Double whammy: After Devendra Fadnavis slams Rajdeep Sardesai in open letter, Twitter mocks senior journo

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Sep 22, 2015, 05:16 PM IST

While this could be the first time a major politician replied civilly to criticism, Twitteratis, majority of those supporting the BJP took the opportunity to bash Sardesai.

Days after senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai wrote a open letter to CM Devendra Fadnavis criticising the recent meat ban and transfer of  Mumbai CP Rakesh Maria, the BJP politician replied to him slamming his 'biased' views. While this could be the first time a major politician replied civilly to criticism, Twitteratis, majority of those supporting the BJP took the opportunity to bash Sardesai and led the hashtag ​#DevendraSlapsRajdeep totrend.

Another senior journalist rightly explained the latest buzz on the micro-blogging site.

The BJP on the other hand had a hearty laugh trolling Sardesai.

The rest were having a day going after Sardesai

Despite the Twitter jibe, Sardesai had a few supporters, handful of them