Sushma Swaraj's husband fights trolls' hatred with emotional tweets
There is no stopping the hatred, especially when it is spewed anonymously on Twitter. A few days back, a troll 'advised' Sushma Swaraj's husband to beat her for her 'Muslim appeasement.' Now, Governor Kaushal wrote that it gave him unbearable pain. He said Swaraj has always been devoted to his family and that she was adored. "We pray for nothing more than her life," he tweeted on Sunday.
Sushma took care of my ailing mother personally, Kaushal tweets
The former Governor of Mizoram shared a screenshot of the offensive tweet a man wrote to him. Though he posted it without comment at first, Swaraj Kaushal gave an emotional response on Sunday. In his first tweet, Kaushal wrote she refused to get a medical attendant when his late mother suffered from cancer and attended to her personally despite being an MP.
Swaraj Kaushal advised against using such words for the EAM
Further, in another tweet, Swaraj Kaushal wrote: As per my father's wish, she lit my father's pyre. We adore her. Please do not use such words for her. We are the first generation in law and politics. We pray for nothing more than her life. Please convey my profound regards to your wife. His emotional tweet was widely shared.
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But why is Sushma Swaraj being attacked by trolls?
The controversy erupted after Sushma Swaraj was blamed by many on Twitter for issuing passports to Mohammad Anas and Tanvi Seth, and transferring the passport officer Vikas Mishra who demanded documents from the inter-faith couple. After returning to India, Swaraj liked hate tweets sent to her, Ironically, many of them were from supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sadly, the hate hasn't stopped.
Meanwhile, Sushma Swaraj's Twitter poll ends; final results are shocking
The EAM took an unusual way to highlight the filthy mind of trolls: she started a Twitter poll asking users if the hatred she received was justified. When the poll ended, a shockingly 43% agreed to vile tweets. Swaraj, who is widely admired for being empathetic and coming to people's rescue through Twitter, was targeted after the Lucknow passport case regarding an inter-faith couple.
43% approve of vicious attack on Sushma Swaraj
Don't use foul language, Swaraj gives piece of her mind
On the despicable attack she was subjected to, Sushma Swaraj tweeted in a democracy difference of opinion is natural, but not abuses. "Please do criticize but not in foul language. Criticism in a decent language is always more effective," she wrote.
