On the occasion of the birth anniversary of late DMK patriarch Karunanidhi, the hashtag “#HBDFatherOfCorruption” started trending from the evening of June 2 and had been a top trend on June 3.
From the DMK’s side the hashtag “#KalaignarForever” was being used to commemorate the late leader’s birth anniversary.
This has turned out to be an yearly Twitter war between the supporters and rivals of the DMK.
The hashtag #HBDFatherOfCorruption” had crossed more than 3 lakh tweets.
However, many netizens alleged that DMK’s political consultancy firm I-PAC had used its influence to bring it to number two spot in the trending list when #HBDFatherOfCorruption had surpassed 1.2 lakh tweets.
Late in the night, the hastag had crossed 3 lakh tweets.
The DMK under Karunanidhi is guilty of several other corruption charges and failures. The party was part of the biggest ever corruption case in the history of India – 2G spectrum case. Karunanidhi in order to save his seat, went soft on the UPA government headed by its alliance partner Congress, by organizing lip service protests while thousands of Tamils in Sri Lanka were killed in the civil war in Sri Lanka. He is said to have undertaken the ‘fastest fast’ by starting the fast after breakfast and ending it before lunch.
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