Looks like the Union Ministry of Finance has got its own “covfefe” moment after US President Donald Trump, whose one tweet had baffled his 31 million followers like never before five months ago. Actually, Trump had tweeted on May 31, 2017: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” He didn’t follow this up with anything but the word “covfefe” remained hanging in the Twitterverse.
On Thursday, our own Union Ministry of Finance baffled the Twitterati with a strange tweet from its official handle. The tweet read as: “Sawa we h we s see see.” Yes, these many words only. Can you decode these? Do these words say anything about GST? Twitterati wondered in many directions and their quest to find the meaning will certainly make you go ROFL.
Interestingly, the Ministry of Finance followed this up with another baffling tweet while responding to an article by a leading English media organisation. The Finance Ministry tweeted “Ess” while apparently replying to a tweet on an article on how a person was arrested for selling crackers in Delhi despite the ban ordered by the Supreme Court.
So kids, that’s what happens when you drink and tweet… Happy Diwali!!!! ???????????? pic.twitter.com/IKziIe21Qa
— G. D’Lima (@Glaximusmaximus) October 20, 2017
.@FinMinIndia, pls give your social media person leave during Diwali. pic.twitter.com/A6vGHoemXb
— JENCY JACOB (@jencyjac) October 20, 2017
Had a rocking diwali party it seems ????
— Saileena (@saileenas) October 20, 2017
— maruti (@Maruti_P_Naik) October 20, 2017
— 71dejavu (@moinaksg) October 20, 2017
— Roshan Rai (@Roshan_Kr_Rai) October 20, 2017
— Baibhav Pandey (@baibhav202006) October 20, 2017
This is what actually happened pic.twitter.com/U9pqqG7LIv
— Ankita Bhat ???? (@ankuleo) October 20, 2017
— maksud mujawar (@maqsud_max) October 20, 2017
Both the tweets were deleted by the @FinMinIndia without any explation. However, this couldn’t stop the Tweeple from having their own interpretations full of humour and memes. Some users even thought the goof-up was a “butt tweet”, others commented that the personal handing Finance Ministry might have been drunk, or it may be a new kind of cess Modi government may introduce.
Hey @FinMinIndia Calm down. Was it one of your guys? pic.twitter.com/A0TjVah7En
— SamSays (@samjawed65) October 20, 2017
Hey @FinMinIndia, did you see how much of trouble your #Demonetization caused to people ? pic.twitter.com/XDGcQPBwtS
— Prashant Kanaujia (@prashant_k18) October 20, 2017
Kehna kya chahte ho
— Vicky 007 (@sonivivek1) October 20, 2017
Tell me it’s just a covfefe moment for @FinMinIndia and nothing else pic.twitter.com/A0EdoZHpsb
— sanghamitra mazumdar (@sanghamitra_m) October 20, 2017
Message Received. #spock ???? pic.twitter.com/YuFJfc9kPf
— Shelly (@TuAagLagaDega) October 20, 2017
i guess he’s beatboxing. he’s probably trying to make the sounds his crackers made.
— dub sharma (@dubsharma) October 20, 2017
New formula for GDP calculation ????
— Al Hasnain (@alhasnain7) October 20, 2017
Dear @FinMinIndia, please connect your Aadhaar number to your Twitter handle to be able to continue tweeting sensibly. pic.twitter.com/1ImYDTNejY
— Karthik (@beastoftraal) October 20, 2017
Dear @FinMinIndia manager – Plz tweet after you are done with your Gutkha. pic.twitter.com/JfE2VVArd7
— Ankit Lal (@AnkitLal) October 20, 2017
The Finance Ministry removed the tweets without giving any explanation.