Twitter is toxic. Everyone knows it. But few have contributed as much to turning it into the veritable cesspool it has become today as Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga. Which is why it was surprising to many when he was given a BJP ticket to contest the upcoming Delhi elections.

BJP released a new list of candidates on Monday midnight which included Bagga who is also one of the party’s many spokespersons. He was appointed BJP spokesperson in March 2017. On being given the ticket, Bagga announced his candidacy using a rap song and #Bagga4HariNagar

You may sample the cringe-fest here at your own risk.

A bulk of Bagga’s “fame” comes from vile and despicable social media posts that have helped him cultivate over 6 lakh followers on Twitter. He routinely targets dissenters, activists and pro-democracy voices by labelling them all as anti-national. Often, he makes outrageous claims about the morality or patriotism of people he targets. Sample this:

Muslim and Leftists students in Mumbai again Raised Slogans “Hinduo se Aazadi” but this time not in Jamia or JNU , they raised Hinduo se Aazadi Slogans at Gateway of India Mumbai. Will @MumbaiPolice @OfficeofUT take action or support this goons Silently ? pic.twitter.com/7Cq9ci8tE5

— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) January 6, 2020

He has also tweeted in poor taste about actor-activist Swara Bhaskar

Your hands may be busy doing useless things. https://t.co/JN8M9bVNpH

— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) November 29, 2018

Here is his recent tweet criticizing actor Deepika Padukone for attending an anti-CAA protest in Delhi:

RT if you will Boycott Movies of @deepikapadukone for her Support to #TukdeTukdeGang and Afzal Gang pic.twitter.com/LN5rpwjDmT

— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) January 7, 2020

Bagga is the founder of a group that targets these so-called anti-nationals. The group is called Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena.

But, Bagga’s most notable diatribe though has been reserved for senior advocate and civil society member Prashant Bhushan. In fact, Bagga shot to fame in 2011 when he barged into the Supreme Court chambers of the senior lawyer and assaulted Bhushan for his views on Kashmir.

In fact, the following exchange transpired on Twitter soon after Bagga announced his candidacy:

From abusing Army to Demanding Referendum in Kashmir to Throwing from AAP, Prashant Bhushan has come a long way https://t.co/NWAY4KgpTe

— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) January 21, 2020

Elections for 70 seats of the Legislative Assembly will be held on February 8 in Delhi. While, Bagga was believed to be keen on contesting from Tilak Nagar, he was given a ticket from Hari Nagar. Aam Aadmi Party’s Jagdeep Singh had won the constituency in 2013 and 2015. This time the AAP candidate is Rajkumar Dhillon and the UPA has fielded Surender Sethi.

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Among those who congratulated Bagga on his appointment included many union cabinet ministers and BJP sympathisers including some from Congress party such as Priyanka Chaturvedi and Tehseen Poonawalla.

However, not everyone was impressed with the BJP’s choice of Bagga. Dr Jwala Gurunath, who is followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tweeted, “Getting a verified tag in BJP becoming a spokesperson is like winning noble prizes lol trolls u can’t get lower than this .pity ur parents (sic)”

Her another tweet said, “U get jobs in bjp if u harass molest a woman n troll them till they die. (sic)”

Bagga had shot to fame in October 2011, when he attacked renowned Supreme Court lawyer and activist, Prashant Bhushan, because of the latter’s statement on Kashmir.

Far from showing remorse, Bagga had taken to twitter to flaunt his alleged criminal act.

His tweet had said, “He tried to break my nation, I tried to break his head. Hisab chukta. Congrats to all. Operation Prashant Bhushan successful. We hit Prashant Bhushan hard in his chamber in the Supreme Court. If you will try to break my nation, I will break your heads.”

Arnab Goswami, who then headed Times Now channel, had termed him a hooligan (watch below).

Even Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will now be Bagga’s colleague as a senior party functionary, had condemned his violent act calling unacceptable.

This article was first published on Janta Ka Reporter

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