Maya goes from Behenji to Sushri on Twitter

informing all of her presence on Twitter and requesting interaction. This tweet fetched over 2,000 comments, 935 retweets and over 3,500 likes. “Hello brothers and sisters. With due respect, let me introduce myself to the Twitter family. This is my opening and inauguration. @sushrimayawati is my official Twitter handle for all my future interactions, comments and updates. With warm regards. Thank you.” This news was confirmed by the BSP official release. “This is to inform you that Bahujan Samaj Party national president, former UP Chief Minister and ex-MP, Ms Mayawati ji has for the first time decided to join twitter for speedy interaction with media and masses besides expressing her views on various issues of national and political importance through twitter,” according to the statement issued by the BSP on Wednesday. The account was originally created in October, with the handle -- @BehanMayawati. She later reactivated it in January. Even then it did not gain attention. It was only after Tejashwi Yadav picked up her tweet and welcomed her to Twitter on February 5, that Mayawati suddenly became the cynosure of attention on the microblogging site. Yadav, the leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, recalled he had requested Maywati to join Twitter at their meeting in Lucknow on January 13. “Finally glad to see you here. Happy that you acknowledged and respected my request of joining twitter during our meeting in Lucknow on 13th January. Warm Regards,” said Yadav.