The Asian Age

RAHUL TWITTER ACCOUNT IS RENAMED

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Sonia Gandhi has only one agenda, promote one family and promote Rahul Gandhi as the Congress president. — Sambit Patra, BJP leader

New Delhi, March 17: The official Twitter account of Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been renamed @ RahulGandh­i from the former @ OfficeOfRG. Known for his Twitter banters in openly criticisin­g the union government, the Congress President has gained widespread popularity on the micro- blogging site, particular­ly since October last year. Among his well- known tweets was the one on the alleged failure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “hugplomacy” with United States President Donald Trump, following the release of 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar- e- Tayyaba ( LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. “Narendrabh­ai, Terror mastermind is free. President Trump just delinked Pak military funding from LeT. Hugplomacy fail. More hugs urgently needed ( sic),” Rahul had tweeted in October last year. Similarly, Rahul while quoting President Trump’s tweet on October 15 supporting the improvemen­t of ties with Pakistan, said: “Modiji quick, looks like President Trump needs another hug.” Responding to claims of his account reportedly being handled by a dedicated team of social media experts, Rahul had put out a sarcastic tweet in October “confessing” that his pet dog was behind the posts, along with a video clipping of the pooch.

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