Almost every minister gets trolled or faces the wrath of the people on Twitter every other day for some ‘controversial’ stuff, but if there is any minister who has managed to win Twitteratis’ hearts it’s the Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj. Her prompt response, right use of the platform and getting work done on time has earned her the status of ‘guardian angel’. From helping a man get his wife’s passport to helping a son come back to India for his father’s last rites; Swaraj has proved her mettle time and again. So, messing with such a person on social media is the last thing anyone would want to do especially when there is no solid reason for it but it seems Shobhaa De needed to learn this lesson the hard way. 

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Last year, Shobhaa De made headlines for her insensitive remarks against Indian athletes competing at the Rio Olympics and this time around she chose to take a dig at Swaraj asking her to 'stop tweeting' and that clearly didn’t go down well with the people.  

Sushma Swaraj : Resolution for 2017 - Keep calm and stop tweeting.

— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) 13 January 2017

Being the unforgiving platform that Twitter is, it didn’t even mince words while giving it back to her. Here’s what the public had to say. *Grabs some popcorns* 

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

— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) 13 January 2017

@DeShobhaa resolution for 2017. No more botox. Too much of the neurotoxin is now affecting your brain.

— Siddharth Marda (@Siddharth_marda) 13 January 2017

@Siddharth_marda @croci_ignis @DeShobhaa Resolutions for 2017 - Shobha didi- Get busy in life, get a job for yourself,
Stop drinking, stay in senses.
Start meditating.

— Avinash Singh (@avi29nash) 13 January 2017

@DeShobhaa  haha even Rakhi sawant sounds better then you.
She is just incredible Foreign Minister we ever had. Do respect her.

— shweta jhalani (@shwetajhalani) 13 January 2017

@DeShobhaa sometimes i wonder if you really are an idiot or you just tweet dumb stuff to stay in news. This has been bothering me for ages

— Dhruv Dube (@Dhruvdube) 13 January 2017

@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 actually this resolution should be yours

— Shalini Gupta (@shalini8282) 13 January 2017

And finally this…

.@DeShobhaa Resolution for 2017 for Shobhaa De - pic.twitter.com/G2jp4HI3fG

— Rosy (@rose_k01) 13 January 2017