Thursday, December 25, 2025
ADVT 
India

Mayawati Drops 'Sushri' From Her Twitter Handle After Criticism

Darpan News Desk IANS, 13 Feb, 2019 09:17 PM

    After she came in for a lot of flak from social media users for using ''Sushri'' in her Twitter handle, BSP Chief Mayawati Wednesday dropped the title from her user name on the micro blogging platform.

     

    When the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister made her debut on Twitter earlier this month, she used the handle @SushriMayawati.

     

    ''Sushri'' is a title used before the name of a woman to expresses respect and reverence. She was criticised by several social media users for using the title in her handle with some alleging she was eulogising herself.

     

    "My twitter account opened as @SushriMayawati but now it is @Mayawati," she posted on Wednesday.

     
     
     
     

    She joined Twitter for the "first time" on February 6 to interact with the media and masses.

     

    "This to inform you BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) national president, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and ex-MP Mayawatiji has for the first time decided to join Twitter for speedy interaction with media and masses, besides expressing her views on various issues of national and political importance through Twitter," a release posted on Mayawati''s old Twitter handle @SushriMayawati had said.

     

    She has 84.4K followers as of Wednesday evening.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Friends, Neighbours Remember Delhi Pilot Bhavye Suneja Who Flew Doomed Indonesian Plane

    Bhavye Suneja, 31, was flying the Lion Air flight JT610 which lost contact with ground officials, 13 minutes after taking off from an airport in Indonesia, and crashed into the Java Sea,

    Friends, Neighbours Remember Delhi Pilot Bhavye Suneja Who Flew Doomed Indonesian Plane

    For Wives Abandoned By NRI Husbands, Indian Government To Set Up Unit

    For Wives Abandoned By NRI Husbands, Indian Government To Set Up Unit
    The National Commission for Women will set up a cell dedicated to cases related to NRI marriages and monitor them on real-time basis.

    For Wives Abandoned By NRI Husbands, Indian Government To Set Up Unit

    Fancy Dress Hinduism, Says BJP On Rahul Gandhi's Visit To Ujjain Temple

    The saffron party's attack on Rahul Gandhi came in the backdrop of his frequent visits to temples -- the latest being a trip to Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple today, ahead of his tour in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.

    Fancy Dress Hinduism, Says BJP On Rahul Gandhi's Visit To Ujjain Temple

    SC Prohibits Plying Of 15-Yr-Old Petrol, 10-Yr-Old Diesel Vehicles In NCR

    SC Prohibits Plying Of 15-Yr-Old Petrol, 10-Yr-Old Diesel Vehicles In NCR
    A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, S Abdul Nazeer and Deepak Gupta said advertisement on this should also be published in the newspapers.

    SC Prohibits Plying Of 15-Yr-Old Petrol, 10-Yr-Old Diesel Vehicles In NCR

    Kill Us All: Family Of Cop Killed In Kashmir Pens Emotional Post

    You killed a man who loved Kashmir...come and kills us all," read a social media post written by a family member of Mir Imtiyaz, the Jammu and Kashmir police sub-inspector who shot dead by terrorists in south Kashmir on Sunday.

    Kill Us All: Family Of Cop Killed In Kashmir Pens Emotional Post

    Donald Trump Turns Down India's Invite For Republic Day Celebrations

    Donald Trump Turns Down India's Invite For Republic Day Celebrations
    On a day that the Indian government was left exploring options after Donald Trump turned down its invite to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade, tweets from the handle of Piyush Goyal's office

    Donald Trump Turns Down India's Invite For Republic Day Celebrations