"I Demand Nyay": Sharmishtha Mukherjee Claims Trolling, Writes To Rahul Gandhi
NDTV
Neither the Congress nor Rahul Gandhi or the other two leaders tagged by Sharmishtha Mukherjee have commented so far.
Former Congress leader Sharmishtha Mukherjee - ex-President Pranab Mukherjee's daughter - wrote to Rahul Gandhi Friday to flag "vicious and continuous trolling by your supporters" following the release of her new book and comments last week about his ability to lead the party into the Lok Sabha election. #WATCH | Author & daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, Sharmistha Mukherjee says, "Ever since the book on my father came out...Congress social media and some of the Congress leaders also had been speaking against it. Congress social media had been viciously trolling me.… https://t.co/LNUn7SUIDXpic.twitter.com/StIH675cVB Hey! Enuogh of this! @Jairam_Ramesh Sir, does this answer your ques 2 me that why I'm questioning current ‘ideology' or functioning of Congress? Mr. @RahulGandhi -these r ur followers! Salute to you for dragging down the grand old party of India to this level. Shame! https://t.co/bpXQFf7kzC ‘Muhabbat ki dukandar' ka ek namuna-Congress ki Vichardhara!Only thing @INCIndia is left with is a bunch of illeterate uncouth trolls who gets a pat in d back from their masters for abusing its own leaders..@SupriyaShrinate U shd promote dis guy. He truly reflects ur culture https://t.co/IcLyDEPTOx As @RahulGandhi seems 2 b talking about #Nyay, I demand Nyay from him 4 character-assassinating me & my father in his name. Even if this person claims 2 b an ‘ordinary supporter' I demand that Rahul shd lodge a police complain against this person as it's being done in his name pic.twitter.com/WS7Aq53zzq
In a two-page letter posted on X, Ms Mukherjee said she had been subject to trolling, "sometimes using the nastiest language", and identified one social media user in particular - "Naveen Shahi, having a X handle of @Naveen_Kr_Shahi, who is followed by several senior Congress leaders..."
Shahi, she wrote, "abused my father, Pranab Mukherjee and me in such vile language I feel nausea even to repeat it". She said he also posted barbaric remarks of a sexual nature aimed at her father.
