BJP leaders on Friday took swipes at Rahul Gandhi over Twitter locking his account, saying he had been shown the door from the only place he was active in, and that he should have been aware of Indian laws, which prohibit disclosing the identity of a rape victim.
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“The other day, when the same company flagged Sambit Patra, you all were celebrating, forgetting that life comes a full circle. You revealed the identity of a rape victim. So your account has been blocked. Tell that loudly and then protest and preach,” BJP general secretary B L Santhosh tweeted.
The party said Rahul should use the new social media rules introduced by the Modi government to restore his account. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said the same Congress was crying hoarse and attacking the government when it framed the new rules to “empower” social media users.
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BJP’s chief spokesperson and RS MP Anil Baluni said Rahul was unnecessary dragging BJP and the government into the issue. “This is between him and Twitter. I fail to understand why is he naming the government,” Baluni said, adding, “Instead of playing the blame game, Rahul should have admitted he had committed a crime.”
As a senior leader of a national party, Rahul should have realised the consequences of disclosing the identity of a rape victim. “He defied the law for which he never expressed any regret. Instead, his party leaders did it again, which proved that Congress has no respect for the law of the land,” he said.
Source: Times of India
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