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On Friday, Mumbai-based Congress spokesperson, Priyanka Chaturvedi received ‘Nirbhaya-like’ rape and death threats from a right-wing Twitter troll.
The whole thing sparked the debate over how trolls had the privilege to work under BJP and PM Narendra Modi and brazenly threaten anybody.
And that is when a BJP supporter, Shefali Vaidya, tweeted this:
When @priyankac19 is trolled, it is an attack on ‘dignity of women’but poisonous slander against @smritiirani is acceptable.
— Shefali Vaidya (@ShefVaidya) May 23, 2016
To which Priyanka Chaturvedi replied:
Ms @ShefVaidya a perceived threat to @smritiirani ‘s life gets Z sec,here I am struggling to get rape/death threat investigated.cut the crap
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) May 23, 2016
And after which Smriti Irani got involved
@priyankac19 I don’t have Z security Madam.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 23, 2016
Priyanka Chaturvedi tweeted this as a reply
Madam I don’t know the internal workings of Home Ministry, i go as per newspaper reports. I presume no security at all then @smritiirani ?
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) May 23, 2016
To which Smriti Irani gave a cheeky response
@priyankac19 why are you so interested in my security? Planning anything?
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 23, 2016
And her replies kept getting cheekier
@priyankac19 dats more Rahulji’s forte. Oh wait, losing Assam is. My bad. Have a good day.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 23, 2016
Meanwhile, Mihir Sharma from Business Standard tweeted this:
This is exactly how a responsible Union minister should respond to woman reporting a rape threat. Right? Right. https://t.co/bbBYQtJo5K
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) May 23, 2016
And Smriti Irani was on a roll
@mihirssharma irrespective of ideology no one should be subject to abuse or threats. And authorities should immediately be informed.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 23, 2016
And then this happened
@mihirssharma apologies I seemed to have mistaken you for ur namesake in outlook.
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 23, 2016
To which Mihir Sharma thought he’d give a funny reply
@smritiirani basically there are far too many Mihirs in the world 🙂
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) May 23, 2016
But Smriti Irani took the cake away with this one
@mihirssharma tell me about it I saw 4 of them change in 1 serial 🙂
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 23, 2016
And Twitter couldn’t control the laughter
@abhic4ever @smritiirani @mihirssharma she misses soaps so badly..
— Being Watched (@DuckSpeech) May 23, 2016
We don’t deny it at all
@smritiirani @mihirssharma that was really good 🙂
— Abhijeet (@abhic4ever) May 23, 2016
Who knew the Union Minister had so much sass.
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