#SelfieWithDaughter: Why Alok Nath's tweet on Kavita Krishnan sees outrage on Twitter
Women's rights activist and columnist Kavita Krishnan tweeted on prime minister Narendra Modi's #SelfieWithDaughter initiative.
Careful before sharing #SelfieWithDaughter with #LameDuckPM. He has a record of stalking daughters.
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) June 28, 2015Modi #MannKiBaat speaks of #Rakhi. For him this means protection of corrupt 'sisters:Sushma, Vasundhara, Smriti, Pankaja on whom he's silent
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) June 28, 2015Alok Nath responded by this tweet.
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The twitterati didn't take too kindly to this and vented their outrage.
If you're right wing and support women's rights at all, you need to speak up against this misogyny. https://t.co/ySWMNZk5xe
— Karuna Nundy (@karunanundy) June 28, 2015"'Bitch' deems powerful women scary, angry, unfeminine. Their uncompromising speech as anathema to a tidy world." https://t.co/ySWMNZk5xe
— Karuna Nundy (@karunanundy) June 28, 2015Why do Modi fans who claim to love their daughters have no problem abusing someone else's daughters? pic.twitter.com/EUx7PgAUVV
— RushdieExplainsIndia (@RushdieExplains) June 29, 2015Disgusting racist and sexist responses to @kavita_krishnan's calling out of the PM. No engagement, just hate. https://t.co/i7fi4A5dol
— Shreya Ila Anasuya (@shreyilaanasuya) June 29, 2015"Sanskari" @aloknath abusing women on the net because they don't agree with him. Kya zamana aagaya hai. https://t.co/FOHg4IYx29
— Divya Rajagopal (@rdivia) June 29, 2015Disheartening and Disgusting to read comments on @kavita_krishnan bold and honest statement.
— Ruwa Shah (@ruwashah15) June 29, 2015The champions of daughters are tweeting abuses at Kavita Krishnan. Ah, Internet.
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) June 29, 2015The vitriolic and personal attacks on @kavita_krishnan by men and women alike shows the emptiness of social media gender equality campaigns.
— Rohin Dharmakumar (@r0h1n) June 29, 2015I for one am shocked, shocked that Alok Nath, being a middle aged Indian 'sanskari uncle', has little respect for women and dissent.
— Bhavya Khanna (@bhavyakhanna) June 29, 2015