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Narendra Modi is usually quick to condemn terror attacks on Twitter. So why not for New Zealand?
Though Modi has written to New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern expressing his sadness at the attacks, he has not said anything from his personal Twitter handle.
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Vijayta Lalwani
After a gunman killed 50 people in New Zealand’s Christchurch on March 15, an array of world leaders tweeted their condolences from their personal handles. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not among them – even though there were five Indians among the victims.
The Indian High Commission in New Zealand identified them as Meheboob Khokhar, Ramiz Vora, Asif Vora, Ansi Alibava and Ozair Kadir.
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On the day of the incident, the Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement on Twitter that said Modi had written to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to express his “deep shock and sadness” at the attacks on “places of worship”.
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PM @narendramodi strongly condemns the heinous terrorist attack at the places of worship in #Christchurch today http://mymea.in/dy6
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But more than 48 hours after the attacks, Modi was yet to condemn the attacks from his personal Twitter account. In this period, several world leaders such as US President Donald Trump, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan had expressed their solidarity with the victims of the attack.
In India, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were among those who condemned the attacks on social media.
Modi’s silence on the New Zealand attacks is unusual because he has tweeted prolifically from his personal Twitter handle since 2014 to condemn a range of terror incidents, as well as express his condolences for deaths caused by natural disasters in places such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and the US, even when Indians were not harmed.
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2014 and 2015
In December 2014, for instance, Modi tweeted his condolences for the attack on a school in Peshawar, in which 156 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/544802934551109632
Strongly condemn the cowardly terrorist attack at a school in Peshawar.
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In January 2015, Modi condemned as “despicable” the attacks on the offices of a French satirical weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, in which 17 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/552802603449344000
Condemnable & despicable attack in Paris. Our solidarity with people of France. My thoughts are with families of those who lost their lives.
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In May that year, he condemned a bus shooting in Karachi, Pakistan, in which 46 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/598382342336487425
We stand firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief. I wish all those injured a quick recovery.
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2016
In January 2016, Modi condemned an attack on Bacha Khan University in Pakistan, in which four gunmen opened fire, killing at least 20 people. In August, he tweeted his condolences for the families of those killed in the attacks on Kabul’s American University. In September, he condemned the attacks in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 19 Indian Army soldiers were killed. He deplored the attack on a Shia shrine in Kabul in November. The following month, he condemned a terrorist attack in Istanbul, in which 39 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/689731457057587200
Strongly condemn the terror attack at Bacha Khan University in Pakistan. Condolences to families of the deceased. Prayers with the injured.
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We strongly condemn the attack on American University in Kabul. Condolences to the bereaved families & prayers with the injured.
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We strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished.
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We strongly condemn the heinous terrorist attack today on a Shia shrine in Kabul & condole loss of innocent lives.
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We strongly condemn the barbaric attack and stand by Turkey in this time of grief.
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2017
In January 2017, he condemned a terror attack in Kabul, and the following month
also expressed his sorrow at the loss of lives in avalanches in Afghanistan. In March, Modi said on Twitter that he was “deeply saddened” by the terrorist attack near Parliament in London in which six people were killed.
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In June that year, he said the terrorist attack in London Bridge – in which terrorists rammed a vehicle into pedestrians and then went on a stabbing spree, killing eight people – was “shocking and anguishing”. That month, after wildfires broke out in Portugal killing 66 people, Modi offered his “deepest condolences” on Twitter.
He also condemned an October 2017 terror attack in New York City in which eight people were killed after a man drove a pickup truck into cyclists and runners. In November 2017, after around 40 gunmen attacked a mosque in Sinai, Egypt, killing at least 305 people, Modi said it was a “barbaric terrorist attack on a place of worship”.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/818846290968793089
Strongly condemn the terror attack in Kabul & condole loss of innocent lives. India stands with Afghanistan in its fight against terrorism.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
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Heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in Afghanistan due to avalanches. India stands ready to assist in any way possible.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
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Deeply saddened by the terror attack in London. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
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Pained by the attack in Manchester. We strongly condemn it. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with the injured.
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Attacks in London are shocking & anguishing. We condemn them. My thoughts are with families of the deceased & prayers with the injured.
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Sad to learn of tragic loss of lives in the forest fire in Portugal. Deepest condolences to the Portugese people on this tragedy.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
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Strongly condemn the terror attack in New York City. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with those injured.
