Here's Why People Are Sharing Pictures Of Their Fathers With The Hashtag 'Abba Jaan' On Twitter
UP CM Yogi Adityanath's comment led to wide condemnation on Twitter as users accused the Chief Minister of making communal references, starting a campaign with the hashtag HamareAbbaJaan.
Setting the tone for assembly elections next year, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made a double-edged comment saying that prior to his government's formation in the state, ration meant for the poor would be "digested" by those who utter 'Abba Jaan'.
Yogi Adityanath's barb
"Under PM Modi's leadership, there is no place for appeasement politics... Before 2017 was everyone able to get ration? Only those who used to say 'Abba Jaan' were digesting the ration," Yogi Adityanath said at an event in the state's Kushinagar.
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'Abba Jaan' is a term used to address fathers by mostly Muslims. The comment led to wide condemnation on Twitter as users accused the Chief Minister of making communal references, starting a campaign with the hashtag HamareAbbaJaan.
Uproar on Twitter
Soon after, many others including top journalists, activists, commentators, filmmakers and actors took to the microblogging site to express their feelings of their fathers, using #AbbaJaan and #HumareAbbaJaan.
Retired Foreign Secretary Nirupama Menon Rao shared a photo of her father saying, "My father just as he joined the Army in 1941. He made me what I am. My #AbbaJaan."
My father just as he joined the Army in 1941. He made me what I am. My #AbbaJaan pic.twitter.com/D2jQyTKzqn
¡ª Nirupama Menon Rao ??, ?????? ????? ???? (@NMenonRao) September 13, 2021
Mediacorp's Chief commercial and digital officer Parminder Singh also shared a photo of his father.
Like most other Dads my Dad believes in preserving & recycling things. Forever surprising us with merchandise received from my previous employers. Like a few years back he showed up in Singapore wearing my old Apple cap and tee! He turned 80 this year. #HamareAbbaJaan pic.twitter.com/PxUIaho0aa
¡ª Parminder Singh (@parrysingh) September 14, 2021
Journalist Saba Naqvi posted a throwback picture with her father, noted journalist Saeed Naqvi, from their ancestral village in Uttar Pradesh.
#HamaareAbbajaan ... in our village home in yes, Uttar Pradesh. Hamaari bitiya in lap and proud Dadijaan in centre. pic.twitter.com/MzE8546cCH
¡ª Saba Naqvi (@_sabanaqvi) September 13, 2021
Writer and chronicler Rana Safvi shared a photo of her father saying, "he taught us the value of truthfulness, honesty and above all humanity."
#HamareAbbaJaan
¡ª Rana Safvi ???? ???? (@iamrana) September 13, 2021
He taught us the value of truthfulness, honesty and above all humanity pic.twitter.com/5qfpzefwnc
British-American writer and journalist Aatish Taseer tweeted a picture of his father and mother.
Abba jaan aur ammi, mohabbat ki ibtida main. pic.twitter.com/fdZkUHNmx3
¡ª Aatish Taseer (@AatishTaseer) September 13, 2021
Here are other tweets with the hashtag 'Abba Jaan' and 'Humare Abba Jaan'.
Me and my #abbajaan who I address as ¡°pappy¡±?? pic.twitter.com/VG5dk3GPTQ
¡ª Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) September 13, 2021
My father, whom we call ¡®Daddy¡¯, has been our moral pivot. Would have loved to call him Abbajaan, a beautiful endearing term which, by the way, my son calls me. ¡®Abbajaan¡¯ is a respectful cultural metaphor which MONKeys of hate can never understand #HamareAbbaJaan pic.twitter.com/FIVuXjkMD7
¡ª Arif Ayyub (@arifayyub) September 13, 2021
My #AbbaJaan is a 71 war veteran..he served the #IndianArmy with valour,honour and distinction for forty years as a soldier.
¡ª Saira Shah Halim ???????? ?? (@sairashahhalim) September 13, 2021
Add another 5 years of training to become an officer at NDA and IMA.
He retired as the deputy chief of the Indian Army after 40 years of meritorious pic.twitter.com/BEtcGr5ppG
me with my #AbbaJaan :) pic.twitter.com/cn0xtfI6qa
¡ª Vishesh (@Dr_VisheshSingh) September 13, 2021
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah also criticised the chief minister's remark with a tweet saying, "I've always maintained the BJP has no intention of fighting any election with an agenda other than blatant communalism & hatred with all the venom directed towards Muslims. Here is a CM seeking re-election claiming that Muslims ate up all the rations meant for Hindus."
I¡¯ve always maintained the BJP has no intention of fighting any election with an agenda other than blatant communalism & hatred with all the venom directed towards Muslims. Here is a CM seeking re-election claiming that Muslims ate up all the rations meant for Hindus. https://t.co/zaYtK43vpd
¡ª Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) September 12, 2021
Last month, Yogi Adityanath had blamed the opposition for vaccine hesitancy in the state, saying some only took the jab after their 'Abba Jaan' did.
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