Former Parliament Speaker Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account has been temporarily suspended and proper process is being followed to restore it, the party said on Saturday.
The announcement comes a day after Twitter deleted a controversial post by Mr Gandhi with a photo of him meeting the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who died in the nation's capital, allegedly following a mass murder. sexual assault. A notice from Twitter said the tweet violated its rules.
"Shri's @RahulGandhi Twitter account has been temporarily suspended and proper process is being followed to restore it," Congress tweeted from its official Twitter account.
“Until then, he will stay connected with you across his other SM platforms and continue to raise his voice for our people and fight for their cause. I Hind! "the party said.
Posting a photo of his meeting with the girl's family on Wednesday, Mr Gandhi tweeted in Hindi:" Parents' tears only say one thing: their daughter, your daughter's daughter. girl. This country deserves justice. And I am accompanying them on their journey to justice.
The National Committee for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (NCPCR) on Wednesday called on Delhi police and Twitter to take action against Mr Gandhi's posting of the little girl's family photo on the microblogging site, claiming that it violates the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO).
Mr Gandhi met with members of the girl's family on Wednesday and assured them that he would accompany them on the path to justice and "not back down an inch."