Highlights 1 The BJP leader said a person retweets by applying his mind2 PM Modi never endorsed abusive tweets against Gauri Lankesh, he said3 Prasad questioned Karnataka govt on why security wasn't provided to GauriOn the row over abusive tweet made by senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said calling names against Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not a joke. He said when a person retweets a message, he does so after applying his mind. Singh had stoked a major controversy by tweeting an abusive meme against PM Modi, prompting the BJP to demand an apology for the "filthy abuse". When asked about PM Modi following people on Twitter who posted abusive messages against murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh, the BJP leader said it cannot be compared with the Digvijaya issue. If she was doing, we have IB and RAW, may be there was some kind of revulsion, but was she given security?"

Source: India Today September 08, 2017 14:48 UTC