28.5.14

PMO Twitter controversy resolved

The @PMOIndia controversy on Twitter finally comes to rest.
Changed to @PMOIndiaArchive earlier this month, the official handle of the prime minister’s office is back in its original form once again.
On Tuesday evening, the verified account, @PMOIndia, bore the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the follower count of 1.27 million, up from 1.24 million of Manmohan Singh.
Modi had posted five tweets from the new account at the time of writing, which included a photograph of him paying his respects before a picture of Mahatma Gandhi in the PMO, and directing followers to the revamped website of the PM, pmindia.gov.in.
Clicking on the handle @PMOIndiaArchive now returns a page saying “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!” A senior official from the office of the former PM claimed that passing on the same account was the intention all along. When the change was first noticed on May 20th, it was seen by many as “improper”. The tweets of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are available on pmindia.gov.in.

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