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New Delhi7 hours ago
Congress has claimed that the official Twitter handle of the party has been locked. The Indian National Congress wrote on Facebook, ‘When our leaders were put in jails, we were not afraid then why would we be afraid of closing Twitter accounts now. We are Congress, this is the message of the people, we will fight, we will keep fighting. If it is a crime to raise our voice for justice to the rape victim girl, then we will do this crime a hundred times. Jai Hind…Satyamev Jayate.’
Earlier on Saturday, Congress claimed that Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been suspended. However, later said that it was locked. Later on Wednesday night, the Congress claimed to have locked the Twitter accounts of five more senior leaders. These include party general secretary and former minister Ajay Maken, party whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge and former union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev.
The official Twitter handle of Mumbai Congress Committee was also locked. The working president of the committee, Charan Singh Sapra, reacted strongly to this. He said that in this matter he would write a letter to Twitter and register his protest.
The photo of meeting the family of the rape victim was tweeted
A few days ago, Rahul Gandhi had tweeted a photo of the Delhi Cantt rape victim’s family meeting. On this the microblogging site said that it is a violation of its rules. Twitter removed that tweet of Rahul.
NCPCR had complained to Delhi Police and Twitter
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had complained to Delhi Police and Twitter regarding this tweet. The NCPCR had sought action against Rahul for posting the picture of the victim’s family. The commission said that this is a violation of the Juvenile Justice Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POSCO) Act.
The fight against injustice will continue
This morning, Congress Communications Incharge Secretary Pranav Jha tweeted tagging PM Modi, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey. He said the party registered its protest and promised to continue the fight against all forms of injustice.
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