B’WOOD CELEBRITIES DEFEND SUSHMA

MUMBAI — Bollywood celebrities Swara Bhaskar and Vishal Dadlani have spoken out for External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who has faced trolls over a row involving the issue of passports to an interfaith couple in Uttar Pradesh.

Swara and Vishal said it was shameful that the Minister had to face the trolls.

“It is sick and shameful, the kind of vicious trolling Sushma Swarajji is being subjected to because she and her Ministry did their job conscientiously and as per the law of our land. Sad that the anti-minority hate by bhakts in our public discourse now doesn’t spare their own leaders,” tweeted Swara.

Vishal wrote: “Jai Ho. The one amongst them who has been working with compassion and without discrimination. Naturally, they couldn’t handle it. The least we citizens can do is tell Sushma Swarajji that we appreciate her work. Thanks for rising above the atmosphere of petty hatred, Ma’am!”—