‘Soft Hindutva’: AAP Slams BJP Over Vaccine Policy, Draws Flak

People on Twitter referred to AAP as the “B team of BJP”.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Monday, 17 May, was accused of indulging in ‘soft-Hindutva’ and Islamophobia by “cherry-picking” Muslim majority countries from the entire list of countries to whom India sent vaccines, in a bid to attack the Bharatiya Janata Party government.

The party had earlier on Monday listed a bunch of countries in a tweet, saying: “Who did Narendra Modi take votes from? India. Who did Narendra Modi give vaccines to?”

The common element among all those countries, however, was that the majority of their population was Muslim. These included Pakistan, Palestine, Iran, UAE, Syria, among others.

Approximately two hours later, amid intense flak on Twitter, the party also tweeted names of other countries that India had sent vaccines to.

However, the damage was already done, with people accusing AAP of Islamophobia and referring to the party as BJP’s “B team”.

AAP cherry picked the countries with Muslim majority population from a long list of countries to whom vaccines were sent from India. After people pointed it out to them, they've now decided to add the other countries to the list two hours later. https://t.co/z2aZgoTUvX

— Pratik Sinha (@free_thinker) May 17, 2021

And then people talk about AAP as a solution!

The fact is that AAP is vying for the same voters as the BJP and here they have shown their true colours! https://t.co/E3Vjykhr6S

— Ali Khan Mahmudabad (@Mahmudabad) May 17, 2021

Kejriwal-led AAP cherry-picks countries with Muslim-majority population to criticise the Modi government's vaccine export policy.

A small thread: https://t.co/vaJW8eDkTM

— Somesh Jha (@someshjha7) May 17, 2021

क्या बेहतरीन लिस्ट बनाई है ! https://t.co/63D30F9slo pic.twitter.com/BwRbgmstQr

— Rofl Gandhi 2.0 🏹🚜 (@RoflGandhi_) May 17, 2021