Spurned by Twitter, BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde seeks desi micro-blogging site

Having his account suspended by Twitter, BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde has written to the PMO alleging ‘digital colonisation’ and ‘wrongful interference in free speech’ by the micro-blogging site.

The former Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, in a ‘confidential letter’, urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to try and develop an Indian version of the micro-blogging site to ensure ‘data sovereignty’ and to investigate ‘Anti-India, Anti-BJP, Anti-Modi, (and) Anti-establishment tweets’.

His handle @AnantkumarH was locked by Twitter, according to the screenshot shared by the MP in his letter to the Modi. Twitter, in a message, had asked the MP to ‘remove tweets that violate our rules’ to unlock his account.