Hit by trolls, Swaraj blocks Twitter user

new delhi — External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj continues to take on the vicious trolls targeting her over issuance of passport to an interfaith couple.

Swaraj, who has been virtually waging a lone battle against trolling, on Tuesday instantly blocked a Twitter user who criticised her, unlike she did in the past few days — liking the abusive posts. “Intezaar kyon ? Lijiye block kr diya (Why wait? Here you go, I have blocked you,” Swaraj tweeted, after the troll asked the External Affairs Minister to block her.

Swaraj had been liking posts of trolls who have been targeting her on the passport controversy, as part of her unique protests. She had also conducted a poll on Twitter on Sunday asking users whether they “approve” of such trolling to which 57 per cent respondents said they oppose it while 43 per cent supported the trolls.

Swaraj has been targeted by the trolls following transfer of Passport Seva Kendra official in Lucknow Vikas Mishra for allegedly humiliating the interfaith couple. Mishra was transferred from Lucknow to Gorakhpur after the couple alleged

that he humiliated them when they went to the office with their passport applications.

On Monday, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the trolling of Swaraj was wrong, becoming first BJP leader and Union Minister to comment on the issue. On Tuesday,

Union minister Nitin Gadkari too came out in support of Swaraj.

On Sunday, after the twitter poll, she had posted, “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.” —