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Congress MP Bajwa blocked by Sushma Swaraj on twitter

It is a rare thing to see that a public figure especially a minister blocking another public figure also especially a minister from another party. the question arises whether Sushma Swaraj blocking congress MP and some other parliamentarian.

Should a minister, holding a public office, block people on social media? Questions were raised by internet users after external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj blocked Congress MP from Punjab, Pratap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday.
Bajwa, it appears, had grilled the external affairs minister on the issue of 39 Indian citizens who went missing in Iraq.
Swaraj, who has 10.9 million followers on Twitter, was not pleased with Bajwa’s line of questioning and blocked him on Twitter, Bajwa alleged.

 

The minister’s action of blocking a fellow parliamentarian raised several eyebrows on the internet.
A number of social media users questioned if a person holding public office should block people on a public platform?

Of late, there have been reports that the minister, who is otherwise known for being accommodating on the microblogging website, has not taken criticism on social media too well.

In the recent past, several social media users posted screenshots of messages informing them that their accounts have been blocked by the minister.

 

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