We have often heard the saying 'Honesty is the best policy'. But in today's world, honesty has lost its purity and anyone standing up for it is either humiliated or trolled. Leading a 'masked life' has become the new normal, be it pandemic induced or politically headed.
Now, to give you an example, a 19-year-old girl who confronted Madhya Pradesh minister Tulsi Silawat was mercilessly trolled on social media after a video of the same surfaced online.
The girl identified as Upasana Sharma is an activist and was seen questioning Silawat for joining the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). The activist even accused Silawat of her involvement in the collapse of the erstwhile Kamal Nath government.
"Aapne Congress chhodkar BJP join kar lia...acchi khaasi sarkar gira di...kaisa feel hua aapko?" asked Sharma as residents looked at her in awe.
The video is from a local meeting where the State Water Resources Minister was interacting with residents of societies in Indore to discuss their problems.
Well, people would agree that it is important to ask questions to the government, but her bravery did not end up well for her as netizens trolled the activist for targeting the minister. Several raised questions about her character and even went on to make profane comments after she posted the video of the meeting on her Facebook page.
While several trolled her for targeting the minister, there were others who called her 'Rani Lakshmi Bai' of Madhya Pradesh.
And if one scrolls through her Facebook profile, it is quite evident that Sharma often speaks up about issues that matter.
Bunch of her supporters said that "her act is a bold step towards honesty." Congress leaders like Jitu Patwari and Digvijaya Singh also backed the young activist and showed their support on Twitter.
Congress MLA Jitu Patwari took to the micro-blogging site and said that people will raise questions as they are voters.
Former CM and senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said, "Kudos to this brave daughter. We are with you. Shivraj ji, if you truly consider yourself the 'mama' of all, then register an FIR on the complaint of this daughter and arrest the culprits otherwise you will prove to be the biggest impostor. Lets see."
Chairperson of Madhya Pradesh Women's Commission Shobha Ojha wrote on her Twitter, "The baseless accusation of the character of a girl questioning the minister in Indore is an insult to the entire female caste. In this whole matter, the Chief Minister of the state should take immediate cognizance and take strict punitive action against all the culprits with immediate arrest."
She was also accused Upasana of being an 'agent of Congress'.
Here's how the activist responded to Netizens after she was accused of targeting the minister;
