Congress’s Twitter poll attempt to embarrass Swaraj backfires

The Congress had on its Twitter handle on Monday started a poll seeking to know if the death of 39 Indians in Iraq is Sushma Swaraj’s biggest failure as foreign minister? 76% answered in negative.

A poll started by the Congress on Twitter apparently to embarrass external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on the killing of 39 Indians in Iraq backfired as a majority of netizens supported the minister.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj at the Parliament House in New Delhi. (HT File Photo)

Turning the tables, Swaraj retweeted the question posted by the opposition party.

The Congress had on its Twitter handle on Monday started a poll asking users, ‘Do you think the death of 39 Indians in Iraq is Sushma Swaraj’s biggest failure as Foreign Minister? #IndiaSpeaks’.

If the opposition party thought that the poll would put the minister in a tight spot over the emotive issue, the poll did not pan out on the expected lines.

The Congress Twitter handle showed that over 76% of a total of 33,879 voters answered in negative and only 24% agreed with the contention.