NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday defended foreign secretary Vikram Misri after the career diplomat became target of online abuse following the government's announcement of ceasefire with Pakistan, forcing him to lock his X account.
Vikram Misri's X handle
Misri was the face of the government in its briefings on
Operation Sindoor along with Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.
Operation Sindoor
Owaisi called him an "honest, hard working diplomat working tireless for our nation."
"Our Civil Servants work under the Executive this must be remembered & they shouldn’t be blamed for the decisions taken by The Executive/or any Political leadership running Watan E Aziz," the Hyderabad MP posted on X.
Congress leader Salman Aneez Soz also rallied behind Misri, who is from the 1989 Indian Foreign Service batch, saying that a "Kashmiri has done India proud."
"No amount of trolling can diminish his service to the country. If you can't say thank you, learn to shut up," Soz wrote.
Several other social media users also called out those attacking the foreign secretary.
Born in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, Misri was appointed India’s ambassador to Spain in 2014, ambassador to Myanmar in 2016, and ambassador to China, where he served from January 2019 to December 2021. From January 2022 to June 2024, he served as Deputy National Security Adviser (Strategic Affairs).
In July last year, he took over as foreign secretary, succeeding Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who was appointed as India's ambassador to the United States.
Tensions between the two nations escalated after India launched Operation Sindoor, destroying 9 terror camps in Pakistan and PoK region, in response to the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.
