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NEW YORK: Donald Trump – the outspoken US President - is being trolled on the social media for calling Diwali a "holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains" and not mentioning the Hindus in his tweet concerning the festival of lights.
Donald Trump's tweet on Diwali triggered a storm on Twitter with users slamming the US President for not mentioning the Hindu community members who celebrate this festival with great fervour and gaiety.
The Twitter community also slammed the US President for omitting Hindus in his first tweet, then deleting it and then re-tweeting it again mentioning the community this time.
Today, we gathered for Diwali, a holiday observed by Buddhists, Sikhs, and Jains throughout the United States & around the world. Hundreds of millions of people have gathered with family & friends to light the Diya and to mark the beginning of a New Year,'' Trump said in the first tweet. |
