After Norwegian journalist Heli Leung asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question about press freedom , a campaign of trolling, personal attacks and character assassination has intensified on social media.
According to Global Mirror, she is being called ‘anti-India’, ‘political agent’, ‘sponsored journalist’ and ‘propagandist’. This entire campaign includes not only pro-Indian government handles on social media but also some well-known names from Indian media.
This matter started when on May 18, after the joint press statement of Narendra Modi and the Norwegian Prime Minister in Oslo, journalist Heli Leung of the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen asked Modi a question that Prime Minister Modi, why don’t you take questions from the world’s freest press? Modi did not answer this question and moved on.
Later, Leung also tried to raise questions about press freedom and human rights at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs press briefing, but there too he did not get a straight answer.
According to Global Mirror, she is being called ‘anti-India’, ‘political agent’, ‘sponsored journalist’ and ‘propagandist’. This entire campaign includes not only pro-Indian government handles on social media but also some well-known names from Indian media.
This matter started when on May 18, after the joint press statement of Narendra Modi and the Norwegian Prime Minister in Oslo, journalist Heli Leung of the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen asked Modi a question that Prime Minister Modi, why don’t you take questions from the world’s freest press? Modi did not answer this question and moved on.
Later, Leung also tried to raise questions about press freedom and human rights at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs press briefing, but there too he did not get a straight answer.