Shutting down my Twitter is interference in political process: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, 13 August (H.S): In a video statement released Friday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed Twitter for blocking his account and alleged that Twitter was taking sides in the politics of the country. “By shutting down my Twitter account they are interfering in our political process,” Rahul alleged.

He further said, “A company is making its business to define our politics. And as a politician I don’t like that. I have 19-20 million followers and they all have been denied the right to an opinion. This is an attack on the democratic structure of the country. This is not an attack on Rahul Gandhi.”

Rahul Gandhi further attacked Twitter saying, “So, this is not only patently unfair, this is their breaching the idea that Twitter is a neutral platform. And for the investors this is a very dangerous thing because taking sides in the political contest has repercussions for Twitter.”

Rahul Gandhi did not spare media even saying that ‘Media is Controlled’ as the opposition was not being allowed to speak in the Parliament and it is direct attack on democracy.

“And I thought there was a ray of light where we could put what we thought on Twitter. But obviously, that’s not the case. It’s obvious now that Twitter is actually not a neutral, objective platform. It is a biased platform. It’s something that listens to what the government of the day says,” he added,

“As Indians, we have to ask the question: Are we going to allow companies just because they are beholden to the Government of India to define our politics for us? Is that what this is going to come to? Or are we going to define our politics on our own? That’s the real question here.” Rahul Gandhi said.

Twitter has blocked accounts of Rahul Gandhi and many Congress leaders for violating their policy. The Congress has alleged that it was being done on the behest of the government.

It would be relevant to point out here that recently Rahul Gandhi had disclosed the identity of the parents of a rape cum murder victim in Purana Nangla area here on his Twitter account, which is an offence under POCSO Act. Following which the lawyer of the victim asked the court to order Twitter to register a criminal case against Rahul Gandhi into this matter.