The Congress has lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for locking the Twitter accounts of three more senior party leaders namely Randeep Surjewala, Ajay Maken and Sushmita Dev.
Surjewala is the head of the communication department in the Congress, while former union minister Maken is an AICC General Secretary in charge of his party’s Rajasthan affairs. As for Dev, she heads the women’s wing of the Congress party.
AICC Secretary in-charge communications, Pranav Jha, tweeted, “So! After Shri @RahulGandhi, the Lord @narendramodi Ji and Vassal @Jack & @twitter have locked @rssurjewala, @ajaymaken & @sushmitadevinc. @INCIndia registers its protest and promises to continue the fight for each and all being wronged! We shall hold on @AshwiniVaishnaw Ji!!”
Jha also said that the accounts of former union minister and AICC General Secretary in-charge Assam, Jitendra Singh Alwar, and party’s whip in Lok Sabha, Manickam Tagore.
“The list goes on. @Twitter locks @JitendraSAlwar and @manickamtagore and many more. Doesn’t Modi Ji understand that we @INCindia’ns have a legacy of fighting even from behind the locks of kaala paani,” Jha said in his subsequent tweet.
The Congress had earlier said that the Twitter account of its leader Rahul Gandhi had been blocked by the social media giant. This was after the BJP had reacted angrily to Gandhi’s decision to share a video of his meeting the parents of the 9-year-old Dalit rape victim, who was later allegedly burnt alive by a Hindu priest, Radhey Shyam, in the heart of India’s national capital.