External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was viciously trolled by hate-mongers on Twitter, majority of who had Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photos as their display pictures. The attacks came in the backdrop of the External Affairs Ministry issuing passports to an inter-faith couple, who was recently in news for being denied passports due to inter-caste marriage.
The Congress Party came out in support of Swaraj and tweeted, “No matter the situation or reason, nothing calls for threats of violence, disrespect & abuse. @SushmaSwaraj ji, we applaud your decision to call out the heinous trolls of your own party”.
No matter the situation or reason, nothing calls for threats of violence, disrespect & abuse. @SushmaSwaraj ji, we applaud your decision to call out the heinous trolls of your own party.https://t.co/qcB0qemRGZ
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 24, 2018
The External Affairs Minister took to Twitter to highlight the trolling she faced on the same platform. In her tweet, she said she had liked some of the tweets to show the kind of verbal attacks made against her by trolls.
“I was out of India from 17th to 23rd June 2018. I do not know what happened in my absence. However, I am honoured with some tweets. I am sharing them with you. So I have liked them,” she tweeted.
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The trolls came in the backdrop of a Lucknow Passport Office official, Vikas Mishra, who was transferred after the inter-faith couple alleged that he lashed out at the wife for marrying a Muslim and asked the husband to convert to Hinduism.
Here are a few of the tweets being done to attack and humiliate Swaraj.
SHE WILL COME OUT IN PUBLIC SOMETIMES- MUST FINISH HER ASAP WHEREVER & WHOSOEVER SPOTS HER ! pic.twitter.com/5J6lSuSoa6
— Bharat1 (@Bharatvanshi211) June 24, 2018
She is almost dead woman as she runs on only one kidney (borrowed from some one else ) and any time that can stop working .
— Capt Sarbjit Dhillon (@dhillonsarbjit2) June 22, 2018
She is almost dead woman as she runs on only one kidney (borrowed from some one else ) and any time that can stop working .
— Capt Sarbjit Dhillon (@dhillonsarbjit2) June 22, 2018
THIS HARAM-KI-PAIDAISH VISA-MATA MUST BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY FROM HER POST ! pic.twitter.com/6zpT3M8kGE
— Bharat1 (@Bharatvanshi211) June 22, 2018
Dear Visa Mata @SushmaSwaraj pls resign and retire from the Politics and relocate to Himalayas and never ever ever ever come back.
— Sidha-Saada-Patel (@SidhaSaadaPatel) June 21, 2018
Something like this is really unfortunate, and such trolls coming from those who follow PM Modi is even worse.