Congress accuses Twitter of ‘double standards’ and ‘violating freedom of expression’

The Congress Monday condemned the actions of Twitter and accused it of adopting “double standards” and “violating the freedom of expression under the diktat of the Modi government”. This comes days after Rahul Gandhi’s account was temporarily suspended by the microblogging site and a tweet he had posted with the family of the nine-year-old Dalit rape victim was taken down.

The party also claimed that the Twitter handle of INC-TV was also suspended Monday morning, news agency PTI reported.

AICC general secretary organisation, K C Venugopal said the issue of temporary suspension of Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account was discussed at the meeting of general secretaries, in-charges and PCC presidents held on Sunday.