Last year, Ms De’s tweet criticising Olympic athletes had landed her into a controversy. Several athletes had objected to her remarks. Olympic gold medal-winning shooter Abhinav Bindra called it “a tad unfair,” and tennis player Somdev Devvarman said it was “a little harsh to belittle the hard work put in by our athletes.”
The External Affairs Ministry had launched a ‘Twitter Seva’ to help enable timely, transparent response to Indians citizens’ tweets. The service will be supported by 198 Twitter accounts of Indian missions abroad and 29 regional passport offices.
Last year, the Foreign Minister’s “Twitter diplomacy” was widely acknowledged and she was also named among 15 ‘Global Thinkers’ of the year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to congratulate her.
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