After RaGa, Twitter now suspends handles of five senior Congress leaders

New Delhi, August 13: Just a few days after, social media giant Twitter temporarily suspended Rahul Gandhi's account, now Jack Dorsey-led-Twitter took similar action against the handles of five senior leaders, including party's media head Randeep Surjewala.

 

The matter came to light after, Congress party informed that Twitter has locked the accounts of AICC general secretary and former minister Ajay Maken, party's whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev have.

 

  

The AICC secretary in charge of the party's Communication Department blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Twitter chief Jack Dorsey for the action. "Congress registers its protest and promises to continue the fight for each and all being wronged. We shall hold on.." the tweet read.

 

 

Moreover, Twitter also blocked the official account of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee (MRCC) for violating its rules and regulations.

 

Congress accused Twitter of acting against Gandhi's account under pressure from the government. Earlier, Gandhi had posted pictures of his meet with the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi.

 

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) took cognizance of the photos and directed Twitter to act against the Congress leader's account as the pictures were found to violate the privacy of a minor victim, as mandated by law.

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