Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj take on social media trolls, BJP keeps mum

Swaraj was trolled by social media users, several of whom called her names

In a space of less than a week, two senior ministers of the Narendra Modi government have taken on social media trolls, many of whom profess allegiance to the ideology of the Sangh Parivar.

The determined stand taken by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Home Minister Rajnath Singh could help reduce the animus that has come to characterise the social media discourse and was feared to worsen in the run-up to the forthcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

Late Tuesday night, Mumbai Police arrested 36-year-old Girish Maheshwari from near Ahmedabad for allegedly giving a rape threat on Twitter to the 10-year-old