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Pranab Mukherjee's Daughter Demands 'Nyay' From Rahul Gandhi Over 'Vicious And Continuous' Trolling By Congress Supporters
Rahul Gandhi and the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
Former Congress leader Sharmishtha Mukherjee, daughter of former president Pranab Mukherjee, has written to Rahul Gandhi to flag "vicious and continuous trolling" his supporters after the release of her new book.
In a two-page letter posted on X, Mukherjee said she had been subject to trolling, "sometimes using the nastiest language".
Mukherjee said that she was facing the abusive trolling after expressing doubt over Rahul's ability to lead the Congress.
She identified one social media user in particular - "Naveen Shahi, having a X handle of @Naveen_Kr_Shahi, who is followed by several senior Congress leaders...".
She wrote that Shahi "abused my father, Pranab Mukherjee and me in such vile language I feel nausea even to repeat it".
Mukherjee said he also posted barbaric remarks of a sexual nature aimed at her father.
"Utterly shocked, I brought it to the notice of Jairam Ramesh, Supriya Shrinate, and even you by tagging all of you (on X). However, at the time of writing this letter, I neither got any reaction nor any action seems to have been taken against the person," Mukherjee wrote.
"You are talking about nyay (a reference to Mr Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra'). As an ordinary citizen of India, I demand nyay from you as these vile abuses seem to have originated with someone having a formal, or informal, association with your organisation. I demand nyay as a woman, and whose father, has been subject (to) the most vile abuses having sexual connotations," she added.
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