Covid Diary: I was having such fun during lockdown with photo shoots with peacocks and mocking rivals in rallies. But now I have to put on dull, sober masks and pretend I am solving nation’s problems

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Dear Diary, I hate international media. Hate them! Hate them! Hate them! They have revealed that I am fudging Covid numbers and have reported on our crematoria operating 24x7, and bodies being burnt on pavements and car parks.
They have also publicly shamed me for holding election rallies in West Bengal and called me reckless, irresponsible, and a super-spreader—just a little more polite than the bad things my party louts called the Tablighi Jamaat in 2020.
I have now briefed my party louts to spy on international journalists and discover their dirty secrets so I can fix them.

That’s how I tamed Indian mediawallahs—I have ensured that I matter more to them than their mummies and daddies.
See how they’re still defending me although their families and friends are dying of Covid, lack of oxygen and lack of drugs?

I am their lord, their god and they will blindly support me or else AS will do his thing.

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At the beginning of March, the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi claimed the country was in Covid-19’s “endgame”.

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Like demonetisation, Govt now says they will let all above 18 can have vaccine?

What is your plan to give 2nd dose of vaccine to already vaccinated people?
When you make an offer to people, you should spell out your plans.

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A small #thread for you.

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