When it comes to cyber trolling, the right wing cyber army doesn’t spare anyone. From Sushma Swaraj to Amruta Fadnavis, they are least bothered about the person’s political ideology. Cyber trolls can’t stand anyone who shows any leniency towards people from the minority communities.
When it comes to women, the abuse and name-calling become more intense. There have been instances where even their family is’nt even spared. Some time back, someone made a rape threat to Congress Spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi’s daughter, many even mocked Sushma Swaraj for her health problems.
Last year, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife was trolled and abused for promoting a Christmas themed charitable event in Mumbai.
It started when Amruta Fadnavis put out a tweet about the event organised by a FM channel
launched-Be Santa-campaign, as Ambassador for @927BIGFM – to collect gifts from people -for poor children ,to bring smiles to their faces during this Christmas.Drop ur gifts at nearest @927BIGFM & Feel the joy -as best way to multiply your happiness is by sharing it with others🎅 pic.twitter.com/r5UTAi3nDY
— AMRUTA FADNAVIS (@fadnavis_amruta) December 12, 2017
It was just an event which Amruta decided to be part of, but trolls brought a religious angle to it.
Where were you on Diwali Ganesh Puja or when Chennai & Mumbai were flooded "Santa" feeling are exclusive to "Christmas"? this is an abuse of your position and status
— No Conversion (@noconversion) December 12, 2017
It turned into name calling and giving tags
https://twitter.com/paivijay/status/940907375208275970
Memes were made to mock her
— SONIKA SHARMA (@SONIKAS53831692) December 13, 2017
Accoding to right-wing trolls, all events should be for Hindus, not any other religions
This is not positivity. it is BS. But fits with BJP funding Church from Goa to Arunachal Pradesh, "strengthening" RTE against Hindu schools, scholarships for non-Hindus only.https://t.co/9eqjNL2CRJ
— Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ (@sankrant) December 12, 2017
Even though Amruta had put out a tweet to clarify, trolls did not care.
I’m a proud Hindu & like many, I celebrate every festival in my country & that is an individual choice…. We represent the true spirit of our country … and that doesn’t dilute our love towards our country, religion & humanity ….
— AMRUTA FADNAVIS (@fadnavis_amruta) December 12, 2017
This is not the first time. Right-wing groups have targeted several right-leaning public figures, on almost a daily basis. Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan was attacked for supporting Supreme Court’s ban on firecrackers during Diwali, he was forced to delete it. The amount of poison which has infected certain sections of Hindus by right-wing organisations for political gain seems to be coming back to bite them. If they don’t check this trend, it will eventually destroy them.