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Stan Swamy: Kapil Mishra's 'natural death' tweet disappears

In another instance a Delhi BJP leader blamed for last year’s communal riots had tweeted that the Jesuit priest deserved to be punished but later deleted the same

Our Special Correspondent New Delhi Published 07.07.21, 01:26 AM
Asked, Mishra told The Telegraph: “I generally delete after 24 hours because some people try to report. I stand by what I said yesterday.”

Asked, Mishra told The Telegraph: “I generally delete after 24 hours because some people try to report. I stand by what I said yesterday.” File picture

A Delhi BJP leader blamed for last year’s communal riots tweeted that Father Stan Swamy deserved to be punished but later deleted the tweet.

Kapil Mishra, a former AAP minister and current BJP rabble-rouser celebrated by Hindutva extremists, had tweeted on Monday: “Very sad about the natural death of #StanSwamy. He deserved punishment by the law for the heinous crimes he committed against humanity and the nation.”

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On Tuesday, the tweet vanished.

Asked, Mishra told The Telegraph: “I generally delete after 24 hours because some people try to report. I stand by what I said yesterday.”

Replying to a question on whether his party asked him to delete the tweet, Mishra said: “He (Fr Stan) was in jail for planning to kill the PM of India. I don’t think even remotely there is a chance of sympathy in the BJP for a Naxalite…” like Stan Swamy.

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