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Parliamentary panel condemns online attacks against foreign secretary Vikram Misri

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NEW DELHI: Parliament's standing committee on external affairs Monday unanimously expressed solidarity with foreign secretary Vikram Misri and condemned his trolling along with his daughter and praised him for his professional conduct. The panel, chaired by MP Shashi Tharoor , wanted to pass a resolution but was requested by Misri not to do so, sources said.

The members also unanimously applauded Misri, Colonel Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, as well as DGMO Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal A K Bharti and Admiral A N Pramod for effective communication through the military campaign.

After the three-hour meet attended by a record 24 members, Tharoor told reporters that the panel unanimously expressed solidarity with Misri in the face of "unwarranted attacks" he had faced online. TNN

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