Can Koo pull off a coup in India as the govt-Twitter spat escalates?

Praised by PM Modi himself and pitched by several other ministers, it app attracts 2-3 million daily active users and has achieved 3 mn downloads in nine months

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Twitter | Modi govt

Samreen Ahmad & Neha Alawadhi  |  Bengaluru | New Delhi 

There has suddenly been a lot of ‘kooing’ in social media circles in India. With Twitter facing a standoff with the government on the farmers' protests, a desi version of the microblogging giant is being pitched by several ministers including Piyush Goyal, who is in charge of Railways, and Commerce and Industry.

Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Koo as a ‘Made-in-India’ app in his Mann Ki Baat address last August, both he and the official Prime Minister's Office are yet to get on to the platform. Modi has a huge following on Twitter, with ...

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First Published: Wed, February 10 2021. 17:40 IST
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