Here's why Sushma Swaraj is India's queen of Twitter

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has over 5.5 million followers on Twitter. Her Twitter handle @SushmaSwaraj makes her the most followed female world leader.

She has proven her worth as an able Cabinet minister in the last two years of her term. But it is her constant activity on social media through her Twitter account that has created more buzz.

Here are a few occasions when she showed her witty side on Twitter:

1. Few days back, Faizan Patel, a Mangalore-based photographer, tweeted that his wife lost her passport just two days before their honeymoon trip to Italy.

Seems like I am travelling alone tonight via @TurkishAirlines. My wife has her passport misplaced. Fingers crossed that we find it soon.

- Faizan Patel (@faizanpatel) August 6, 2016

 

He followed it up with another tweet yesterday tagging the Indian foreign minister.

This is how I am travelling with my wife as of now. @SushmaSwaraj @MEAIndia @MEAQuery pic.twitter.com/igeSwcfWkZ

- Faizan Patel (@faizanpatel) August 8, 2016

 

 

And guess what, Swaraj actually came to their rescue.

My office has reached you already. You will get a duplicate Passport tomorrow. @faizanpatel https://t.co/FV6BisvqgP

- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) August 8, 2016

2. A few months earlier, Sushma Swaraj tweeted a hilarious but honest reply to a guy who wanted his defective refrigerator replaced. The guy, named Venkat on Twitter, tagged Ram Vilas Paswan and Swaraj in the tweet.

@irvpaswan @SushmaSwaraj Dear Ministers, @Samsung_IN sold me a defective refrigerator, they r not ready to replace pic.twitter.com/G87Jwh6slD

- Venkat (@M_VenkatM) June 13, 2016

Funnily enough, Swaraj quickly responded expressing her helplessness.

Brother I cannot help you in matters of a Refrigerator. I am very busy with human beings in distress. https://t.co/cpC5cWBPcz

- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) June 13, 2016

3. Swaraj was once again at her best during the cabinet reschuffle. Swaraj, who did not attend the event, made her presence felt quite interestingly.

Media - Pl avoid the headline : 'Sushma skips Oath Ceremony'.

- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 5, 2016

Her tweet garnered a lot of praise with even journalist Barkha Dutt admiring her.

:-) @SushmaSwaraj Tweets are rather killer! https://t.co/olTtS3j6GA

- barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 5, 2016

4. Sushma Swaraj also gives her followers a reason to cheer every now and then by posting pictures from her past. She first shared a wedding pic with husband Swaraj Kaushal, senior Supreme Court lawyer.

Thanks for your greetings and good wishes on our wedding anniversary. @sushmaswaraj & @GovernorSwaraj pic.twitter.com/d80OTAiMjc

- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) July 13, 2016

She also posted a picture of her taking oath as the youngest ever Cabinet Minister in the country in 1977 at the age of 25.

I was sworn as youngest ever Cabinet Minister in the country in 1977 - 39 years back. pic.twitter.com/7AQrA3B2uB https://t.co/bmmBGKo2Zt

- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) May 28, 2016