunteered to be on the list, but asked twitterati to tag Agnihotri and "help him build his list."

Hey @vivekagnihotri, I volunteer to be on your list. Let's tag @vivekagnihotri with the hashtag #MeTooUrbanNaxal and help him build his list. We should all help this man in his noble endeavour. https://t.co/zY1Azarv8l

— Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker) August 29, 2018

Journalist Nikhil Wagle, in his tweet said that if activist Sudha Bharadwaj is naxal, he is one too.

If @Sudhabharadwaj is a naxal, I am a naxal too. Arrest me. #MetooUrbanNaxal

— nikhil wagle (@waglenikhil) August 29, 2018

There were several others...

If speaking against Modi ,Amit shah and BJP make you " Urban Naxal "

Then #MeTooUrbanNaxal

— Selvin Thomas (@heartbharat) August 29, 2018

Hi @vivekagnihotri,

Dissent is important for our democracy to function and to hold our Government accountable. I intend to do exactly that.

Put me on your list.#metoourbannaxal

— Meghnad (@Memeghnad) August 29, 2018

I would be proud to be jailed with those arrested yesterday. They are all outstanding citizens of the country and if dissent is a crime #MeTooUrbanNaxal https://t.co/UGWHG9kMXN

— Arpita Chatterjee (@arpitachatter) August 29, 2018

Thanks @free_thinker for the idea. #MeTooUrbanNaxal

In solidarity with rights activists who fight so that others may have dignity.

We shall overcome. Inshaallah? https://t.co/9nIV0T8vn9

— Salman Anees Soz (@SalmanSoz) August 29, 2018

I refuse to bow down before a #fascist government. #MeTooUrbanNaxal pic.twitter.com/djDnfZaIU9

— Pratik Patil (@Liberal_India1) August 29, 2018

I think. I debate. I read. I question. I dissent. I criticise. I emphatise. I protest. I probe. I exist. #MeTooUrbanNaxal

— amrita madhukalya (@visually_kei) August 29, 2018

Rahul Roushan, who sarcastically describes himself as a well-known expert on nothing, said that the trend is a mere repeat of the "I am anti-national" rhetoric of 2016.

#MeTooUrbanNaxal is repeat of "I am anti national" rhetoric from 2016. Sharing something I had written back then https://t.co/UMPunw8NIu

— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) August 29, 2018

Put me on the list please #MeTooUrbanNaxal ....
If bright young people are making lists to target their fellow citizens, they can't be very bright. .. https://t.co/Q8qVmpaVC3

— Harini Calamur (@calamur) August 29, 2018