The Congress has slammed the Centre and the Delhi Police for serving noticec on two of its leaders in the “Covid toolkit” case and also questioned the relevance of “raiding” Twitter’s offices in Delhi and Gurugram rather than questioning the BJP leaders concerned. The Congress alleged that the “notices” and “cowardly raid” by the Delhi Police “expose lame-duck attempts” to hide a “fraudulent toolkit” by BJP leaders.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala has written to Twitter’s Lead for Legal, Policy and Trust and Safety Vijaya Gadde and its Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker, seeking stern action against 11 Union Ministers for allegedly spreading false and forged documents.
The grand old party demanded that Twitter affix manipulated media tag to tweets of several Union Ministers for allegedly spreading false and malicious propaganda against the party. In his reaction, former party chief Rahul Gandhi said “truth remains unafraid”.
The Union Ministers against whom the Congress has sought action are Giriraj Singh, Piyush Goyal, Smriti Irani, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prahlad Joshi, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Thawarchand Gehlot, Harsh Vardhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
“Why, the guilty people are sitting in the BJP headquarters and in seat of power, but, you are raiding Twitter’s office in Delhi and Gurugram?” Congress said.
Surjewala alleged that the BJP is “running scared of its lies” and getting caught and being branded as manipulated and fraudulent by social media platforms.