Twitter India reacts to uproar over Jack Dorsey holding a ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' signNov 19 (AZINS) Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who was India recently, got flak on Twitter for holding a sign which said ‘Smash Brahminical Patriarchy’.

Journalist Anna MM Vetticad had tweeted: “During Twitter CEO @jack's visit here, he & Twitter's Legal head @vijaya took part in a round table with some of us women journalists, activists, writers & @TwitterIndia's @amritat to discuss the Twitter experience in India. A very insightful, no-words-minced conversation.”

Reacting, Twitter India wrote: “Recently we hosted a closed door discussion with a group of women journalists and change makers from India to better understand their experience using Twitter. One of the participants, a Dalit activist, shared her personal experiences and gifted a poster to Jack. It is not a statement from Twitter or our CEO, but a tangible reflection of our company's efforts to see, hear, and understand all sides of important public conversations that happen on our service around the world.”

Mohandas Pai tweeted: “Shame on you for maligning an Indian community and being part of this Hate campaign of #brahminphobia with a foreigner! Your hatred comes out openly! How can you malign a peaceful community like this.”

Author Hindol Sengupta tweeted: “Dear @jack maybe your team didn't feel necessary to tell you this but the poster you are holding targets using the language of hate and violence people who constitute 5% or less of India's 1.3 bln ppl. If that's not hatred towards minorities, what is? Would you do this in the US?”

Reacting, Twitter India wrote: “Recently we hosted a closed door discussion with a group of women journalists and change makers from India to better understand their experience using Twitter. One of the participants, a Dalit activist, shared her personal experiences and gifted a poster to Jack. It is not a statement from Twitter or our CEO, but a tangible reflection of our company's efforts to see, hear, and understand all sides of important public conversations that happen on our service around the world.”