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Modi faces flak on Twitter for remark on Bangladesh PM
New Delhi, June 8
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
faced flak on social media website Twitter for his remark that his
Bangladesh counter part Sheikh Hasina has resolved to fight terrorism
with zero tolerance "despite being a woman."
While delivering a
lecture at Dhaka University in Bangladesh on Sunday, Modi said that
despite being a woman the Bangladesh Prime Minister has vowed that her
government will have zero tolerance against terrorism. Modi
congratulated her for her approach.
Micro-blogging site Twitter was abuzz with tweets calling Modi's comment 'sexist'.
In response to the remark, Twitterati have also posted pictures of women who have achieved remarkable heights in their fields.
Congress
party's spokesperson Sanjay Jha had tweeted: "At core, RSS/BJP are
misogynistic, bigoted, chauvinistic and sexist. Narendra Modi is just
another manifestation of it. #DespiteBeingAWoman."
Bollywood
actor Twinkle Khanna responded with humour that,"Hahaha-No
#DespiteBeingAWoman for us-secretly we are all men-just carefully shave
our moustaches off every morning"
"#DespiteBeingAWoman in Islamic
nation, Sheikh Hasina *is* PM & has courage & conviction to
stand up against terrorism. Why the negativity?!," said another tweet.