However, hours later, Suresh Chavhanke — editor-in-chief of the Hindi news channel Sudarshan News — targeted the Army’s message by saying, “Now this disease has spread to even the Army? Sad .” Chavhanke is known for his incendiary comments and has been booked for hate speech in the past.
Though an Army spokesperson declined to comment on the issue, an officer on the condition of anonymity told PTI that the force had not only tweeted about the function, but also issued an official release as Iftar parties are a regular feature during the fasting month of Ramzan to build a strong bond with the public.
We as officers take pride in the fact that we have NO religion, we just adopt the religion of the troops we command Yash Mor tweeted.
But now they have the power to bully the Indian army into deleting a tweet on Iftar,” journalist Stuti N Mishra said.