Shobhaa De Tweets 'Advice' To Sushma Swaraj, Faces Flak On Twitter

@shwetajhalani thr will be a day whn @DeShobhaa will be detained at airport due 2 confusion abt her gender & will tweet Sushma ji for help

NG (@Nami4India) 13 January 2017

.@DeShobhaa : Resolution For 2017 - Tweet Aisa Karo Jo Shobhaa De. ;)https://t.co/Jr0YyXM4Kw

Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) January 13, 2017

@Dhruvdube @DeShobhaa I think she is doing it purposely Else she would have '@'Sushma Swaraj but she doesn't have the guts to do so.

Shraddha (@shraddhacv) 13 January 2017

@DeShobhaa actually this resolution should be yours

Shalini Gupta (@shalini8282) January 13, 2017

Last year, Ms De's tweet criticising Olympic athletes had landed her into a controversy. Several athletes had objected to her remarks. Olympic gold medal-winning shooter Abhinav Bindra called it "a tad unfair," and tennis player Somdev Devvarman said it was "a little harsh to belittle the hard work put in by our athletes."

The External Affairs Ministry had launched a 'Twitter Seva' to help enable timely, transparent response to Indians citizens' tweets. The service will be supported by 198 Twitter accounts of Indian missions abroad and 29 regional passport offices.

Last year, the Foreign Minister's "Twitter diplomacy" was widely acknowledged and she was also named among 15 'Global Thinkers' of the year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to congratulate her.