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2018
In March 2018, Modi tweeted his condolences to the families of 11 trekkers who were killed in a forest fire in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district. In May, he said he was saddened by the collapse of a flyover in Varanasi, in which 18 people were killed.
In July, after a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, killing 19 people including members of the Sikh and Hindu community, Modi said it was an attack on that country’s “multicultural fabric”.
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In September, he condemned a road accident in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 11 people were killed. In October, after two trains mowed down at least 59 people celebrating Dusshera in Amritsar, Punjab, Modi described the incident as “heart-wrenching” on Twitter. In December, Modi offered his condolences to those who lost loved ones in a tsunami that killed hundreds of people in Indonesia.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/973215559448920065
My condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the Theni forest fire. I hope that those who are injured recover soon.
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Extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to the collapse of an under-construction flyover in Varanasi. I pray that the injured recover soon. Spoke to officials and asked them to ensure all possible support to those affected.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
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We strongly condemn the terror attacks in Afghanistan yesterday. They are an attack on Afghanistan's multicultural fabric. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray that the injured recover soon. India stands ready to assist the Afghanistan government in this sad hour.
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On February 14, Modi condemned the Pulwama attack in which at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed. The attack was “despicable”, he said on Twitter.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1096035566670565376
Attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama is despicable. I strongly condemn this dastardly attack. The sacrifices of our brave security personnel shall not go in vain. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. May the injured recover quickly.
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A month later, on March 14, Modi said he was “deeply anguished” after a section of the pedestrian bridge near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai collapsed, killing six people. “My thoughts are with the bereaved families,” he wrote.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
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Deeply anguished by the loss of lives due to the foot overbridge accident in Mumbai. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. Wishing that the injured recover at the earliest. The Maharashtra Government is providing all possible assistance to those affected.
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Though Modi has written to New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern expressing his sadness at the attacks, he has not said anything from his personal Twitter handle.
PTI
Vijayta Lalwani
After a gunman killed 50 people in New Zealand’s Christchurch on March 15, an array of world leaders tweeted their condolences from their personal handles. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not among them – even though there were five Indians among the victims.
The Indian High Commission in New Zealand identified them as Meheboob Khokhar, Ramiz Vora, Asif Vora, Ansi Alibava and Ozair Kadir.
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On the day of the incident, the Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement on Twitter that said Modi had written to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to express his “deep shock and sadness” at the attacks on “places of worship”.
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Raveesh Kumar
✔@MEAIndia
PM @narendramodi strongly condemns the heinous terrorist attack at the places of worship in #Christchurch today http://mymea.in/dy6
1,793
9:45 AM - Mar 15, 2019
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But more than 48 hours after the attacks, Modi was yet to condemn the attacks from his personal Twitter account. In this period, several world leaders such as US President Donald Trump, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan had expressed their solidarity with the victims of the attack.
In India, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were among those who condemned the attacks on social media.
Modi’s silence on the New Zealand attacks is unusual because he has tweeted prolifically from his personal Twitter handle since 2014 to condemn a range of terror incidents, as well as express his condolences for deaths caused by natural disasters in places such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and the US, even when Indians were not harmed.
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2014 and 2015
In December 2014, for instance, Modi tweeted his condolences for the attack on a school in Peshawar, in which 156 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/544802934551109632
Strongly condemn the cowardly terrorist attack at a school in Peshawar.
5,385
6:35 AM - Dec 16, 2014
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6,765 people are talking about this
In January 2015, Modi condemned as “despicable” the attacks on the offices of a French satirical weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, in which 17 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/552802603449344000
Condemnable & despicable attack in Paris. Our solidarity with people of France. My thoughts are with families of those who lost their lives.
3,527
8:23 AM - Jan 7, 2015
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In May that year, he condemned a bus shooting in Karachi, Pakistan, in which 46 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/598382342336487425
We stand firmly with the people of Pakistan in this hour of grief. I wish all those injured a quick recovery.
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3:00 AM - May 13, 2015
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2016
In January 2016, Modi condemned an attack on Bacha Khan University in Pakistan, in which four gunmen opened fire, killing at least 20 people. In August, he tweeted his condolences for the families of those killed in the attacks on Kabul’s American University. In September, he condemned the attacks in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 19 Indian Army soldiers were killed. He deplored the attack on a Shia shrine in Kabul in November. The following month, he condemned a terrorist attack in Istanbul, in which 39 people were killed.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/689731457057587200
Strongly condemn the terror attack at Bacha Khan University in Pakistan. Condolences to families of the deceased. Prayers with the injured.
