Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday came out in support of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who was trolled on Twitter in connection with passports issued to an inter-faith couple from Lucknow.
The Chief Minister tweeted, “Strongly denounce the vitriolic & intolerant responses to @SushmaSwaraj ji. She has been a leader in using social media to help common citizens of the country. Such conduct must be strongly condemned.”
Strongly denounce the vitriolic & intolerant responses to @SushmaSwaraj ji. She has been a leader in using social media to help common citizens of the country. Such conduct must be strongly condemned.
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) July 4, 2018
Notably, the External Affairs Minister has been trolled and criticized by some people on twitter over the last week in connection to a controversy involving, issuance of passport to an inter-faith couple.
The trolls started after the Ministry of External Affairs granted passport to a Hindu-Muslim couple and transferred a Lucknow Passport official for allegedly harassing them. Strong languages were also used in those trolls and the Minister was accused of appeasing Muslims.
