Little humour doesn’t hurt: Omar Abdullah shares hilarious meme on his release amid Covid-19 lockdown

Team Udayavani, Mar 26, 2020, 4:57 PM IST

Released after almost eight months in detention, Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah quickly updated his Twitter bio to “Former PSA Political detinue”. However, soon after his release, a 21-day nationwide lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to combat the spread of Covid-19.

Tweeting about the lockdown in a humorous way, Abdullah shared a meme with a caption, “These are serious & scary times so a little humuor doesn’t hurt.” In the meme was a picture of the politician himself along with a tagline that read, “When you spend 236 days in lockdown, and on the day you get out, the govt imposes 21-day national lockdown.”

These are serious & scary times so a little humour doesn’t hurt. pic.twitter.com/V0NA7tb0sU

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) March 25, 2020

Following his release, Abdullah had tweeted on March 24 on tips on surviving quarantine or a lockdown as he had months of experience at his disposal with a series of tweet. The series has 7 tweets explaining about his daily routine at the time of detention.

On a lighter note if anyone wants tips on surviving quarantine or a lock down I have months of experience at my disposal, perhaps a blog is in order.

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) March 24, 2020

Since being shared online, the tweet has garnered over 1 lakhs likes, 15 k retweets and has been flooded with netizens praising the politician’s humour.

Good to have you back on @twitter & I hope soon amongst us, Omar, #covid19 permitting! Glad to sense that you’re in good spirits, your sense of humour is intact & feistiness undiminished. There’s a battle to be fought against two viruses, the other being the communal contagion.

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 24, 2020

?? good to know the humour is intact!

— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) March 24, 2020

Hahahaha. Good one 🙂

— Sarah Hayat Shah (@SaraHayatShah) March 24, 2020

So good to have you back Omar. And you seem to be in good spirits despite what you had to go through. Your release is a major boost of positivity in these horrible times.

— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) March 24, 2020