Released after almost eight months in detention, Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah quickly updated his Twitter bio to “Former PSA Political detinue”. However, soon after his release, a 21-day nationwide lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat the spread of Covid-19.
Tweeting about the lockdown in a humorous way, Abdullah shared a meme with a caption, “These are serious & scary times so a little humuor doesn’t hurt.” In the meme was a picture of the politician himself along with a tagline that read, “When you spend 236 days in lockdown, and on the day you get out, the govt imposes 21-day national lockdown.”
Following his release, Abdullah had tweeted on March 24 on tips on surviving quarantine or a lockdown as he had months of experience at his disposal with a series of tweet. The series has 7 tweets explaining about his daily routine at the time of detention.
Since being shared online, the tweet has garnered over 1 lakhs likes, 15 k retweets and has been flooded with netizens praising the politician’s humour.
