The Congress has argued that Gandhi is elevating the household’s voice for justice. (File photograph: AFP)
Now, Gandhi can not conceal behind the liberty of expression argument after he tweeted an image of a rape and homicide sufferer’s relations, Surya stated, including it was “indecent, illegal and inhuman”.
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- Last Updated:August 13, 2021, 16:23 IST
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The BJP Friday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over Twitter quickly locking his account for allegedly violating its guidelines, saying the Congress chief has been proven the door from the one place he was energetic and he ought to use the brand new social media guidelines enforced by the Modi authorities to revive the account. Addressing a press convention, BJP MP and the social gathering’s youth wing president Tejasvi Surya stated the identical Congress was crying hoarse and attacking the federal government when it framed the brand new guidelines to “empower” social media platform users. Now, Gandhi cannot hide behind the freedom of expression argument after he tweeted a picture of a rape and murder victim’s family members, Surya said, adding it was “indecent, illegal and inhuman”. The regulation prohibits the disclosure of a rape sufferer’s identification, together with deal with or her relations’ particulars, selling the BJP and the official little one rights physique to hit out on the Congress chief.
The Congress has argued that Gandhi is elevating the household’s voice for justice and that the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and a BJP MP had additionally posted the household’s footage. Surya stated the problem now’s whether or not it was proper on Gandhi’s half to publicly disclose the sufferer’s identification because the regulation of the land frowns upon such acts. “The solely place he was energetic was on Twitter. Unfortunately, even Twitter has proven him the door,” he said wryly. Gandhi and the Congress should make usage of the rules and regulations made by the Modi government and attempt to get his account restored, he added.
In another dig at Gandhi, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh said, “Disney prince Rahul Gandhi should not have disclosed the the victim’s identity for his petty politics. He should understand this is real world not his Disney world.” Gandhi on Friday accused Twitter of being biased and interfering within the nation’s political course of by blocking his account.
In a robust assault, Gandhi stated Twitter was denying his thousands and thousands of followers the precise to an opinion and termed it as an assault on the democratic construction of the nation.
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