Nitin Gadkari backs Sushma Swaraj, says her being trolled on Twitter was ‘very unfortunate’

Swaraj found herself at the receiving end on social media after she was trolled by some for the transfer of a passport office employee for allegedly harassing an inter-faith couple.

By: Express Web Desk

New Delhi | Updated: July 3, 2018 03:56 PM IST

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Gadkari jumps in support of Sushma in the Twitter trolling row

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (Express Photo)

After Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has come out in support of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Swaraj over the trolling she faced on social media.

“This is very unfortunate. She wasn’t present in the country when this decision was taken. She has no connection with it and the decision isn’t wrong either,” news agency ANI quoted Gadkari as saying.

Swaraj found herself at the receiving end on social media after she was trolled and abused over the transfer of a passport office employee after he was accused of harassing an inter-faith couple.

“I was out of India from 17th to 23rd June 2018. I don’t know what happened in my absence. However, I am honoured with some tweets. I am sharing them with you. So I have liked them,” Swaraj had posted on Twitter.

On Saturday, Sushma highlighted the tweets by liking them and conducted a Twitter poll, asking whether others approved of such trolls. Over a lakh users took part in the poll, with 57 per cent respondents backing her and 43 per cent supporting the trolls.

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