 "Twitter user asks how many Aadhar Cards for Ravana, UIDAI's epic reply leaves him dumbstruck")
There has been a severe criticism of government’s unique identification project, Aadhaar, from activists and public policy experts with privacy rights groups alleging that Aadhaar infringes on individual’s privacy.
There are many Twitter handles active solely dedicated to oppose the project and are called ‘anti-Aadhaar brigade’. One such Twitter handle called #DestroyTheAadhaar on Saturday got a befitting reply from none other than the official Twitter handle of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) when it tried to troll the latter.
The UIDAI wished its followers a Happy Vijayadashami on Saturday with an illustration of arrows piercing through ten-headed demon king of Lanka, Ravana from Hindu epic Ramayana.
A time when the world sees the power of good governance.
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) September 30, 2017
Let us continue this true spirit with Aadhaar...#HappyDussehra pic.twitter.com/5KE5uVo1Dc
The #DestroyTheAadhaar Twitter handle immediately jumped on asking the UIDAI as to how many Aadhar Cards should be given to Ravana since he has 10 heads.
Sir how many Aadhaar can Ravan get? 10 faces * 10 iris pairs = 100 at least? #DestroyTheAadhaar https://t.co/b7BPAxIEuK
— #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA (@Stupidosaur) September 30, 2017
The troll wouldn’t have imagined that UIDAI would come up with a reply that would make it leave him dumbstruck. In a sarcastic reply, the UIDAI tweeted:
Not a resident of India. Not eligible to enroll for Aadhaar.
— Aadhaar (@UIDAI) September 30, 2017
UIDAI’s epic reply to the troll soon went viral. The tweet now has over six thousand likes and more than 4,900 re-tweets. Twitterati was quick to appreciate UIDAI’s sense of humour and had a field day.
😂😂😂 the social media in charge of Aadhaar needs to be given a raise
— Arjun Sethi (@roguelost) September 30, 2017
Hahaha new age social media champions are making @UIDAI cool ! I hope we really implement Aadhar well in our country. Will help a lot
— Harmik Singh (@harmiks) September 30, 2017
Hilarious! #HappyDussehra Aadhaar ji 🙏
— Piyu 👩⚕️ 🇮🇳 Nutrition Jeevi 🍒🍇 (@PiyuNair) September 30, 2017
Lol....trying to troll gets trolled on an epic level.
— ABHISHEK JAINN (@AbhishekJainn9) September 30, 2017
Aadhaar destroys 'Destroy the Aadhaar' 😂😂😂
— P K (@MightyIndian96) September 30, 2017
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