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Affairs Junior Minister, Shashi Tharoor was harshly criticized for publicizing his concerns of the Indian government policy over twitter. The External Affairs Minister, S.M Krishna said "The government will go by the home ministry's guidelines and stressed differences over issues should not be discussed in public". Mr. Tharoor's tweets are directly referred to an edict of the Home Ministry. The Edict is that "foreign nationals with long-term multi-entry tourist visa must have mandatory two-month gap between two visits." The law was brought about following allegations that David Headley, accused of involvement with terrorism traveled to India on a tourist visa. Mr. Tharoor tweets clearly indicated his differences on government policy. He enquired whether the new policy would aid the security of the country. He pointed out that the "26/11 killers had no visas."
Affairs Junior Minister, Shashi Tharoor was harshly criticized for publicizing his concerns of the Indian government policy over twitter. The External Affairs Minister, S.M Krishna said "The government will go by the home ministry's guidelines and stressed differences over issues should not be discussed in public". Mr. Tharoor's tweets are directly referred to an edict of the Home Ministry. The Edict is that "foreign nationals with long-term multi-entry tourist visa must have mandatory two-month gap between two visits." The law was brought about following allegations that David Headley, accused of involvement with terrorism traveled to India on a tourist visa. Mr. Tharoor tweets clearly indicated his differences on government policy. He enquired whether the new policy would aid the security of the country. He pointed out that the "26/11 killers had no visas." Here are some opinions:
"Goes on to show how ridiculous our politicians are. God forbid somebody shows up their incompetence in public forum. Everything needs to be sorted out in private where nobody sees how f**** incompetent these guys are to run a country." - Sagar
"Mr Tharoor is guilty for having a so called disagreement with the chance in the visa norms. As he is the most followed "twitter" politician, he should be aware of the possible reactions of his tweets. Even though he may be correct, he should find a better platform to discuss his concerns. Dear Mr Tharoor, request you to please keep it-weet to yourself." - Kartik Upadhyaya
So should politicians refrain from expressing their opinions and concerns in the public eye?
I think that politicians should be able to "tweet" about whatever they want. It is just the same as releasing a public statement about an issue.
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