The microblogging site Twitter is flooded with jokes mocking the ex-employee of NDTV, and alleged ‘journalist’ Ravish Kumar. Ravish Kumar claimed in an interview with The Wire’s Karan Thapar, that Gautam Adani, the chairman and founder of the multinational conglomerate Adani Group, “spent thousands of crores to buy NDTV to silence him.” Notably, Ravish Kumar had willingly quit NDTV after Gautam Adani took control of the media group.
After quitting the media house, Ravish Kumar gave two interviews and in one of them, he chatted with Karan Thapar from the leftist propaganda outlet called The Wire. While speaking to Karan Thapar, Ravish Kumar discussed Gautam Adani’s intention of acquiring a majority stake in NDTV. He claimed that the billionaire industrialist is spending hundreds or thousands of crores only to silence him (Ravish Kumar) and to make him unemployed.
Netizens couldn’t stop themselves from satirising the ‘journalist’ after The Wire released Ravish Kumar’s interview in which he was heard giving himself unwarranted prominence. Within no time, Twitter users started sharing funny jokes and memes with the hashtag #MainBhiRavish.
Ravish Kumar’s self-centred remark became a source of entertainment on the social networking site. Twitter user @whyteknight mocked the journalist with numerous one-liners. “Steve Jobs invented Apple to get me addicted to smartphones #MainBhiRavish,” he tweeted.
Steve Jobs invented Apple to get me addicted to smartphones #MainBhiRavish
— Whyteknight (@whyteknight07) December 20, 2022
In his subsequent tweet, he wrote, “Anil Ambani gave free phones to everyone because he wanted me to call my girlfriend #MainBhiRavish.”
Anil Ambani gave free phones to everyone because he wanted me to call my girlfriend #MainBhiRavish
— Whyteknight (@whyteknight07) December 20, 2022
“Elon Musk spent 44 Billions and bought Twitter because he was scared of my tweets #MainBhiRavish,” read his third Tweet in an obvious reference to Ravish Kumar’s bizarre remark on Gautam Ambani buying a stake in NDTV to settle scores with him.
Elon Musk spent 44 Billions and bought Twitter because he was scared of my tweets #MainBhiRavish
— Whyteknight (@whyteknight07) December 20, 2022
Mocking Ravish Kumar for believing that the billionaire industrialist invested thousands of crores in NDTV merely to silence him, popular social media user Norbert Elekes tweeted, “Gautham Adani started selling Refined Oil so that my Cholesterol goes high & I d!e early.”
Gautham Adani started selling Refined Oil so that my Cholesterol goes high & I d!e early.#MainBhiRavish
— Norbert Elekes (@N0rbertElekes) December 20, 2022
Similarly, many other social media users shared such witty remarks to mock Ravish. Sharing a piece of news shared by Bloomerang that the Adani Group rolled out a digital platform for its airport vertical, a Twitter user @darshanpathak wrote in jest that it was done simply to keep tabs on Ravish Kumar’s global movements.
Just to keep tabs on Ravish Kumar’s global movements. https://t.co/7jdAyjARXT
— Darshan Pathak (@darshanpathak) December 20, 2022
“This revelation by Ravish ji has given me strength to reveal what has happened to me too.. E|on Musk spent hundreds of crores buying twitter to suppress my views and limit my reach on twitter..,” tweeted popular social media user @coolfunnytshirt.
This revelation by Ravish ji has given me strength to reveal what has happened to me too.. E|on Musk spent hundreds of crores buying twitter to suppress my views and limit my reach on twitter.. pic.twitter.com/aoZ3pQvbUX
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) December 20, 2022
In a subsequent tweet, the Twitter user shared screenshots of similarly amusing tweets that ridiculed Ravish Kumar for his bizarre remark, claiming that the NDTV ex-employee is not only delusional but also hallucinates.
#RavishKumar things waiting to happen.. pic.twitter.com/QS86nzkbKm
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) December 20, 2022
It is important to recall here that on Wednesday, 30th November 2022, veteran TV ‘journalist’ Ravish Kumar resigned from NDTV India. Ravish Kumar was working as Senior Executive Editor of NDTV India, the Hindi News channel of NDTV group. His move comes after the Adani Group acquired over 29% stake in NDTV by acquiring 99.5% in RRPR, the promoter firm through which promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy held 29.18% in NDTV Ltd.
Reportedly, Ravish Kumar’s resignation was disclosed in an internal email addressed to NDTV employees by Suparna Singh, president of NDTV Group. She said in the email, “Ravish Kumar has resigned from NDTV and the Company has agreed to his request for his resignation to be effective immediately.”
Since willingly resigning from NDTV after Gautam Adani took control of the media group, Ravish Kumar has given two ‘interviews’, and he has spoken his heart out, or let’s say, has preached sermons to willing listeners. One was a chat with Ajit Anjum, a former TV journalist turned YouTuber, and another with Karan Thapar from the leftist propaganda outlet called The Wire.
They are not really interviews as there were hardly any tough questions – something over which Ravish keeps attacking every journalist who interviewed PM Modi since 2014 – but the two ‘interviews’ also went on to prove that the charge he frequently throws at PM Modi – of being some megalomaniac of sorts – that is actually applicable to him.
For example, while chatting with The Wire’s Karan Thapar, he went on to say about NDTV’s takeover by Adan is not a normal takeover, and it is like snatching food from someone’s mouth, he even went on to claim that Adani is spending thousands of crores to buy NDTV to silence him.
