[(D)aughter of the late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was murdered by mobs during the Gujarat riots of 2002, shared a picture of her and her father. "SelfieWithDaughter: This one will haunt him for ever," Nishrin Jafri wrote in a widely shared post on Facebook.]
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/06/30/modi-selfie-with-daughter_n_7693556.html Nishrin Jafri To Kavita Krishnan: Modi's #SelfieWithDaughter Campaign Is Mired In Controversy HuffPost India | By Adrija Bose Posted: 30/06/2015 21:08 IST Updated: 30/06/2015 21:08 IST During the last one year of the new government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's marquee campaigns have inspired many social media trends. #AccheDin was followed by #MakeInIndia and #SwachBharatAbhiyan. The latest hashtag to join the social media race is #SelfieWithDaughter. On Sunday, Modi launched a campaign asking people to share selfies with their daughters on social media. The campaign is aimed at creating awareness about and curbing female foeticide that is rampant in several parts of India. The world obliged and soon it became a trending hashtag. ***However, the campaign is now in the grip of a controversy. First daughter of the late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was murdered by mobs during the Gujarat riots of 2002, shared a picture of her and her father. "SelfieWithDaughter: This one will haunt him for ever," Nishrin Jafri wrote in a widely shared post on Facebook.*** [Emphasis added.] [Photo: Nishrin with her father] Nishrin Jafri Hussain NavGujarat College · 174 mutual friends · 29 June at 05:15 · Edited · #SelfieWithDaughter: This one will haunt him for ever.. 5,522 Likes · 297 Comments · 2,248 Shares Ehsan Jafri was brutally murdered by a violent Hindu mob and his house was burnt down on 28 February, 2002 during the Gulberg Society massacre. Jafri's wife Zakia Jafri had accused the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for being complicit in the riots. However, an SIT probe had given a clean chit to Narendra Modi’s government with regard to the riots. And, it isn't just Nishrin who is not supporting the #SelfieWithDaughter campaign. Earlier, AIPWA secretary Kavita Krishnan had tweeted asking people not to share pictures of their daughters with the Prime Minister, accusing Modi of 'stalking daughters', a reference to the snoopgate controversy. Kavita Krishnan @kavita_krishnan Careful before sharing #SelfieWithDaughter with #LameDuckPM. He has a record of stalking daughters. 9:40 PM - 28 Jun 2015 738 738 Retweets 526 526 favorites Krishnan was viciously abused and threatened on social media by Modi supporters. Kavita Krishnan added 9 new photos. Politbureau member at Cpi(ml) Liberation · 368 mutual friends · 29 June at 23:33 · Worst abuser on facebook today. Folks pl help report and block this guy. [Screenshots of tweets] Read: Alok Nath's 'Sanskaari' Image Has Taken A Beating With This One Tweet Television actress Shruti Seth was also attacked on social media after she criticized the campaign. Seth tweeted, "A selfie is not a device to bring about change Mr. PM Try reform. #selfieobsessedPM." Thereafter, the actress was subjected to abuse and insults on Twitter. Shruti Seth @SethShruti Wow! These are the supporters of #SelfieWithDaughter Such a joke https://twitter.com/avdesh70599595/status/615528872679837697 … 8:15 PM - 29 Jun 2015 148 148 Retweets 67 67 favorites Shruti Seth @SethShruti I hope your mother is on Twitter. She will be so proud of you https://twitter.com/abhay85830384/status/615533782888611840 … 8:26 PM - 29 Jun 2015 321 321 Retweets 204 204 favorites -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
