India’s Vikram Misri locks X account after trolls call him ‘traitor’ over ceasefire

NEW DELHI, May 12 (DNA): Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri locked his X account on Sunday after getting immensely trolled on social media for May 10 ceasefire announced between Pakistan and India.

It is important to note that no one from the union government, including external affairs minister S Jaishankar, has denounced the trolling or come out in his support yet, Indian media reported.

Following a tense four-day military standoff between the South Asian countries, the ceasefire was announced by the US President Donald Trump.

After right-wing X accounts called Misri a “traitor” and blamed him for India’s ceasefire with Pakistan, he made the move.

The trollers 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.

Following the launch of Operation Sindoor targeting Pakistan, Misri as foreign secretary helmed the Ministry of External Affairs’ briefings during the four-day military conflict between both countries.

He was also accused by these accounts of “throwing away India’s military advantage” by agreeing to the ceasefire.

Additionally, they also abused him for having his daughter settle abroad while “prostrating” to Pakistan.

The accounts also did not spare Misri’s daughter in finding her profile as a student when she had worked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Myanmar and accused her of providing legal aid to Rohingya Muslims.

India launched an attack on Pakistan named Operation Sindoor on May 7, on the basis of allegations that Pakistan was involved in the April’s Pahalgam attacks by the militants.

Pakistan in response retaliated against India’s attempt to trespass its territorial integrity. The attack was carried out on Indian military bases on May 9. It was named Bunyan um Marsoos.

A ceasefire was then mediated between both the countries by the United States’ leadership on Saturday.