Maharashtra govt says its probing BJP IT cell not the celebrities’ Tweets

Days after the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress-led Maharashtra authorities confronted extreme backlash for its choice to probe Tweets posted by Indian celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar, singer Lata Mangeshkar, cricketer Virat Kohli and others within the wake of the worldwide conspiracy to defame India, the Maharashtra authorities has now taken a U-turn.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who had final week, ordered the Intelligence company to probe the celebrities’ Tweets has now come out to make clear that the Maha govt is probing the BJP IT cell and never the Tweets by the celebrities. He mentioned that 12 influencers are beneath State Govt’s scanner.
#Breaking | Celebrity tweets controversy: Maharashtra HM clarifies saying, ‘We are probing BJP IT cell, not Lata Mangeshkar & Sachin Tendulkar. Not probing celebrity tweets. 12 influencers are under State Govt’s scanner’. pic.twitter.com/COfbRAgS1I— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) February 15, 2021
Last week, Anil Deshmukh had mentioned that tweets of celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Suniel Shetty, Virat Kohli, Akshay Kumar, and others shall be investigated by the Maharashtra Intelligence company to determine in the event that they have been made beneath some stress by the Modi authorities or the celebrities genuinely wished to help the centre on the Farm Laws.
Deshmukh claimed that there have been stark similarities within the tweets posted by the celebrities which hinted that it was a deliberate and coordinated transfer. For this motive, Anil Deshmukh had in very clear phrases specified that the tweets posted by eminent personalities belonging to numerous walks of life shall be investigated by the state intelligence company.
Deshmukh made the remarks on a web-based platform after the Congress, a ruling coalition associate in Maharashtra, sought an investigation into the BJP’s alleged reference to tweets of some celebrities and whether or not the saffron celebration “arm-twisted” them.
The choice by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities, had, nonetheless, confronted extreme backlash. Apart from BJP leaders like Devendra Fadnavis and Ashish Shelar, a number of followers of Bharat Ratna recipients Sachin Tendulkar and the singing legend Lata Mangeshkar had come out to slam the Maha Government.
For the uninitiated, on February 3, many Indian celebrities got here out to take a stand towards the worldwide smear marketing campaign launched towards India. Prominent personalities akin to Sachin Tendulkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Kailash Kher and a number of other others had prolonged their help to the Farm Laws and known as for unity within the mild of feedback made by a number of worldwide figures, together with singer Rihanna and activist Greta Thunberg, over the continuing farmers’ protests. 
The pushback from the celebrities got here after the Ministry of External Affairs issued an announcement, whereby it mentioned that “vested interest groups” have been attempting to implement their agenda on the protests to derail them and mentioned that these teams have been attempting to mobilise world help towards India. The assertion additionally referred to “sensationalist social media hashtags and comments” by “celebrities and others” however didn’t identify anybody specifically.