Why is Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri getting hate online?

As India-Pakistan cross-border tensions were rising, the nation was waiting for briefings to stay abreast of the development. With Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Colonel Sofia Qureshi, it was Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, whose words comforted many in India.

Those living in border states lived through with blackouts, heard explosions, and air raid sirens, it was the news on ceasefire that let them breathe a sigh of relief. The announcement of ceasefire was made by Misri and since then, it was unfortunate that he had to face online trolls.

Many who were comfortably cushioned in their homes were promoting war; it won't be wrong to call it warmongering. While the larger segment of the country was happy with the plan to de-escalate. Those who lived the nightmare know the pain of war; those who lost loved ones know the cost of war.

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But those with nothing at stake wanted the cross-border firing to go on longer.

As those charged negatively took no time to troll Misri, nor was his family spared. As things began getting out of hand, Misri found it appropriate to protect his tweets from public viewing. During these times, many stood strong with the foreign secretary and supported him unconditionally.

While the Pakistani side's briefing was filled with the sentiment that they won the war they waged. India is clear that it retaliated to the dastardly terror attack on tourists, which was orchestrated by terrorists who have links with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which operates from Muridke, a location targeted by Indian forces.

The launching of Operation Sindoor was a 'compulsion both to deter and to preempt' Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. The operation was in retaliation to the dastardly attack that killed 26 innocent tourists on April 22.

Misri in one of the initial briefing after launching Operation Sindoor sais, "It was deemed essential that the perpetrators and planners of the 22 April attack be brought to justice. Despite a fortnight having passed since the attacks, there has been no demonstrable step from Pakistan to take action against the terror infrastructure on its territory or territory under its control."

He added, "Instead, all it has indulged in denials and allegations. Our intelligence monitoring of Pakistan-based terrorist modules indicated that further attacks against India were impending. Thus, there was a compulsion both to deter and to preempt."