Cong questions PM’s ‘silence’ on Dalit girl case, alleges govt pressure behind Twitter action against Rahul Gandhi’s account

The Congress on Sunday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his ‘silence’ on the alleged rape and murder of the nine-year-old Dalit girl in Delhi and provide speedy justice to her family.

The opposition party also alleged that Twitter acted in haste due to ‘pressure’ from the Indian government and was ‘selective’ in removing Rahul Gandhi’s tweet and ‘suspending’ his account for putting up pictures of the victim’s family as no action was taken against some other handles which carried the same pictures.

‘To Twitter, I would say, ‘daro mat’ (don’t be afraid),’ Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said.