6,421
4:49 AM - Jan 20, 2016
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/768644279245824000
We strongly condemn the attack on American University in Kabul. Condolences to the bereaved families & prayers with the injured.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/777417302912430080
We strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished.
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We strongly condemn the heinous terrorist attack today on a Shia shrine in Kabul & condole loss of innocent lives.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
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We strongly condemn the barbaric attack and stand by Turkey in this time of grief.
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2017
In January 2017, he condemned a terror attack in Kabul, and the following month
also expressed his sorrow at the loss of lives in avalanches in Afghanistan. In March, Modi said on Twitter that he was “deeply saddened” by the terrorist attack near Parliament in London in which six people were killed.
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In June that year, he said the terrorist attack in London Bridge – in which terrorists rammed a vehicle into pedestrians and then went on a stabbing spree, killing eight people – was “shocking and anguishing”. That month, after wildfires broke out in Portugal killing 66 people, Modi offered his “deepest condolences” on Twitter.
He also condemned an October 2017 terror attack in New York City in which eight people were killed after a man drove a pickup truck into cyclists and runners. In November 2017, after around 40 gunmen attacked a mosque in Sinai, Egypt, killing at least 305 people, Modi said it was a “barbaric terrorist attack on a place of worship”.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/818846290968793089
Strongly condemn the terror attack in Kabul & condole loss of innocent lives. India stands with Afghanistan in its fight against terrorism.
14.6K
11:45 AM - Jan 10, 2017
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/828576842089013248
Heartfelt condolences on the loss of lives in Afghanistan due to avalanches. India stands ready to assist in any way possible.
7,450
8:11 AM - Feb 6, 2017
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/844733683185729537
Deeply saddened by the terror attack in London. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
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Pained by the attack in Manchester. We strongly condemn it. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with the injured.
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https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/871213302306623488
Attacks in London are shocking & anguishing. We condemn them. My thoughts are with families of the deceased & prayers with the injured.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
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Sad to learn of tragic loss of lives in the forest fire in Portugal. Deepest condolences to the Portugese people on this tragedy.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/925546219946029057
Strongly condemn the terror attack in New York City. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with those injured.
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2018
In March 2018, Modi tweeted his condolences to the families of 11 trekkers who were killed in a forest fire in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district. In May, he said he was saddened by the collapse of a flyover in Varanasi, in which 18 people were killed.
In July, after a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, killing 19 people including members of the Sikh and Hindu community, Modi said it was an attack on that country’s “multicultural fabric”.
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In September, he condemned a road accident in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 11 people were killed. In October, after two trains mowed down at least 59 people celebrating Dusshera in Amritsar, Punjab, Modi described the incident as “heart-wrenching” on Twitter. In December, Modi offered his condolences to those who lost loved ones in a tsunami that killed hundreds of people in Indonesia.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/973215559448920065
My condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the Theni forest fire. I hope that those who are injured recover soon.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
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Extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to the collapse of an under-construction flyover in Varanasi. I pray that the injured recover soon. Spoke to officials and asked them to ensure all possible support to those affected.
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Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1013610293514170369
We strongly condemn the terror attacks in Afghanistan yesterday. They are an attack on Afghanistan's multicultural fabric. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray that the injured recover soon. India stands ready to assist the Afghanistan government in this sad hour.
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On February 14, Modi condemned the Pulwama attack in which at least 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed. The attack was “despicable”, he said on Twitter.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1096035566670565376
Attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama is despicable. I strongly condemn this dastardly attack. The sacrifices of our brave security personnel shall not go in vain. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. May the injured recover quickly.
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A month later, on March 14, Modi said he was “deeply anguished” after a section of the pedestrian bridge near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai collapsed, killing six people. “My thoughts are with the bereaved families,” he wrote.
Chowkidar Narendra Modi
✔@narendramodi
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1106225943176273920
Deeply anguished by the loss of lives due to the foot overbridge accident in Mumbai. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. Wishing that the injured recover at the earliest. The Maharashtra Government is providing all possible assistance to those affected.
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