After Rahul Gandhi, Twitter now suspends handles of five Congress leaders, including Randeep Surjewala

New Delhi: Close on the heels of the temporary suspension of Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account, the Congress on late Wednesday claimed that similar action was taken against the handles of five senior leaders, including media head Randeep Surjewala. The Twitter 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 been locked, the party said. The AICC secretary in charge of the party’s Communication Department tweeted this:

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 !!

— pranav jha (@pranavINC) August 11, 2021

“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,” he asked in another tweet. “He thinks the virtual locks of Twitter will deter us from fighting for India,” he asked. Congress has accused Twitter of acting against Gandhi’s account under pressure from the government. Gandhi had tweeted pictures with the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi last week. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) took cognisance of Gandhi’s tweet and directed Twitter to act against the Congress leader’s account for violating the privacy of a minor victim, mandated by the laws of the land.