سبھی کو مقدس ماہِ رمضان کی مبارکباد ! ہم پیغمبر حضرت محمد ﷺ کے مقدس پیغامات کو یاد کرتے ہیں، جنھوں نے ہم آہنگی، رحم… https://t.co/WRtbQmTiw8 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1526553448000

As Ramzan begins, I convey my greetings & pray that the Holy Month brings peace & happiness in everyone's life. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1404053282000

Here’s what these trolls had to say and why their bigotry needs to be called out.

Troll Attack 1: Forget getting Muslim votes, even Hindu voters will desert you

@narendramodi o secular modiji thoda control karo. Nota bhi hara sakta ai apko. muslimm vote dega nahi, hindu se milegi nahi, to kya karoge? — 🇮🇮🇳Madhur🇮🇳🇮🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@garg99_madhur) 1526583245000

@narendramodi @narendramodi जी मैं भाजपा का कर्मठ कार्यकर्ता होने के नाते आप से निवेदन करता हु मुसलमानो पर ज्यादा… https://t.co/XxTGi97Kwv — अभिषेक हिन्दू (@AbhishekMohata6) 1526565190000

@narendramodi @narendramodi जी आप कुछ भो कर लो ये मुल्ले भाजपा को कभी ओट नही देंगे आप कुछ भी कर लो — मन्जीत राजपूत अयोध्या (@1manjeetrajput) 1526577194000

Troll Attack 2: Why Modi doesn't tweet in Sanskrit, Why Muslims don’t say ‘Jai Shri Ram'

@narendramodi Hindu ko Sanskrit mein ram navmi kabhi wish kiya kya kabhi , Mulle — Maninder Singh cheema (@Maninder2331) 1526577043000

@narendramodi मोदी आप रमजान पर उर्दू में तो लिख रहे हो लेकिन आज तक किसी मुल्ले ने जय श्री राम तक नही बोला है क्या यही भाई चारा है देश का — महेन्द्र बाहुबली💪™💪🇮💪🇮🇳 (@mahindrbahubali) 1526554052000

@narendramodi kabhi aapne Sanskrit me tweet kar navratri ya shravan ki Shubhkamnayen nahi di — Satyavrat Ojha (@Satyavr14803984) 1526567734000

अधिवेशनकलापः अधिकजनान् संस्कृताध्ययनाय संस्कृते लेखनाय च प्रेरयेत् । आगामिसन्ततिः अनेन लाभान्विता भूयात् । — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1483759327000

NEW DELHI: Last week Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the start of the holy month of Ramzan The Prime Minister first tweeted his greetings in Urdu and later in English. He also posted a sound clip of his last 'Mann ki Baat' programme in which he had extended his greetings in advance.He said that the holy month stood for the virtues of harmony, kindness and charity.However, the message got lost on many trolls, with many attacking him for tweeting in Urdu.The Prime Minister of India can tweet in any language and wish members of any community.Those who take offence at this are being bigoted. Viewing the PM’s tweet with a religious lens is being short-sighted.In fact, the PM is rightly reaching out to all communities in their own languages.Urdu is one of the 22 official languages recognised in the eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. To suggest that Urdu is only a language of Muslims is wrong. Urdu is a common language spoken in large swathes of Northern India and not just by Muslims alone.Even if Urdu was only a language of the Muslims, there is nothing wrong in the PM using it to communicate. We cannot discriminate against any community, religion or language as Indians.Would all those Hindu poets, lyricists, etc who have mastery over Urdu, cease to be Hindus just because they use the Urdu language?Trolls would do well to stop decoding everything through the prism of religion.Every religion teaches tolerance and respect for all. Voters are not going to decide whether to vote for BJP or not based on a tweet by PM in Urdu.When trolls have exhausted all expletives in their dictionary, they resort to abusive language and ask misleading counter-questions. More often than not, they end up exposing their own factual inaccuracies while doing so.For instance, the PM has tweeted on many occasions previously in Sanskrit. Even the phrase that PM often invokes in his speeches to symbolise Indian universalism -- vasudhaiva kutumbakam -- is in Sanskrit.And even if he hadn’t tweeted in Sanskrit, it should not matter. There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today. Of these, India has about 1600 languages (22 recognised officially) and dialects.The PM cannot possibly now tweet in all these languages to prove that he respects them all.On the question of ' Jai Sri Ram ', while everyone should respect each other’s religions, no one can be forced to chant religious slogans against their beliefs. The Constitution of India guarantees individual freedoms and they cannot be done away with.