NEW DELHI: Minutes after the women and child development (WCD) ministry announced actor and social activist Nandita Das as the ambassador for the ministry’s campaign to save the girl child, ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’, twitterati lashed out at minister Maneka Gandhi, slamming her and the ministry.
The actress had campaigned openly nationally and internationally to stop Narendra Modi from becoming Prime Minister.
Asking why someone “who signed Kasab’s mercy petition be the face for the campaign”, twitterati called the actress “venom spewing”, with some saying: “Why should Nandita Das accept the offer which as per her is led by Hitler.”
Many asked for her removal, recommending the names of sportswomen like Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom for the campaign.
People also said that “presenting real stories of brave girls is more powerful than random quotes by celebs”.
Actresses like Kareena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen and Madhuri Dixit have also been selected for the campaign. One Anshul Agrawal said that the campaign “deserves better ambassador than Nandita Das”.
