Sushma raps boy for ‘Indianoccupied Kashmir’ Twitter location
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has for long used Twitter to help Indians who find themselves in distress overseas. On Thursday, she took to the microblogging site to teach a lesson to a medical student from Jammu and Kashmir who listed his Twitter location as ‘Indian-occupied Kashmir’ after he sought her help from the Philippines, where he is based.
Sheikh Ateeq, who tweets from the handle @SAteEQ019, requested Swaraj to help him get a new passport and said he needed one to get back to his “home, India” as his health was deteriorating.
“I am from J&K doing medicine course here in Philippines my passport got damaged I applied for new one 1 month ago I request u pls help me to get it as i literally need to go home for medical checkup (sic),” Ateeq tweeted on Thursday.
He had asked Swaraj for help earlier, on April 5.
“Dear ma’am @SushmaSwaraj I greatly need your help. Is there anything u can do to rush the process of my passport as it is damaged. I need to get back to my home, India. My health is deteriorating and I cannot shoulder the expenses any more as I’m student (sic),” he said in his earlier tweet.
Swaraj, who actively addresses people’s concerns on Twitter, replied to Ateeq saying she would have helped him had he belonged to Jammu and Kashmir. And she said there was no place called Indian-Occupied Kashmir.
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