New Delhi: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri locked his X account on Sunday (March 11) after he was viciously trolled on social media for yesterday’s ceasefire announced between India and Pakistan. No one from the Union government, including external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, has yet condemned the trolling or come out in his support.
The ceasefire was announced following a tense four-day military standoff with Pakistan.
Misri’s move came after right-wing X accounts called him a “traitor” and blamed him for India’s ceasefire with Pakistan, dug out old posts that he had shared of his family, and targeted his daughter for studying abroad and providing legal aid to Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
Misri as foreign secretary helmed the Ministry of External Affairs’s briefings during the four-day military conflict with Pakistan following the launch of Operation Sindoor.
On May 7, India announced that it had launched Operation Sindoor with missile strikes on nine targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
After four days of a tense military standoff including drone and missile strikes, the decision of a ceasefire was also announced by Misri on Saturday evening.
The Wire had earlier reported that Misri had been the face of the measured statements made by the government during the conflict, including his statement that “criticising the government is the hallmark of democracy” while BJP and right-wing handles differed.
While the BJP through its official X handle had claimed that Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar had been killed in India’s strikes, Misri said that there is “no information at this point”.
Hours after the ceasefire was announced, right-wing accounts targeted Misri for climbing down with the ceasefire.
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