Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was on the receiving end of a Twitter storm after he appeared in a now viral photograph, holding a placard that said "Smash Brahmanical Patriarchy".

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 ???? pic.twitter.com/LqtJQEABgV

— Anna MM Vetticad (@annavetticad) November 18, 2018

Dorsey, who was in India recently, met with a group of women journalists for a closed-door roundtable discussion on how Indians experience Twitter. However, the interaction has come under fire after one of the journalists present there tweeted a photo of Dorsey with the placard.

The reaction soon began. Former Infosys director TV Mohandas Pai accused the Twitter CEO of participating in a hate campaign against Brahmins.

As an Indian I am disappointed at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' placard - will Minister ⁦@Ra_THORe⁩ pl take action for this hate mongering against an Indian community,spreading hatred? ⁦@PMOIndia⁩ ⁦@rsprasad⁩ https://t.co/TMae3DbNXa

— Mohandas Pai (@TVMohandasPai) November 19, 2018

This is a country that voted an OBC to the highest office of the land with a historic mandate. Am sure @jack celebrated when Obama was elected. To pose with hate speech when you say Twitter should be a space for healthy conversation shows how hollow those words are.

— Advaita Kala / अद्वैता काला (@AdvaitaKala) November 19, 2018

This is the hate group that @jack met
This is a poster that the hate group made that @jack met.
This is the hate that @jack preached holding the poster that the hate group made that @jack met.
This is the clueless idiot that @jack was reduced to by the hate group that jack met! pic.twitter.com/yVlTCKNcrn

— Shefali Vaidya (@ShefVaidya) November 19, 2018

who asked @jack to hold this plackard? or did you do it on your own?
are you aware of the HUGE Brahmin hatred by evangelist in US- mainly because Brahmins are the torchbearers of Hindu tradition?
are you aware that Hindu Dharma scores over faiths which must be believed blindly?

— maria wirth (@mariawirth1) November 19, 2018

"Smash Brahminical Patriarchy"!

If India's government had any spine, they'd have arrested racist bigot @Jack for inciting hate & violence against a community & spreading false information (fake news).

The least they can do is demand an immediate, unconditional apology. pic.twitter.com/ahk3Q5PmJl

— The Indian Interest (@IndianInterest) November 19, 2018

Dear @jack Time to change your handle to jackass. Sorry birthday boy, you've been punked. Can't wait to see you with a bunch of braburners holding a "Down with Jewish hegemony" poster on your next birthday. #brahminBashing #posterboy pic.twitter.com/eO5kVFFsIg

— Kasturi Shankar (@KasthuriShankar) November 19, 2018

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? pic.twitter.com/z6OKFR82MT

— HindolSengupta (@HindolSengupta) November 19, 2018

By holding that offensive poster #Twitter head @jack just proclaimed he is a Brahmin hating, racist, bigot, masquerading as a woke Feminist. And he came to India to play politics. At least the pretence is over. pic.twitter.com/5FlFHMsIxp

— Smita Barooah (@smitabarooah) November 19, 2018

The trolling became so intense that Twitter had to issue a statement, clarifying the incident. According to the post made by the company on Twitter itself,  Dorsey had been participating in the closed-door interaction with women journalists when one of them, a Dalit journalist, gifted him the poster. The company also added that the placard was not a statement by Twitter or its CEO but rather an attempt hearing the diverse voices that are part of society.    

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. https://t.co/96gd3XmFgK

— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) November 19, 2018

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.

— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) November 19, 2018

 The outburst has also caused further words of protest from feminists and anti-caste activists.

My Twitter feed is full of elite men hyperventilating about Twitter CEO @jack holding a sign that calls out sex-based & caste-based discrimination in India.

Caste and sexism are real and virulent in modern India. If you want to be angry about something, let it be that reality.

— Audrey Truschke (@AudreyTruschke) November 19, 2018