Owaisi condemns online trolling of Sushma Swaraj

: Condemning the online trolling of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj,Hyderabad MP and AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi today said it was unfortunate and shocking that no BJP leader or minister had defended her.

"...(Swaraj), a senior BJP leader and the External Affairs Minister is forced to go for a poll on her twitter handle (against the offensive tweets directed at her).

Despite this, none of her Cabinet colleagues nor anyone from the party came out in her support and condemned against usage of such a language," Owaisi said here.

"It is unfortunate. No one condemning (it) is shocking and painful. Political differences are and will be there.It is shocking that no one from the BJP nor from the Cabinet are condemning it," he said.

Pointing out that her husband had to tweet in her support, he alleged that it appeared that the government was in a way openly supporting those spreading hatred and threats on the social media.

"Not only BJP as a party, Modi's cabinet and Modi himself failed to protect a minister from such things", he alleged.

Asked if BJP's social media cell was behind the trolling, Owaisi said "whoever promotes BJP's hate ideology are behind the attacks."
After the poll, Swaraj tweeted, "In a democracy difference of opinion is but natural. Pls do criticise but not in foul language. Criticism in decent language is always more effective."