New Delhi: Youth Congress President Srinivas Biwi has changed his name to Rahul Gandhi on Twitter in protest against the locking of the Twitter handle of the former party president, triggering a tussle between Twitter and the Congress. Srinivas also put a picture of Rahul Gandhi as his profile photo. Priyanka Gandhi also put the same profile photo. Several other Congress leaders have also put up a picture of Rahul Gandhi with his name in protest against the Twitter action.
Meanwhile, Congress UP general secretary and Rahul Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Gandhi questioned whether Twitter is using the Modi government’s policy to shut down the accounts of Congress leaders or is it its own policy? Why was the account of the SC Commission not closed when the same picture was shared from its handle?, he asked.
Srinivas tweeted, “How many Twitter accounts will you ban? Every worker will become the voice of Rahul Gandhi and will ask you sharp questions. Let us all be a part of this mass movement together.”
“Twitter, in US, shuts down President Trump’s account to ‘stop the spread of hate’. In India, under pressure from the government, Twitter has become the biggest voice of the opposition. Banning @RahulGandhi and other accounts Put it because they were raising their voice ‘against hate-injustice’,” he tweeted in Hindi.
Twitter’s response to the controversy
Reacting to the controversy, Twitter said that the accounts of several Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, were blocked because they had earlier posted a picture that violated its rules and action was taken to protect the privacy of the people. .
The micro-blogging platform took down the Twitter handles of Rahul and several Congress leaders for posting family pictures of a 9-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in the national capital last week.
The official Twitter account of the Congress party has also been closed. Twitter had also deleted Rahul Gandhi’s post in which he shared a picture of himself interacting with the victim’s parents.
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