After Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri and a member of his household confronted social media assaults final week, Opposition leaders have come out in his help and requested the federal government to take motion in opposition to these concerned.
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The Overseas Secretary had been one of many faces of the federal government’s briefings throughout Operation Sindoor from Could 7-10 and had introduced the truce settlement between India and Pakistan on Could 10. After that, he and a member of his household confronted social media assaults, together with private particulars being shared.
Congress MP and former MoS for Exterior Affairs Shashi Tharoor stated in a submit on X on Monday: “There’s little question that @VikramMisri is an impressive officer who has served the nation admirably for many years, most lately through the present disaster. I stand with him and deplore those that would insult and undermine an trustworthy and hard-working public servant.”
Samajwadi Get together president and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav had on Sunday demanded that the federal government examine these behind the trolling. In a submit on X, the Samajwadi Get together stated the BJP authorities and its ministers had not spoken up concerning the assaults confronted by Misri and a member of his household.
“…If the BJP authorities doesn’t take any motion inside 24 hours to cease such folks, then it won’t take lengthy for the folks of the nation to grasp whose folks these are, for whom they work, who’s defending them and why. BJP’s silence can be thought of its involvement,” Yadav stated.
AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, too, stated the Overseas Secretary shouldn’t be blamed for the federal government’s choices.
“Mr Vikram Misri is an honest and an Sincere Hardworking Diplomat working tirelessly for our Nation. Our Civil Servants work below the Govt, this have to be remembered & they shouldn’t be blamed for the selections taken by The Govt /or any Political management working Watan E Aziz,” Owaisi stated on X on Sunday.
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Communist Get together of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas wrote to Union House Minister Amit Shah on Monday demanding an investigation into the “malicious and coordinated cyber assaults” in opposition to Misri and a member of his household.
Hitting out on the BJP for the social media assaults, Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose stated on Sunday on X: “Disgusting and unacceptable that the evil wicked @BJP4India IT Cell and its scumbag associates are actually trolling India’s prime diplomat Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri. Mr Misri is a extremely competent {and professional} officer as I do know from his briefings to the Exterior Affairs Standing Committee. No finish to the depravity of Bharatiya Jumla Get together quickly to be consigned to the dustbin of historical past.”