Sudhakar shares TikTok video made by his daughter, wife to wish on his birthday; Twitterati’s miffed

Team Udayavani, Jun 28, 2020, 12:55 PM IST

Bengaluru: Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar faced criticism by the Twitterati’s after he shared a TikTok video sent by his daughter and wife, who are currently in a Covid-19 facility.

Sudhakar’s father, his wife, and daughter who tested positive for Cocid-19 has been admitted to a designated facility and in order to make the minister’s birthday memorable, his daughter sent him a TikTok video birthday message.

The minister was touched by the sweet message sent to him on his birthday and therefore decided to share it with his followers, however, this idea became a big topic of discussion on social media, but for the wrong reasons.

ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಯಿಂದ ರಾತ್ರಿ ೧೨ ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಮಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ಪತ್ನಿ ನನ್ನ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬಕ್ಕೆ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳನ್ನ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ವಿಡಿಯೋ ಉಡುಗೊರೆ ನನ್ನ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲೇ ಮದುರವಾದದ್ದು, ಪವಿತ್ರಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಸಂಕೇತ. ಮಿಸ್ ಯು ಮೈ ಏಂಜಲ್ಸ್ ?❤️? pic.twitter.com/epxpGYfSEA

— Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) June 26, 2020

Netizens were miffed at the minister for putting up a TikTok video at a time when tensions are running high between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

They also pointed out that, the minister should ask his family to boycott the Chinese video-sharing platform and set an example to others. However, few defended the minister’s daughter saying one must not politicize a daughter’s wish on his birthday that too while they are at a hospital.

Happy Borthday.Why are they using TikTok, pls do not use it. We have been telling everyone to uninstall Chinese Apps so that we can hit back at China. Pls pls do not use Chinese Apps

— BOYCOTT China & RahulGandhi (@banChinaAndRAGA) June 26, 2020

Happy birthday Sir..
Using Tiktok for making video has spoiled everything…

Do u know, common people avoiding china made toys/balloons to their children birthday n buying Indian things even at an extra cost..

Politicians shud walk the talk..

— Harikumar? (@hari_navami) June 27, 2020

LoL… When whole india is talking about banning tiktok and boycotting Chinese products.. this video is made in tiktok.. please educate your family sir.. as a politician you have a responsibility and should walk the talk..
Anyways happy birthday to you 🙂

— Raveendra Bhat (@angeekase) June 27, 2020

It may be recalled the earlier too minister has faced criticism by the netizens after he shared his picture of his family in a swimming pool while lockdown was in force.