TMC MP: Act against trolls targeting Navy officer’s widow
Times of India | 6 May 2025
123 New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool MP Saket Gokhale on Monday urged Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to act against social media accounts posting hateful comments against Himanshi Narwal, wife of Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was among those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack.
In a post on X, Gokhale questioned why accounts trolling her were not being blocked. "It is shocking to see the obscene and hateful comments being directed towards the widow of the Navy officer who was killed in Pahalgam. Most accounts spreading venom are BJP-affiliated. Why? Only because she appealed for communal harmony," Gokhale wrote.
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"IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw should answer — why aren't these accounts being taken down or blocked? Are trolls from your party immune from the ambit of law even when they target a victim and a widow of a slain armed forces officer? Is this your ‘nationalism'?" he said, slamming BJP.
TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said: "Those constantly trolling Himanshi Narwal are exposing their hate-filled mindset in front of the country. Despite losing her husband in the Pahalgam terror attack, she rejected communal hatred and appealed for Hindu-Muslim unity. We should praise her for being the inspiration she is. But BJP's IT cell is constantly trying to provoke hate and target Himanshi..."
Himanshi asked people not to target Muslims and Kashmiris following the April 22 terror attack. The photo of the Navy officer's body lying on the ground in the Baisaran meadows and his newlywed wife slumped beside him with an empty gaze has become the haunting symbol of the ghastly attack that claimed 26 lives.