Days after the Delhi High Court directed Mint to remove a contentious piece of article targeting Gaurav Taneja and his family, the former pilot turned Youtuber took to Twitter to troll the financial newspaper.
In a tweet, he said, “You got me hate!! I got you flowers, Livemint. #Swaaha.” The tweet was accompanied by a video of Taneja dancing to the tune of ‘My Name Is Lakhan’. With a bouquet of flowers in hand, the Youtuber was seen cheering the ‘temporary removal’ of the article from the Mint’s website.
The case filed by Gaurav Taneja revolves around an article written by a journalist named Shephali Bhatt in the financial daily, claiming that the Youtuber was a child abuser. Bhatt had written an article titled, “Shouldn’t brands stop supporting sordid influencers?” ,in which she had criticized Taneja and his wife Ritu Rathee for piercing their elder daughter’s ears.
You got me hate !!
— Gaurav Taneja (@flyingbeast320) August 6, 2022
I got you flowers @livemint #Swaaha pic.twitter.com/BPOnVujYEl
Before that, he had posted another tweet mocking Livemint after they deleted the article on him as per court orders. He posted the screenshot of the webpage showing that the article has been deleted, asking people to observe silence of 2 minutes to mourn the deleted article that defame him.
कृपया Article ki आत्मा की शांति के लिये 2 min का मौन रखें ।#swaaha pic.twitter.com/RONpk2dGKu
— Gaurav Taneja (@flyingbeast320) August 5, 2022
Following his tweets, his fans and followers could not keep their calm. Many of them applauded Taneja’s innovative and respectful way of trolling the newspaper.
“Mujhe cry aa raha hai -Livemint, right now,” wrote one user.
@livemint Right now pic.twitter.com/6mwEM3B4Ge
— Kaka (@KAKA_SHRI) August 6, 2022
“Dear Livemint, Use Burnol for Instant Relief,” wrote another Twitter user.
Dear Livemint,
— Saurabh (@Saurabh01612) August 6, 2022
Use Burnol for Instant Relief 🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/XxYRddCbVX
One Amman remarked, “Livemint woke journalist be like – Aab undeground hone ka waqt aagaya hai (The time has come to go underground).”
Le #Livemint woke patrakar be like😥😐😭😭😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/u6GwPYNuUw
— Amman (@AMANAVIN) August 6, 2022
Another Twitter user suggested that the financial daily will delete their page after seeing the dance performance of Gaurav Taneja.
@livemint gonna delete their page after this performance 😂😂
— $arthhakkk🇮🇳 (@sarthhakkk9) August 6, 2022
“The way this guy handles situations, his situational awareness is on peak,” wrote one Prince Singh.
The way this guy handles situations, his situational awareness is on peak.
— Prince Singh (@prince_singhh_) August 6, 2022
One Rajat stated, “For #livemint hating Hindus, Indian heritage, and people who are proud Santani is prime focus. Also, it’s interesting to see how the so called intellectuals have consumed fevicol on this issue.”
For #livemint hating Hindus, Indian heritage, and people who are proud Santani is prime focus. Also, it’s interesting to see how the so called intellectuals have consumed fevicol on this issue.
— Rajat (@saboojii) August 6, 2022
On Friday (August 5), the Delhi High Court directed YouTuber Gaurav Taneja to take down all the tweets and social media posts where he mentioned the journalist ‘Shephali Bhatt’. The Court disallowed permission to the YouTuber to tag the journalist or use the hashtag of her name in any of his future social media posts.
