On one hand the dispute has arisen regarding Gyanvapi Masjid and on the other hand the state is going through power problems. Electricity is being cut in many districts of the state and people are also getting angry about the problems related to electricity. Filmmaker Vinod Kapri took a jibe at Varanasi when electricity services were disrupted.
Journalist Piyush Rai tweeted and wrote, ‘There has been a power failure in some areas of Varanasi. The condition of the power department in UP has gone from bad to worse in no time under the leadership of AK Sharma. Responding to this, Vinod Kapri wrote that ‘Varanasi and the whole country should be happy whether electricity comes or not, Shivling has been found.’
People’s reactions: A user named Pramod wrote that ‘If you are so pained by these controversies, then give up food and water in sorrow, like Gandhiji used to do.’ A user named Amira wrote that ‘when people start reporting power outage, then suppose they have got used to living in electricity.’ A user named Rameshwar wrote that ‘Why do you always walk in the opposite direction? How do you live with so much negativity?’
One user wrote that ‘Delhi, Punjab and the whole country should be happy whether electricity comes or not, but will continue to give false schemes. What started from Delhi has now reached Kerala. A user named Rajesh wrote that ‘What was the electricity in the time of Aurangzeb, which he had made a fountain. You will consider Shivling as a fountain but not Shivling. A user named Jeetendra wrote that ‘Before 2016, there was electricity in UP for ten hours, then they were happy, but now even if it goes for ten minutes, then there is a pain in the stomach.’
Varanasi and the whole country should be happy whether electricity comes or not, Shivling has been found. https://t.co/O57xysdyjO
— Vinod Kapri (@vinodkapri) May 17, 2022
A user named Dharmendra Singh wrote that ‘It is understood from the results of recent politics that crisis, inflation-unemployment keep on coming but Shivling does not come again and again, otherwise BJP’s brilliant in UP elections held soon after demonetisation. Won, unemployment-inflation hit, BJP alliance crossed 350 with air strike, all the issues went to hell? A user named Neeraj Soni wrote that ‘Kapri ji, do you have trouble with Shivling, or with electricity or with the government, first clear it! The people of Varanasi also have the right to be angry with the government for the problem of inflation and electricity and also to be happy on getting the Shivling. Are you not happy? It is evident!’
Let us tell you that the Varanasi court had ordered to conduct a survey in Gyanvapi mosque. After the survey, it was claimed by some people that Shivling has been found at the place of Wuzu present in the mosque. As soon as this information came to the fore, people started writing ‘Baba Mil Gaye’ on social media. At the same time, it has been claimed by the committee of the mosque that it is not a Shivling but a fountain.