<p><strong>New Delhi: </strong>The Union Ministry of Defence on Monday issued a clarification stating there is no air warrior by the name of Squadron Leader Vishal Randhawa in the Indian Air Force (IAF) either serving or retired.</p> <p>&ldquo;The IAF dissociates itself from the views expressed by the Twitter account @V_Randhawa_ (https://twitter.com/V_Randhawa_ ),&rdquo; the Defence Ministry said in a release.</p> <p>The clarification came after a Twitter account posing to be IAF Squadron Leader Vishal Randhawa came to the fore.</p> <p>[tw]https://twitter.com/PIB_India/status/1386592646286639106?s=20[/tw]</p> <p><strong>READ</strong>: <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/32Nlc31" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'EC Responsible For Second Corona Wave, Should Be Booked For Murder': Madras HC On Political Rallies Amid Covid</a></strong></p> <p>The account, which follows 454 people on the micro-blogging platform and has 402 followers, has been retweeting posts from the IAF, Indian Army, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Press Information Bureau (PIB), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and other government handles.</p> <p>However, this account has some controversial posts like calling journalist Rana Aayub a &ldquo;traitor&rdquo; and calling JNU activist Umar Khalid &ldquo;a virus&rdquo;, which appear to be triggering debate and unnecessary controversy.</p> <p>&ldquo;In case you missed it - give this woman a traitor of the decade award ! Traitor Rana,&rdquo; the account posted on Sunday.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;In case you missed it - give this woman a traitor of the decade award ! Traitor Rana &lt;a href="https://ift.tt/2QT3Jnb; Sqn Ldr Vishal Randhawa (@V_Randhawa_) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/V_Randhawa_/status/1386076396473098245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 24, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>&ldquo;Cant believe ,even virus getting infected with parasites. Stay positive Umar Khalid!&rdquo; said a tweet posted earlier in the day.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Cant believe ,even virus getting infected with parasites. Stay positive Umar Khalid!&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/sxIuBsCtG3"&gt;pic.twitter.com/sxIuBsCtG3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://ift.tt/3xAfiAG; Sqn Ldr Vishal Randhawa (@V_Randhawa_) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/V_Randhawa_/status/1386457161941716995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 25, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p><strong>READ</strong>: <strong><a href="https://ift.tt/3evHqw2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tamil Nadu Allows Vedanta's Sterlite Copper Plant In Tuticorin To Reopen For Producing Oxygen Amid Covid Spike</a></strong></p> <p>Besides, this Twitter handle also appears to be profoundly engrossed in the West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) exams urging that offline examinations should be postponed.</p> <p>&ldquo;#WBUHS is conducting offline BAMS exams in West Bengal where #covid19 cases are rising perpetually. The triple mutant virus found here is not enough for the university to realise it's high time to take precautions. @wbdhf take online #BAMS exam and save students life,&rdquo; the account posted.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WBUHS?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#WBUHS&lt;/a&gt; is conducting offline BAMS exams in West Bengal where &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/covid19?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#covid19&lt;/a&gt; cases are rising perpetually. The triple mutant virus found here is not enough for the university to realise it&amp;#39;s high time to take precautions.&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/wbdhfw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@wbdhfw&lt;/a&gt; take online &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BAMS?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#BAMS&lt;/a&gt; exam and save students life. &lt;a href="https://ift.tt/3aFHc4c; &lt;a href="https://t.co/fD7OG3RkGR"&gt;pic.twitter.com/fD7OG3RkGR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Sqn Ldr Vishal Randhawa (@V_Randhawa_) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/V_Randhawa_/status/1386235456627507202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 25, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>&ldquo;Hon'able Governor of West Bengal Sir Jagdeep Dhankhar @jdhankhar1 West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) is conducting BAMS offline exams during peak high pandemic situation. Kindly take actions to stop it Students life important,&rdquo; said another post.</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Hon&amp;#39;able Governor of West Bengal Sir Jagdeep Dhankhar&nbsp;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/jdhankhar1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@jdhankhar1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;West Bengal University of Health Sciences (WBUHS) is conducting BAMS offline exams during peak high pandemic situation. Kindly take actions to stop it Students life important&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WestBengalUniversityofHealthSciences?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#WestBengalUniversityofHealthSciences&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/SzWCCtEg8J"&gt;pic.twitter.com/SzWCCtEg8J&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Sqn Ldr Vishal Randhawa (@V_Randhawa_) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/V_Randhawa_/status/1386243919738859527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 25, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>

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