Twitter on Saturday restored the account of Rahul Gandhi, alongside those of the Congress and its other leaders, amid ongoing friction between the social media platform and the party over its members sharing pictures of the family of an alleged rape victim.
New Delhi: “Satyameva Jayate (truth alone triumphs)”, the Congress tweeted in its first reaction after its official handle was unlocked.
Gandhi’s and Congress’s accounts were temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of the nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter deemed it violation of its rules.
Twitter on its part said it restored Gandhi’s account after the Congress leader submitted a consent letter from the family of the girl for use of images but continues to withhold the tweets that contain the images saying they violate India’s laws. Sources said the Twitter accounts of some of the party leaders who had shared the same pictures have also been restored.
“Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been unlocked,” a party functionary said. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Modi government will make every effort to shut the voice forever of all those who speak for the country’s daughters, the underprivileged and the youth.
“We are not worried, we will continue to raise our voice against injustice, lies, oppression and tyranny. We have been sacrificing for the democracy of India and will continue to do so,” he said in a tweet in Hindi. After the restoration of its account, the Congress party and some party leaders ran the hashtag “Speak Up against Twitter’s hypocrisy”. “The people of India demand accountability from Twitter. We demand that your restore the locked accounts that were simply demanding justice for a rape victim and stop interfering in our politics because of your fear of the Modi government,” a Congress leader said, a statement shared by his colleagues on Twitter.
Gandhi’s and Congress’s accounts were temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of the nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter deemed it violation of its rules.
Twitter on its part said it restored Gandhi’s account after the Congress leader submitted a consent letter from the family of the girl for use of images but continues to withhold the tweets that contain the images saying they violate India’s laws. Sources said the Twitter accounts of some of the party leaders who had shared the same pictures have also been restored.
“Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been unlocked,” a party functionary said. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Modi government will make every effort to shut the voice forever of all those who speak for the country’s daughters, the underprivileged and the youth.
“We are not worried, we will continue to raise our voice against injustice, lies, oppression and tyranny. We have been sacrificing for the democracy of India and will continue to do so,” he said in a tweet in Hindi. After the restoration of its account, the Congress party and some party leaders ran the hashtag “Speak Up against Twitter’s hypocrisy”. “The people of India demand accountability from Twitter. We demand that your restore the locked accounts that were simply demanding justice for a rape victim and stop interfering in our politics because of your fear of the Modi government,” a Congress leader said, a statement shared by his colleagues on Twitter.
Conversations