The Congress on Sunday dared Twitter India to lock its accounts, a day after the social media company locked party leader Rahul Gandhi's handle over a post of his meeting the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl, who died after an alleged sexual assault. "@TwitterIndia lock our accounts, we challenge you. Nothing will stop us from fighting for justice & exposing the truth," the opposition party posted along with hashtag #मैं_भी_Rahul or I am Rahul.
The opposition party also tweeted a photo of Rahul Gandhi meeting the family of a 9-year-old Dalit, who died after being raped by a priest and three other men at a crematorium near Delhi Square. Congress on Saturday said Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account was "temporarily locked" after the social media company denied the party's earlier claim that the leader's account had been "suspended".
"Shri @RahulGandhi's Twitter account has been temporarily suspended & due process is being followed for its restoration. Until then, he will stay connected with you all through his other SM platforms & continue to raise his voice for our people & fight for their cause. Jai Hind!" the Congress posted on its official Twitter handle. Tagging its previous tweet, the Congress later tweeted, "The account has been temporarily locked."
Earlier, Twitter deleted a controversial post by Rahul Gandhi with a photo of him meeting the girl's family earlier this week. The social media company said Rahul Gandhi's account violated regulations prohibiting the posting of private information.