Finance Ministry’s ‘covfefe moment’ on Twitter gets Internet LOL-ing

While a few users thought the goof-up was a "butt tweet", others thought the person behind the screen was inebriated, while others thought it must be a new kind of cess.

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Not one but two tweets went out from the ministry’s official Twitter handle and left everyone in splits!

“Sawa we h we s see see,” that’s what the Union Ministry of Finance tweeted on Thursday afternoon. Now, there aren’t many who can claim to understand the intricacies of finance and economy, but this very cryptic tweet from the ministry’s Twitter handle has taken confusion right up to ‘covfefe’ levels.

Especially since this followed an equally confusing response to an article tweeted out by a leading English media organisation. Seemingly replying to a tweet on an article on how one person was arrested in Delhi for selling crackers despite the ban, @FinMinIndia wrote: “Ess”.

Your guess on what this could mean is as good as ours. We’d try asking our finance reporters what impact this tweet could have on the economy, but we’d be shooed away.

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Especially now that both the tweets have been deleted with no explanation whatsoever. Which obviously means that the ever curious Tweeple of Twitterverse soon had their own interpretations along with a whole host of hours and memes. While a few users thought the goof-up was a “butt tweet”, others thought the person behind the screen was inebriated, while others thought it must be a new kind of cess.

Check out some of the most hilarious reactions to the finance ministry tweets here:

Dear @FinMinIndia manager – Plz tweet after you are done with your Gutkha. pic.twitter.com/JfE2VVArd7

— Ankit Lal (@AnkitLal) October 20, 2017

Explanation of GST in one line.

— Encounter (@Shahcarsm) 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

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

Tweeting par bhi cess lage ga😂

— LoveForIndia 🇮🇳 (@mojav69) 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

Sir GST samjaao naa… @FinMinIndia : pic.twitter.com/dgZmjJuXB3

— हार्दिक (@iH4RD1K) October 20, 2017

Had a rocking diwali party it seems 😛

— Saileena (@saileenas) October 20, 2017

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— maruti (@Maruti_P_Naik) October 20, 2017

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— 71dejavu (@moinaksg) October 20, 2017

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— Roshan Rai (@Roshan_Kr_Rai) October 20, 2017

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— Baibhav Pandey (@baibhav202006) October 20, 2017

This is what actually happened pic.twitter.com/U9pqqG7LIv

— Ankita Bhat 👹 (@ankuleo) October 20, 2017

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— maksud mujawar (@maqsud_max) October 20, 2017

.@FinMinIndia, pls give your social media person leave during Diwali. pic.twitter.com/A6vGHoemXb

— JENCY JACOB (@jencyjac) October 20, 2017

So kids, that’s what happens when you drink and tweet… Happy Diwali!!!! 🍻🍾🍷 pic.twitter.com/IKziIe21Qa

— G. D’Lima (@Glaximusmaximus) October 20, 2017

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