Congress leader Manish Tewari has been brutally trolled by a section of the internet after he invoked the book Fifty Shades Of Grey while addressing the parliament on Kashmir on Tuesday. Fifty Shades Of Grey is an erotic bestseller by E. L. James that released in 2011.

Manish Tewari was speaking on the Narendra Modi government's decision to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370. After his speech, Home Minister Amit Shah asked him to clarify Congress's stand on the matter in totality.

"There is an English book. Everything is not black and white. There are fifty shades of gray in between. Maybe the Home Minister was thinking something else. He didn't pay attention to what I said," Manish Tewari said in response to Amit Shah.

Twitter, meanwhile, has posted hilarious responses to Manish Tewari's comment as the leader trended on the microblogging site furiously. "So now we have a clue about Manish Tiwari's reading/watching list," said one user while another added, "How can Manish Tiwari quote a porn book in context of #Article370".

Netizens are not just battling disbelief but are also in splits after Manish Tewari's comment. See these responses:

People invoke The Gita, Quran, Bible, Granth etc

They may invoke mantras, chants, prayers too

But @ManishTewari invokes a porn novel - 50 shades of grey. Gita S. Kapoor (@GitaSKapoor) August 6, 2019

Right now in Lok Sabha:@AmitShah: Congress should clarify if they are for or against scrapping #Article370.@ManishTewari: There’s an English book, it’s not black and white, it’s 50 Shades Of Grey.



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As soon as Manish Tiwari mention 50 Shades of Grey, the whole country now on google. pic.twitter.com/wslZdmeIuE irfan (@simplyirfan) August 6, 2019

INC is already dead Manish Tiwari is just making sure the funeral is done well. MM (@mridulmahanta) August 6, 2019

Congress leadership at its worst...1st a huge blunder by Adair Ranjan & then this ridiculous statement by Manish Tiwari...pity the disarray in the grand old party...everyone clueless of what they r saying Dharmendrasinh (@dharmendra_r) August 6, 2019

A song of ice and fire is a great book about music's association with climate change

- Manish Tiwari#FiftyShadesOfGrey Anurakti Sharma (@anuraktisharma) August 6, 2019

J&K expert Manish Tiwari thinks of porn literature 50 shades of grey when debating on Art.370.Using the term expert for him is an insult to the word. https://t.co/UqxCD88j0D Unpalatabletruths (@Sunnysweet16) August 6, 2019

Remember those kids in school who tried to use words they didn't know the meaning of just because they thought it sounded cool? One of them grew up to be Manish Tiwari. Aankhi (@AankhiGM) August 6, 2019

Manish Tiwari mentioned 50 shades of grey in the parliament.

Sexually progressive or Toxic Masculinity? Debate Pratyasha Rath (@pratyasharath) August 6, 2019

Well, well!

However, Manish Tewari also added that the Congress objected to the manner in which the government pushed its decisions on Jammu and Kashmir.

In a historic decision, Home Minister Amit Shah proclaimed at the Rajya Sabha on August 5 that Article 370, which confers special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will be removed. So as to "reorganise" Jammu and Kashmir, Amit Shah said that the state has been bifurcated into two Union Territories - J&K and Ladakh.

The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will have a legislature, like Delhi while Ladakh will not.

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