Haryana Minister Anil Vij’s `Exterminate’ Tweet on Disha Ravi Triggers Row

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday posted a tweet on activist Disha Ravi’s arrest that appeared to urge exterminating those who harbour the seed of anti-nationalism, prompting an investigation by Twitter. The remark in Hindi could also be read as exterminating that seed of anti-nationalism.

Twitter notified the minister about a complaint it received under the German law over the tweet but said after investigation it found that no guidelines were broken. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor reacted sharply to Vij’s tweet. “Surely tweets like this are far more harmful to our democracy than anything in the ‘toolkit’ Disha Ravi retweeted?” he said.