Netizens trend “झुक_अंजुम_और_सलामी_दे” demanding journalist Ajit Anjum keeps his promise of 10 salami to Yogi over COVID vaccination

UP completed target of 9 crore vaccine doses in three months. People demand salute to CM Yogi from Ajit Anjum (Image: News18/YouTube-Ajit Anjum)

As of September 25, Uttar Pradesh has achieved the milestone of administering a total of 10.02 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had announced “Mega Vaccination Drive” or “Vaccine Mahaabhiyan” from July 1, under which the target was to administer nine crore doses by the end of three months. The target has already been achieved before the end of the third month.

Total doses administered in UP by September 25. Source: CoWin Dashboard.

Notably, on July 2, alleged journalist Ajit Anjum had published a video on his YouTube channel in which he had challenged CM Yogi that if the state achieves the target, he will salute CM 10 times.

In the video, he had said, “The UP government has claimed that the Mega Vaccination Drive would start in UP for three months from July 1. Under that mega vaccination drive, ten lakh people will get vaccinated every day. According to that, there is a plan to vaccinate 10 lakh people, i.e. three crore in a month and nine crore people in 3 months.”

Coming to the achievement of the Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh, the state has achieved the milestone and became the first state to administer ten crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Maharashtra, the state at second position in terms of doses administered, is almost two crore doses behind UP. CM Yogi published a tweet about the achievement and said, “Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tireless efforts of the Uttar Pradesh government, the state has administered over ten crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine. The achievement is dedicated to committed health workers and disciplined citizens. You should also get ‘Vaccine of Victory’…”

https://twitter.com/myogiadityanath/status/1441684812402544642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

As the state has completed the target in the stipulated time frame, people have sought a follow-up video from Ajit Anjum saluting CM Yogi ten times for the achievement. Twitter user Jay shared a snippet of Anjum’s video and said, “Today UP has accomplished the target of 10 crore vaccines, there are still 5 days left in 3 months and according to the average 10 lakh doses per day, 9 crore vaccines should have been administered by the end of three months. Now let’s see Ajit Anjum, Do you have the guts to make a video saluting CM Yogi or not? Will wait Anjum ji.

https://twitter.com/Junkie4News_/status/1441700522940002309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Quoting Jay, former bureaucrat Sanjay Dixit questioned Anjum and said, “When are you putting a video saluting Yogi? 9 crore doses have been administered and 5 days are left for your challenge!”

https://twitter.com/Sanjay_Dixit/status/1441703642415857665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Journalist Ashok Shrivastav said, “If he releases a video saluting Yogi ji, then someone should also tell me as I am blocked.”

https://twitter.com/AshokShrivasta6/status/1441815539744006145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Twitter user Payal Bbhayana wrote, “Rishtey mein to Yogi Tumhare…” referring to the famous dialogue of the movie Shehenshah.

https://twitter.com/payalbhayana/status/1441932406613704705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/AtulAdlaw/status/1441982860517273602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Some netizens just used image of Yogi Adityanath with the hashtag to send a message in few words.

https://twitter.com/2CupTeas/status/1441969159827382276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Hashtags like “सलाम_ठोक_अजीत_अंजुम” and “झुक_अंजुम_और_सलामी_दे” asking Anjum to salute CM Yogi are trending on Twitter.

After the hashtags on Anjum became top trending on Twitter, he responded and claimed that his challenge for the ten salamis was for completing 10 crore doses in just the three month period and not cumulative figure.

https://twitter.com/ajitanjum/status/1441990334653755397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

He said that since the total doses administered by UP Govt had already crossed 3 crore figure till 30th June 2021, his challenge remains unfulfilled.

https://twitter.com/ajitanjum/status/1441993639442333705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

He further claimed that had the UP govt managed to administer 9 crore doses in three months (calculating 10 lakh doses per day for three months), he would have given 10 salami the way ‘BJP’ is demanding by trending the hashtag, #झुक_अंजुम_और_सलामी_दे.

OpIndia Staff: Staff reporter at OpIndia