Twitter mocks the ‘Objectionable Material’ remark on Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’

Bombay High Court asked Vernon Gonsalves who was arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case to explain why he has “objectionable material” like Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece novel War and Peace.

War and Peace is a classic by the one of the best philosophical writer in the history, Leo Tolstoy.

Gonsalves was arrested by the Pune Police after residences and offices several activists related to the Bhima Koregaon violence case were raided. He was booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

The Twitterati had a field day commenting on the weird remark of the Bombay High Court judge. Salil Tripathi tweeted that the judge should leave his ‘Pride and Prejudice’ aside, and try to use his ‘Sense and Sensibility’ (both are the titles of Jane Austen’s classic novels).

The court’s remark as “Objectionable material” of the book has become a target of constant mockery on twitter as the book, or the possession of the book is completely unrelated to the case. The book tells a story of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. There is no reference to any uprising or revolution in the book.

Twitter is being flooded with hilarious reactions on the High Court Judge’s remark. Here is a collection of some of the tweets:

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh criticised the remark as well and mentioned that Leo Tolstoy was a major influence on Mahatma Gandhi.

"Truly bizarre that somebody is being asked by a judge of the Bombay High Court to explain why he has copy of Tolstoy's War & Peace, a true classic. And to think Tolstoy was a major influence on the Mahatma. Welcome to New India!"

A video and a photograph is getting viral on twitter of Prime Minister Modi holding and reading War and Peace in a library. Should he also be questioned on why was he reading the ‘objectionable book’.