Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 12

The Congress on Thursday said the party’s official handle and several accounts of its leaders and volunteers had been locked by Twitter and alleged that the micro blogging site was acting under pressure of the government.

Former party chief Rahul Gandhi’s account already stands suspended.

The Congress alleged that accounts of seniors leaders general secretaries Randeep Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken, AICC Assam in charge Jitendra Singh, Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev, MP and Lok Sabha whip Manickam Tagore had been suspended among those of many others.

The party also said close to 5,000 accounts of party workers had been suspended for sharing pictures of family of the minor victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi.

The Twitter action followed a notice from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to act against Gandhi’s handle for violating privacy laws for minor victims. Juvenile justice act prohibits revelation of pictures of minor victims of crime and their families.