Author: OpIndia Staff
Publication: Opindia.com
Date: May 15, 2018
URL:      http://www.opindia.com/2018/05/indian-express-journalist-suffers-a-meltdown-after-bjp-emerged-single-largest-party-in-karnataka/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

The state of Karnataka awoke to the winds of change on Tuesday, after electoral trends suggest BJP’s emergence as the largest party. As per latest Election Commission data, the BJP has won 91 seats and is leading on 13.

In light of the BJP possibly falling short of the majority mark, the JD(S) can emerge as a kingmaker, possibly at the determent of the BJP, with reports claiming a tie-up between the Congress and Deve Gowda’s party.

However, reports have now emerged that Lingayat MLAs of the Congress are revolting against the party and BJP is in talks with 15 rival MLAs.

Before things looked like going down to the wire, an Indian Express journalist named Naweed Iqbal today suffered a meltdown over BJP’s strong performance in the state, and as a result, grumbled on Twitter:

As seen above, the journalist possibly irked by the Karnataka electoral trends decided to describe India as a “giant cow-belt”. The cow belt is technically considered a combination of northern states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, but is often used by so-called liberals, as a snide at religious Hindus who hold the animal in reverence.

Such a manner of professing one’s disgruntlement caught the sight of Twitter users who as a result reacted:
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Don't Give In So Soon @Ateendriyo
 Karnataka is the land of gOvina haaDu, you ignoramus! It was "Cow Belt" long before the English language came into existence https://twitter.com/NaveedIqbal/status/996274261269463041 …
1:30 PM - May 15, 2018
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Vinayak Jain @vinayak_jain
 Better than being a cow-slaughtering belt like the Congress youth leaders depicted live. https://twitter.com/NaveedIqbal/status/996274261269463041 …
1:28 PM - May 15, 2018
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Rahul Singh @rahulsingh1966
Replying to @NaveedIqbal @vijaita
Are you calling all of us cows? In that case, we should be happy!
12:15 PM - May 15, 2018
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