The official Twitter account of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Karnataka, made public the addresses and personal details of five Muslim students from Udupi who were petitioners in the ongoing Hijab case.
The official Twitter account of the Karnataka BJP President Nalinkumar Kateel also tweeted pictures of the petition- revealing addresses and other personal details of the students.
The Karnataka BJP Twitter handle put out a tweet stating that the Congress party’s leaders, including the Gandhi family, were “using minor girls” as a way to stay relevant in politics and win the upcoming elections.
The five Muslim students who are petitioners in the ongoing court case are minors aged seventeen years old.
The move has drawn outrage, with calls for the tweet to be reported and taken down for violation of privacy.
The shameless BJP Government is playing with the lives of these minors by sharing their personal details on Twitter. @NCPCR_ @NCWIndia kindly make a note of it. https://t.co/CREzUBiYnF— Aasif Mujtaba (@MujtabaAasif) February 15, 2022
Hey @nalinkateel you too have daughters, I am sure you would not appreciate their details being shared in the public forum, please extend the same courtesy to these kids as well .
Meanwhile @TwitterIndia @TwitterSupport @TwitterSafety could you take down this tweet? https://t.co/r4n6sRp44x— Lavanya Ballal Jain (@LavanyaBallal) February 15, 2022
Someone has to look into this. How can they share personal information of minors? What if something happens to them? Who'll be liable?
Privacy is protected under Article 21 and this tweet should be taken down. https://t.co/TJXe4qaEoA— Areeb Uddin (@legallyuddin) February 15, 2022
Rushda Fathima Khan is the Staff Reporter for The Cognate.
