If you do not know about this 'war', you can first catchup here: True Indology vs Governor Swaraj: Lessons from a Twitter battle (opindia.com)
I read #bharadwajspeaks's thread and it was very informative. But, he did a mistake of "taking sides". The overall conclusion was in favor of one and totally against another. This perhaps irked #governorswaraj.
Now, #governorswaraj's reply was really bad. He was threatening #bharadwajspeaks with police case (totally unjustified), while challenging him for discussion at the same time. Weird. He was also doing "show off" of his knowledge and past work.
Now, Swaraj Kaushal is not a Governor anymore. But uses that in his twitter handle to "show off". His psychology can be understood. He knew that #bharadwajspeaks was a common man and hence he bullied him. Yes, this was a case of "cyber bullying" by #governorswaraj.
#governorswaraj was a SC lawyer and ex-governor. He knows many in the govt. It is totally unbecoming of a mature person to threaten a common person and then use the thread to write his own biography listing only achievements. #bharadwajspeaks is a martyr of internet.
For record, #governorswaraj had a "socialist" background in terms of political belief. While Sushma Swaraj had her roots in the #RSS. People assume things about him and start respecting him just because he was late Sushma ji's husband.
As an advocate, #governorswaraj has fought to protect many controversial people. Starting with George Fernandes till Lalit Modi. His path was paved with gold. It is natural that when he sees a person from opposite political belief, and who is not his wife, he will fume.
Taking his threat seriously, #NarendraModi govt must make a law to protect #FOE of social media users. People like #bharadwajspeaks should not need to deactivate their accounts just because some advocate threatened them. Govt is supposed to be of the people, "for the people".
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