Raman’s tweet tagged as manipulated media, BJP vice-president questions twitter

RAIPUR: After microblogging site Twitter labelled BJP vice-president Raman Singh’s toolkit tweet as ‘manipulated media’, the former Chhattisgarh CM on Tuesday asked Twitter why it was afraid to reply to Delhi police's notice.
“If Twitter has sufficient evidence to take such a step, why it is reluctant to reply to the notice issued by the Delhi Police?”, he tweeted, posting a copy of the notice issued by the Delhi police to the microblogging site.
“ As soon as the Delhi police issued the notice, Twitter’s officers concerned went missing”, he said adding that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, who were pleading for them, must explain where they are.
After BJP spokesman Sambit Patra’s May 18 tweet on alleged Congress toolkit was tagged as “Manipulated media” by the microblogging site, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh similar tweet has also been labelled by Twitter in a similar manner. It is not exactly known the date when Twitter labelled it as “manipulated media”, it came to public notice only on Tuesday.
Acting on a complaint, police in Chhattisgarh has already registered an FIR against BJP President Raman Singh and BJP spokesman Sambit Patra after they tweeted similar documents, alleging that it was a toolkit prepared by the Congress to sully the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government. However, Congress lodged FIRs against BJP leaders alleging that they had circulated forged documents.
Raipur police had already recorded the statement of former chief minister Raman Singh in the toolkit case. Though the police had issued a notice to BJP spokesman Sambit Patra to join the inquiry either in person or through video conferencing, his lawyer replied the police seeking time.