Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's Tweets About 'Allowing An Ambulance To Overtake His Convoy', Twitter Trolls Him To Glory
On May 9, an ambulance was stuck in a traffic all because of policemen who were making way for home minister G Parameshwara near Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters on Queen's Road in central Bengaluru.
The incident is proof enough, that the boorish VIP culture is still very much present. But, in an effort to paint a rosy picture, Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah posted a tweet with a video bragging about how he let an ambulance ovetake his convoy.
BTP stood by my instructions to prioritise the movmnt of ambulances against VIP convoys; today they allowed an ambulance overtake my convoy pic.twitter.com/zRDtTAb9xK
¡ª CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) 21 May 2017
He even went on to retweet a post by the police on the same thing.
Hosmat Hosp Ambulance carrying an emergency patient was given precedence & allowed to overtake @CMofKarnataka convoy with their concurrence pic.twitter.com/OC1z9SGyxv
¡ª DCP Traffic East (@DCPTrEastBCP) 21 May 2017
Giving way to an ambulance is the most basic road etiquette and for a CM to be garishly tweeting about something so obvious is unbecoming.
And as usual, Twitterati didn't spare the wrath against the CM's post. Here's how people reacted:
#1 Motive behind the post, the upcoming Assembly elections
@CMofKarnataka We know that election is coming! And we never forget that day when your convoy stopped the an ambulance taking old women to hospital!
¡ª ???? ??????? (@shetty_shailesh) 21 May 2017
@CMofKarnataka Welcome to election year
¡ª Kaushal (@kaushal_shah89) 21 May 2017
#2 Worth a Nobel peace prize? Of course not!
@CMofKarnataka WOW. Great achievement! You deserve a NOBLE Peace Prize for this!
¡ª Rohit Bhat (@iRohitBhat) 21 May 2017
@CMofKarnataka Our honourable CM of Karnataka just posted an achievement of his. pic.twitter.com/z5Sv60D13p
¡ª Sandeep M Shetty (@sandeepmshetty) 21 May 2017
#3 Good question!
@CMofKarnataka What do U mean by ALLOWED?? Do u mean all these days u had dissallowed??
¡ª AdiYogi Bahubali (@shiv_g_g) 21 May 2017
#4 It's common sense, not an achievement!
@CMofKarnataka @blrcitytraffic When common sense is boasted upon.. Why do you need a convoy? Take a bus to wherever you are going.. You want public to do it? pic.twitter.com/tH7EpprjdU
¡ª Jeba (@Jeba) 22 May 2017
@CMofKarnataka Not a big deal, as a chief minister its your primary duty to put citizen's requirements before your convoy
¡ª Navarathna (@Navarathna) 22 May 2017
#5 Burn!
@CMofKarnataka Pl let me know your schedules so that if I am dying the ambulance can reach hospital double quick courtesy your magnanimity @blrcitytraffic
¡ª Gopi Karunakaran (@gopik1955) 23 May 2017
#6 Sums it all up!
@DCPTrEastBCP @CMofKarnataka Congrats for the superhuman act by our CM's convoy with their concurrence and BTP. FYI we civilians do it daily. Slow claps
¡ª Sudhee (@Sudhiism) 22 May 2017
