Published:  12:00 AM, 23 January 2017

Indians caste or religion not relevant to me, says Sushma

Indians caste or religion not relevant to me, says Sushma

Indian Minister Sushma Swaraj is fiercely nationalist was evident in the manner in which she dealt with Amazon Canada for carrying doormats featuring the Indian tricolor. Now, she's provided further evidence of her nationalism by choosing to respond to a tweet that accused her of being biased toward Muslims, Reports The Times Of India.

 A Twitter user recently posted on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's and external affairs minister Swaraj's accounts that the latter only helps Muslims with visa troubles.

The minister, who's been commended in India and abroad for her very effective use of social media, is indeed very active on Twitter.

Since she took office, Swaraj has tirelessly not just responded to tweets seeking help, she has actually taken prompt action to ensure people's problems are solved. No problem is seen as too small or too big for her attention. And she's even worked for the public while ailing and from a hospital room.

The external affairs minister has helped both Indians and non-Indians. Some months ago, she commiserated with a British couple who were having trouble getting their daughter - born of surrogacy - a British passport.

 Most notably, she was instrumental in coming to the rescue of 10,000 migrant workers who were going hungry in the Gulf after either being laid off or because their salaries were withheld.

It is, in fact, the Gulf episode that Foreign Policy magazine took special note of when naming Swaraj one of 15 'Global Thinkers' of 2016.




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